World Cup 57

World Cup 57

Tournament details
Host country	Cafundeu and Sarzonia
Teams	32 (from 180 entrants)
Final positions
Champions	Aguazul
Runners-up	The Holy Empire
Third place	Polar Islandstates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	239 (3.73 per match)
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The World Cup 57, also stylized World Cup LVII, was the world men's football championship contested from November 15, 2011 to December 1, 2011. The tournament was held in the Atlantian Oceanian nations of Cafundéu and Sarzonia, the first time that the tournament had been held in Sarzonia and the fifth World Cup to have been hosted in Cafundéu. Aguazul won their second title after defeating last edition's runners-up The Holy Empire in the final match.

Host selection

The World Cup Committee received just one bid for the World Cup, from the nations of Cafundéu and Sarzonia. Cafundéu had previously hosted the 36th, 42nd, 48th, and 52nd editions, while the Sarzonian Incorporated Football Federation was a first-time host. The joint submission to the committee highlighted the nations' connection through Franz Braddock, a former Cafundelense national team manager and, at the time, the Sarzonian national team coach. The bid easily won approval from the committee.

Qualification

182 football confederations registered for the World Cup, prompting a large qualification stage that took place from October 25 — November 13. Cafundéu and Sarzonia received automatic entry to the World Cup; the remaining 180 teams were split into twenty groups. Within each group, a double round-robin format was contested, with each team playing every group-mate once home and once away. At the conclusion of the eighteen qualifying games, group winners were granted entry to the World Cup group stage, while group runners-up participated in playoff matches to produce the ten additional entrants.

The Holy Empire was the only team to advance through qualification without losing or drawing a single game. The Babbage Islands, Cassadaigua, Kulverint, Mytannion, and Valanora were also undefeated within their groups. The Babbage Islands sported the best goal differential (+65) of the qualification period.

Teams are listed in order of finish; qualifiers are bolded.

#	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
1	Jeruselem	The Babbage Islands	Bears Armed	Queer Poco el Mono Ara	25px Sarzoclava	Mytannion	Sorthern Northland	Cosumar	Cotdelapoms	Khytenna
2	Kernansquillec	Stachland	Civil Citizenry	25px Kalumba	Bostopia	Mangolana	25px Allamunnic States	Osarius	25px Akbarabad	25px Dorian and Sonya
3	Kazzoria	Orlkjestad	Erathore	Churchma	North Chicanan	Jedi8246	New Montreal States	Milchama	Southern Cynocephali	Saugeais
4	Seunem	Utmost Upright	Arcatea	Bergnovinaia	Skalholt	Pasarga	Andossa Se Mitrin Vega	Gyatso-kai	Carmadin	Chenkorya
5	Princess Beatrice Island	Tamarindia	Legalese	Branta Island	Rhodesiah	Loonaterian	Rouge Pioneers	Mapletish	Stuffed Taxidermists	Thatius
6	Armorgames	Iphmopf	Deep Freid Bacon	Cygning	Espiañola	Côte de Platine	Italian Mafias	Kelssek	Welebecer	Unitopolis
7	Eastern European Nat.	New Gaelicia	The United City-States	Phoenigetuzstha	Carasatoga	Dixie Provinces	Ketharnia	Crotunda	Bleak Rock	Greater Coventry
8	Homelands our	Dance 2 Revolution	Michael VII	Camerania	New Belgium	Sibirsky	Ithadi	Hladio Heights	Seleucius	Tekcirb
9	Ponoka	Les Macarable	Trimasia	Relotia	Garon-Averia	The Islands of Qutar	Kazerjan	Northern Bettia	Zhevalsso-zhevalsso	Schiavonia

List of Qualified Teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament. The two host nations received automatic berths.

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Queer Poco el Mono Ara	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9
Cotdelapoms	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Swartaz	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
Cafundéu	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7	0

Game Scores

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
The Babbage Islands	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9
Mytannion	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Kernansquillec	3	1	0	2	7	10	-3	3
The Archregimancy	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0

Game Scores

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jeruselem	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Valanora	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Khytenna	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
Kagdazka and Pazhujebu	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5	1

Game Scores

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Polar Islandstates	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9
The Holy Empire	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
Chetkosk	3	1	1	1	7	10	-3	4
Dorian and Sonya	3	0	0	3	5	13	-8	0

Game Scores

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bostopia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Cosumar	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
Sarzonia	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
Astograth	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3

Game Scores

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jeru FC	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Bears Armed	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Stachland	3	0	1	2	7	10	-3	1
Kulverint	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

Game Scores

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sorthern Northland	3	1	2	0	9	7	+2	5
Cassadaigua	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Qazox	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
Pays de Horreur	3	0	0	3	4	9	-5	0

Game Scores

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aguazul	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Krytenia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Akbarabad	3	1	0	2	7	4	+3	3
Sarzoclava	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

Game Scores

Knockout Stage

	Second Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Championship
	Queer Poco el Mono Ara	4
	Mytannion	2
					Queer Poco el Mono Ara	1
					The Holy Empire	5
	Jeruselem	0
	The Holy Empire	4
									The Holy Empire	1
								Polar Islandstates	0
	Polar Islandstates	2
	Valanora	1
					Polar Islandstates	5
					Cotdelapoms	2
	The Babbage Islands	0
	Cotdelapoms	1
													The Holy Empire	1
													Aguazul	2
	Bostopia	3
	Bears Armed	2
					Bostopia	0
					Krytenia	4
	Sorthern Northland	0
	Krytenia	2
									Krytenia	1
								Aguazul	2
	Jeru FC	4
	Cosumar	1
					Jeru FC (4 pen.)	1(1)
					Aguazul (5 pen.)	1(1)
	Aguazul	1
	Cassadaigua	0
													Third place
													Polar Islandstates	1
													Krytenia	0