World Cup 84

NationStates World Cup 84
Teams	32  (from 167 entrants)
Host(s)	Baker Park  Cassadaigua
Champions	Farfadillis (1st title)
Second	Vilita
Third	Nephara
Matches played	64
Goals scored	217  (average 3.39 per match)
Affiliated tournaments	Cup of Harmony 76 Baptism of Fire 71
Previous	World Cup 83
Next	World Cup 85

World Cup 84 was an international football tournament held in Baker Park and Cassadaigua. 165 teams entered the qualifying stage, with 30 teams joining the two host nations in the finals. Farfadillis won their first World Cup title in a penalty shootout against Vilita after a match that concluded 1-1 after extra time. Not only was this the first time Vilita had lost in a World Cup final, it marked the second World Cup in a row where a finalist was thwarted in their bid for a record sixth World Cup title.

After Valanora's loss against Eura on matchday 2 meant a surprise early exit from the tournament, Espy va Drake and Faeron Soladarian announced their immediate retirements and returned home despite Valanora having one more match to play.

Host selection

Both host bids proposed a qualifying group format of 15 groups with the top two teams of each group advancing. The only significant rules difference was that Baker Park and Cassadaigua proposed head-to-head record as the first tiebreaker for a tie in the standings while Pasarga and Mriin proposed goal difference.

Voting results

Bid	Votes
Baker Park and  Cassadaigua	13
Pasarga and  Mriin	11
Re-open bids	1
Total	25

Teams

Thirty teams qualified for the World Cup from the 165 teams entering the qualifying phase. The two co-hosts qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

Nation	Rank	Method of qualification	Date qualified	Finals appearance	Last appearance
95X	40	Group 4 runners-up	Matchday 21	3rd	82
Apox	12	Group 15 winners	Matchday 19	12th	83
Audioslavia	24	Group 1 runners-up	Matchday 21	45th	83
Baker Park	9	Hosts	n/a	4th	83
Banija	5	Group 2 winners	Matchday 18	5th	83
Brenecia	19	Group 2 runners-up	Matchday 19	11th	83
Cassadaigua	4	Hosts	n/a	22nd	83
Chromatika	45	Group 7 runners-up	Matchday 21	8th	83
Darmen	31	Group 6 runners-up	Matchday 22	8th	82
Drawkland	38	Group 12 runners-up	Matchday 22	5th	80
Equestria	2	Group 6 winners	Matchday 21	13th	83
Eura	10	Group 13 winners	Matchday 16	25th	83
Farfadillis	6	Group 12 winners	Matchday 20	20th	83
Free Republics	17	Group 11 winners	Matchday 19	11th	83
HUElavia	55	Group 3 runners-up	Matchday 22	1st	none
Kita-Hinode	21	Group 10 runners-up	Matchday 21	15th	83
Ko-oren	22	Group 15 runners-up	Matchday 21	12th	83
Nephara	16	Group 5 winners	Matchday 19	16th	83
Mriin	15	Group 7 winners	Matchday 21	7th	83
Port Ember	86	Group 9 runners-up	Matchday 22	1st	none
Qasden	23	Group 8 runners-up	Matchday 22	5th	83
Reçueçn	44	Group 13 runners-up	Matchday 22	2nd	83
Sargossa	13	Group 1 winners	Matchday 21	17th	83
Siovanija and Teusland	51	Group 5 runners-up	Matchday 19	1st	none
South Covello	3	Group 8 winners	Matchday 20	11th	83
Starblaydia	6	Group 3 winners	Matchday 21	50th	83
Taeshan	26	Group 11 runners-up	Matchday 21	9th	83
The Holy Empire	14	Group 10 winners	Matchday 21	55th	83
Turori	11	Group 4 winners	Matchday 20	35th	83
Valanora	8	Group 9 winners	Matchday 21	51st	83
Vilita	1	Group 14 winners	Matchday 19	45th	83
Zwangzug	33	Group 14 runners-up	Matchday 22	14th	83

Qualification

The World Cup qualifications would consist of 15 groups of 11 teams each, with the teams playing each other home and away. The top two teams of each group qualified for the finals. The qualifying phase was held between 14 December 2019 and 7 January 2020. The qualifying draw was delayed and had to be re-done because the World Cup Committee originally provided the hosts with incorrect world ranking data.

The top two teams of each group advanced to the World Cup finals. Participants in Cup of Harmony 76 are highlighted in magenta.

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4		Group 5
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Sargossa	47	Banija	53	Starblaydia	51	Turori	47	Nephara	50
Audioslavia	43	Brenecia	46	HUElavia	42	95X	42	Siovanija & Teusland	41
Newmanistan	34	Abanhfleft	34	Mercedini	38	Sajnur	32	Poafmersia	34
Brusseldorf	34	Sarzonia	31	Eastfield Lodge	30	Devonta	32	The Macabees	34
Kandorith	30	Trolleborg	29	Competitive Solitaire	23	Saintland	31	Squornshelous	33
Islas Aaland	27	Terre Septentrionale	28	The Ross Isles	22	Cosumar	28	Lochario	27
Acronius	25	Brigantii	24	Schiavonia	21	Ynyslas	24	Aquitlia	21
Greater Cebu	20	Casta Marina	17	The Sarian	21	Guadalajara	21	Bolgano	20
Joyea	19	Crystalline Caverns	17	Folmara	21	Pink Floyd FC	20	Euran Oceania Territories	20
Aimena	15	The Sherpa Empire	17	Tara & Cambray	19	Barsland	16	Anthor	17
Pius Desurongcrandis	14	Atlantic Republic	12	Magnaterrica	13	Benjamin Mark	14	Monso	9
Group 6		Group 7		Group 8		Group 9		Group 10
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Equestria	49	Mriin	48	South Covello	45	Valanora	48	The Holy Empire	50
Darmen	42	Chromatika	45	Qasden	41	Port Ember	43	Kita-Hinode	48
Hapilopper	41	Main Nation Ministry	41	Ziwana	37	Kelssek	40	Juvencus	44
Darkmania	41	Busoga Islands	34	Squornshelan Remnant States	30	Ethane	39	Mareibat	36
Bongo Johnson	26	Kavagrad	29	Filindostan	28	Xanneria	30	Freeport	26
Acapais	26	Zealandiana	27	Vakolicci Haven & Celeria	27	Bears Armed	29	Wreckeria	25
Kwangtzu Guānnán	19	Northwest Kalactin	24	Bliuji	27	Lisander	21	Osarius	22
Vdara	19	Plane of Possibility	20	Mitra & Soma	26	Razneta	20	Nirvacana	21
Quakmybush	19	Lons	16	Flavovespia	19	Ouna	20	Pauh Janggi	20
Sultanate of Oontaz	15	Bloing	15	Mustardy	16	Appalachian Nation	13	Quincy	13
Nomoterra	9	Petrovsky	14	Furby Island	4	Five Cities	12	Volinovia	9
Group 11		Group 12		Group 13		Group 14		Group 15
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Free Republics	55	Farfadillis	48	Eura	56	Vilita	55	Apox	44
Taeshan	43	Drawkland	43	Reçueçn	36	Zwangzug	41	Ko-oren	44
Jeruselem	39	Pasarga	42	Damukuni	34	Mattijana	35	New Lusitania	36
Schottia	32	Polkopia	30	Noooooooooooo	27	Ancherion	32	Eraman	35
Balqia	30	Timuria	28	Tornado Queendom	27	Krytenia	30	Eshan	32
TJUN-ia	25	Yttribia	28	Beepee	24	Tamgu	23	Barfleur	28
Savojarna	24	Gyatso-kai	24	Andromeda Island Group	24	Gopnikea	22	Grod Island	23
Geektopia	23	Melbergia	22	Gor Kebab	24	Hampton Island	21	Aldaveria	17
Nahkistan	15	North Eastern Asia	15	Togonistan	23	Castanya	21	Tarchusland	17
Welzat	12	Libonesia	13	Geisenfried	21	Alenburg	16	Indusse	17
Galar	12	Fujai	13	Mkabia	10	Fetra	12	ZSeparatists	12

Group stage

Draw

Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of their KPB world ranking at the end of qualification. As hosts, Cassadaigua and Baker Park were placed in pot one. Cassadaigua was automatically assigned position A1 and Baker Park position E1.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Cassadaigua (4)  Baker Park (10)  Vilita (1)  Equestria (2)  Banija (3)  South Covello (5)  Starblaydia (6)  Eura (7)	Valanora (8)  Farfadillis (9)  Turori (10)  Apox (11)  Sargossa (12)  Mriin (13)  The Holy Empire (14)  Free Republics (15)	Kita-Hinode (17)  Nephara (18)  Brenecia (19)  Ko-oren (20)  Qasden (21)  Audioslavia (23)  Taeshan (24)  Zwangzug (26)	Darmen (31)  Reçueçn (32)  Drawkland (34)  Chromatika (37)  95X (39)  Siovanija and Teusland (43)  HUElavia (45)  Port Ember (48)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turori	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Cassadaigua	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	6
Chromatika	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
Ko-oren	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eura	3	2	1	0	10	5	5	7
Kita-Hinode	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	7
Valanora	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
95X	3	0	0	3	5	10	-5	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Farfadillis	3	2	0	1	9	7	2	6
Banija	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
HUElavia	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Zwangzug	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brenecia	3	3	0	0	6	2	4	9
Mriin	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
Darmen	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
South Covello	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nephara	3	2	0	1	7	3	4	6
Baker Park	3	2	0	1	8	7	1	6
Free Republics	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Drawkland	3	0	0	3	5	10	-5	0

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vilita	3	3	0	0	7	2	5	9
Audioslavia	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
Siovanija and Teusland	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Sargossa	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

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Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Taeshan	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
Equestria	3	2	0	1	8	3	5	6
Apox	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Port Ember	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0

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Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Starblaydia	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
The Holy Empire	3	2	1	0	9	6	3	7
Recuecn	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Qasden	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0

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Knockout rounds

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Brattleboro

Turori

0

Concord Heights

Kita-Hinode (aet)

1

Farfadillis

1

Grande Mountain

Kita-Hinode

0

Farfadillis

3

Brattleboro

Mriin

1

Farfadillis

5

Concord Heights

Eura

2

Eura (aet)

1

New Lakeland

Cassadaigua

0

Eura (aet)

3

Starksville

Banija

2

Brenecia

1

30 Jan - Concord Heights

Banija

3

Farfadillis

1 (3)

Shirley

Vilita

1 (2)

Nephara

1

Belle Haven (G)

Audioslavia

0

Nephara

3

Belle Haven (S)

The Holy Empire

2

Taeshan

0

Oceana

The Holy Empire (aet)

1

Nephara

2

Endborough

Vilita

5

Third place

Vilita

4

Endborough

Belle Haven (N)

Baker Park

3

Vilita

3

Nephara

4

Newmarket

Starblaydia

1

Eura

2

Starblaydia

2

Equestria

1

Due to differences in national calendars, all dates are OOC unless otherwise noted.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

External links

• Hosting vote results
• Hosting bids
• Rosters
• RP thread
• Results thread