World Cup 85
NationStates World Cup 85 | |
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Teams | 32 (from 197 entrants) |
Host(s) | Farfadillis Mriin |
Champions | ({{{count}}} title) |
Second | |
Third | |
Matches played | |
Goals scored | unknown (average n/a per match) |
Affiliated tournaments | Cup of Harmony 77 Baptism of Fire 72 |
Previous | World Cup 84 |
Next | World Cup 86 |
World Cup 85 is an international football tournament set to be held in Farfadillis and Mriin. The qualifers will have organizational support from the football associations of Kelssek and Zwangzug.
Host selection
There were two bids, a Vilitan plan bid from four associations led by Farfadillis and Mriin, with Kelssek and Zwangzug to provide organizational support for the qualifiers and committing to bid for the Cup of Harmony, and a conventional two-host bid from Pasarga and Saintland.
Bid | Votes |
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Farfadillis and Mriin | 15 |
Saintland and Pasarga | 11 |
Re-open bids | 0 |
Total | 26 |
Teams
Thirty teams qualified for the World Cup from the 195 teams entering the qualifying phase. The two co-hosts qualified automatically.
Nation | Rank | Method of qualification | Date qualified | Total appearances |
Last appearance |
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95X | 33 | Group 12 (Position TBC) | Matchday 22 | 4 | 84 |
Baker Park | 11 | Group 5 Winners | Matchday 20 | 5 | 84 |
Banija | 6 | Group 6 Winners | Matchday 20 | 6 | 84 |
Cassadaigua | 9 | Group 9 (Position TBC) | Matchday 22 | 23 | 84 |
Eura | 3 | Group 3 (Position TBC) | Matchday 22 | 26 | 84 |
Farfadillis | 2 | Hosts | n/a | 21 | 84 |
Kita-Hinode | 10 | Group 2 Winners | Matchday 22 | 16 | 84 |
The Holy Empire | 7 | Group 8 Winners | Matchday 21 | 56 | 84 |
Mriin | 18 | Hosts | n/a | 8 | 84 |
Valanora | 15 | Group 13 (Position TBC) | Matchday 22 | 53 | 84 |
Vilita | 1 | Group 14 Winners | Matchday 19 | 46 | 84 |
Qualification
A total of 195 teams entered the qualification stage, forming 15 groups of 13 teams. The teams played each other home and away, with the top 2 teams from each group qualifing for the World Cup Proper. Vilita became the first team to qualify on Matchday 19 following their 7-2 win over Qasden. As of Matchday 22, 9 teams have qualified, while a total of 73 teams are mathematically in contention for the remaining 21 spots.
The qualification campaign had set many records for individual nations. On Matchday 12,Taeshan scored a national record 10-1 victory over The Appraisal to the Almighty MR TAYTO. Poafmersia also got their biggest victory in a World Cup qualification campaign with a 4-0 win over Revatnagar in Matchday 11. They later matched the record of biggest winning margin in Matchday 22, with a 7-3 away win over Shokpos.
Group Stage
Draw
Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of their KPB world ranking at the end of qualification. As hosts, Farfadillis and Mriin were placed in pot one.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Farfadillis (2) |