2018 FMRL World Cup

2018 FMRL World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Senya
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
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Hosts

The Florian Republic was initially announced as the hosts of the competition, however, due to the War of Lost Brothers, the hosting rights were stripped, and bidding re-opened. It was then announced that Senya would later be awarded hosting rights after a successful bid.

Bids

•  Florian Republic
•  Senya

Venues

These stadiums will be used for the tournament:

• The Snakepit, Svorgas (115,000)
• Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni (70,000)
• Stad Tiga, Tiga (61,350)
• ĴetsStad, Dyas (55,000)
• Air Senya Arena, Lutsan (46,500)
• Eprat City Stadium, Eprat (45,000)
• Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen (35,000)
• Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat (25,000)

Qualification

Qualified teams

•  Birgeshir (2017 World Cup runners-up)
•  Senya (2017 World Cup winners and hosts)
•  Craitland (2018 ARL Championships finalists)¹
• TBD (2018 KRL Championships winners)
• TBD (2018 SRL Shield winners)²
• TBD

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¹ Craitland qualify even if Senya win the 2018 ARL Championships due to Senya's automatic qualification as holders.
² The SRL Championships runner-up will qualify if Birgeshir win the competition.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be made once qualifying is completed. The top 4 seeds for the competition will be drawn into Groups A and B, with the hosts automatically being given the first seeded spot in Group A. The remaining 8 unseeded teams will be drawn into the other slots, starting with two teams into Group C, then in alphabetical order of groups, starting with Group A.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Senya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

A4 v  Senya

A4	–	Senya

A2 v A3

A2	–	A3

Senya v A3

Senya	–	A3

A2 v A4

A2	–	A4

Senya v A2

Senya	–	A2

A3 v A4

A3	–	A4

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

B4 v B1

B4	–	B1

B2 v B3

B2	–	B3

B1 v B3

B1	–	B3

B2 v B4

B2	–	B4

B1 v B2

B1	–	B2

B3 v B4

B3	–	B4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

C2 v C3

C2	–	C3

C4 v C1

C4	–	C1

C1 v C3

C1	–	C3

C2 v C4

C2	–	C4

C1 v C2

C1	–	C2

C3 v C4

C3	–	C4

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Winner Group A v Winner Group C

Winner Group A	–	Winner Group C

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group C

Winner Group B	–	Runner-up Group C

Runner-up Group A v Third place Group B

Runner-up Group A	–	Third place Group B

Runner-up Group B v Third place Group A

Runner-up Group B	–	Third place Group A

Semi-finals

Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 4

Winner quarter-final 1	–	Winner quarter-final 4

Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 3

Winner quarter-final 2	–	Winner quarter-final 3

Third-place play-off

Loser semi-final 1 v Loser semi-final 2

Loser semi-final 1	–	Loser semi-final 2

Final

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

Winner semi-final 1	–	Winner semi-final 2