2019 FMF World Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Birgeshir |
| Dates | 12 Jul – 18 Aug 2019 |
| Teams | 20 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Senya (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Mercury |
| Third place |
Birgeshir |
| Fourth place |
 Kingdom of Coria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 151 (2.9 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Joe Foxon |
| Best player |
Aleks Mëa |
← 2017 2021 → | |
The 2019 FMF World Cup was the twelfth tournament of the FMF World Cup, and was held in Birgeshir between 12 July and 18 August 2019. The twenty competing national teams all qualified successfully to be involved. The tournament's matches were played in eight stadiums in seven different cities around Birgeshir.
The tournament was won by Senya, for their first ever title, who beat Mercury in the final in Otaq.
Hosts
Vyktory was originally chosen as the host of the tournament after submitting one of four applications. However, Vyktory later left Micras, forfeiting the ability to host the tournament. As a result, a second vote was undertaken and Birgeshir was subsequently chosen as the host. The FMF Executives agreed that the Birgesh bid was more suited for hosting than the other applicants' and announced that the host's national team would receive an automatic berth in the tournament, as well as the winners of the previous tournament.
Bids
Stadiums
- BBNR Stadium, Otaq
- Büjük Birvij Stadium, Otaq
- Çiçekli Ælan Stadium, Balkon
- Dælgælær Stadium, Vanya
- Güneş Stadium, Öturma
- Hoşgelmiňiz Stadium, Giriş Holü
- Koridor Stadium, Koridor
- Mutfak Stadium, Mutfak
Marketing
Following Birgeshir's awarding of the hosting rights, the official tournament logo was unveiled on 31 December 2018. It features a stylised trophy design incorporating the colours of the Birgesh national flag and other colours representing unity with other nations around Micras.
On 1 January 2019, the tournament became the first FMF World Cup to unveil an official mascot; Tutandroidmon, an android child dressed in the colours of the Birgesh national flag who has a dream that one day even androids can play football. The mascot was chosen through a public vote over three other designs; a mummy, a Roman-like statue, and an anthropomorphic scarab. The winning mascot was chosen because of its metaphorical value; the child representing the small nation of Birgeshir, and the big dream reflecting the hosting of an FMF World Cup which was thought to be an impossible event for a nation of such size.
The tournament was also the first to stage an official opening ceremony, hosted by Cumhur Köprülü and Gizem Qelhatojka.
Qualification
List of qualified teams
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Squads
Teams were required to name a twenty-three-man squad for the tournament, with three goalkeepers, numbered 1 to 23.
Group stage
The group draw was made by FMF President Craitman H. Pellegrino, Vice-President Joe Foxon and AEFA President Barnaby Rudolph.
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Birgeshir
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | Advances to quarter-finals |
 Florian Republic
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advances to play-off round |
 Talenore
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
 Hoenn
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
 Lamantia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Kingdom of Coria
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advances to quarter-finals |
 Passas
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Advances to play-off round |
 Shireroth
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | |
 Tellia
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
 North Antarctica
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
13 July 2019
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| Passas
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6 – 1 | North Antarctica
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Danelon  49'Dąbrowski 59', 66', 79'O'Malley 63'Lee 85'
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Dreco 52'
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Group C
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Senya
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Advances to quarter-finals |
 Craitland
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advances to play-off round |
 Natopia
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
 Nova England
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
 Jingdao
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
18 July 2019
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| Craitland
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4 – 2 | Natopia
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| Juan 32' Juliaĵsen 83'Zóma 88'Perryman 90'
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Alexander 57' (pen.) Karoly 70'
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Group D
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Mercury
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 12 | Advances to quarter-finals |
 Krasnarus
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advances to play-off round |
 Freeland
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
 Zandarijn
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
 New Vaduz
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Knock-out stages
Bracket
| Play-off round | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||||
| 8 August – Otaq | ||||||||||||||
| 4 August – Koridor | ||||||||||||||
| Birgeshir
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Craitland
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3 | 13 August – Mutfak | ||||||||||||
| Craitland
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Freeland
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0 | Birgeshir
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1 (4) | |||||||||||
| 9 August – Öturma | ||||||||||||||
| 3 August – Vanya | Mercury (p)
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1 (5) | ||||||||||||
| Mercury
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Passas
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1 | 18 August – Otaq | ||||||||||||
| Talenore
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Talenore
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2 | Mercury
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0 | |||||||||||
| 8 August – Balkon | ||||||||||||||
| 4 August – Giriş Holü | Senya
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Kingdom of Coria
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Krasnarus (a.e.t.)
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4 | 14 August – Öturma | ||||||||||||
| Krasnarus
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Natopia
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1 | Kingdom of Coria
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0 | Third-place play-off | ||||||||||
| 9 August – Mutfak | ||||||||||||||
| 3 August – Otaq | Senya
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Senya
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4 | |||||||||||||
| Florian Republic (p)
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1 (5) | Birgeshir
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3 | |||||||||||
| Florian Republic
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Shireroth
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1 (4) | Kingdom of Coria
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2 | |||||||||||
| 17 August – Otaq | ||||||||||||||
Play-off round
3 August 2019
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| Florian Republic
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1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |
Shireroth
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| Ramirez 25'
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Thiation 58'
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| Penalties | ||
Ramirez  Wyn-Jones Butcher  Clark Chase Lycett
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5 – 4 | Akwá Lamberti Viðarsson Llwrran Kikksta Overstag
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4 August 2019
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| Krasnarus
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4 – 1 (a.e.t.) |
Natopia
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| Radmanović 17', 95' Kardashyan 111'Bartholomew 120'
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Saint-François Xavier 39'
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
13 August 2019
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| Birgeshir
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1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |
Mercury
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| Lahar 25'
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Foxon 13'
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| Penalties | ||
| Lahar Çıkthan Karadeniz Pabasojk Örşurojk
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4 – 5 | Partridge Foxon Fizeau-Blake Phillips Rydberg
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Third-place play-off
17 August 2019
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| Birgeshir
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3 – 2 | Kingdom of Coria
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| Karadeniz 48' Tahir 74' (pen.)Lahar 78'
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Mileusnić 46' Ćorluka 85'
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Final
| 2019 FMF World Cup Winners |
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 Senya |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Team of the Tournament
Italics signify the tournament's best player.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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See also
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