2018 FMRL World Cup

2018 FMRL World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Florian Republic
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
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Hosts

Stadiums

7 Stadiums were planned to be used for the tournament, but due to its expansion, 12 stadiums will now be used. The three new stadiums will be decided in early January 2018.

Northcliff	Dragonmoor	Blackoak	Meadowedge
Northcliff Arena	Red Bear Park	Stone Brewery Stadium	Warriors Sports Arena
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 55,097	Capacity: 45,500
Newmarsh	Birmingham	Meadowedge	Stonehall
Newmarsh Olympic Stadium	Eastpak Stadium	Speedo Arena	The Jungle
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 34,500	Capacity: 32,609	Capacity: 26,500
Northsilver	Newmarsh	Newhedge	Oldhaven
Panthers Stadium	Saints Road	Newhedge Sports Village	Oldhaven Stadium
Capacity: 25,586	Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 9,000

Qualification

Qualified teams

• Birgeshir (2017 World Cup runners-up)
• Florian Republic (hosts)
• Senya (2017 World Cup winners)
• TBD (2018 ARL Championships winners)
• TBD (2018 KRL Championships winners)
• TBD (2018 SRL Shield winners)

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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 Florian Republic 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
Florian Republic	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

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

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

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