2018 FMRL World Cup

2018 FMRL World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Senya
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
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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)
•  Craitland (2018 ARL Championships runners-up)¹
•  Florian Republic
•  Gerenia
•  Lamantia
•  Lusa

•  Mercury (2018 KRL Championships winners)
•  North Antarctica (2018 SRL Championships runners-up)²
•  Nova England
•  Nova English Korea
•  Senya (2017 World Cup winners and hosts)
•  Zandarijn

¹ Craitland qualified as runners-up due to Senya's automatic qualification as hosts.
² North Antarctica qualified as runners-up due to Birgeshir's automatic qualification as World Cup runners-up.

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
Mercury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lamantia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Gerenia v  Senya

Gerenia	–	Senya

The Snakepit, Svorgas

Mercury v  Lamantia

Mercury	–	Lamantia

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat

Senya v  lamantia

Senya	–	lamantia

Stad Tiga, Tiga

Mercury v  Gerenia

Mercury	–	Gerenia

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen

Senya v  Mercury

Senya	–	Mercury

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat

Lamantia v  Gerenia

Lamantia	–	Gerenia

ĴetsStad, Dyas

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Birgeshir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
Florian Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova English Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zandarijn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Zandarijn v  Birgeshir

Zandarijn	–	Birgeshir

Stad Tiga, Tiga

Florian Republic v  Nova English Korea

Florian Republic	–	Nova English Korea

ĴetsStad, Dyas

Birgeshir v  Nova English Korea

Birgeshir	–	Nova English Korea

ĴetsStad, Dyas

Florian Republic v  Zandarijn

Florian Republic	–	Zandarijn

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan

Birgeshir v  Florian Republic

Birgeshir	–	Florian Republic

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Nova English Korea v  Zandarijn

Nova English Korea	–	Zandarijn

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
North Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
Florian Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lusa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Florian Republic v  Lusa

Florian Republic	–	Lusa

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan

Nova England v  North Antarctica

Nova England	–	North Antarctica

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat

North Antarctica v  Lusa

North Antarctica	–	Lusa

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Florian Republic v  Nova England

Florian Republic	–	Nova England

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat

North Antarctica v  Florian Republic

North Antarctica	–	Florian Republic

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan

Lusa v  Nova England

Lusa	–	Nova England

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Winner Group A v Winner Group C

Winner Group A	–	Winner Group C

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group C

Winner Group B	–	Runner-up Group C

Stad Tiga, Tiga

Runner-up Group A v Third place Group B

Runner-up Group A	–	Third place Group B

The Snakepit, Svorgas

Runner-up Group B v Third place Group A

Runner-up Group B	–	Third place Group A

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat

Semi-finals

Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 4

Winner quarter-final 1	–	Winner quarter-final 4

The Snakepit, Svorgas

Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 3

Winner quarter-final 2	–	Winner quarter-final 3

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Third-place play-off

Loser semi-final 1 v Loser semi-final 2

Loser semi-final 1	–	Loser semi-final 2

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen

Final

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

Winner semi-final 1	–	Winner semi-final 2

The Snakepit, Svorgas