2020 IAFF World Cup

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2020 IAFF World Cup
2018
Tournament logo
Tournament details
Host nationKavagrad
SloganThe Greatest Gather Here!
Dates14 August - 26 August
Teams24 (from 6 regions)
Venues7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Tournament statistics
Total matches52
Goals scored111 (3.08 per game)
Top scorer Alehandro Cerrato (7 goals)
Team awards

The 2020 IAFF World Cup will be the second World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the national teams of invited member regions, as organised by the Interregional Association of Football Federations (IAFF). It will be hosted by Kavagrad from 13 to 26 August.

The final tournament will involve 24 national teams. A total of 76 matches will be played in 7 venues located in 7 cities. The final will take place on 26 August at the De Leon Stadium in East Neva, Kavagrad.

Host selection

The bidding procedure to host the 2020 IAFF World Cup began on 29 July, with nations having until 1 August to register their interest. Eight bids were placed to host the tournament among ten nations. All nations had one preferential ballot they could cast to determine the successful bid.

Kavagrad won the right to be the 2020 host in the third round after the distribution of preferences. The Owl Archipelago/The Outer Union/Zentata bid came second, and the Habsburg-Lorraine bid came third.

The voting results were:

2020 IAFF World Cup bidding (majority 9 votes)
Bidders Votes
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Kavagrad 7 8 9
Owl Archipelago / The Outer Union / Zentata 5 5 5
Habsburg-Lorraine 2 2 2
Imuneco 1 1 1
Alphonsia 1 1 Eliminated
Armenasia 1 Eliminated Eliminated
Nekkko 0 Eliminated Eliminated
Rajpore 0 Eliminated Eliminated

Teams

Qualification

The qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the participating regions to select 4 nations each to play in the 2020 IAFF World Cup. A total of 39 nations from 6 regions participated in the process, with 24 of these nations qualifying.

Region No. of teams started Teams qualified Qualifying start date Qualifying end date
India 5
  • Rajpore
  • Armenasia
  • Indusse
  • Bharat India
2 August 2020 11 August 2020
Social Liberal Union 5
  • North American Republics
  • Imuneco
  • Goncar
  • Brys Questions
3 August 2020 11 August 2020
Thalassia 10
  • Herya
  • Pupilos do Jerónimo
  • The Outer Union
  • Arenado
2 August 2020 10 August 2020
The Communist Bloc 6
  • Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Egaleca
  • Eriadni
  • Ferisa
6 August 2020 12 August 2020
The Internationale 5
  • Nekkko
  • Alphonsia
  • Duravia
  • Tioguldós
2 August 2020 11 August 2020
The Leftist Assembly 8
  • Kavagrad
  • Llorens
  • New Samon
  • Asturies-Llión
2 August 2020 8 August 2020
Total 39 24 2 August 2020 12 August 2020

Draw

The draw was held on 12 August 2020. The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots.

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the IAFF Rankings following the qualification stage. Pot one contained the host Kavagrad (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the remaining best five teams. Pot two contained the next best six teams, and so on for pots three and four. Teams from the same region were not drawn against each other for the group stage. The pots for the draw are shown below.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • Kavagrad (3) (host)
  • Goncar (1)
  • Llorens (2)
  • Nekkko (4)
  • Herya (5)
  • North American Republics (6)
  • Rajpore (7)
  • Habsburg-Lorraine (8)
  • Egaleca (9)
  • Armenasia (10)
  • The Outer Union (11)
  • Pupilos do Jerónimo (12)
  • Imuneco (13)
  • Arenado (15)
  • New Samon (16)
  • Eriadni (18)
  • Ferisa (19)
  • Duravia (20)
  • Alphonsia (21)
  • Indusse (22)
  • Asturies-Llión (25)
  • Tioguldós (26)
  • Bharat India (27)
  • Brys Questions (38)

Venues

Venue name Location Capacity
De Leon Stadium East Neva, Kava-Neva 86,520
Spartak Arena Kavagrad, Kavagrad 82,000
Edmund Kava Stadium Goodluck, Kava-Nida Autonomous District 74,000
Selim Yuliman Park Mount Tomaz, Kava-Bostror 68,900
Stade Tyreux Deligne, Kava-Tyreux 67,600
Unification Stadium Pierrick, Pierrick Autonomous District 62,291
Riverside e-Arena Grand Crossing, Kava-Rivers 58,000

Schedule

Qualification 2-12 August
Group stage Matchday 1 14 August
Matchday 2 16 August
Matchday 3 18 August
Round of 16 20 August
Quarter-finals 22 August
Semi-finals 24 August
Finals 26 August

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kavagrad 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5 Qualification to round of 16
2 Ferisa 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
3 Bharat India 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 Pupilos do Jerónimo 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Imuneco 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Qualification to round of 16
2 Egaleca 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3 Tioguldós 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 Llorens 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 The Outer Union 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9 Qualification to round of 16
2 Alphonsia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Eriadni 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 North American Republics 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Asturies-Llión 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Qualification to round of 16
2 Arenado 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3 Rajpore 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 Goncar 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Armenasia 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Qualification to round of 16
2 Herya 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3 Brys Questions 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 Duravia 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Indusse 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Qualification to round of 16
2 Habsburg-Lorraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
3 Nekkko 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 Possible qualification to round of 16 based on ranking
4 New Samon 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Bharat India 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4 Qualification to round of 16
2 F Nekkko 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
3 C Eriadni 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 D Rajpore 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
5 E Brys Questions 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 B Tioguldós 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 2020 IAFF World Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
20 August 2020 – Kavagrad
 
 
Ferisa
 
22 August 2020 – Mount Tomaz
 
Alphonsia
 
Winner Match 37
 
20 August 2020 – Goodluck
 
Winner Match 38
 
Asturies-Llión
 
24 August 2020 – Goodluck
 
Nekkko
 
Winner Match 45
 
20 August 2020 – Deligne
 
Winner Match 46
 
Imuneco
 
22 August 2020 – Pierrick
 
Rajpore
 
Winner Match 39
 
20 August 2020 – Grand Crossing
 
Winner Match 40
 
Indusse
 
26 August 2020 – East Neva
 
Herya
 
Winner Match 49
 
20 August 2020 – Kavagrad
 
Winner Match 50
 
The Outer Union
 
22 August 2020 – Mount Tomaz
 
Bharat India
 
Winner Match 41
 
20 August 2020 – Goodluck
 
Winner Match 42
 
Armenasia
 
24 August 2020 – Kavagrad
 
Arenado
 
Winner Match 47
 
20 August 2020 – Deligne
 
Winner Match 48Third place play-off
 
Kavagrad
 
22 August 2020 – Pierrick26 August 2020 – Kavagrad
 
Eriadni
 
Winner Match 43Loser Match 49
 
20 August 2020 – Grand Crossing
 
Winner Match 44Loser Match 50
 
Egaleca
 
 
Habsburg-Lorraine