2023 WMF World Cup
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Arab Emirates |
Dates | 26 October–4 November 2023 |
Teams | 32 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Romania (1st title) |
Runners-up | Kazakhstan |
Third place | Hungary |
Fourth place | Azerbaijan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 313 (4.89 per match) |
← 2019 2025 → |
The 2023 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the fourth edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, from 26 October to 4 November 2023.[1][2]
Venue
[edit]All the matches of 2023 WMF World Cup are played in Ras Al Khaimah.
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Capacity: 4,500 |
Qualified teams
[edit]Like in the 2019 WMF World Cup, 32 teams from 4 continents are qualified for the final tournament:
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Group stage
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Group A
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 9 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 |
India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Kazakhstan | 7–0 | Ghana |
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United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | India |
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Kazakhstan | 16–0 | India |
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United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | Ghana |
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United Arab Emirates | 1–2 | Kazakhstan |
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Ghana | 8–0 | India |
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Group B
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 |
Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 |
Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Mexico | 6–0 | Ireland |
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Guatemala | 0–6 | Georgia |
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Guatemala | 0–5 | Ireland |
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Mexico | 1–2 | Georgia |
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Mexico | 19–1 | Guatemala |
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Georgia | 10–1 | Ireland |
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Group C
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 9 |
Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 |
Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Ukraine | 9–1 | Algeria |
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Czech Republic | 6–0 | Thailand |
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Ukraine | 0–2 | Thailand |
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Czech Republic | 8–1 | Algeria |
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Algeria | 0–5 | Thailand |
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Czech Republic | 7–0 | Ukraine |
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Group D
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 4 |
Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
United States | 2–2 | Spain |
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Romania | 10–1 | Sudan |
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Romania | 3–2 | Spain |
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United States | 8–1 | Sudan |
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Spain | 9–5 | Sudan |
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Romania | 0–0 | United States |
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Group E
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 |
Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 3 |
Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Oman | 1–13 | Japan |
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Bulgaria | 3–0 | Montenegro |
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Oman | 1–10 | Montenegro |
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Bulgaria | 3–0 | Japan |
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Montenegro | 2–1 | Japan |
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Oman | 0–9 | Bulgaria |
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Group F
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Slovakia | 2–0 | Albania |
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France | 2–2 | England |
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France | 3–2 | Albania |
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Slovakia | 2–3 | England |
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England | 0–0 | Albania |
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Slovakia | 2–1 | France |
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Group G
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Azerbaijan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
Iraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 1 |
Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Egypt | 2–0 | Kuwait |
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Azerbaijan | 2–0 | Iraq |
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Kuwait | 5–5 | Iraq |
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Azerbaijan | 4–1 | Egypt |
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Egypt | 4–2 | Iraq |
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Referee: Istvan Mod / Michal Béreš
Azerbaijan | 3–1 | Kuwait |
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Group H
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
Libya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
Source: WMF World Cup
Serbia | 5–4 | Libya |
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Hungary | 1–0 | Portugal |
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Hungary | 2–1 | Libya |
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Serbia | 2–3 | Portugal |
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Libya | 0–4 | Portugal |
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Hungary | 1–0 | Serbia |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Eighth-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
2 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Romania | 2 | |||||||||||||
Romania | 7 | |||||||||||||
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Thailand | 0 | |||||||||||||
Romania | 3 | |||||||||||||
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||
Slovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 2 | |||||||||||||
Slovakia | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 1 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||
Romania (p) | 2 (12) | |||||||||||||
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 2 (11) | |||||||||||||
Kazakhstan (p) | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
Mexico | 0 (1) | |||||||||||||
Kazakhstan (p) | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||
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Czech Republic | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||||||
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||||||||||
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Azerbaijan | 2 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 November – Ras Al Khaimah | 4 November – Ras Al Khaimah | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 0 | |||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 3 | Hungary | 3 | |||||||||||
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Bulgaria | 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 | |||||||||||
Bulgaria | 2 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Third place play-off
[edit]Hungary | 3–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Final
[edit]Romania | 2–2 | Kazakhstan |
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Marius Gabriel Balogh Andrei Gabriel Șumălan Vasile Ovidiu Pop Mircea Ciprian Ungur Vlad Iulian Mocanu Alexandru Bourceanu Andrei Cătălin Ferik Andrei Cosmin Balea Viorel Ionuț Neacșa Dragoș Constantin Nițu Saron Ionuț Chirică Ioan Mircea Popa Ionuț Andrei Nemițanu Constantin Gabriel Dumitrașcu Bogdan Covaci |
12–11 | Vitaliy Grigoryev Alexey Zabogonskiy Daniyar Togaibayev Uralbek Yegizbayev Alexandr Kislitsyn Nursultan Zhussupov Aslanbek Arshkenov Zhushnov Baktiyar Zhanibek Seitzhan Avel Tarzhanov Ilya Mun Andrey Mironov Alexandr Rushinas Bakir Dyikanbayev Yevgeniy Biryukov |
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Final ranking
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- Winners: Romania[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ras Al Khaimah to host Minifootball World Cup". Virgin Radio Dubai. ARN News Staff. 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Ras Al Khaimah Minifootball World Cup to 'continue legacy' of growing sport's popularity". The National News. John McAuley. 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Romania is the minifootball world champion after a dramatic penalty shootout". Bucharest Daily News. 4 November 2023.