2017 WMF World Cup

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Host countryTunisia
Dates6–15 October
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
2017 WMF World Cup
كأس العالم لكرة القدم المصغرة 2017
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates6–15 October
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored260 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Francisco Castaño
(10 goals)
Best playerTunisia Ouday Belhaj
Best goalkeeperSenegal Papa Samba Diallo
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The 2017 WMF World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the biennial world championship for national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation (WMF). The tournament was contested in Nabeul in Tunisia between 6 and 15 October 2017.[1] The tournament has been expanded by increasing the number of participating teams to 24. United States are the defending champions.[2] Czech Republic defeated Mexico 3–0 in the final, to win the title.[3][4]

Tunisia was awarded the right to host the event on 27 August 2016.[5] All the matches are played at the Nabeul Minifootball Stadium in Nabeul on the south coast of the Cape Bon. This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.[6] The most prominent challenges and concerns of hosting was Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia.

Nabeul
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium
Capacity: 2,900

Teams

Participating nations

Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament.

Team Finals
appearance		 First
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Argentina 1st None None Debut
 Australia 1st None None Debut
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st None None Debut
 Brazil 2nd 2015 2015 Third place (2015)
 Chile 1st None None Debut
 Czech Republic 2nd 2015 2015 Quarter-finals (2015)
 France 1st None None Debut
 Guatemala 1st None None Debut
 Hungary 1st None None Debut
 India 2nd 2015 2015 Group stage (2015)
 Iraq 1st None None Debut
 Ivory Coast 1st None None Debut
 Kazakhstan 2nd 2015 2015 Group stage (2015)
 Lebanon 1st None None Debut
 Libya 1st None None Debut
 Mexico 2nd 2015 2015 Runners-up (2015)
 Portugal 1st None None Debut
 Romania 2nd 2015 2015 Third place (2015)
 Russia 2nd 2015 2015 Group stage (2015)
 Senegal 1st None None Debut
 Somalia 1st None None Debut
 Spain 1st None None Debut
 Tunisia (Host) 1st None None Debut
 United States (Holders) 2nd 2015 2015 Champions (2015)

Draw

On 11 June 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from 6 October to 16 October 2017.[7] On 6 September 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis.[8] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Tunisia (Host)
 Romania
 Mexico
 United States
 Russia
 Czech Republic

 France
 Hungary
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Spain
 Kazakhstan
 Portugal

 Chile
 Brazil
 Senegal
 Argentina
 Libya
 Ivory Coast

 Australia
 Somalia
 Lebanon
 Iraq
 India
 Guatemala

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
  5. drawing of lots by the 2017 WMF World Cup Organising Committee.

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 22 1 +21 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  France 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: WMF
Argentina 1–5 Australia
Esteban Voight 29' Martin Middlehurst 3'
Shervin Adeli 28', 44'
Natham Sansom 37'
Jordan Ferrier 40'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Czech Republic 7–0 France
František Hakl 9'
Romain Labaig 24' (o.g.)
Michal Uhlíř 30'
Michal Salák 31'
Jan Koudelka 34', 48'
Ondřej Paděra 44'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
France 3–0 Argentina
Elie Dohin 36'
Nicolas Huertos 48'
Omar Belbachir 48'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Australia 1–5 Czech Republic
Shervin Adeli 27' Patrik Levčík 3'
František Hakl 5'
Michal Salák 16'
Stanislav Mařík 22'
Jakub Polák 38'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Australia 3–3 France
Tai Smith 10'
Shervin Adeli 33', 27' (pen.)		 Aurelien Jastier 7'
Wesley Liadé 26'
Omar Belbachir 44'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Czech Republic 10–0 Argentina
Ondřej Paděra 4'
Michal Salák 12', 45'
Jakub Polák 15'
Daniel Kavka 28', 34'
Stanislav Mařík 33', 39'
František Hakl 40'
Jan Koudelka 50'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Hungary 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
3  Chile 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Iraq 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: WMF
Iraq 0–2 Mexico
Christian Gutierrez 34'
Angel Curiel 47'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Chile 5–0 Iraq
Javier Quiroz 4'
Cristian Arredondo 7', 30'
Juan Carlos Muñoz 33', 39'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Mexico 3–1 Hungary
Christian Gutierrez 22'
Hiram Ruiz 27'
Angel Curiel 48'		 Bence Bognár 35'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Hungary 1–1 Chile
Istvan Marko Sos 21' (pen.) Cristian Arredondo 50'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Mexico 2–0 Chile
Christian Gutierrez 22'
Erick Tovar 27'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Iraq 0–6 Hungary
Miklós Rajz 6'
Bence Bognár 9'
Richárd Cseszneki 38'
Imre Lak 40'
Attila Nagy 46', 49'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
4  Somalia 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: WMF
Russia 1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Erik Korchagin 2' Andreas Berović 25'
Goran Lovrinovic 45' (pen.)
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Brazil 3–2 Somalia
Everton Cestari 25'
Leonardo Cardoso 41' (pen.)
Gustavo Elia 46'		 Daod Dahir 18', 33'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Somalia 1–10 Russia
Mohamed Ali 14' Aleksandr Kuksov 2', 13'
Alexei Medvedev 5', 24'
Erik Korchagin 17', 18'
Sergey Kharlamov 30'
Sergey Svezhentsev 31'
Marat Sadykov 36', 47'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Brazil
Borislav Grbavac 35' Ricardo De Maria Sobreira 36'
Gustavo Elia 44'
Thiago Coutinho 49'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Russia 2–0 Brazil
Ilnar Zhamaletdinov 19'
Kirill Svirodov 21'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Somalia 1–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daod Dahir 9' Borislav Grbavac 3'
Robert Milonović 12', 26'
Edin Mujezinovic 25', 31'
Marko Vujica 26'
Predrag Bekic 36'
Mirza Zahirovic 44'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 1 1 16 6 +10 4
3  United States 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
4  India 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0
Source: WMF
United States 3–5 Spain
Franck Tayou 32', 52', 59' Serji Codina 7'
Alváro Vidal 9'
Pablo García 34'
Francisco Castaño 35'
Vincente Zaragoza 52'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Senegal 11–0 India
Momo Cissé 6', 21', 28', 33', 36'
Moustapha Nam 20', 31', 32'
Niang Diop 25', 36'
Pape Mebillo 26'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
United States 2–2 Senegal
Momo Cissé 29' (o.g.)
Andy Reyes 45'		 Moustapha Nam 49'
Momo Cissé 50+2' (pen.)
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
India 0–8 United States
Franck Tayou 21', 24', 26', 39'
Andy Reyes 26', 40'
Israel Sesay 31'
Jordan 34'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Spain 4–3 Senegal
Francisco Castaño 9', 44'
Alváro Vidal 20'
Vicente Zaragoza 50+1'		 Momo Cisse 21', 50+3' (pen.)
Niang Diop 28'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
India 0–11 Spain
Francisco Castaño 2', 25', 44'
Alváro Vidal 15', 22'
March Tharky 19' (o.g.)
Pablo García 25'
Xavi Poncél 26'
Juan Fernandéz 29', 37'
Alberto Velcon 33'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 2 21 −19 0
Source: WMF
Romania 2–1 Kazakhstan
Vincene Toma 35'
Gabriel Tanase 41'		 Anuar Tokenov 33'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Guatemala 0–8 Romania
Razvan Plopeanu 4'
Vincene Toma 10'
Cosmin Craciun 36'
Radu Burciu 37'
Marian Ionut 39', 42'
Robert Dragan Paulevici 43'
Claudiu Vlad 49'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Kazakhstan 4–2 Ivory Coast
Yerbol Suleimenov 5'
Alexander Bogomolov 7'
Murat Akhmetsharipov 31'
Jumogali Alibayev 45'		 Diane Amara 23'
Donald Messako 29'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Romania 3–0 Ivory Coast
Vincene Toma 4'
Radu Burciu 10'
Razvan Plopeanu 47'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Ivory Coast 6–1 Guatemala
Zepherin Vovo Lago 4', 10' (pen.)
Alain Eric Beugre 10'
Diane Amara 15', 20'
Donald Messako 23'		 Christian De Leon 44'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Guatemala 1–7 Kazakhstan
Hugo Morales 4' Kuanysh Abdualiyev 7', 47'
Alexander Bogomolov 25'
Yerbol Izekenov 28'
Murat Akhmetsharipov 35'
Mustafin Zhassulan 41'
Alin Assylzhan 48'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia (H) 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Libya 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Portugal 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: WMF
(H) Hosts
Tunisia 3–2 Portugal
Mohamed Azouni 1'
Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 9'
Ouday Belhaj 13'		 Joao Troncoso 18'
Bruno Tavares 50+4'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Libya 2–0 Lebanon
Akhila Salem 24'
Ali Chouchane 29'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Lebanon 1–6 Tunisia
Hassan Youness 32' Mohamed Azouni 9', 28'
Ouday Belhaj 24', 27'
Hamza Firas Maiza 47'
Abdessattar Grissa 49'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Portugal 0–0 Libya
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Lebanon 1–1 Portugal
Ahmad Daher 35' Nuno Capela 33'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul
Tunisia 2–2 Libya
Mohamed Azouni 12'
Ouday Belhaj 13'		 Ibrahim Ayman 27'
Fadel Zaki Sleik 29'
Nabeul Minifootball Stadium, Nabeul

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Brazil 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2 D  United States 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
3 B  Chile 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
4 A  France 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
5 E  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
6 F  Portugal 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: WMF

Knockout stage

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