2018 OOF World Cup

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2018 OOF World Cup
ᚡᚥᛄᛒᚨᛛᛛ-ᛇᛂᛛᛏᛗᛂᛙᛊᛏᛂᛡᛮᚨᚠᛏ 2018
Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018
2018 OOF World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Zusea
Teams 16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Zusea Zusea
Runners-up Flag of Meriad Meriad
Third place Flag of Gran Altiplano Gran Altiplano
Fourth place Flag of Yamatai Yamatai

The 2018 OOF World Cup was the 24th edition of the OOF World Cup, the quadrennial international men's and women's association football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of OOF. The tournament took place in Zusea from 1 July to 12 August 2018, and included 16 teams from three continents, with games played across 12 stadiums in 9 cities. The defending World Cup champions were Gran Altiplano, who failed to defend their title. Zusea won the tournament after a 5-3 victory over Meriad in the final.

Accusations of corruption were made regarding Zusea's successful bid to host. While an OOF internal investigation and report published in 2014 cleared Zusea of any wrongdoing, the organization's lead investigator later called the report "utterly incomplete and erroneous." As a result, on 28 May 2016, Meriadnir federal prosecutors opened an investigation into bribery and money-laundering relating to the 2018 host selection process. OOF President August Theodor was quoted as saying that Zusea had used "oily tactics," which elicited a severe rebuke from the Zusian Räich Football Union (RFV). On 20 February 2017, the Zusian Räich Office of Justice announced it would investigate claims of cronyism and graft relating to the KVF's handling of World Cup construction and advertising. The Redonian government also announced its own investigation.

Host selection

Venues

Vordin Tafa
Vaterstadion Sturmstadion
(Sturmitz Arena)
Fischt Weltstadion
(Fischt World Stadium)
Tafastadion
(Tafa Stadium)
Capacity: 105,671 Capacity: 72,243 Capacity: 57,659 Capacity: 81,360
Ostarna Pentra Embai
Zimmerling Arena Die Sportdom Himmelspark
(Aarstadion)
Räichspark
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 73,208 Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 75,000
Skalagard Ïsendor Delborn Shynka
Schossi Arena Zenturio-Stadion Sporschedel-Stadion Shynka Stadion
Capacity: 69,176 Capacity: 69,000 Capacity: 50,754 Capacity: 41,620

Officiating

Video assistant referees

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained (Pts.) in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference (GD) in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored (GF) in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos. Team Pld. W D L GF GA GD Pts. Qualification
1  Shirakawa 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Yeongseon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3  New Hyspania 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 File:SuavianFlag.png Suavia 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

Group B

Pos. Team Pld. W D L GF GA GD Pts. Qualification
1  Zusea 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Hunggwok 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3  Meriad 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
4  Arcadia 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0