2018 OOF World Cup
ᚡᚥᛄᛒᚨᛛᛛ-ᛇᛂᛛᛏᛗᛂᛙᛊᛏᛂᛡᛮᚨᚠᛏ 2018 Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 | |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Zusea |
Teams | 16 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 12 (in 9 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Zusea |
Runners-up | Meriad |
Third place | Gran Altiplano |
Fourth place | 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 | ||
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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:
- Points obtained (Pts.) in all group matches;
- Goal difference (GD) in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored (GF) in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
Pos. | Team | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Qualification |
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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 |
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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 |