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2019 WMF World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	1–11 October
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	415 (6.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ondřej Paděra (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Moises Gonzalez
Best goalkeeper	Bernardo Valdovinos Solos
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The 2019 WMF World Cup was the third edition of the WMF World Cup organized by the World Minifootball Federation (WMF). The tournament was contested in Perth in Australia between 1 and 11 October 2019. The tournament has been expanded by increasing the number of participating teams to 32. Czech Republic are the defending champions. Mexico two times runner-up defeated Brazil 4–0 in the final, to win the title.

Venue

Australia was awarded the right to host the event on 27 June 2018. All the matches are played at the Perth Minifoot Stadium in Langley Park in Perth.

Perth
Perth Minifoot Stadium
Capacity: 5,000
Perth

Teams

Participating nations

Team	Finals appearance	First appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	1st	None	None	Debut
Argentina	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
Australia (Host)	2nd	2017	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
Brazil	3rd	2015	2017	Third place (2015)
Chile	2nd	2017	2017	Round of 16 (2017)
Colombia	1st	None	None	Debut
Costa Rica	1st	None	None	Debut
Czech Republic (Holders)	3rd	2015	2017	Champions (2017)
England	1st	None	None	Debut
Ghana	1st	None	None	Debut
Guatemala	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
Hungary	2nd	2017	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
India	3rd	2015	2017	Group stage (2015, 2017)
Iraq	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
Japan	1st	None	None	Debut
Lebanon	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
Mexico	3rd	2015	2017	Runners-up (2015, 2017)
Moldova	1st	None	None	Debut
Nigeria	1st	None	None	Debut
Portugal	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
Romania	3rd	2015	2017	Third place (2015)
Saudi Arabia	1st	None	None	Debut
Serbia	2nd	2015	2015	Group stage (2015)
Singapore	1st	None	None	Debut
Slovakia	1st	None	None	Debut
Somalia	2nd	2017	2017	Group stage (2017)
South Africa	1st	None	None	Debut
Switzerland	1st	None	None	Debut
Thailand	1st	None	None	Debut
Tunisia	2nd	2017	2017	Quarter-finals (2017)
Ukraine	1st	None	None	Debut
United States	3rd	2015	2017	Champions (2015)

Draw

On 7 June 2019, in Perth, the pools were drawn for 8 groups of 32 teams.

Group stage

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+8)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Colombia	3–1	India
Jairo Andres Guzman Pulgarin 15' Nicolas Hoyos 16' Mateo Guevara 20'		Damanpreet Sukh Singh Heer 20'

Australia	4–0	Thailand
Chris Payne 7', 8' Predraj Bojic 13' Jake Harris 28'

Colombia	5–3	Thailand
José Zúñiga 2' Ever Stevens Pino Meza 10' Iván Arias 22' Gustavo Girón 31', 45'		Thammanan Kawachart 7' Kantapit Uachaiwiwat 21' Pichai Jantamee 25'

Australia	11–0	India
Amaury Gauthier 13', 30', 34' Joshua Swadling 13' George Harle 27' Chris Payne 29' Hussein Akil 36' Marc Warren 41' Adolph Koudakpo 47', 49' Brad Bartels 48'

India	1–2	Thailand
Damanpreet Sukh Singh Heer 38'		Thammanan Kawachart 7', 23'

Australia	4–1	Colombia
Joe Fox 4' Chris Payne 10', 25', 35'		José Zúñiga 43'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	23	2	+21	9	Knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	14	8	+6	4
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	4	21	−17	3
4	England	3	0	1	2	5	15	−10	1

Hungary	4–2	Saudi Arabia
David Ladanyi 8', 33', 37' Istvan Marko Sos 41'		Rashed Aldawsari 6', 43' (pen.)

Afghanistan	3–2	England
Jawad Rezaie 11', 35' Hadi Hussain 47'		Tom Kennedy 11' Jamie Gardiner 40'

Hungary	9–0	England
Zsolt Horvath 15' David Ladanyi 15' Tamas Seregy 24' Istvan Marko Sos 28' Mate Janos Suscsak 29' Attila Fritz 32' Richard Gregus 36', 42' Miklos Barabas 50'

Afghanistan	1–9	Saudi Arabia
Jawad Rezaie 45'		Yahya Farasan 26', 33', 36' Fahad Rudayni 36' Sami Alharbi 38' Rashed Aldawsari 46', 50' Naif Alanazi 47', 49'

Hungary	10–0	Afghanistan
Istvan Marko Sos 3' Attila Fritz 6', 30' Mate Janos Suscsak 10', 11' Gergely Kovacs 31' David Ladanyi 32', 39' Richard Gregus 34' Miklos Barabas 40'

England	3–3	Saudi Arabia
Jack Rycroft 7' Danny Hodgson 19' Ben Reynolds 32'		Sayil Alotaibi 16', 39' Sami Alharbi 38'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Knockout stage
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	3	26	−23	0

Romania	10–0	Nigeria
Stelian Stancu 2', 4', 34', 49' Ioan Mircea Popa 28', 45' Razvan Alexandru Plopeanu 36', 39', 48' Dragan Robert Paulevici 41'

Lebanon	0–3	Ukraine
		Andrei Khomin 15' Viktor Tsoi 34' Yevhen Zadorozhnii 45'

Lebanon	8–1	Nigeria
Ali Fakih 1', 11', 32' Hassan Younes 3' Ibrahim Rammal 6', 19' Kassem Ezzedine 12' Khaled Elejel 40'		Abraham Obafemi Martins Awosanya 45'

Romania	3–1	Ukraine
Ionut Traian Alecu 1' Mircea Ciprian Ungur 5' Dragan Robert Paulevici 26'		Viktor Panteleichuk 38'

Romania	2–1	Lebanon
Andrei Cosmin Balea 24' Mircea Ciprian Ungur 49'		Khaled Elejel 13'

Ukraine	8–2	Nigeria
Viktor Panteleichuk 1' Andrei Khomin 2' Yevhenii Zaiets 6', 24' Vitalii Kharchenko 9', 33' Yevhen Zadorozhnii 15' Viktor Tsoi 25'		Ismail Hajimohamed 12' Rama Kabwe 17'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	Guatemala	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
3	Iraq	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0	Eliminated

• Note: Portugal had a player with a professional contract playing in Association football, which is not allowed by the rules. Therefore, all of Portugal's matches were nullified 0–5 in favor of the opponent.

Guatemala	3–1	Iraq
Roberto Morales 22', 39' Michael Mendez 42'		Karrar Muhsin Al Bunajim 47'

Portugal	2–2 (Cancelled) 0–5 (Awarded)	Ghana
Luccas Araujo de Mello 3' Alessandro Basto 39'		Brian Koech 23' Abdul Razak Amadu 25'

Guatemala	1–7	Ghana
Michael Mendez 32'		Joshua Tumeo 5', 39' Nicholas Anane 6', 26' Emmanuel Kankpeyeng 15' Mordecai Appiah 27' Michael Mendez 31' (o.g.)

Portugal	4–2 (Cancelled) 0–5 (Awarded)	Iraq
Luccas Araujo de Mello 7' Miguel De Oliveira 10' Brandon De Abreu 13' Jesse Lazzaro 17'		Mahdi Rabei 34' Basheer Abdel Hakim Mohamad 50'

Portugal	1–0 (Cancelled) 0–5 (Awarded)	Guatemala
Jesse Lazzaro 12'

Iraq	2–3	Ghana
Karar Saad Al-Asadi 16' Hassan Elyassiri 26'		Emmanuel Kankpeyeng 35' Karar Saad Al-Asadi 37' (o.g.) Mordecai Appiah 38'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	26	2	+24	9	Knockout stage
2	Moldova	3	2	0	1	14	5	+9	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	7	23	−16	3
4	Somalia	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Mexico	4–0	Moldova
Hiram Ruiz 15' Moises Gonzalez 22', 38' Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 36'

Switzerland	6–2	Somalia
Sebastian Bernhard 5' Luca Schmiedgen 6' Felim Rugel 25', 37' Remo Capitani 35' Patrick Guggisberg 50'		Abdullahi Osman 8' Luqman Abdirahman 24'

Switzerland	1–10	Moldova
Arturo Schmiedgen 20'		Leonid Podlesnov 8', 16', 37', 44' Victor Negara 12' Alexandru Popovici 39' Serghei Nudnîi 40', 47' Stanislav Luca 44' Victor Iordachi 46'

Mexico	11–2	Somalia
Luis Ortega 1', 15' Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 5' Daniel Villela 15' Christian Gutierrez 16' Moises Gonzalez 20', 21', 27' Cesar Alejandro Cerda Herrera 23', 34' Hiram Ruiz 40'		12' Abdullahi Osman 39'

Mexico	11–0	Switzerland
Miguel Vaca Nuñez 11', 41' Daniel Villela 12' Luis Ortega 17', 33' Ismael Rojo Martinez 19' Hiram Ruiz 21' Brandon Escoto 24' Moises Gonzalez 36' Cesar Alejandro Cerda Herrera 48' Carlos Hernandez Martinez 50'

Somalia	0–4	Moldova
		Alexandru Popovici 6' Oleg Sischin 18' Ruslan Istrati 22' Leonid Podlesnov 32'

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	9	1	+8	5
3	Japan	3	0	2	1	6	12	−6	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	6	18	−12	1

Tunisia	8–0	Costa Rica
Chbil Tayeb 5' Ben Taleb Mohamed Ali 6', 8' Omar Nasri 27', 34' Karim Mrad 28' Skander Loumi 41' Riahi Makram 46'

Slovakia	6–0	Japan
Jaroslav Repa 8' Pavol Gere 11' Martin Ďuráči 12' Adrián Hricov 15' Rudolf Beliš 43', 45'

Tunisia	0–0	Japan

Japan	6–6	Costa Rica
Iki Kobayashi 8' Jason Bermudez 22' (o.g.) Keisuke Muroi 26', 47', 48', 50'		Carlos Hernandez 17', 26', 27' Alejandro Carrillo 31' Luis Ruiz 33', 41'

Tunisia	1–1	Slovakia
Filip Deket 41' (o.g.)		Martin Ďuráči 8'

Slovakia	4–0	Costa Rica
Jaroslav Repa 10' Pavol Gere 18' Rudolf Beliš 24' Ján Andrejko 34'

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	28	2	+26	9	Knockout stage
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	3
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0

Chile	0–3	Serbia
		Ivan Štokić 11' Milan Čičić 47' Veselin Guberinić 50'

Czech Republic	17–0	Singapore
Patrik Levčík 2' Jan Koudelka 5', 43' Ondřej Paděra 11', 16', 26', 33' Richard Svoboda 13', 19' Tomáš Jelínek 25', 29' David Pozníček 35' Bohumír Doubravský 40', 45' Pavel Šultes 41', 49' Stanislav Mařík 49'

Chile	6–1	Singapore
Andres Rivera 7', 16', 41' David Araya 10' Laurence Shuruma 28' Asher Nelson 32'		Mathew Shiva Sinivasan 3'

Serbia	6–0	Singapore
Veselin Guberinić 12' Čedomir Tomčić 19', 31' Nemanja Crnoglavac 33' Ivan Štokić 45', 49'

Czech Republic	7–0	Chile
Jan Koudelka 7' Ondřej Paděra 13' Stanislav Mařík 14' David Pozníček 36' David Presl 43' Patrik Levčík 44' Richard Svoboda 45'

Czech Republic	4–2	Serbia
Ondřej Paděra 6', 27' Jan Koudelka 44' (pen.) Pavel Šultes 46'		Lazar Letić 24' Čedomir Tomčić 27'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	9	Knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	6	12	−6	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	3	21	−18	0

United States	8–0	Argentina
Israel Sesay 10' Taylor Bond 17' Slavisa Ubiparipovic 18', 47' Jermaine Jones 22' Kraig Chiles 28' Gordy Gurson 32' VcMor Eligwe 49'

Brazil	7–2	South Africa
Leonardo Cardoso 14', 24' Rafael Sixel 22', 46' Ricardo Gomes dos Santos de Carvalho 29' Henrique Wruck Garcia Rocha 36' Luan Silva 42'		Rafique Hassim 4' Andre Alem Da Silva 40'

United States	3–1	South Africa
Franck Tayou 12', 29' Brian Farber 43'		Jason Pottier 48'

Brazil	2–0	United States
Rafael Sixel 1' Leonardo Cardoso 46'

Argentina	2–3	South Africa
Lucas Agustín Farhat 29' Jorge Sebastián Berkhan 40'		Kyle Jordaan 8' Rafique Hassim 17' (pen.), 47'

Brazil	10–1	Argentina
Luan Silva 5' Yuri Oliveira 8', 37', 37' Pablo Da Silva 15' Rafael Sixel 25' Renan Dias Manini 35' Gustavo Elia 39', 50' Henrique Wruck Garcia Rocha 49'		Lucas Agustín Farhat 36'

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 October – Perth

Australia

2

9 October – Perth

Saudi Arabia

1

Australia

0

8 October – Perth

Romania

6

Romania

10

10 October – Perth

Guatemala

0

Romania

1

8 October – Perth

Mexico (a.e.t.)

2

Mexico

7

9 October – Perth

Tunisia

0

Mexico

2

8 October – Perth

Czech Republic

1

Czech Republic

5

11 October – Perth

United States

4

Mexico

4

8 October – Perth

Brazil

0

Hungary

22

9 October – Perth

Colombia

0

Hungary

3

8 October – Perth

Ukraine

0

Ghana

0

10 October – Perth

Ukraine

8

Hungary

1

8 October – Perth

Brazil

2

Third place

Slovakia (p)

3 (4)

9 October – Perth

11 October – Perth

Moldova

3 (3)

Slovakia

1

Romania (p)

0 (3)

8 October – Perth

Brazil

2

Hungary

0 (1)

Brazil

3

Serbia

2

Round of 16

Ghana	0–8	Ukraine
		Viktor Tsoi 3' Vitalii Kharchenko 4', 46' Yevhen Andrienko 6' Andrii Khomyn 7', 24', 45' Yevhenii Zaiets 35'

Romania	10–0	Guatemala
Razvan Alexandru Plopeanu 3' Toma Vincene 7', 31' Mircea Ciprian Ungur 9' Lester Giovani González Castro 13' (o.g.) Sebastian Petrisor Vasile 22' Stelian Stancu 25' (pen.) Andrei Cosmin Balea 26' Luis Rosales 38' (o.g.) Laszlo Klein 47'

Hungary	22–0	Colombia
Tamas Seregy 4', 13', 14' Miklos Barabas 10', 11', 17', 22', 23' 24', 28' Mark Egeto 23' Attila Fritz 27', 46' Istvan Marko Sos 28', 48' David Ladanyi 29', 37', 44' Mate Janos Suscsak 31', 32', 41' Viktor Tornyai 45'

Brazil	3–2	Serbia
Rafael Sixel 17' Luan Silva 34' Ricardo Gomes dos Santos de Carvalho 38'		Nebojša Desnica 12' Rafael Sixel 32' (o.g.)

Mexico	7–0	Tunisia
Miguel Vaca Nuñez 9' Brandon Escoto 15' Carlos Hernandez Martinez 17', 46' Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 35' Hiram Ruiz 37' Christian Gutierrez 47'

Australia	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Chris Payne 3', 26'		Naif Alanazi 2'

Slovakia	3–3	Moldova
Jaroslav Repa 13' Martin Ďuráči 33' Tomáš Mikluš 37'		Stanislav Luca 25' Oleg Sischin 40' Denis Rassulov 49'
Penalties
Dušan Dzíbela Filip Deket Ivan Buchel Juraj Kuhajdík Pavol Gere	4–3	Stanislav Luca Ghenadie Orbu Serghei Nudnîi Victor Iordachi Sergiu Munteanu

Czech Republic	5–4	United States
Jan Koudelka 25' (pen.) Tomáš Jelínek 27' Ondřej Paděra 28', 32' Bohumír Doubravský 31'		Franck Tayou 6' Kraig Chiles 25' Brian Farber 13', 37'

Quarterfinals

Hungary	3–0	Ukraine
Tamas Seregy 7' Richard Gregus 38' Gergely Kovacs 51'

Slovakia	1–2	Brazil
Adrián Hricov 35'		Luan Silva 15' Ricardo Gomes dos Santos de Carvalho 26'

Australia	0–6	Romania
Stelian Stancu 4' Mircea Ciprian Ungur 9', 33' Toma Vincene 12' Sebastian Petrisor Vasile 20' Dragan Robert Paulevici 29'

Mexico	2–1	Czech Republic
Moises Gonzalez 20' Miguel Vaca Nuñez 47'		Ondřej Paděra 34'

Semifinals

Hungary	1–2	Brazil
Miklos Barabas 9'		Ricardo Gomes dos Santos de Carvalho 28' Viktor Tornyai 35' (o.g.)

Romania	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Mircea Ciprian Ungur 41'		Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 28' Miguel Vaca Nuñez 56'

Third-place match

Romania	0–0	Hungary
Penalties
Mircea Ciprian Ungur Razvan-Alexandru Plopeanu Ionut Traian Alecu	3–1	Attila Fritz Istvan Marko Sos

Final

Mexico	4–0	Brazil
Moises Gonzalez 10' Christian Gutierrez 47' Hiram Ruiz 50', 53'

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Best Player
Moises Gonzalez
Top Scorer
Ondřej Paděra (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper
Bernardo Valdovinos Solos

References

1. "ICYMI: Czech Republic won the 2017 @WorldMinifoot World Cup". X (Twitter). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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3. "News: Mexico Are World Champs With 4-0 Win Over Brazil - San Diego Sockers". www.sdsockers.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
4. "Australia to Host the WMF World Cup 2019". WMF. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
5. "Great groups for great performance arose from live draw for WMF WC 2019 - World Minifootball Federation". World Minifootball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

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