2017 FANA World Cup

2017 FANA World Cup

FANA World Cup Lakadamia 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Lakadamia
Dates	7 July 2017 – 2 August 2017
Teams	32 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of Eldance
Runners-up	Lidonia
Third place	Angostura
Fourth place	Fordia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	238 (3.66 per match)

The 2017 FANA World Cup was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams and took place between 7 July and 2 August 2017 in Lakadamia. It was the third FANA World Cup, a worldwide football tournament held once every year.

The finals involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through invitations from the FANA, while the host nation Lakadamia qualified automatically.

Teams

For the second year in a row, every confederations were able to send at least one country, and with the presence of the Tritonian nation of Glacea, every continents were being represented.

CLF (4)

• Angostura
• Aquia
• Pacifica
• Vradiazi

COSSAF (1)

• Katsyria

FCS (4)

• Alkyria
• Beklium
• Jarea
• Sirenforest

KFASS (5)

• De Vremdspongeln
• Ermy
• Flírskmasto
• Marsia
• Pashlanahuy

LTFC (2)

• Glacea
• Lakadamia

NFC (7)

• Decoria
• Dýria
• Fordia
• Lanovina
• Lidonia
• Orangina
• Ruyjin Republic

UWFA (9)

• Cercasia
• Demacia
• Evergreen
• Frootania
• Harish Islands
• Prunia
• Scandavia
• Trivania
• United States of Eldance

Draw

In preparation for the final draw, the 32 participating teams were organized into four pots based on seedings. It was announced in October 2013 that the eight seeded teams to feature in Pot 1 would consist of the host nation Lakadamia and the seven highest-ranked teams as of that month's FANA World Rankings (see above). Following a meeting of the competition's organising committee on 15 June 2017, the composition of the other three pots were announced.

Pot 1 (Seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Lakadamia (11) (hosts) Cercasia (2) Fordia (7) Jarea (5) Orangina (6) Prunia (1) Scandavia (3) US Eldance (4)	Beklium Demacia Evergreen Frootania Harish Islands Glacea	Aquia De Vremdspongeln Flírskmasto Lanovina Lidonia Pacifica Pashlanahuy Sirenforest	Alkyria (drawn into Pot 2) Angostura Decoria Dýria Ermy Katsyria Marsia Ruyjin Republic Trivania Vradiazi

The draw procedure was as follows:

1. Two Westmont teams were first randomly drawn from Pot 4 and placed into Pot 2, in order to create four even pots of eight teams (in the draw Alkyria and Dýria were drawn out)
2. The draw then proceeded with the drawing of the other seven seeded teams from Pot 1 into Groups B−H, with Lakadamia having being predetermined to be in Group A.
3. To maximise geographic separation, an ancillary pot ("Pot X") was created during the draws into which the five seeded Non-Westmont (from Pot 1) were placed. Two of these five teams were then drawn out (in the draw Lakadamia and Cercasia were drawn out).
4. The two Westmont teams from Pot 2 were then automatically placed into the group of the two Non-Westmont teams that were drawn from "Pot X" (Alkyria was therefore placed into Lakadamia's group and Dýria into Cercasia's group); This process prevented three Westmont teams being grouped together.
5. All remaining teams were then drawn sequentially from the pots (i.e. Pots 2, 3, then 4) into the groups in alphabetical order (i.e. Group A, then Group B, etc.). During the drawing of Pot 2, groups could be skipped over as the two TBA teams in Pot 2 were not permitted to be drawn into the (remaining three) groups headed by Westmont seeds.
6. The positions within the eight groups were then drawn for the non-seeded teams, in order to determine the order of the fixtures within each group.

Host selection

The bidding for the 2017 FANA World Cup started in June 2016 with the national associations having until 8 July 2016 to register their interest in hosting the event. A total of 3 bids were submitted to FANA for the hosting of the event.

The members of FANA started voting on the hosts of the event on 8 July 2016. The results were unveiled on 12 July 2016 2020, with the Lakadamian bid securing the hosting rights for the event. Neither of the Cercasia/Prunia and De Vremdspongeln bids received any votes from FANA members.

The voting results were:

2020 FANA bidding

Bidders	Votes
	Round 1
Lakadamia	7
Cercasia/Prunia	0
De Vremdspongeln	0

Group stage

Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

All times listed below are local time.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was 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;
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. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: –1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): –3 points;
   • Direct red card: –4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: –5 points;
8. Playoff again.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lakadamia (H, A)	3	2	0	1	1	5	−4	6	Knockout stage
2	Alkyria (A)	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Vradiazi	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Pashlanahuy	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3

Alkyria and Vradiazi had the same amount of wins, losses, defeats, goals for, goals against and goal differences at the end of the group stage. Following the tiebreak rules, a playoff organised between the two was held on 18 July 2017, with Alkyria winning 2−1 against Vradiazi, advancing onto the Round of 16.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beklium (A)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Aquia (A)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Orangina	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Katsyria	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trivania (A)	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Dýria (A)	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Sirenforest	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Cercasia	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fordia (A)	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Angostura (A)	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Evergreen	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
4	Lanovina	3	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Decoria (A)	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	US Eldance (A)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Glacea	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	De Vremdspongeln	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flírskmasto (A)	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Knockout stage
2	Marsia (A)	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Jarea	3	1	1	1	11	12	−1	4
4	Harish Islands	3	0	2	1	6	10	−4	2

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lidonia (A)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Knockout stage
2	Scandavia (A)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Ruyjin Republic	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Frootania	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Prunia (A)	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Ermy (A)	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
3	Pacifica	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Demacia	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisted of four stages: the Round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final stages. 16 countries were part of the knockout stage: the winners and runner-ups of the 8 groups.

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

19 July – Ajitomolo Sutajiamu, Ossumaka

Lakadamia

1

23 July – Victoriya Arena, Maxinia

Aquia

0

Lakadamia

1

19 July – Stade des Royaumes, Milnev

Angostura

2

Trivania

0

29 July – Central Stadium, Sébastis

Angostura

4

Angostura

0

21 July – Southern Territory Arena, Solmèn

Lidonia

1

Decoria

4

23 July – Stade des Royaumes, Milnev

Marsia

3

Decoria

0

21 July – Parc des Rois, Pavlodia

Lidonia

1

Lidonia

2

2 August – Olympica Stadéo, Misneyne

Ermy

0

Lidonia

0

20 July – Olympica Stadéo, Misneyne

US Eldance

1

Beklium

1

24 July – Ajitomolo Sutajiamu, Ossumaka

Alkyria

4

Alkyria

0

20 July – Victoriya Arena, Maxinia

Fordia

3

Fordia

3

29 July – Olympica Stadéo, Misneyne

Dýria

2

Fordia

1(3)

22 July – Central Stadium, Sébastis

US Eldance

1(5)

Third place

Flírskmasto

1

24 July – Southern territory Arena, Solmèn

2 August – Central Stadium, Sébastis

US Eldance

3

US Eldance

1

Angostura

1

22 July – Misneyne Olympica Stadéo, Misneyne

Scandavia

0

Fordia

0

Prunia

0

Scandavia

1

Tournament team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	US Eldance	E	7	4	2	1	11	10	6	+4
2	Lidonia	G	7	5	0	2	15	8	4	+4
3	Angostura	D	7	5	0	2	15	16	9	+7
4	Fordia	D	7	4	1	2	13	18	11	+7
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Decoria	E	5	4	0	1	12	12	8	+3
7	Lakadamia	A	5	3	1	1	10	3	7	−4
6	Alkyria	A	6	3	1	2	7	13	12	+1
8	Scandavia	G	5	2	1	2	7	6	5	+1
Eliminated in the round of 16
9	Prunia	B	4	2	1	1	7	12	6	+6
10	Beklium	B	4	2	1	1	7	7	6	+1
11	Trivania	C	4	2	1	1	7	8	8	0
12	Aquia	B	4	2	0	2	6	8	4	+4
13	Ermy	H	4	2	0	2	6	4	8	−4
14	Flírskmasto	F	4	1	2	1	5	7	7	0
15	Marsia	F	4	1	1	2	4	11	9	+2
16	Dýria	G	4	1	1	1	4	9	8	−1
Eliminated in the group stage
17	Evergreen	D	3	2	0	1	6	8	8	0
18	Jarea	F	3	1	1	1	4	11	12	−1
19	Vradiazi	A	4	1	1	2	4	8	9	−1
20	Ruyjin Republic	G	3	1	1	1	4	6	7	−1
21	Orangina	B	3	1	1	1	4	2	5	−3
22	Pashlanahuy	A	3	1	0	2	3	9	10	−1
23	Frootania	G	3	1	0	2	3	4	5	−1
24	Sirenforest	C	3	1	0	2	3	5	7	−2
	Pacifica	H	3	1	0	2	3	5	7	−2
26	Cercasia	C	3	1	0	2	3	4	6	−2
27	Glacea	E	3	0	2	1	2	5	6	−1
28	Harish Islands	F	3	0	2	1	2	6	10	−4
29	Demacia	H	3	0	1	2	1	4	7	−3
30	De Vremdspongeln	E	3	0	1	2	1	1	4	−4
31	Katsyria	C	3	0	0	3	0	4	9	−5
32	Lanovina	D	3	0	0	3	0	5	11	−6

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