2020 FANA World Cup

2020 FANA World Cup

FANA World Cup Astonavia 2020
File:2020 FANA World Cup Bid Logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countries	Decoria Dýria Fordia Lanovina
Teams	48 (from 7 confederations)
Venue(s)	16 (in 16 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	TBD

The 2020 FANA World Cup will be the 6th FANA World Cup, the annual international men's football championship contested by the national football teams of the member associations of FANA. For the first time, the tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 host cities across 4 different countries–Decoria, Dýria, Fordia and Lanovina, also known as "Astonavia".

The 2020 World Cup will also see the tournament expanded from 32 to 48 teams.

Format

A desire to increase the number of participants in the tournament from the previous 32 team format was announced in October 2019. Five expansion options were considered:

• Expand to 40 teams (8 groups of 5 teams) – 88 matches
• Expand to 40 teams (10 groups of 4 teams) – 76 matches
• Expand to 48 teams (opening 32-team playoff round) – 80 matches
• Expand to 48 teams (16 groups of 3 teams) – 80 matches
• Expand to 48 teams (12 groups of 4 teams) – 104 matches

The option of 48 teams with 12 groups was voted by the FANA Council as the best expansion option.

The tournament will open with a group stage consisting of 12 groups of four teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group, as well as the 8 best scoring 3rd places, making it a total of 32 teams in the knockout tournament. The number of games played overall will increase from 64 to 80, and the number of games played by finalists increased to eight. Each team will play one more group match than under the previous format, due to the additional knockout round.

Slot allocation

Confederation	FANA eligible members	Places in finals (including hosts)	Percentage of members with places in finals	Places before 2020 (including hosts)
LTFC				3
NFC				6
UWFA				7
FCS				6
CONSAF (N.S)				4
CONSAF (S.S)				3
CLF				3
Total		48		32

Host selection

The bidding for the 2020 FANA World Cup started in July 2020 with the national associations having until 31 July 2020 to register their interest in hosting the event. A total of 4 biddings were submitted to FANA for the hosting of the event. For the first time, a bidding consisting of more than 2 countries was submitted, with the Astonavian countries (Decoria, Dýria, Fordia and Lanovina) attempting to host the event. The other 3 bids were from Kergle, Niolskiaj and Qasentria.

The members of FANA started voting on the hosts of the event on 31 July 2020. The results were unveiled on 2 August 2020, with the Astonavian bid securing the hosting rights for the event, while the Niol bid came in second. Fordia became the first country to host two FANA World Cups.

The voting results were:

2020 FANA bidding

Bidders	Result
	Votes	%
Astonavia	19	39.58%
Niolskiaj	14	29.17%
Qasentria	11	22.92%
Kergle	4	8.33%

Venues

The event will be hosted in 16 venues across 16 different cities of the four hosting nations. Each country has selected 4 stadiums.

Decoria
Gladsaxe	Hasbjerg	Lillebøl	Norfort
Bjørnskov Stadion	Hasbjerg Stadion	DIA Arena	Norfort Globus
Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA
Dýria
Dyflinnjaborg	Naoned	Sjóborg	Tráway
Heimalands Völlur	Stadion Naonedad	Eivør Stadium	Staid na Saoirse
Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA
Fordia
Arnheim	Krono	Laria Stad	Urloson
Arnheim International Park	FAI Stadium	Hilanz Arena	Urloson Spektrum
Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA	Capacity: TBA
Lanovina
Cöhln	Ostmont	Remmstett	Sarindon
Theinenergiestadion	Fertendal-Arena	Waldstadion	Fantasistadion Sarindon
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 51,000	Capacity: 50,000