2017 WMF World Cup
2017 Arena Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Dates6–15 October 2017
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored260 (5 per match)
Best player(s)Tunisia Ouday Belhaj
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The 2017 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Nabeul city in Tunisia from 6–15 October 2017.

Venue

All the matches of 2017 WMF World Cup are played in the Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul.[1] This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.[1]

Nabeul
Nabeul minifoot stadium
Capacity: 2,900

Teams and draw

Teams

Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament:[2]

Draw

On 11 June 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from 6 October to 16 October 2017.[3]

On 6 September 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis.[4] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Tunisia (Host country)
 Romania
 Mexico
 United States
 Russia
 Czech Republic

 France
 Hungary
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Spain
 Kazakhstan
 Portugal

 Chile
 Brazil
 Senegal
 Argentina
 Libya
 Ivory Coast

 Australia
 Somalia
 Lebanon
 Iraq
 India
 Guatemala

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.[2] The rankings of teams in each group are 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;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
  5. drawing of lots by the 2017 WMF World Cup Organising Committee.

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 22 1 +21 9 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  France 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: WMF
Argentina 1–5 Australia
Report
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Czech Republic 7–0 France
Hakl 1st 9'
Salák 1st 24' 2nd 6'
Uhlíř 2nd 5'
Koudelka 2nd 9' 2nd 23'
Paděra 2nd 19'		 Report
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
France 3–0 Argentina
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Australia 1–5 Czech Republic
Adeli 2st 3' Levčík 1st 4'
Hakl 1st5'
Salák 1st16'
Mařík 1st23'
Polák 2nd14'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Australia 3–3 France
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Czech Republic 10–0 Argentina
Paděra 1st 4'
Salák 1st13' 2nd 22'
Polák 1st15'
Kavka 2nd4' 2nd10'
Mařík 2nd9' 2nd15'
Hakl 2nd16'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Hungary 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
3  Chile 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Iraq 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: WMF
Iraq 0–2 Mexico
[1] Gutierrez Jiménez 2nd 9'
Curiel Ruiz 2nd 24'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Chile 5–0 Iraq
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Mexico 3–1 Hungary
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Hungary 1–1 Chile
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Mexico 2–0 Chile
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Iraq 0–6 Hungary
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6 Knockout stage
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
4  Somalia 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: WMF
Russia 1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Korcagin 1st 3' Report Berovic 1st 25'
Lovrinovic 2nd 23'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Brazil 3–2 Somalia
Daud 1st 15'
Daud 2nd 23'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Somalia 1–10 Russia
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Brazil
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Russia 2–0 Brazil
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Somalia 1–8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 1 1 16 6 +10 4
3  United States 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
4  India 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0
Source: WMF
United States 3–5 Spain
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Senegal 11–0 India
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
United States 2–2 Senegal
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
India 0–8 United States
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Spain 4–3 Senegal
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
India 0–11 Spain
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Knockout stage
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 2 21 −19 0
Source: WMF
Romania 2–1 Kazakhstan
Toma 2nd 13'
Gabriel 2nd 19'		 Tokenov 2nd 9'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Guatemala 0–8 Romania
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Kazakhstan 4–2 Ivory Coast
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Romania 3-0 Ivory Coast
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Guatemala 1–7 Kazakhstan
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Ivory Coast 6–1 Guatemala
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Libya 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Portugal 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: WMF
Tunisia 3–2 Portugal
Azzouni 1st 1'
Ben Taleb 1st 8'
Belhaj 1st 12'		 Report Vieira 1st 17'
Tavares 2nd 29'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900
Libya 2–0 Lebanon
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Lebanon 1–6 Tunisia
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900
Portugal 0–0 Libya
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Lebanon 1–1 Portugal
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Tunisia 2–2 Libya
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the sixteen teams play a single-elimination tournament.

Round of 16

Romania 2–2 Senegal
Penalties
1–3
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Spain 1–0 (a.e.t.) Chile
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Mexico 4–3 (a.e.t.) United States
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Russia 0–0 France
Penalties
1–3
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Hungary 3–2 (a.e.t.) Libya
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Australia 3–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Penalties
4–3
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Tunisia 2–2 Kazakhstan
Penalties
4–3
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900
Czech Republic 3–1 Brazil
Levčík 1st 8'
Kounovský 1st 21'
Koudelka 1st 24'		 Cardoso 1st 24'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Quarterfinals

Senegal 4–3France 
Momo Cissé
Pape NDiage
Niang Diop
Niang Diop		 Belbachir O.
Belbachir O.
Belbachir O.
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Spain 4–3 Australia
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Tunisia 0–7 Mexico
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900
Hungary 0–1 Czech Republic
Levčík 2st 12'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Semifinals

Senegal 1–3 Mexico
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Spain 1–3 Czech Republic
Castaño 1st 16' Mařík 1st 8'
Paděra 2nd 12'
Kounovský 2nd 28'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Third-place match

Senegal 5–0 Spain
Njou Musthapa
Njou Musthapa
Sega Abdoul
Njou Musthapa
Diop Mohamed
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul

Final

Czech Republic 3–0 Mexico
Polák 1st8'
Mařík 1st 26'
Paděra 2nd 24'
Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul
Attendance: 2,900

Final ranking

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Awards

Top Scorer Best Player
? Tunisia Ouday Belhaj

References

  1. ^ a b (in French) Coupe du monde de mini-foot : Nabeul accueille les 5 continents. Kapitalis, 05 Oct. 2017
  2. ^ a b c Official Draw of 2017 WMF World Cup Archived 2017-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Tunisia 2017, 6 Sep. 2017.
  3. ^ (in French) La Tunisie organisera la coupe du monde de mini-foot du 6 au 15 octobre 2017. HuffPost Tunisie, 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ WMF World Cup 2017 - draw set for September 6 in Tunis. TAP, 04 Aug. 2017.
  5. ^ Official Schedule of 2017 WMF World Cup Archived 2017-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. Tunisia 2017, 6 Oct. 2017.

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