First edition of the WMF World Cup
International football competition
The 2015 World Minifootball Federation World Cup is the first edition of the WMF World Cup held by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in nine cities across the United States from 21–29 March 2015.[1]
Venues Host cities include Allen, TX (suburban Dallas); Park City, KS; Ontario, CA; Rochester, NY; Taylor, MI; Flint, MI; San Diego, CA; Tulsa, OK; and Chicago, IL.
Allen, TX Park City, KS Ontario, CA Allen Event Center Hartman Arena Citizens Business Bank Arena Capacity: 6,006 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 9,736 Taylor, MI Flint, MI Rochester, NY Taylor Sportsplex Perani Arena and Event Center Blue Cross Arena Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 4,021 Capacity: 10,669 San Diego, CA Tulsa, OK Chicago, IL Valley View Casino Center Expo Square Pavilion Sears Centre Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 6,311 Capacity: 8,362
Teams Group stage The fixture schedule was announced on 21 February 2015.
The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.
All times listed are local.
Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United States 3 3 0 0 24 8 +16 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 4 3 El Salvador 3 1 1 1 16 17 −1 4 4 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 8 25 −17 0
Source: Schedule
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
18:00
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
19:30
24 March 2015 (2015-03-24 )
18:00
Kazakhstan 4–7 Czech Republic Report
25 March 2015 (2015-03-25 )
18:00
25 March 2015 (2015-03-25 )
19:30
Czech Republic 4–5 United States Report
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Mexico 3 3 0 0 49 4 +45 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 Romania 3 2 0 1 31 9 +22 6 3 Germany 3 1 0 2 32 17 +15 3 4 India 3 0 0 3 1 83 −82 0
First match(es) will be played: 21 March 2015. Source: [1]
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21 )
17:00
Germany 1–9 Mexico Report
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21 )
19:00
Romania 21–0 India Report
22 March 2015 (2015-03-22 )
16:00
Romania 3–7 Mexico Report
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
18:00
India 0–33 Mexico Report
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
19:30
Romania 7–2 Germany Report
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 26 12 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 Canada 3 1 1 1 20 19 +1 4 3 Russia 3 0 2 1 16 21 −5 2 4 Serbia 3 0 1 2 16 26 −10 1
First match(es) will be played: 23 March 2015. Source: [2]
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
19:00
Canada 10–6 Serbia Report
23 March 2015 (2015-03-23 )
19:00
Russia 4–9 Brazil Report
24 March 2015 (2015-03-24 )
18:00
Russia 6–6 Serbia Report
24 March 2015 (2015-03-24 )
19:30
Brazil 7–4 Canada Report
25 March 2015 (2015-03-25 )
18:00
Russia 6–6 Canada Report
Ranking of third placed teams Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 A El Salvador 3 1 1 1 16 17 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage 2 B Germany 3 1 0 2 32 17 +15 3 3 C Russia 3 0 2 1 16 21 −5 2
First match(es) will be played: 21 March 2015. Source: [3] Rules for classification: 1) record in all group matches; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament .
Bracket Quarterfinals 26 March 2015 (2015-03-26 )
19:00
Brazil 7–3 Czech Republic Report
26 March 2015 (2015-03-26 )
19:00
Mexico 12–0 El Salvador Report
26 March 2015 (2015-03-26 )
20:30
Romania 5–0 Canada Forfeit
27 March 2015 (2015-03-27 )
19:30
United States 9–2 Germany Report
Semifinals 28 March 2015 (2015-03-28 )
17:30
Brazil 5–5 Mexico Report Penalties 2–3
28 March 2015 (2015-03-28 )
19:30
Romania 3–7 United States Report
Final 29 March 2015 (2015-03-29 )
17:00
Mexico 3–5 United States Vaca, Flores, Quiroz Report Healey, Harris, Gonzales, Chiles (2)
Winner Awards References ^ "WMF World Cup Schedule". WMF World Cup . Retrieved 30 March 2015 . ^ "2015 Arena Soccer World Cup | Pointstreak Stats". wmf_2015.stats.pointstreak.com . External links WMF World Cup official website Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine World Minifooball Federation official website
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