World Cup IV

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World Cup IV

(Season 21)
Host Image:Usa.gif USA
Teams 40
Champions Image:P1_purple.gif Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge
Runner-up Image:P2_purple.gif Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige
Semi-finalists Image:P3_purple.gif Image:Romania.gif România
Image:Denmark.gif Danmark

This was the fourth and final cup in which the qualification was not group-based. This system allowed the cup to be held over the span of one season, instead of two. The Qualification rounds were based on the top 40 teams in the rankings table. Of those teams, the top eight in rankings qualified directly. The remaining thirty-two teams played for the final eight spots in the cup.

In the pre-qualification round the biggest surprises were when #40 Malaysia flattened #9 España 6-1 and #36 South Africa held an early lead to beat #13 Oceania 1-0. Other memorable moments were #15 México's 2-1 win in a penalty shoot out that saw 10 missed penalties before the 6th shot taker for México finally put home the goal, and when #20 Magyarország scored two consecutive goals in the 81st and 87th minutes to win 4-3 over #29 Česká republika.

In the qualification round México won yet again in penalties. This time the 3rd shooter for México put home the 2-1 goal to win over #33 Indonesia. Also #23 France held off a 2nd half comeback by Magyarország to win 2-1.

In Round II only thing separating #3 seed Scotland and #1 seed England in Group 3 was their mutual match, where Scotland was better by 1-0. Winner of the group was #4 seed Danmark leaving #2 seed Nederland last.

Semi-finals saw a thriller when Norge beat România 2-1 with a 92nd minute goal. Sverige won their semi 2-0 as expected putting the nail into Danmark's coffin just after halftime. This set up the grounds for one of the most exciting matches in World Cup history. In the final Norge used two Offensive Central Defenders to boost their midfield. They won the midfield and thus took the gold home. This was the first World Cup in which Sverige did not earn a gold medal.

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Direct Qualification

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Pre-Qualification

This round started on 2004-01-16 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

ID Match Result
(13677190) Image:Flag_espania_spain.gif España 1 - 6 Image:Flag_Malaysia.png Malaysia
(13677191) Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 3 - 1 Image:Schweiz.gif Schweiz
(13677192) Image:Poland.gif Polska 1 - 0 Image:Flag_israel.gif Israel
(13677193) Image:Italy.gif Italia 0 - 1 Image:Turkey_Türkiye.png Türkiye
(13677194) Image:Flag_Oceania.png Oceania 0 - 1 Image:Flag_South_Africa.png South Africa
(13677195) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 3 - 1 Image:Flag_Latvia_Lettland.gif Latvija
(13677196) Image:Mexico.gif México 2 - 1 Image:Croatia.gif Hrvatska
(13677198) Image:Belgium.gif België 0 - 1 Image:Indonesia.gif Indonesia
(13677199) Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 3 - 0 Image:Venezuela.gif Venezuela
(13677200) Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 3 - 0 Image:Flag_Greece_Hellas.png Hellas
(13677201) Image:Portugal.gif Portugal 0 - 2 Image:Ireland.gif Ireland
(13677202) Image:Flag_Hungary_Magyarország.png Magyarország 4 - 3 Image:Flag_Czech_Republic_tschechien.gif Česká republika
(13677203) Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 2 - 0 Image:Argentina.gif Argentina
(13677204) Image:Russia.gif Rossiya 3 - 1 Image:Servia.gif Srbija i Crna Gora
(13677205) Image:France.gif France 2 - 0 Image:Flag_India.png India
(13677206) Image:China.png China 3 - 2 Image:Flag_Chile.png Chile
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Qualification

This round started on 2004-01-23 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

ID Match Result
(13743435) Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 3 - 0 Image:Flag_Malaysia.png Malaysia
(13743436) Image:Poland.gif Polska 2 - 1 Image:Turkey_Türkiye.png Türkiye
(13743437) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 1 - 0 Image:Flag_South_Africa.png South Africa
(13743438) Image:Mexico.gif México 2 - 1 Image:Indonesia.gif Indonesia
(13743439) Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 4 - 0 Image:Ireland.gif Ireland
(13743440) Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 2 - 0 Image:China.png China
(13743441) Image:Flag_Hungary_Magyarország.png Magyarország 1 - 2 Image:France.gif France
(13743442) Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 3 - 0 Image:Russia.gif Rossiya
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Round II

This round started on 2004-01-30 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

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Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 7 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7
Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 5 3 1 2 0 11 4 +7
Image:Flag_suomi_finland.gif Suomi 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 ±0
Image:France.gif France 0 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14


ID Match Result Date and Time
(13812846) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 2 - 2 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812847) Image:Flag_suomi_finland.gif Suomi 2 - 0 Image:France.gif France 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812848) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 5 - 0 Image:France.gif France 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812849) Image:Flag_suomi_finland.gif Suomi 2 - 2 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812850) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 2 - 0 Image:Flag_suomi_finland.gif Suomi 13-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812851) Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 7 - 0 Image:France.gif France 13-02-2004 at 20.00
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Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Canada.gif Canada 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
Image:Poland.gif Polska 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2


ID Match Result Date and Time
(13812852) Image:Canada.gif Canada 2 - 0 Image:Poland.gif Polska 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812853) Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 3 - 2 Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812854) Image:Canada.gif Canada 1 - 0 Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812855) Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 1 - 0 Image:Poland.gif Polska 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812856) Image:Canada.gif Canada 2 - 1 Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 13-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812857) Image:Poland.gif Polska 1 - 1 Image:Brazil.gif Brasil 13-02-2004 at 20.00
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Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 ±0
Image:Flag_england.gif England 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 ±0
Image:Netherlands.gif Nederland 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3


ID Match Result Date and Time
(13812858) Image:Flag_england.gif England 2 - 1 Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812859) Image:Netherlands.gif Nederland 2 - 2 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812860) Image:Flag_england.gif England 0 - 1 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812861) Image:Netherlands.gif Nederland 0 - 3 Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812862) Image:Flag_england.gif England 1 - 1 Image:Netherlands.gif Nederland 13-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812863) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 1 - 0 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 13-02-2004 at 20.00
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Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Romania.gif România 9 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
Image:Usa.gif USA 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3
Image:Mexico.gif México 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2


ID Match Result Date and Time
(13812864) Image:Romania.gif România 1 - 0 Image:Mexico.gif México 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812865) Image:Usa.gif USA 3 - 0 Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 30-01-2004 at 20.00
(13812866) Image:Romania.gif România 3 - 2 Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812867) Image:Usa.gif USA 0 - 0 Image:Mexico.gif México 06-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812868) Image:Romania.gif România 2 - 0 Image:Usa.gif USA 13-02-2004 at 20.00
(13812869) Image:Mexico.gif México 0 - 1 Image:Austria_Österreich.png Österreich 13-02-2004 at 20.00
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Round III

This round started on 2004-02-16 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

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Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Romania.gif România 9 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8
Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 3 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3
Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4
Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 3 3 1 0 2 3 10 -7


ID Match Result Date and Time
(14022721) Image:Romania.gif România 4 - 0 Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 16-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022723) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 6 - 1 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 16-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022724) Image:Romania.gif România 3 - 0 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 20-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022725) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 1 - 2 Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 20-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022726) Image:Romania.gif România 6 - 2 Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 23-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022727) Image:Deutschland.gif Deutschland 1 - 2 Image:Scotland.gif Scotland 23-02-2004 at 20.00
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Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 5 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3
Image:Canada.gif Canada 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Image:Usa.gif USA 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6


ID Match Result Date and Time
(14022728) Image:Canada.gif Canada 2 - 2 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 16-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022729) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 2 - 0 Image:Usa.gif USA 16-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022730) Image:Canada.gif Canada 1 - 0 Image:Usa.gif USA 20-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022731) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 0 - 0 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 20-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022732) Image:Canada.gif Canada 1 - 4 Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 23-02-2004 at 20.00
(14022733) Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge 4 - 1 Image:Usa.gif USA 23-02-2004 at 20.00
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Semi-Finals

This round started on 2004-02-27 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

ID Match Result
(14140868) Image:Romania.gif România 1 - 2 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge
(14140869) Image:Denmark.gif Danmark 0 - 2 Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige
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Final

This round started on 2004-02-29 20:00:00 and was played in USA.

ID Match Result
(14287675) Image:Flag_sweden.gif Sverige 2 - 4 Image:Flag_Norway_Norwegen.gif Norge
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Tactics and Ratings

Sverige: 3-5-2 Normal
Midfield: magical (very low)
Right Defence: outstanding (very low)
Central Defence: titanic (very high)
Left Defence: extra-terrestrial (very high)
Right Attack: extra-terrestrial (low)
Central Attack: magnificent (low)
Left Attack: solid (low)
Norge: 3-5-2 Normal
Midfield: divine (very high)
Right Defence: passable (very low)
Central Defence: inadequate (very high)
Left Defence: inadequate (very high)
Right Attack: supernatural (very low)
Central Attack: outstanding (very high)
Left Attack: passable (very high)
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HT Annoucements

13.1.2004 World Cup!
This friday at 20.00 HT-time the kick-off for the World Cup takes place in the US. Will Sweden be thrown off the throne for the National Teams like with the U20s? One of the main contenders will probably be the hosting US team.

Good luck to all managers and may the best team win!


17.1.2004 4 Giants gone already
The first qualification round to the World Cup, played tonight, saw some spectacular results, as 4 of the 6 largest countries were knocked out already: Indonesia beat Belgium with 50 times (!) as many users. The Swiss were beaten by (admittedly strong) Norway. In a classic meet between arch-rivals, third largest HT nation Argentina was beaten by Brasil (which is only a tenth the size of Argentina in HT). Finally, 4th largest nation España was demolished by Malaysia with amazing 6 - 1.


30.1.2004 World Cup Kickoff!
Tonight the World Cup IV in USA takes off with the first round of the league play. Sweden faces Norway, a classic rivalry between neighbors. Canada-Polska in Group 2 and England-Denmark in Group 3 also promises to be interesting games tonight. Kickoff is at 20:00 HT-time.


29.2.2004 Norway World Champions!
In spite of the Swedes being in the lead with both 1 - 0 and 2 - 1, Norge managed to turn the game around, much thanks to Karsten Hammer who scored a Hattrick. Eventually Norge won with 4 - 2, having dominated both halves of the game. National Coach of Norge is Snylte, who is bound to be a national hero in Norway after his masterful coaching in the World Cup, that ended Sweden's dominance over the Hattrick World. Congrats from all of the HT-Team to an amazing victory!


World Cup

Nippon/Hanguk 15 · Argentina 17 · Nederland 19 · USA 21 · España 23 · Brasil 25 · China 27 · Deutschland 29 · Rossiya 31 · Portugal 33 · België 35 · Colombia 37
U-20 World Cup

Deutschland 16 · Oceania 18 · România 20 · Misr 22 · Chile 24 · Italia 26 · México 28 · Israel 30 · Malaysia 32 · Perú 34 · Suomi 36
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