World Cup

2010-03-10T13:23:11Z

Mtueng: Germany also won WC more than once.

{{Interwiki/World Cup}}
The '''World Cup''' is an international tournament for [[National team|National Teams]]. A new World Cup campaign is started nearly as soon as the old campaign is completed, which takes two [[Season|seasons]]. The tournament is being held for the thirteenth time currently.

The final rounds of a World Cup campaign are hosted by one nation. This nation is determined by the [[Hattrick Team]]. [[World Cup XIII]] will be hosted by [[Greece]]. The [[World Cup I|first World Cup]] ever was hosted by [[Nippon]] and [[Hanguk]] back in 2002, the same year these countries also hosted the real-life world cup. The same happened again in 2006 when [[Deutschland]] hosted the cup both [[World Cup VIII|in Hattrick]] and in real-life.

Only one country has hosted a World Cup twice so far, [[Deutschland]] ([[U-20 World Cup I]] and [[World Cup VIII]]).

Only two countries have won the normal World Cup more than once, [[Sverige]] and [[Deutschland]]. Sverige also managed a title Hattrick twice, winning World Cups [[World Cup I|I]] [[World Cup II|to]] [[World Cup III|III]] and World Cups [[World Cup V|V]] [[World Cup VI|to]] [[World Cup VII|VII]]. At the time, Sverige had a significant advantage in quality of players due to the age of their league and the number of teams in it, but this advantage has eroded significantly in recent competitions. In fact, Sverige missed qualification for the finals in [[World Cup X]] and has not qualified again since.

The World Cup has visited 14 nations so far, three from [[Asia]], one from [[North America]], three from South America and seven from [[Europe]]. This means all continents except Africa and Oceania have hosted a World Cup.

== Modus operandi ==
The qualification round starts with national teams from all countries that are a part of Hattrick at the start of the campaign.
{{From the manual|chapternr=22|chapterhead=National teams
|text=The world cup format

The World Cup begins every second season and starts with a qualification round. 32 teams advance from this round to the World Cup. There are three round-robin group stages, with 4 teams to a group and the top two teams qualifying for the next stage. The final two rounds are playoff matches, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating in the World Cup Final. [...]

Seeding for World Cup Round I is based on ranking, which is determined by previous World Cup results. When no World Cup matches are scheduled, the national teams can play friendlies.}}

== Ranking ==

{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=150| Nation
!width=50| {{WC1}}
!width=50| {{WC2}}
!width=50| {{WC3}}
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/SWEn}} || 6 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/GERn}} || 2 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/CZEn}} || 1 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/NORn}} || 1 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/ESTn}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/RUSn}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/PORn}} || 1 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/ENGn}} || 0 || 2 || 1
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/POLn}} || 0 || 1 || 4
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/ESPn}} || 0 || 1 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/ROUn}} || 0 || 1 || 1
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/CANn}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/SCOn}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/TURn}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/UKRn}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/GREn}} || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/DENn}} || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/FINn}} || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/USAn}} || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/LVAn}} || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/HUNn}} || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/NEDn}} || 0 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
|align=left| {{Flag/OCEn}} || 0 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
|}

== World Cup Index ==

=== [[World Cup I]] ===

{{WorldCupHeader2c|
wcname = World Cup I |
wcseasons = Season 15 |
wchost1 = Flag/JPNn |
wchost2 = Flag/KORn |
teams = 40 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/ENGn |
wcthird1 = Flag/USAn |
wcthird2 = Flag/FINn |
}}

=== [[World Cup II]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup II |
wcseasons = Season 17 |
wchost = Flag/ARGn |
teams = 40 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/POLn |
wcthird1 = Flag/USAn |
wcthird2 = Flag/NORn |
}}

=== [[World Cup III]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup III |
wcseasons = Season 19 |
wchost = Flag/NEDn |
teams = 40 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/CANn |
wcthird1 = Flag/NEDn |
wcthird2 = Flag/ENGn |
}}

=== [[World Cup IV]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup IV |
wcseasons = Season 21 |
wchost = Flag/USAn |
teams = 40 |
wcwinner = Flag/NORn |
wcsecond = Flag/SWEn |
wcthird1 = Flag/ROUn |
wcthird2 = Flag/DENn |
}}

=== [[World Cup V]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup V |
wcseasons = Seasons 22-23 |
wchost = Flag/ESPn |
teams = 76 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/ENGn |
wcthird1 = Flag/FINn |
wcthird2 = Flag/NORn |
}}

=== [[World Cup VI]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup VI |
wcseasons = Seasons 24-25 |
wchost = Flag/BRAn |
teams = 88 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/SCOn |
wcthird1 = Flag/POLn |
wcthird2 = Flag/DENn |
}}

=== [[World Cup VII]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup VII |
wcseasons = Seasons 26-27 |
wchost = Flag/CHNn |
teams = 96 |
wcwinner = Flag/SWEn |
wcsecond = Flag/ESPn |
wcthird1 = Flag/POLn |
wcthird2 = Flag/LVAn |
}}

=== [[World Cup VIII]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup VIII |
wcseasons = Seasons 28-29 |
wchost = Flag/GERn |
teams = 106 |
wcwinner = Flag/GERn |
wcsecond = Flag/ROUn |
wcthird1 = Flag/ESPn |
wcthird2 = Flag/OCEn |
}}

=== [[World Cup IX]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup IX |
wcseasons = Seasons 30-31 |
wchost = Flag/RUSn |
teams = 112 |
wcwinner = Flag/ESTn |
wcsecond = Flag/CZEn |
wcthird1 = Flag/RUSn |
wcthird2 = Flag/HUNn |
}}

=== [[World Cup X]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup X |
wcseasons = Seasons 32-33 |
wchost = Flag/PORn |
teams = 114 |
wcwinner = Flag/PORn |
wcsecond = Flag/TURn |
wcthird1 = Flag/POLn |
wcthird2 = Flag/ESTn |
}}

=== [[World Cup XI]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup XI |
wcseasons = Seasons 34-35 |
wchost = Flag/BELn |
teams = 120 |
wcwinner = Flag/CZEn |
wcsecond = Flag/UKRn |
wcthird1 = Flag/LVAn |
wcthird2 = Flag/HUNn |
}}

=== [[World Cup XII]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup XII |
wcseasons = Seasons 36-37 |
wchost = Flag/COLn |
teams = 124 |
wcwinner = Flag/RUSn |
wcsecond = Flag/GREn |
wcthird1 = Flag/POLn |
wcthird2 = Flag/ESPn |
}}

=== [[World Cup XIII]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup XIII |
wcseasons = Seasons 38-39 |
wchost = Flag/GREn |
teams = 124 |
wcwinner = Flag/GERn |
wcsecond = Flag/DENn |
wcthird1 = Flag/ESPn |
wcthird2 = Flag/ENGn |
}}

=== [[World Cup XIV]] ===

{{WorldCupHeaderc|
wcname = World Cup XIV |
wcseasons = Seasons 40-41 |
wchost = Flag/THAn |
teams = 124 |
wcwinner = TBD |
wcsecond = TBD |
wcthird1 = TBD |
wcthird2 = TBD |
}}

== See also ==
* [[U-20 World Cup]]
* [[National team]]
* [[Election]]

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