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The World Cup is an international tournament for National Teams. A new World Cup campaign is started nearly as soon as the old campaign is completed, which takes two 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. The 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 World Cup VIII, and in 2010, when South Africa hosted the World Cup XV.

Only three countries have hosted a World Cup twice so far: Deutschland (U-20 World Cup I and World Cup VIII), Israel (U-20 World Cup VIII and World Cup XVIII) and Suomi (U-20 World Cup XI and U-20 World Cup XVIII).

Only two countries have won the normal World Cup more than once: Sverige, Deutschland and Norge. Sverige also managed a title Hattrick twice, winning World Cups I to III and World Cups V to 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.

The World Cup has visited 18 nations so far: one from Africa, five from Asia, two from North America, three from South America and seven from Europe. This means all continents except 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.

This is an extract from the Hattrick rules, Chapter 22

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

Nation				Total
Sverige	6	2	2	10
Norge	2	0	2	4
Deutschland	2	0	0	2
Danmark	1	1	2	4
Česká republika	1	1	0	2
Hellas	1	1	0	2
Chile	1	0	1	2
Eesti	1	0	1	2
Rossiya	1	0	1	2
Portugal	1	0	0	1
England	0	2	1	3
Polska	0	1	5	6
España	0	1	2	3
România	0	1	1	2
Schweiz	0	1	1	2
Belgium	0	1	0	1
Bolivia	0	1	0	1
Canada	0	1	0	1
Scotland	0	1	0	1
Türkiye	0	1	0	1
Ukraina	0	1	0	1
USA	0	0	3	3
Suomi	0	0	2	2
Magyarország	0	0	2	2
Latvija	0	0	2	2
Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Nederland	0	0	1	1
Oceania	0	0	1	1

World Cup Index

Tournament	Host	Pos	Season(s)	Teams	Champions	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
World Cup I	Nippon Hanguk	25-40 (PQ)	15	40	Sverige	England	USA Suomi
World Cup II	Argentina	13-16 (R2)	17	40	Sverige	Polska	USA Norge
World Cup III	Nederland	3-4	19	40	Sverige	Canada	Nederland England
World Cup IV	USA	7-8 (R3)	21	40	Norge	Sverige	România Danmark
World Cup V	España	33-48 (Q)	22-23	76	Sverige	England	Suomi Norge
World Cup VI	Brasil	33-48 (Q)	24-25	88	Sverige	Scotland	Polska Danmark
World Cup VII	China	25-32 (R2)	26-27	96	Sverige	España	Polska Latvija
World Cup VIII	Deutschland	Champions	28-29	106	Deutschland	România	España Oceania
World Cup IX	Rossiya	3-4	30-31	112	Eesti	Česká republika	Rossiya Magyarország
World Cup X	Portugal	Champions	32-33	114	Portugal	Türkiye	Polska Eesti
World Cup XI	Belgium	17-24 (R2)	34-35	120	Česká republika	Ukraina	Latvija Magyarország
World Cup XII	Colombia	17-24 (R2)	36-37	124	Rossiya	Hellas	Polska España
World Cup XIII	Hellas	33-48 (Q)	38-39	124	Deutschland	Danmark	España England
World Cup XIV	Prathet Thai	49-64 (Q)	40-41	124	Hellas	Belgium	Chile USA
World Cup XV	South Africa	33-48 (Q)	42-43	124	Norge	Bolivia	Schweiz Sverige
World Cup XVI	India	49-64 (Q)	44-45	124	Danmark	Sverige	Malaysia Polska
World Cup XVII	Trinidad & Tobago	113-128 (Q)	46-47	128	Chile	Schweiz	Sverige Suomi
World Cup XVIII	Israel	33-48 (Q)	48-49	128	[[|]]	[[|]]	[[|]] [[|]]

World Cup Finals

Tournaments	Date	Champion	Result	Runner-up	Name of the Stadion (owner team)	Attendance	Weather	match on the ht
I	28-04-2002		Sverige	4 - 1 ( 4 - 0 )	England	Shirayuri Skydome ( Shirayuri Sky )	62 015
II	08-12-2002		Sverige	5 - 0 ( 3 - 0 )	Polska	Antonio Vespucio Liberti - El Monumental ( Super River Plate )	76 862
III	20-07-2003		Sverige	4 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	Canada	De Korenwolf ( Dronken Dudes United )	29 147
IV	29-02-2004		Norge	4 - 2 ( 1 - 2 )	Sverige	Truve FC Arena ( Truve FC )	66 337
V	10-10-2004		Sverige	6 - 1 ( 5 - 0 )	England	dongabis Arena ( dongabis )	94 644
VI	22-05-2005		Sverige	8 - 0 ( 5 - 0 )	Scotland	S.C. Internacional RS Arena ( S.C. Internacional RS )	36 000
VII	01-01-2006		Sverige	3 - 1 ( 2 - 0 )	España	Stoeffler Arena ( barbapapa mafia )	150 000

See also

• U-20 World Cup
• National team
• Election