World Cup XVII

World Cup XVII

Tournament details
Host	Trinidad & Tobago
Season(s)	Seasons 46-47 29 July 2011 - 17 Feb. 2012
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	Chile
Runner-up	Schweiz
Semi-finalists	Sverige Suomi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	983
Goals scored	Marco 'Messi' Crisafulli 6 goals
← WC XVI	WC XVIII →

The Seventeenth World Cup tournament took place from 23 December 2011 to 17 February 2012 and was held in Trinidad & Tobago.

With the 4 new entrants (Palestine, Cuba, Cameroon, O'zbekiston), the tournament introduced the format of 128 national teams divided into 16 groups of 8 each. This will become the unchanged standard of World Cup to come for several years.

Starting 29 July 2011, all team represented in Hattrick Word at the time played a total of 896 qualification matches in order to define the 32 participants to the final stage. In this tournament the host country India failed to qualify.

The final was won by Chile, at their first World Cup title. They beat Schweiz 1–0 at the National Soca Stadium in Princes Town. Suomi and Sverige had to settle for bronze medal, after both lost their semi-finals 1-2.

Argentinian player Marco Crisafulli was top scorer with 6 goals.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

This round started on 29/07/2011 at 20:00.
Final result.

All teams round-robin tournament

Group #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 Group 1 GStat 1 Group 2 GStat 2 Group 3 GStat 3 Group 4 GStat 4 Group 5 GStat 5 Group 6 GStat 6 Group 7 GStat 7 Group 8 GStat 8 Group 9 GStat 9 Group 10 GStat 10 Group 11 GStat 11 Group 12 GStat 12 Group 13 GStat 13 Group 14 GStat 14 Group 15 GStat 15 Group 16 GStat 16

Teams are placed in groups based on their rank. Teams play each other once at home and once away. This round started on 29/07/2011 at 20:00 (last leg started on 16/09/2011).

Round II

(32 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Deutschland 5 1 Lietuva 4 0 Polska 4 -1 Danmark 3 0	Group 2 Team Pts GD Argentina 9 9 Srbija 4 0 Prathet Thai 3 -6 Hrvatska 1 -3
Group 3 Team Pts GD Chile 6 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Nicaragua 2 -1 Cyprus 2 -2	Group 4 Team Pts GD Lëtzebuerg 4 2 Schweiz 4 0 Italia 4 -2 España 3 0
Group 5 Team Pts GD Singapore 9 3 Israel 6 1 Perú 3 -1 Slovenija 0 -3	Group 6 Team Pts GD Suomi 9 6 Portugal 2 -1 Nederland 2 -2 Latvija 2 -3
Group 7 Team Pts GD France 7 4 Liechtenstein 5 3 Belarus 4 -1 Ukraina 0 -6	Group 8 Team Pts GD Sverige 6 1 Uruguay 6 1 China 3 -1 Rossiya 3 -1
This round started on 23/12/2011 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 26/12, 3rd leg: 30/12) and was played in Trinidad & Tobago.

Round III

(16 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Argentina 9 4 Israel 6 1 Lëtzebuerg 3 0 Portugal 0 -5	Group 2 Team Pts GD Schweiz 7 3 Suomi 4 -2 Deutschland 3 0 Uruguay 3 -1
Group 3 Team Pts GD Srbija 6 3 Sverige 5 1 Liechtenstein 4 -1 Singapore 1 -3	Group 4 Team Pts GD Chile 9 4 Lietuva 6 2 Bulgaria 1 -3 France 1 -3
This round started on 27/01/2012 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 30/01, 3rd leg: 03/02) and was played in Trinidad & Tobago.

Round IV

(8 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Chile 9 3 Suomi 4 0 Lietuva 3 -1 Srbija 1 -2	Group 2 Team Pts GD Schweiz 7 5 Sverige 6 0 Argentina 3 -2 Israel 1 -3
This round started on 06/02/2012 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 10-02, 3rd leg:13-02) and was played in Trinidad & Tobago.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	National Soca Stadium
	Chile	2
					19 Feb. 2012 National Soca Stadium
	Sverige	1
					Chile	1
	JW Blue Stadium
					Schweiz	0
	Suomi	1
	Schweiz	2

Semi-Finals

This round started on 17/02/2012 at 20:00 and was played in Trinidad & Tobago.

ID		Match Result
(364430879)	Chile	2 - 1	Sverige
(364430880)	Suomi	1 - 2	Schweiz

Final

This round started on 19/02/2012 at 20:00 and was played in Trinidad & Tobago.

ID		Match Result
(364958644)	Chile	1 - 0	Schweiz

Tactics and rating details

	Chile	Schweiz
	Formation: 3-5-2 Tactic: Normal Ratings	Formation: 3-5-2 Tactic: Normal Ratings
Midfield:	extra-terrestrial (very high)	titanic (high)
Right Defence:	magical (very low)	extra-terrestrial (very low)
Central Defence:	mythical (very high)	titanic (very low)
Left Defence:	mythical (low)	titanic (very high)
Right Attack:	inadequate (very low)	supernatural (very low)
Central Attack:	solid (high)	formidable (high)
Left Attack:	supernatural (very high)	titanic (very high)
Indirect Set Pieces:
Attack:	solid (low)	outstanding (very low)
Defence:	outstanding (high)	solid (low)
Average midfield	extra-terrestrial (very high)	titanic (high)
Average defence	mythical (very high)	titanic (high)
Average attack	formidable (very low)	world class (low)
Total average	supernatural (high)	supernatural (very high)

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

And the winners are?

14/07/2011

applicant countries Pakistan 8,5 pts Switzerland 9 pts Tunisia 10.5 pts The runner up, who will have the honour of hosting the XVII U20 World Cup (with 13 points) is Panama. And the winner, and host of the XVII World Cup, gathering first place votes from 3 of the 4 jury members and getting placed second by the 4th member is : Trinidad and Tobago. The community participation was at 154 510 votes, a very good turn out considering the time of year. A great big thank you to the 11 communities who have put forward amazing work, once again we were humbled by your talents. Congratulations to the winners!

Hattrick announces

Congratulations, Chile!	20/02/2012
We have a new top dog in national team football: Chile won the 17th Hattrick World Cup, defeating Switzerland 1-0, the goal scored after 79 minutes by Gonzalo Inostroza. Great work by coach TituladoBugnosSchool and his team, forever historic as the first non-European national team to take home the HT World Cup. Kudos also to the Swiss coach Doc_Acker, who obviously came very close as well.