World Cup XVIII

World Cup XVIII

Tournament details
Host	Israel
Season(s)	Seasons 48-49 9 March 2012 - 30 Sept. 2012
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	Polska
Runner-up
Semi-finalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played	983
Goals scored	Uladzimir Mihalovich 5 goals
← WC XVII	WC XIX →

The Eighteenth World Cup tournament took place in Israel from 03 August to 30 September 2012.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

All teams round-robin tournament

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

Teams are placed in groups based on their rank. Teams play each other once at home and once away. This round started on 09/03/2012 at 20:00 (last leg started on 27/04/2012).

Round II

(32 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Argentina 7 +2 Perú 6 +1 Belgium 4 +1 Lietuva 0 -4	Group 2 Team Pts GD España 7 +4 Polska 5 +1 Jamaica 4 0 France 0 -5
Group 3 Team Pts GD Deutschland 5 +2 Slovenija 5 +2 Sverige 2 -2 Costa Rica 2 -2	Group 4 Team Pts GD Moldova 7 +3 Bolivia 4 -1 Ukraina 2 -1 Hrvatska 2 -1
Group 5 Team Pts GD Belarus 9 +4 Rossiya 2 -1 Northern Ireland 2 -1 Sakartvelo 2 -2	Group 6 Team Pts GD Türkiye 7 +2 Nederland 4 0 Suomi 2 -1 Bulgaria 2 -1
Group 7 Team Pts GD Italia 7 +3 Österreich 6 0 Nicaragua 4 0 Colombia 0 -3	Group 8 Team Pts GD Cyprus 5 +2 Portugal 5 +2 Cymru 4 0 Uruguay 1 -4
This round started on 03/08/2012 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 06/08, 3rd leg: 10/08) and was played in Israel

Round III

(16 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Belarus 7 +2 Cyprus 6 +1 Rossiya 4 0 Perú 0 -3	Group 2 Team Pts GD Österreich 7 +2 España 4 +1 Deutschland 4 -1 Bolivia 1 -2
Group 3 Team Pts GD Argentina 7 +5 Slovenija 7 +4 Nederland 3 -1 Moldova 0 -8	Group 4 Team Pts GD Polska 7 +4 Italia 5 +1 Türkiye 3 -1 Portugal 1 -4
This round started on 07/09/2012 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 10-09, 3rd leg: 14-09) and was played in Israel.

Round IV

(8 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Österreich 5 +1 Slovenija 5 +1 Argentina 3 0 España 1 -2	Group 2 Team Pts GD Italia 7 +4 Polska 6 +2 Belarus 2 -4 Cyprus 1 -2
This round started on 17/09/2012 at 20:00 (2nd leg: 21/09, 3rd leg: 24/09) and was played in Israel.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Givat Ada Arena
	Polska	3
					30 Sep. 2012 Givat Ada Arena
	Österreich	1
					Polska	2
	red hot united Arena
					Slovenija	1
	Italia	2
	Slovenija	3

Semi-Finals

This round started on 28/09/2012 at 20:00 and was played in Israel.

ID Match Result (395251173) Österreich 1 - 3 Polska (395251174) Slovenija 3 (2) - (2) 2 Italia

(After extra time)

Final

This round started on 30/09/2012 at 20:00 and was played in Israel.

ID		Match Result
(395716143)	Slovenija	1 - 2	Polska

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

Our World Cup XVIII host is...

23/02/2012

Israel will host the XVIII World Cup, and the honour to host U20 XVIII World Cup goes to Finland! Congratulations to the winners! The quality of the bids this time was simply amazing, so no wonder it was a really tight race. Here's the final score: Israel 16p Finland 14p Bulgaria 13p Uruguay 9.5p Switzerland 7.5p A big thanks to all 12 communities who have put forward fantastic bids. You've spoiled us with great work in earlier contests; but this time you really blew our mind. On the World Cup topic we also would like to announce that we have improved the match fixtures for Round I of the World Cup. Thanks to all users in the NT community who have been part of the discussions around this, and a special thanks to Jestar (the manager who suggested the revised schedule).