World Cup XXXII

World Cup XXXII

Tournament details
Host	Republic of Ireland
Season(s)	Seasons 76-77 09 Oct. 2020 - 02 May 2021
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	Schweiz
Runner-up	Österreich
Semi-finalists	Türkiye Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	983
Goals scored	Scorer List
← WC XXXI	WC XXXIII →

The Thirty-second World Cup tournament took place in Ireland from 5 March to 2 May 2021. It has been the last edition in the old 128 teams format.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

(All teams - Double round-robin format)

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 09/10/2020 (last leg started on 27/11/2020).

Round II

(32 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Iran 6 4 Deutschland 6 2 Panama 6 0 Jamaica 0 -6	Group 2 Team Pts GD France 5 1 Sverige 4 2 Slovenija 3 0 Ísland 2 -3
Group 3 Team Pts GD Schweiz 9 3 Türkiye 9 2 Bulgaria 3 -1 Shqiperia 0 -4	Group 4 Team Pts GD Suomi 9 4 Nederland 6 3 Nigeria 1 -2 Malta 1 -5
Group 5 Team Pts GD Hellas 9 5 Canada 6 3 Israel 3 -1 Polska 0 -7	Group 6 Team Pts GD Italia 7 5 Slovensko 4 2 Prathet Thai 3 -5 Eesti 2 -2
Group 7 Team Pts GD Tanzania 6 1 Bangladesh 6 -3 Argentina 4 5 Česká republika 1 -3	Group 8 Team Pts GD Österreich 6 2 Moldova 6 0 Danmark 4 0 Chile 1 -2
This round started on 05/03/2020 at 20:00 and was played in Ireland.

Round III

(16 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Slovensko 6 1 France 4 4 Hellas 4 0 Canada 3 -5	Group 2 Team Pts GD Sverige 7 8 Tanzania 4 -5 Nederland 2 -1 Suomi 2 -4
Group 3 Team Pts GD Schweiz 7 6 Österreich 4 0 Deutschland 3 -2 Bangladesh 3 -4	Group 4 Team Pts GD Iran 5 3 Türkiye 5 2 Italia 4 -2 Moldova 1 -3
This round started on 09/04/2020 at 20:00 and was played in Ireland.

Round IV

(8 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Türkiye 9 5 Tanzania 6 -1 Sverige 3 1 Iran 0 -5	Group 2 Team Pts GD Schweiz 9 5 Österreich 6 -1 France 3 1 Slovenija 0 -5
This round started on 19/04/2021 at 20:00 and was played in Ireland.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals 30/04/2021 at 20:00 in Ireland				Final 02/05/2021 at 20:00 in Wicklow (Ireland)
					Dombo Arena (206 865 spectators)
	Schweiz	3
	Tanzania	1
					Schweiz	3
					Österreich	0
	Österreich	5
	Türkiye	0

Semi-Finals

Link	Match Result
	Schweiz	3 - 1	Tanzania
	Österreich	5 - 0	Türkiye

Final

Link	Match Result
	Schweiz	3 - 0	Österreich

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

Switzerland on top of the world!

04/05/2021

On the brink of a new Hattrick season, this Sunday the World Cup final was played between 2 alpine countries and neighbours, Switzerland and Austria. With each team having their own style of play, Hattrick fans all over the world wondered which tactic was going to be the winning one. With a 3 - 0 World Cup victory for the Swiss, this time the mountains were too high for Austria. The Austrians were looking for opportunities to create chances by intercepting the ball during attacks from the Swiss. Unfortunately for them, none of them lead to a good chance for them to take the lead. Instead after 22 minutes it was Switzerland to score the opening goal of the match, 1 - 0. Austria kept lurking for a good opportunity to score and were almost successful when nearly 10 minutes later the ball went past the wrong side of the woodwork. This chance had deserved a better outcome. Despite a few more moments in front of the goal, 1 - 0 was the half-time score. After the break Austria felt for a long time everything was still possible for them to still leave the pitch as the winner and with the World Cup trophy in their hands. After 24 minutes in the second half though, their dream seemed to come to an end when Switzerland scored 2 - 0. Or did the Austrian coach still have a trick up his sleeve? With a little less than 15 minutes to go a miracle was needed when a 3 - 0 score seemed to be impossible to turn around still. The fans didn't get to see any more tricks or miracles in the remaining time. Switzerland is the next World Cup winner! Congratulations to Switzerland and their manager Morelos.