World Cup XVI

World Cup XVI

Tournament details
Host	India
Season(s)	Seasons 44-45 17 Dec. 2010 - 8 July 2011
Teams	124
Final positions
Champions	Danmark
Runner-up	Sverige
Semi-finalists	Polska Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	927
Goals scored	Adam Wala 8 goals
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The Sixteenth World Cup tournament took place from 13 May 2011 to 8 July 2011 held in India.

Starting 17 December 2010, 124 national teams (no new entrants) played a total of 840 matches in the 16 groups of qualification in order to define the 32 participants to the final stage. In this tournament the host country India failed to qualify.

In semi-finals, Sverige defeated Polska 2-1 and Danmark easily beat Malaysia 0-4. Final was a Scandinavian affair and the Danes proved stronger than the Swedes, scoring the winning goal 10 minutes from the end of the game.

Polska player Adam Wala was top scorer with 8 goals.

Group Stage

Round I (Qualification)

This round started on 17/12/2010 at 20:00.

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

Round II

This round started on 13/05/2011 at 20:00 and was played in India.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Danmark	7	4
Singapore	6	1
Moldova	3	-1
Slovenija	1	-4

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Italia	9	9
Rossiya	6	3
USA	3	-2
Bolivia	0	-10

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
Magyarország	6	3
Norge	6	1
Uruguay	3	1
Belarus	3	-5

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
Polska	7	2
Sverige	6	2
Lëtzebuerg	4	0
Türkiye	0	-4

Group 5

Team	Pts	GD
Argentina	9	5
England	4	-1
Schweiz	2	-1
Honduras	1	-3

Group 6

Team	Pts	GD
Nederland	9	6
Malaysia	6	3
Israel	3	-2
China	0	-7

Group 7

Team	Pts	GD
Prathet Thai	6	1
Portugal	4	0
Latvija	4	0
España	3	-1

Group 8

Team	Pts	GD
Liechtenstein	5	3
Česká republika	4	1
Srbija	4	-2
Chile	2	-2

Round III

This round started on 17/06/2011 at 20:00 and was played in India.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Rossiya	6	+4
Italia	6	+3
England	3	-1
Liechtenstein	3	-6

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Nederland	6	+2
Malaysia	6	+2
Portugal	6	0
Prathet Thai	0	-4

Group 3

Team	Pts	GD
Sverige	7	+2
Argentina	5	+4
Magyarország	4	+2
Česká republika	0	-8

Group 4

Team	Pts	GD
Polska	9	+5
Danmark	6	+4
Norge	3	-1
Singapore	0	-8

Round IV

This round started on 27/06/2011 at 20:00 and was played in India.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GD
Danmark	9	+4
Polska	6	+2
Argentina	1	-2
Nederland	1	-4

Group 2

Team	Pts	GD
Sverige	6	+5
Malaysia	6	0
Italia	3	-1
Rossiya	3	-4

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	08 July 2011 - Salt Lake Stadium
	Sverige	2
					10 July 2011 - Swatantra Hind Stadium
	Polska	1
					Sverige	1
	08 July 2011 - Swatantra Hind Stadium
					Danmark	2
	Malaysia	0
	Danmark	4

Semi-Finals

This round started on 08/07/2011 at 20:00 and was played in India.

ID		Match Result
(333455448)	Sverige	2 - 1	Polska
(333455449)	Malaysia	0 - 4	Danmark

Final

This round started on 10/07/2011 at 20:00 and was played in India.

ID		Match Result
(333989941)	Danmark	2 - 1	Sverige

HT Announcements

03/12/2010 And the host of the World Cup XVI is?

applicant countries Albania 6 pts Venezuela 14 pts Yemen 16,5 pts Hungary 19 pts And so the winner is… drum roll… India by a hair with 19,5 points. Once again a very close battle between all countries! A total of 274 302 votes were casted by the community this time around. We look forward to seeing and participating in all the activities planned by the Indian community. To all the countries who threw their hat into the ring, thank you for your great work and dedication. To the others, maybe next season we will have the pleasure of seeing what you are capable of!

10/07/2011 Congrats Denmark!

In a very tight game that ended with the score 2-1, Denmark, lead by national team coach Junker, beat Sweden in the XVI World Cup final! We'd also like the recognize the magnificent work that the community of India has done in organizing this competition and animating the World Cup forum for this entire 2 seasons. Thank you for your hard work!