World Cup XXXI

World Cup XXXI

Tournament details
Host	Cameroon
Season(s)	Seasons 74-75 28 Feb. - 20 Sept. 2020
Teams	128
Final positions
Champions	China
Runner-up	Iran
Semi-finalists	Danmark Eesti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	983
Goals scored	Scorer List
← WC XXX	WC XXXII →

The Thirty-first World Cup tournament took place in Cameroon from 24 July 2020 to 20 September 2020.

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 28/02/2020 (last leg started on 17/04/2020).

Round II

(32 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD China 7 3 Oceania 6 0 O'zbekiston 4 6 Al Yaman 0 -9	Group 2 Team Pts GD Lietuva 5 2 Eesti 4 0 Belgium 3 0 USA 2 -2
Group 3 Team Pts GD Iran 6 5 Nederland 6 0 England 4 0 Bosna i Hercegovina 1 -5	Group 4 Team Pts GD Moldova 6 3 Lëtzebuerg 6 3 Slovensko 4 0 Italia 1 -6
Group 5 Team Pts GD Brasil 5 1 Danmark 4 2 South Africa 4 -2 Guatemala 3 -1	Group 6 Team Pts GD Suomi 6 3 Perú 6 2 Israel 4 -1 Cymru 1 -4
Group 7 Team Pts GD Türkiye 6 0 Chile 4 2 Portugal 4 0 Venezuela 2 -2	Group 8 Team Pts GD Canada 7 4 Česká republika 7 3 Polska 3 -1 Sverige 0 -6
This round started on 24/07/2020 at 20:00 and was played in Cameroon.

Round III

(16 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Eesti 5 2 Česká republika 4 3 Canada 4 -1 Brasil 3 -4	Group 2 Team Pts GD China 7 3 Danmark 5 2 Lëtzebuerg 3 -1 Lietuva 1 -4
Group 3 Team Pts GD Iran 9 8 Chile 4 -2 Perú 3 -1 Türkiye 1 -5	Group 4 Team Pts GD Suomi 9 7 Moldova 6 0 Oceania 3 -1 Nederland 0 -6
This round started on 28/08/2020 at 20:00 and was played in Cameroon.

Round IV

(8 teams)

Group 1 Team Pts GD Eesti 9 6 Iran 6 3 Chile 1 -3 Moldova 1 -6	Group 2 Team Pts GD Danmark 6 1 China 4 1 Česká republika 4 -1 Suomi 3 -1
This round started on 07/09/2020 at 20:00 and was played in Cameroon.

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals 18/09/2020 at 20:00 in Cameroon				Final 20/09/2020 at 20:00 in Cameroon
					Arena: Áit Te (207 592 spectators)
	China	2
	Eesti	1
					China	1
					Iran	0
	Iran	4 (2)
	Danmark	(2) 2

Semi-Finals

Link	Match Result
	China	2 - 1	Eesti
	Iran	4 (2) - (2) 2	Danmark	After extra time

Final

Link	Match Result
	China	1 - 0	Iran

HT Announcements

Hattrick announces

China wins World Cup trophy

22/09/2020

Yesterday evening the World Cup final was played between Iran and China and being a first final between Asian teams only. As never before in our history we've had a winner coming from Asia, it was certain that it would now hold the first ever World Cup winner for this continent. The first half seemed to lean towards China that had a few good chances to open the score, but as the goalkeeper of Iran showed his qualities 0 - 0 remained on the scoreboard. Iran also had a good chance to open the score from a penalty kick. But also for them, the opponent had a good goalie keeping his goal clean. So at halftime break, the score was 0 - 0. In the second half Iran appeared having left their dressing room a little bit stronger, but unfortunately for them, the goal post was not at a position where it would have allowed for a goal. As often in such cases, a goal tends to fall at the other end of the pitch. So it did now as well with some 18 minutes still on the clock. Iran against China, 0 - 1. As the minutes slowly ticked by, both teams got a good chance to score, but neither attempt went in the net and so this mean that at full time, 0 - 1 was the final score and China was going to be crowned the first ever Asian World Cup winner. Our congratulations go to China and their manager chenxiaolin.