2018 UGFA World Cup

Tropicalis won the World Cup, Acadia finishing second, United Provinces third, Nutzil fourth. Updates to follow one day.

The 2018 UGFA World Cup is the 11th UGFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world championship, which took place at several venues across Tropicalis.

The tournament began on June 14, 2018 and ended on July 15 when the final took place. It is the first time that Tropicalis hosted an UGFA world cup. UGFA selected the nation to host the cup in 2010. No more than 24 teams participated in the tournament. A total of 46 matches were played during the course of the tournament, beginning with the group stage, then the knockout stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Host selection
Three countries were competing to host the 2018 UGFA World Cup - Freezeland, Tropicalis and UnitedTerra. Freezeland was eliminated early on, and later Tropicalis defeated UnitedTerra in a landslide and earned the right to host the cup.

Participating teams
A total of 24 countries qualified for the 2014 UGFA World Cup group stage. The United States of Antarctica failed to qualify for the 2018 UGFA World Cup for the first time in history.


 * Tropicalis Flag.png Tropicalis
 * CandviaFlag.png Candvia
 * UnitedTerra flag.PNG UnitedTerra
 * Flag of Castilla.png Castilla
 * Frankterre Flag.png Frankterre
 * Freezelandflag.jpg Freezeland
 * Flag of Nutzil.png Nutzil
 * NewUnitedProvincesFlag.png United Provinces
 * Snozerland Flag 2 edited-1.png Snowzerland
 * Alemania Flag.png Alemania
 * Parhentina Flag.png Parhentina
 * Liguria Flag.png Liguria


 * Ruscoe Federation Flag.png Rusca
 * BandeiraClubPenguin.png Club Penguin
 * FelipenasFlag.png Finipines
 * EmpNewFlag.png Emperorlands
 * Bandera de Lisboagal.png Lisboagal
 * Guruguay Flag.png Guruguay
 * Flag of the Seal Islands.svg Seal Islands
 * East Pengolia image flag.png East Pengolia
 * FlagOfJapaland.png Japaland
 * AcadiaFlag.png Acadia
 * Terra Federation flag.PNG Terra Federation
 * Munijoch.jpg Munijoch

Countries that did not qualify to the group stages of the World Cup include:


 * MAI.png Margate
 * TelAhPhonFlag.png Tel Ah Phon
 * Asaina flag.png Zhou
 * Flag of Calada.png Calada
 * UK Flag 2.png Puffle'and (represented by Penguins)
 * SouthJoseonFlag.png South Joseon
 * Magyaria Flag.png Magyaria
 * Pengvaria Flag.png Batavia
 * USA flag.PNG United States of Antarctica

Countries that were ineligible to participate include:


 * Scoodlepeep Official Flag N.PNG Scoodlepeep, due to the UGFA age restrictions

Preparations & costs
The government of Tropicalis spent quite a fortune on this world cup in an effort to broadcast itself as an inclusive, welcoming and successful country and in an effort to create the best possible stadiums that can accommodate as many spectators as possible.

Group stage

 * Group A

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 * Group B

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 * Group C

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 * Group D

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 * Group E

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 * Group F

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Round of 12
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
UnitedTerra defeated Emperorlands to secure third place, the first for UnitedTerra in their history. Emperorlands conceded the most goals ever during world cup finals and the most by a world cup hosting nation. This was the first third place play-off match for 4 world cups which was decided in extra time. It is also the first play-off match for 2 world cups where the losing team did not manage to score.

Final
The final featured Alemania against Parhentina for a record third time after 1986 and 1990.

This final was the most-watched world cup final ever, with a record 20 million television viewings. It was the second world cup final in a row where the champion was decided in extra time. Both teams named unchanged starting line-ups from their semi-finals. During the entire match, both teams had 10 shots, 7 of which Alemania shot on target and 2 of which Parhentina's were on target. Alemania had 60% of ball possession and had 5 corner kicks and 3 free kicks. Parhentina had 3 corner kicks and 2 free kicks.

Goalscorers
The single highest goalscorer of the tournament was a Tropicalian player, scoring 9 goals in total, including a hat trick in the final. That player ended up winning the highest honors in football that year. A Parhentinian player scored 6 goals, whilst an Alemanian player scored 5 goals. 72 different players scored throughout the tournament.

Discipline

 * Total number of yellow cards: 187
 * Average yellow cards per match: 2.92
 * Total number of red cards: 10
 * Average red cards per match: 0.16
 * Most cards in one match: 1 red card, 8 yellow cards
 * Fastest yellow card from kick off: 2 minutes
 * Most yellow cards (team): 18 – Snowzerland