2017 WMF World Cup

The 2017 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Nabeul city in Tunisia from 6–15 October 2017.

2017 WMF World Cup

2017 Arena Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	6–15 October 2017
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	260 (5 per match)
Best player(s)	Ouday Belhaj
← 2015 2019 →

Venue

All the matches of 2017 WMF World Cup are played in the Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul.^[1] This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.^[1]

Nabeul
Nabeul
Nabeul minifoot stadium
Capacity: 2,900

Teams and draw

Teams

Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament:^[2]

Africa:  Ivory Coast  Libya  Senegal  Somalia  Tunisia (Host Nation)

Americas:  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Guatemala  Mexico  United States

Asia:  India  Iraq  Lebanon

Europe:  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Czech Republic  France  Hungary  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain  Kazakhstan

Oceania:  Australia

Draw

On 11 June 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from 6 October to 16 October 2017.^[3]

On 6 September 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis.^[4] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Tunisia (Host country)  Romania  Mexico  United States  Russia  Czech Republic	France  Hungary  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Spain  Kazakhstan  Portugal	Chile  Brazil  Senegal  Argentina  Libya  Ivory Coast	Australia  Somalia  Lebanon  Iraq  India  Guatemala

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.^[2] The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
8. drawing of lots by the 2017 WMF World Cup Organising Committee.

All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	9	Knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: WMF

Argentina	1–5	Australia
	Report

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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Czech Republic	7–0	France
Hakl 1st 9' Salák 1st 24' 2nd 6' Uhlíř 2nd 5' Koudelka 2nd 9' 2nd 23' Paděra 2nd 19'	Report

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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France	3–0	Argentina

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Australia	1–5	Czech Republic
Adeli 2st 3'		Levčík 1st 4' Hakl 1st5' Salák 1st16' Mařík 1st23' Polák 2nd14'

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Australia	3–3	France

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Czech Republic	10–0	Argentina
Paděra 1st 4' Salák 1st13' 2nd 22' Polák 1st15' Kavka 2nd4' 2nd10' Mařík 2nd9' 2nd15' Hakl 2nd16'

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
3	Chile	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Iraq	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: WMF

Iraq	0–2	Mexico
		Gutierrez Jiménez 2nd 9' Curiel Ruiz 2nd 24'

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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Chile	5–0	Iraq

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Mexico	3–1	Hungary

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Hungary	1–1	Chile

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Mexico	2–0	Chile

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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Iraq	0–6	Hungary

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6	Knockout stage
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
4	Somalia	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: WMF

Russia	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Korcagin 1st 3'	Report	Berovic 1st 25' Lovrinovic 2nd 23'

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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Brazil	3–2	Somalia
		Daud 1st 15' Daud 2nd 23'

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Somalia	1–10	Russia

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Brazil

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Russia	2–0	Brazil

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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Somalia	1–8	Bosnia and Herzegovina

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	20	6	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	1	1	16	6	+10	4
3	United States	3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Source: WMF

United States	3–5	Spain

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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Senegal	11–0	India

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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United States	2–2	Senegal

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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India	0–8	United States

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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Spain	4–3	Senegal

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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India	0–11	Spain

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	21	−19	0

Source: WMF

Romania	2–1	Kazakhstan
Toma 2nd 13' Gabriel 2nd 19'		Tokenov 2nd 9'

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)

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Guatemala	0–8	Romania

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Kazakhstan	4–2	Ivory Coast

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Romania	3-0	Ivory Coast

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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Guatemala	1–7	Kazakhstan

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Ivory Coast	6–1	Guatemala

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Libya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Portugal	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: WMF

Tunisia	3–2	Portugal
Azzouni 1st 1' Ben Taleb 1st 8' Belhaj 1st 12'	Report	Vieira 1st 17' Tavares 2nd 29'

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)

19:30

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Attendance: 2,900

Libya	2–0	Lebanon

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)

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Lebanon	1–6	Tunisia

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

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Attendance: 2,900

Portugal	0–0	Libya

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

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Lebanon	1–1	Portugal

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Tunisia	2–2	Libya

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11)

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Attendance: 2,900

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the sixteen teams play a single-elimination tournament.

Round of 16

Romania	2–2	Senegal
Penalties
	1–3

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Spain	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Chile

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Mexico	4–3 (a.e.t.)	United States

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Russia	0–0	France
Penalties
	1–3

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Hungary	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Libya

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Australia	3–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Penalties
	4–3

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Tunisia	2–2	Kazakhstan
Penalties
	4–3

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Attendance: 2,900

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Czech Republic	3–1	Brazil
Levčík 1st 8' Kounovský 1st 21' Koudelka 1st 24'		Cardoso 1st 24'

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)

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Quarterfinals

Senegal	4–3	France
Momo Cissé Pape NDiage Niang Diop Niang Diop		Belbachir O. Belbachir O. Belbachir O.

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

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Spain	4–3	Australia

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

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Tunisia	0–7	Mexico

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

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Attendance: 2,900

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Hungary	0–1	Czech Republic
		Levčík 2st 12'

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)

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Semifinals

Senegal	1–3	Mexico

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)

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Spain	1–3	Czech Republic
Castaño 1st 16'		Mařík 1st 8' Paděra 2nd 12' Kounovský 2nd 28'

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)

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Third-place match

Senegal	5–0	Spain
Njou Musthapa Njou Musthapa Sega Abdoul Njou Musthapa Diop Mohamed

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)

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Final

Czech Republic	3–0	Mexico
Polák 1st8' Mařík 1st 26' Paděra 2nd 24'

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)

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Attendance: 2,900

Final ranking

• Winners: Czech Republic

Awards

Top Scorer	Best Player
?	Ouday Belhaj

References

1. (in French) Coupe du monde de mini-foot : Nabeul accueille les 5 continents. Kapitalis, 05 Oct. 2017
2. Official Draw of 2017 WMF World Cup Archived 2017-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Tunisia 2017, 6 Sep. 2017.
3. (in French) La Tunisie organisera la coupe du monde de mini-foot du 6 au 15 octobre 2017^[usurped]. HuffPost Tunisie, 13 June 2017.
4. WMF World Cup 2017 - draw set for September 6 in Tunis. TAP, 04 Aug. 2017.
5. Official Schedule of 2017 WMF World Cup Archived 2017-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. Tunisia 2017, 6 Oct. 2017.

External links

• 2017 WMF World Cup official website
• World Minifooball Federation official website