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{{infobox football tournament
| name                 = FOIF World Cup
| image                = FOIF World Cup Logo.png
| imagesize            = 200px
| caption              = 
| organiser            = [[FOIF]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1939}}
| region               = International 
| number of teams      = {{nowrap|48}}
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{flag|Leciria}} (1st title)<br />([[2019 FOIF World Cup|2019]])}}
| most successful team = {{nowrap|{{flag|Gavrilia}} (6 titles)}}
| broadcasters         = 
| website              = 
| current              = 
}}

The '''FOIF World Cup''', simply referred to as the '''World Cup''', is the world's largest {{wp|association football}} event competition, hosted by the [[FOIF|Federation of International Football]]. The tournament has been held every 4 years since the first season ([[1939 FOIF World Cup|1939]]), except from in 1955 and 1959 (as a result of the [[World War III (Elezia)|Third World War]]). The reigning champions are [[Leciria]], who won for the first time in [[2019 FOIF World Cup|2019]].
==History==
===World Cups prior to World War III===
[[File:Rodolphe_Seeldrayers.jpg|170px|thumb|left|FOIF President {{wp|Rudolphe Seeldrayers|Gérôme Castex}}, seen as the founder of the World Cup tournament.]]
Following heavy successes from Olympic Football tournaments, the FOIF headed by president [[Gérôme Castex]] began plans in 1937 to stage a football world championship. On 27 June 1928 a congress for the FOIF was held in [[Klokov]] which officiated the plans and naming of the first host nation. It was decided that [[Vetullia]] would host the first World Cup in the following year due to it being the previous victor of the [[Parthenian Championships]] the year before [[World War II (Elezia)|World War II]].
[[File:Rome,_Olympic_Stadium,_1950s.jpg|230px|thumb|right|{{wp|Stadio Olimpico}}, the stadium that hosted the first World Cup Final in 1939.]]
The selection of a [[Parthenia]]n team meant a long trip accross the [[Merillian Ocean|Merillian]] for many [[Atusia]]n and [[Muanbia]]n teams. This, along with an economic crisis that followed the Second World War meant a Parthenian dominated tournament, with the only teams from Atusia making the tournament being [[Yerezhan State|Yerezh]], [[Sarastan]], and [[Kasai]]. In total 16 teams played in the tournament; 10 from Parthenia, 3 from Atusia, 2 from [[Triania]] and 1 from [[Tarandra]]. 

The first match of the tournament was played on 10 July 1939, with eventual runners-up [[Slethar]] beating [[Suidenland]] 3-0. In this game, the first goal in World Cup history was scored by Sletharine player [[Ilias Qotrōs]]. The final was played by Vetullia and Slethar, where Vetullia won 4–2 in their home country at the {{wp|Stadio Olimpico}}, winning the first world cup. The game was attended by and estimated 100,000 people. 

Global politics and instability had a huge effect on the teams that would participate in the early World Cup tournaments, with all of the first four being held in [[Parthenia]] (Vetullia, [[Almagria]], [[Angland]], [[Vermand]]) and in most of these tournaments many Atusian teams refused to travel into Parthenia, especially in the 1951 World Cup when tensions between many major powers were on the edge, when [[Gavrilia]] was the only team outside of Parthenia to participate. 

The 1956 World Cup was set to be hosted in [[Gavrilia]], breaking the trend of Parthenian hosting, however was eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of [[World War III (Elezia)|World War III]].
===World Cups following World War III===
Following the Third World War, a reform was made in the FOIF which meant the World Cup could be bid on for hosting. This wasn't implemented until 1967 however. The first World Cup following the war was held in [[Heunyeo]], chosen due to their neutrality in the war. This made the 1963 tournament the first to be held in [[Atusia]]. This meant that this tournament was almost exclusively attended by Atusian nations, with many in Parthenia and Tarandra still recovering from the effects of the largest war in history. The only exception to this was [[Brynmor]], a newly sovereign nation at the time, who wanted to establish themselves on the world stage. The World Cup was won by [[Zyang]], in a surprise 3-2 victory over [[Kasai]], an established footballing nation against one who hadn't made any professional appearances prior. 
[[File:Pele_con_brasil_(cropped).jpg|170px|thumb|right|Gavrilian star [[Gállego]], a prominent player in the post-war era.]]
The tournaments between 1967 and 1987 returned to general normality, featuring a 16 team knockout format and the tournament becoming more prestigious and international with each. The 1979 Slethar World Cup Final was the highest attended World Cup Final in history with 109,398 confirmed attendees and likely more. Most of the participating nations of these World Cups were from Parthenia, Atusia and Triania with small minorities of teams from Tarandra, [[Muanbia]] and [[Barnesia]] however these teams were usually defeated with ease by the "Big Three". Famous players from this era of World Cups include Gavrilian icon [[Gállego]], [[Vanislavia]]n legend {{wp|Ferenc Puskas|Bruno Bošković}} and Almagrian superstar {{wp|Eusebio|Cubero}}.
==Format==
==Hosts==
==Broadcasting==
==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:93%; text-align:center; width:;"
|-
! rowspan=2 style= "width:;" | Edition
! rowspan=2 style= "width:;" | Year
! rowspan=2 style= "width:100px;" |Host
! colspan=3 | Final
! colspan=3 | Third-place play-off
! rowspan=2 style= "width:;" | Number of teams
|-
! width= 150px| Champion 
! width= 70px|Score 
! width= 150px| Runner-up
! width= 150px | Third
! width= 70px | Score
! width= 150px | Fourth 
|-
!1
|1939
|align=left| {{flag|Vetullia}}
|'''{{flag|Vetullia}}'''
|'''4–2'''  {{wp|Stadio Olimpico}}, [[Campoleone]]
|{{flag|Slethar|red}}
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|'''4–0'''
|{{flag|Vanislavia}}
|16
|-
!2
|1943
|align=left| {{flag|Almagria}}
|'''{{flag|Almagria}}'''
|'''2–1''' aet <small>[[Estadio de Almagria]], [[Almagria|Castillonuevo]]</small>
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|{{flag|Angland}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{flag|Telekia}}
|16
|-
!3
|1947
|align=left| {{flag|Angland}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''5–1''' <br /><small>[[Highfield Road]], [[Retoria]]</small>
|{{flag|Kasai}}
|{{flag|Hausminia}}
|'''4–2'''
|{{flag|Brynmor}}
|15
|- align=center
|-
!3
|1951
|align=left| {{flag|Vermand}}
|'''{{flag|Vanislavia}}'''
|'''4-3''' 
|{{flag|Angland}}
|{{flag|Slethar|red}}
|'''2-0'''
|{{flag|Gavrilia}}
|15
|- align=center
! –
| 1955
| colspan="8" rowspan="2" | ''(Not held because of [[World War III (Elezia)|World War III]])''
|- align=center
! - 
| 1959
|-
!4
|[[1963 FIFA World Cup|1963]]
|align=left| {{flag|Heunyeo}}
|'''{{flag|Zyang}}'''
|'''3-2'''
|{{flag|Kasai}}
|{{flag|Sarastan}}
|'''5-1'''
|{{flag|Brynmor}}
|13
|-
!5
|1967
|align=left| {{flag|Telekia}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''7-2'''
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|{{flag|Vetullia}}
|'''3-1'''
|{{flag|Ibarmentudia}}
|16
|-
!6
|1971
|align=left| {{flag|Yerezhan State|Yerezh}}
|'''{{flag|Slethar}}'''
|'''4-0''' 
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|{{flag|Kotovia}}
|'''1–0''' 
|{{flag|Almagria}}
|16
|-
!7
|1975
|align=left| {{flag|Angland}}
|'''{{flag|Almagria}}'''
|'''2-1''' aet
|{{flag|Leciria}}
|{{flag|Vetullia}}
|'''5-2''' 
|{{flag|Kasai}}
|16
|-
!8
|1979
|align=left| {{flag|Slethar}}
|'''{{flag|Angland}}'''
|'''4-1''' 
|{{flag|Gavrilia}}
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{flag|Odua}}
|16
|-
!9
|1983
|align=left| {{nowrap|{{flag|Eisenland}}}}
|'''{{flag|Eisenland}}'''
|'''2-1''' 
|{{flag|Sapheria}}
|{{flag|Vanislavia}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{flag|Gavrilia}}
|16
|-
!10
|1987
|align=left| {{flag|Yerezhan State}}
|'''{{flag|Angland}}'''
|'''3–1''' {{aet}}
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|{{flag|Vetullia}}
|'''2–1''' 
|{{flag|Kaliban}}
|16
|-
!11
|1991
|align=left| {{flag|Almagria}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''3–1''' 
|{{flag|Angland}}
|{{flag|Almagria}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|24
|-
!12
|1995
|align=left| {{flag|Bulzania}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{flag|Livania}}
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|'''4–2''' {{aet}} 
|{{flag|Brynmor}}
|24
|-
!13
|1999
|align=left| {{flag|United Federation of Triania}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''1–1''' {{aet}}<br />{{pso|3–2}}
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|{{flag|Slethar}}
|'''4–0'''
|{{flag|Vanislavia}}
|24
|-
!14
|2003
|align=left| {{flag|Kaliban}}
|'''{{flag|Angland}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{flag|Gavrilia}}
|{{flag|Telekia}}
|'''2–1''' 
|{{flag|Ibarmentudia}}
|32
|-
!15
|2007
|align=left| {{flag|Kasai}}
|'''{{flag|Almagria}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|{{flag|Hausminia}}
|'''3–2''' 
|{{flag|Brynmor}}
|32
|-
!16
|2011
|align=left| {{flag|Livania}}
|'''{{flag|Vetullia}}'''
|'''1–1''' 
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|'''3–1''' 
|{{flag|Leciria}}
|32
|-
!17
|2015
|align=left| {{flag|Vermand}}
|'''{{flag|Gavrilia}}'''
|'''1–0''' {{aet}}
|{{flag|Leciria}}
|{{flag|Telekia}}
|'''3–2''' 
|{{flag|Vermand}}
|32
|-
!18
|[[2019 FOIF World Cup|2019]]
|align=left| {{flag|Heunyeo}}
|'''{{flag|Leciria}}'''
|'''2-2''' {{aet}} {{pso|3–2}}
|{{flag|Vetullia}}
|{{flag|Eisenland}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{flag|Gavrilia}}
|48
|-
!19
|[[2023 World Cup|2023]]
|align=left| {{flag|Sarastan}} <br> {{flag|Hausminia}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|48
|-
|}
==Records and statistics==
==References==
{{reflist}}
==See Also==

[[Category:Elezia]]