1973 Lerbin World Cup

1973 World Cup (Iearth)

1973 Lerbin World Cup
File:Lerbin1973WorldCup.png The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country	Drambenburg
Dates	April 9th - April 16th, 1973
Teams	32
Venue(s)	7 (in Lerbin, Essen, Wein host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cadair (1st title)
Runners-up	East Chanchajilla
Third place	Zamastan
Fourth place	UCSS
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63

The 1973 World Cup, also called the 1973 Lerbin World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams which took place between 9 April to 16 April, 1973 in Lerbin, Drambenburg. It was the innaugural World Cup, a worldwide football tournament which would subsequently be held once every year. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which all came through qualifying competitions at the start of the event from an original 64 national teams. At the time, it was one of the most watched sporting events in the history of the world.

31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament, with a total of 64 matches played in 4 venues located in Lerbin, 1 venue in Wein, and 2 in Essen. Cadair became the inaugural champions, defeating East Chanchajilla 3-1. Zamastan defeated the UCSS in overtime penalties for third place.

Group Stages

Qualifying Rounds

64 competing countries were divided into eight groups of eight teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin best two-out-of-three, with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stage with the Round of 32.

Knockout Stage

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Drambenburg	1
	Saint Offeat	0
					Drambenburg	2
					Elbresia	1
	Elbresia	2
	Durnstaal	0
									UCSS	3
									Drambenburg	2
	UCSS	2
	Shoassau	1
					UCSS	1
					Janapa	0
	Janapa	1
	Jyau	0
													East Chanchajilla	3 (3)
													UCSS	3 (1)
	Ossinia	2 (3)
	Vitosium	2 (1)
					Gladysynthia	1
					Ossinia	0
	Gladysynthia	1
	Yuan	0
									East Chanchajilla	2
									Gladysynthia	0
	East Chanchajilla	2
	Lutharia	1
					East Chanchajilla	2
					Albarine	0
	Albarine	3
	Rio Palito	0
																	Cadair	3
																	East Chanchajilla	1
	Vulkaria	3
	Alcarres	2
					Vulkaria	1 (5)
					Zalluabed	1 (3)
	Zalluabed	2
	New Elkland	1
									Cadair	2 (4)
									Vulkaria	2 (3)
	Paraboca	1
	Verdusa	0
					Cadair	0 (5)
					Paraboca	0 (4)
	Cadair	1
	Austrolis	0
													Cadair	5 (4)
													Zamastan	5 (3)			Third place
	Zamastan	2
	Avergnon	1
					Zamastan	3											Zamastan	4 (5)
					Emmiria	1											UCSS	4 (4)
	Emmiria	1
	Vuswistan	0
									Zamastan	4
									Ruskayn	0
	Quetana	4
	Syraranto	2
					Ruskayn	2
					Quetana	0
	Ruskayn	1 (5)
	Andaluni	1 (4)

Sponsorship

The sponsors of the 1973 World Cup were divided into three categories: World Cup Partners, World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters. The National Supporters were all Drambenburgian sponsors.

World Cup partners	World Cup sponsors	National supporters