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The NationStates World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by teams affiliated to the World Cup Committee (WCC), the tournament's global governing body. It is the multiverse's longest-running and most prestigious recurring sporting event. Nations from around the world at all sorts of different technology levels play football (also known as "soccer" or "association football") for the ultimate glory of becoming world champions. Most editions involve a (frequently lengthy) qualifying series that reduce the participants to the 32 competitors of the World Cup finals. Since World Cup 1, the finals have featured 8 single round-robin groups of 4 teams, with the top 16 going on to take part in single-elimination rounds. The World Cup Final, the last match of the tournament, is one of the most highly-anticipated and highly-spectated fixtures in the sport.
As of the end of World Cup 77, Starblaydia and Valanora share the record for most tournaments won with five each, while Valanora has also hosted the most editions, at six.