1989 Ídolfsvinn World Cup

1989 World Cup (Iearth)

1989 Ídolfsvinn World Cup
The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country	Vœyetska
Dates	April 11th - May 8th, 1989
Teams	32
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Quetana (1st title)
Runners-up	Iobaray
Third place	Albarine
Fourth place	East Chanchajilla
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63

The 1989 World Cup, also called the 1989 Ídolfsvinn World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams which took place between 11 April to May 8th, 1989 in Ídolfsvinn, Vœyetska. It was the 17th World Cup tournament and involved 32 teams, of which all came through qualifying competitions at the start of the event from an original 64 national teams. The previous champions, Ruskayn, were eliminated in the Group of 32, while the host nation Vœyetska were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In the final match, Quetana defeated Iobaray 2-0 for their first title.

Teams

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the World Cup rankings before the tournament were:

AFC

• Albarine
• Andaluni
• Cadair
• Iobaray
• Pongi
• Quetana
• Verdusa
• Zalluabed

EFC

• Allieu
• Avergnon
• Caspiaa
• East Chanchajilla
• Gladysynthia
• North Kandson
• Paraboca
• Ruskayn
• Saint Astaba and Beck
• Sateroc
• Vœyetska

NFC

• Albanovi
• Latilli
• North Shebat
• Saint Offeat
• Syraranto
• Versenia
• Zoygaria

FAC

• Barangadesh
• Beleroskov
• Bentho
• Elastan
• Salubar
• Yuan

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.

Sponsorship

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