2022 IFA World Cup

2022 IFA World Cup

Copa Mundial de Fútbol 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Gran Rugido
Dates	1 December – 20 December
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	14 (in 11 host cities)

The 2022 IFA World Cup is the 65th IFA World Cup, the bianual world championship for Anterian men's national football teams. It is taking place in Gran Rugido from 1 December to 20 December 2022; it is the third tournament held in the country (after the 1962 and 1986 tournaments) and the fifth tournament organized by the IFA. New Sebronia are the defending champions of the tournament, after defeating Kentalis in the 2020 final. To avoid the extremes of Gran Rugido's hot climate, this World Cup is being held during the month of December. It is being played in a reduced timeframe of 19 days with 64 matches to be played in fourteen venues across eleven cities.

Host Selection

The bidding procedure to host the 2022 Mens and Womens IFA World Cups began on April 27th 2021, and national associations have until May 4th 2021 to register their interest. Layfet, which hosted the 2020 Mens World Cup is ineligible to host the 2022 Men's World Cup. Encessia, which hosted the 2020 Women's World Cup is ineligible to host the 2022 Womens World Cup.

Nations that have applied to host the 2022 Mens World Cup include: Bakyern, Gran Rugido, Lyonheimer, New Sebronia, Vultesia, Wellsenfaile, Riojania, Gavrilia, The Cape Bay, Frarstizk and Yryel.

Nations that have applied to host the 2022 Women's World Cup include: Mbuntrare and The Vanna.

Qualification

IFA's six continental confederations organize their own qualifying competitions. All IFA member associations are eligible to enter qualification. The hosts will be qualified automatically for the tournament.

The allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed by the IFA Executive Committee on January 10th, 2021 at the IFA Headquarters in Tonnes. The committee decided the following allocation of slots:

Thuadia (THUCON):
Caleren (CALCON):
Thrismari (RISCON):
Astariax (ASTCON):
Olivacia (OLICON):
Meredonne (MERCON):

The first qualifying matches will be played in May 2020. Nations have until May 4th to declare their intent to participate in the qualifier.

Participants in the qualifiers include:

Thuadia (THUCON):
Caleren (CALCON):
Thrismari (RISCON): Hiblund, Frarstizk,
Hiraethia (HIRCON):
Olivacia (OLICON):
Meredonne (MERCON):

List of qualified teams

THUCON (0)

• New Sebronia
• Tiskaiya
• Senefpat
• Yryel
• Kentalis
• The Cape Bay
• Kiyortza
• Shadoveil
• Neuewland

CALCON (0)

• None qualified

RISCON (0)

• Hiblund
• Frarstizk
• Kakland
• Salamat
• Morrawia
• Androren Spear
• Khirmania

HIRCON (0)

• Gavrilia
• Riamo
• Wellsenfaile
• The Vanna
• Zona Umida
• Riojania

OLICON (0)

• Gran Rugido (H)
• [[Dwetasia|Dwetasia]]
• Xzavaria
• Fresia
• Lehmhügel
• Ezenchia

MERCON (0)

• Mbuntrare
• Hylia
• Nexalan

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Riamo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
Gran Rugido	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Androren Spear	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Shadoveil	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nexalan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
Gavrilia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Senefpat	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Fresia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hylia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
Salamat	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Yryel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zona Umida	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hiblund	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
Kentalis	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Lehmhügel	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
The Vanna	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0

Group E

Kakland

Symbols

Mascot

Tournament mascot, Axel el Ajolote

The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 21 October 2021, and selected through a design competition among university students. A public vote was used to select the mascot from three finalists—a quetzal, a jaguar , and a axolotl. The winner, with 53% or approximately 1 million votes, was an anthropomorphic axolotl dressed in the colours of the Gran Rugidoense national team. The mascot's name is Axel and his official backstory states that he is an aspiring football player who is "charming, confident and social". People associated with the ecological Regeneración program, praised the selection of the amphibian as the mascot as it could "raise awareness on the critically-endangered species".