World Cup 85

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World Cup 85
Entrants195 (32 in finals)
Hosts Farfadillis
 Mriin
Affiliated tournamentsCup of Harmony 77
Baptism of Fire 72
previousWorld Cup 84
nextWorld Cup 86

World Cup 85 is an international football tournament to be held in Farfadillis and Mriin. It will be the 85th edition of the World Cup. The qualification phase was organized with support from the football associations of Kelssek and Zwangzug. With 26 matchdays involving 195 national teams, this was the longest qualification phase of any World Cup to date.

Host selection

There were two bids, a Vilitan plan bid from four associations led by Farfadillis and Mriin, with Kelssek and Zwangzug to provide organizational support for the qualifiers and committing to bid for the concurrent Cup of Harmony, as well as a conventional two-host bid from Pasarga and Saintland.

Voting results
Bid Votes
 Farfadillis and  Mriin 15
 Saintland and  Pasarga 11
Re-open bids 0
Total 26

Teams

Thirty teams will qualify for the World Cup finals from the 195 teams entering the qualifying phase. The two co-hosts qualified automatically.

Qualified teams
Nation Rank Method of qualification Date qualified Total
appearances
Last
appearance
 95X Group 12 winners Matchday 22 4 84
 Baker Park Group 5 winners Matchday 20 5 84
 Banija Group 6 winners Matchday 20 6 84
 Brenecia Group 15 Matchday 23 12 84
 Cassadaigua Group 9 winners Matchday 22 23 84
 Eura Group 3 winners Matchday 22 26 84
 Equestria Group 11 Matchday 23 14 84
 Farfadillis Hosts n/a 21 84
 Kita-Hinode Group 2 winner Matchday 22 16 84
 Mriin Hosts n/a 8 84
 Nephara Group 7 Matchday 23 17 84
 Siovanija and Teusland Group 10 Matchday 23 2 84
 The Holy Empire Group 8 winners Matchday 21 56 84
 Valanora Group 13 winners Matchday 22 52 84
 Vilita Group 14 Matchday 19 46 84
 Zwangzug Group 5 runners-up Matchday 23 34 84