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 (11)
• Andaluni (19)
• Cadair (4)
• Iobaray (18)
• Pongi (26)
• Quetana (5)
• Verdusa (10)
• Zalluabed (27)

EFC

• Allieu (21)
• Avergnon (12)
• Caspiaa (3)
• East Chanchajilla (2)
• Gladysynthia (8)
• North Kandson (20)
• Paraboca (13)
• Ruskayn (1)
• Saint Astaba and Beck (17)
• Sateroc (28)
• Vœyetska (9)

NFC

• Albanovi (31)
• Latilli (16)
• North Shebat (29)
• Saint Offeat (6)
• Syraranto (15)
• Versenia (7)
• Zoygaria (22)

FAC

• Barangadesh (25)
• Beleroskov (14)
• Bentho (32)
• Elastan (24)
• Salubar (30)
• Yuan (23)

Venues

Ídolfsvinn	Sjédal	Lehkinsi
Gamla Ivellu	Friendship Arena	Stryke Arena
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 45,770
Main venue   Other venues

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 1989 Ídolfsvinn World Cup took place on April 11th prior to the opening match featuring Vœyetska and Andaluni at the Gamla Ivellu. The ceremony lasted a total of thirty minutes and twelve seconds. The ceremony opened with the pop supergroup ADDA performing their brand new song Spring in the City, accompanied by 1,000 performers. Subsequently, Vœyetska Fotbollförbundet sporting director Louis Percival gave a speech about how the nation has progressed in the past several decades. To close out, the Prime Minister, Karel Pihlajamäki, and Monarch of Vœyetska, King Áskell I came onto the field and introduced Vœyetska's starting eleven.

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

Group A

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Zalluabed 2 - 1 Bentho

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Quetana 2(3) - (1)2 North Kandson

Group B

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Paraboca 3 - 2 Albanovi

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Cadair 2 - 1 Salubar

Group C

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Caspiaa 3 - 0 North Shebat

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Albarine 1 - 0 Avergnon

Group D

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Vœyetska 2 - 1 Andaluni

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Beleroskov 3 - 1 Saint Astaba and Beck

Group E

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Iobaray 2 - 1 Latilli

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Elastan 3 - 0 Allieu

Group F

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Gladysynthia 2 - 1 Barangadesh

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Saint Offeat 5 - 0 Yuan

Group G

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Zoygaria 4 - 0 Verdusa

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East Chanchajilla 2 - 1 Syraranto

Group H

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Sateroc 2 - 1 Versenia

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Pongi 3(1) - (0)3 Ruskayn

Round of 16

Group A

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Quetana 4 - 2 Zalluabed

Group B

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Paraboca 3 - 1 Cadair

Group C

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Albarine 2(3) - (2)2 Caspiaa

Group D

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Vœyetska 2 - 0 Beleroskov

Group E

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Iobaray 1 - 0 Elastan

Group F

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Gladysynthia 2 - 1 Saint Offeat

Group G

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East Chanchajilla 3 - 0 Zoygaria

Group H

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Pongi 2 - 0 Sateroc

Quarter-finals

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Quetana 2 - 1 Paraboca

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Albarine 3 - 1 Vœyetska

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Iobaray 1 - 0 Gladysynthia

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East Chanchajilla 2(4) - (1)2 Pongi

Semi-finals

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Quetana 2 - 1 Albarine

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Iobaray 2(2) - (0)2 East Chanchajilla

Third-Place

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Albarine 3(4) - (2)3 East Chanchajilla

Final

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Quetana 2 - 0 Iobaray

Sponsorship

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