2013 Helmfurt World Cup

2013 World Cup (Iearth)

2013 Helmfurt World Cup Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Helmfurt 2013
The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country	Besmenia
Dates	April 12th - April 19th, 2013
Teams	32
Venue(s)	4 (in Helmfurt host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Durnstaal (1st title)
Runners-up	Allieu
Third place	Besmenia
Fourth place	Kosystan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63

The 2013 World Cup, also called the 2013 Helmfurt World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams which took place between 12 April to 19 April, 2013 in Helmfurt, Besmenia. It was the 35th World Cup, a worldwide football tournament held once every year. It was also the third World Cup hosted in Besmenia after the 1986 World Cup in Laitstadt and the 1999 World Cup in Freiz. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which all came through qualifying competitions at the start of the event from an original 64 national teams.

31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament, with a total of 64 matches played in 4 venues located in Melmingen. The defending champion, Zamastan, was eliminated by the host nation Besmenia in the quarter-finals. Besmenia then lost to Allieu in the semi-finals, but was able to place third against Kosystan. Durnstaal won the final match 3-0 against Allieu, claiming their first World Cup title.

Venues

Helmfurt	Laitstadt	Melmingen
Helmfurt Main Stadium	Laitstadt Olympic Stadium	Melmingen Olympic Stadium
Capacity: NUM	Capacity: NUM	Capacity: NUM
Freiz	Saint Butz	Halsholm
Sümmingenstadion	TrolanderArena	Halsholm Central Stadium
Capacity: 46,050	Capacity: 53,100	Capacity: 37,800
Main venue   Other venues

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on Friday, 12 April 2013, beginning with the opening speech by Besmenian president Hans Kiesinger.

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

The sponsors of the 2013 World Cup were divided into three categories: World Cup Partners, World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters. The National Supporters were all Besmenian sponsors.

World Cup partners	World Cup sponsors	National supporters

Media

The broadcasting rights of the 2013 World Cup in the host nation Besmenia were given to the BRF, which broadcasted the matches on BRF SPORT.