2023 IFF Coupe du monde

2023 IFF Coupe du monde
IFF World Cup Ardesia 2023
	Coupe du Monde 2023 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ardesia
Dates	2023
Teams	48 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 4 host cities)
	← 2019 2027 →

The 2023 IFF Coupe du monde. Will be the 20th IFF Coupe du monde, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of IFF. The tournament will take place from July 1 to July XX, 2023, and will be jointly hosted by 4 cities in Ardesia, their second time after 1995. It is the first tournament to feature 48 teams. Soravia are the defending champions.

Host selection

2023 IFF bidding (majority 12 votes)
Bidders	Votes
Bidders	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Ardesia	6	8	13
Etruria / Paretia	7	8	9
Shangea	6	6	Eliminated
Dezevau / Lavana	3	Eliminated

Venues

Estádio Zapote	Estádio Avila	Estádio dos Santos	Estádio dos Gausanos
Rémont	Rémont	São Agostinho	São Agostinho
Capacity: 57,000	Capacity: 53,000	Capacity: 63,903	Capacity: 61,927

Estádio do Anel de Prata	Estádio Missionário	Estádio Luzelês	Estádio do Século
Porto Sotiri	Porto Sotiri	Porto Belo	Porto Belo
Capacity: 47,907	Capacity: 44,300	Capacity: 44,300	Capacity: 42,372

Qualification

Qualified teams

Qualified teams in blue

In the IFF meetings in Gatôn, Satucin on November 2015 it was voted to expand the 2023 tournament from 32 teams into 48. The slot allocation for the tournment were confirmed in Alikianos, Piraea on November 2019, along with the rules for the international play-offs.

Of the 48 nations qualified to play at the 2023 IFF Coupe du monde, 27 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2019. Notable teams that failed to qualify included: 2019 runner-up Nuvania, which was knocked out during the play-offs against Nainan, its first time since 2007. 2003 winner Valduvia, which failed to make the play-offs. Sainte-Chloé which was knocked out during the play-offs against Tsabara.

Making their debut are Bonaventura, Imagua and the Assimas, Île d'Émeraude, Nainan, Siamat, and Tsabara. Kuthina were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 71st. Satavia, and Asase Lewa who last participated in 2011. Ghamistan, and Vinalia who last participated in 2003. Sohar since 1999.

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the IFF Men's World Ranking before the tournament were:

Asterias (13)

AFR (9)
Ardesia (host) (7)
Aucuria (16)
Bonaventura (41)
Cassier (29)
Chistovodia (17)
File:Eldmark.png Eldmark (15)
Île d'Émeraude (58)
File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas (51)
Rizealand (4)
Satavia (25)
Satucin (2)
Vinalia (23)

Coius (17)

Ansan (43)
Asase Lewa (26)
Garambura (44)
Ghamistan (49)
Kuthina (71)
Lavana (39)
Maucha (18)
Nainan (47)
Padaratha (54)
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru (42)
Sabaw (22)
Senria (13)
Shangea (36)
Siamat (59)
Sohar (64)
Tiwura (28)
Tsabara (50)

Euclea (18)

Alsland (37)
Amathia (33)
Azmara (27)
Borland (30)
Caldia (38)
Champania (40)
Template:Country data Estmere (11)
Etruria (1)
Gaullica (3)
Hennehouwe (14)
Montecara (35)
Paretia (10)
Piraea (32)
Ruttland (34)
Scovern (8)
Soravia (6)
Werania (5)
West Miersa (31)

Draw

The final draw was held at the Rémont Exhibition and Convention Center in Rémont, Ardesia, on 1 April 2023.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Ardesia (host) Satucin Gaullica Rizealand Werania Soravia Etruria Scovern Asterian Federative Republic Paretia Template:Country data Estmere Senria	Hennehouwe File:Eldmark.png Eldmark Aucuria Chistovodia Maucha Sabaw Vinalia Satavia Asase Lewa Azmara Tiwura Cassier	Borland West Miersa Piraea Amathia Ruttland Montecara Shangea Alsland Caldia Lavana Champania Bonaventura	File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru Ansan Garambura Nainan Ghamistan Tsabara File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas Padaratha Île d'Émeraude Siamat Sohar Kuthina

Match officials

List of officials
Confederation	Referee
AFC	Ricardo Batista (Satucin)
	Cooper Gill (Cassier)
	Peter Cloete (Satavia)
	Leandro Lacerda (Ardesia)
	Vladyslav Shabanov (Vinalia)
	Ryan Baker (Rizealand)
	Carlos Sanchez (Asterian Federative Republic)
	Dion Lynch (Sainte-Chloé)
	Eliseo Pecchia (Gapolania)
EFC	Isaac Jullien (Gaullica)
	Oleh Borysenko (Soravia)
	Velio Cipolla (Etruria)
	Caspar Babo (Werania)
	Panikos Antonilis (Piraea)
	Danus Milosovici (Amathia)
	Fidan Danielov (Ravnia)
	Miguel Sajjan (Emessa)
	Charles Baldwin (Estmere)
CFC	Fujino Bunzo (Senria)
	Gư Ðại Thốn (Nainan)
	Tsolmon Thammavong (Lavana)
	Bukha Narzayev (Hacyinia)
	Song Guanting (Shangea)
	Shadmehr Shojaii (Zorasan)
	Rochan Shah (Rajyaghar)
	Sakia Goetz (Maucha)
	Maa'iz el-Assaf (Sohar)

Group stage

Top 2 teams from each group automatically classify for the knockout stage, as do the 8 best 3rd place teams.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16

Group A


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ardesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiwura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caldia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nainan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1 July 2023