1997 Anea World Cup

1997 World Cup (Iearth)
1997 Anea World Cup
	File:Anea1997WorldCup.png The official emblem
Tournament details
Host country	New Anea
Dates	April 9th - April 16th, 1997
Teams	32
Venue(s)	6 (in Eblium host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Versenia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
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The 1997 World Cup, also called the 1998 Anea World Cup, was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams which took place between 9 April to 16 April, 1997 in Eblium, New Anea. 31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament, with a total of 64 matches played.

Teams

Venues

Opening Ceremony

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		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



New Anea	1 (2)

Albarine	1 (0)
		New Anea	1

		Qolaysia	0
Qolaysia	2

Lutharia	0
				Kuresa	2

				New Anea	0
Quetana	1

Greater Normark	0
		Kuresa	1 (2)

		Quetana	1 (0)
Kuresa	3

Zoygaria	0
						Kuresa	4

						New Elkland	0
Shoassau	1

Caspiaa	0
		Shoassau	2

		Avergnon	0
Avergnon	2

North Shebat	1
				New Elkland	2

				Shoassau	1
New Elkland	2 (5)

Arenoran Isles	2 (4)
		New Elkland	1

		Slavic Union	0
Slavic Union	2

Timeria	0
								Versenia	3 (3)

								Kuresa	3 (1)
Candatora	1

Pongi	0
		Candatora	2

		Artaska	1
Artaska	3

Haduastan	2
				Versenia	1 (5)

				Candatora	1 (4)
Versenia	4

Aybrea	2
		Versenia	5

		Syraranto	0
Syraranto	2

Unified Sera	1
						Versenia	3

						Emmiria	1	Third place
Besmenia	1

Latilli	0
		Emmiria	2					Emmiria	2 (5)

		Besmenia	0					New Elkland	2 (4)
Emmiria	1

Somodi	0
				Emmiria	4

				Jyau	3
Beatavic	0 (4)

Utobania	0 (3)
		Jyau	4

		Beatavic	0
Jyau	6

Bentho	1