World Cup 102

World Cup 102

Tournament details
Host countries	Drawkland The Holy Empire
Dates	October/November 2026 (OOC)
Teams	48 (from 163 entries)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104

World Cup 102 is an international football tournament currently being held in Drawkland and the Holy Empire.

Host Selection

Voting results

Bid	Votes
Drawkland and The Holy Empire	12
Re-open bids	3
Total	15

There was one bid to host the 102nd World Cup. Nicknamed The Age of Empires, this bid was made by Drawkland and the Holy Empire, honoring the fact that this tournament marked the 100th anniversary of World Cup 2, the first World Cup hosted by the Holy Empire.

Following the preferential voting system specified by the World Cup Committee constitution, they were awarded the hosting rights.

Qualification

Main article: World Cup 102 qualification

The 161 teams entering the qualifying phase were drawn into 23 groups of seven teams, each contested as a home-and-away double round-robin. The winners of each qualifying group directly qualified for the final tournament. Second and third placed teams had a chance to qualify in single neutral-site playoff games.

Nation	Rank	Qualification	Date qualified	Total appearances	Last appearance
Aleirave	30	Group 6 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Aphrilia	7	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Audioslavia	1	Group 11 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Busoga Islands	2	Group 20 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Calgasia	67	Playoffs	Playoffs		None
Cardenao	75	Playoffs	Playoffs		99
Carpathia and Ruthenia	60	Playoffs	Playoffs		62
Central Esportiva	115	Playoffs	Playoffs		None
Choppyhausen	43	Group 15 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Chromatika	13	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Crpostran	40	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Dantopia	33	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Darmen	55	Playoffs	Playoffs		100
Dhemixia	23	Group 5 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Drawkland	32	Hosts	—N/a		101
Edsmontik	24	Group 1 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Eastfield Lodge	52	Playoffs	Playoffs		99
Eshialand	16	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Farfadillis	22	Group 13 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Flavovespia	9	Group 23 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Hanalia	37	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
HUElavia	29	Group 8 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Indusse	21	Group 9 Winners	Matchday 12		101
Kanzlia	12	Group 2 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Kaumann	71	Playoffs	Playoffs		None
Kimi-Suomi	28	Group 17 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Ko-oren	17	Group 21 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Oberour Ar Moro	34	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Paradystopia	5	Group 18 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Qusmo	8	Group 10 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Reçueçn	31	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Saint Eleanor	3	Group 3 Winners	Matchday 11		101
Sel Appa	61	Playoffs	Playoffs		41
Sernet	58	Group 7 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Siovanija and Teusland	38	Playoffs	Playoffs		100
Solgavden	63	Playoffs	Playoffs		None
Squornshelan Remnant States	4	Group 4 Winners	Matchday 13		101
Tanirinthia	10	Group 16 Winners	Matchday 13		101
The Holy Empire	14	Hosts	—N/a		101
Tikariot	41	Playoffs	Playoffs		100
TJUN-ia	48	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Valanora	6	Group 14 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Valentine Z	27	Group 19 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Vdara	18	Group 22 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Warkus	68	Playoffs	Playoffs		None
Yangchenia	45	Playoffs	Playoffs		101
Zenic	19	Group 12 Winners	Matchday 14		101
Zwangzug	50	Playoffs	Playoffs		100

Venues

While the tournament was mainly hosted in Drawkland and the Holy Empire, twelve group stage matches were instead played in stadiums in Ariddia. Venues that did not host finals matches like the stadiums in Zwangzug that were used for three playoff matches, are not listed here.

Drawkland			The Holy Empire			Ariddia
Stadium	City	Capacity	Stadium	City	Capacity	Stadium	City	Capacity
Drawk City Stadium	Drawk City	175,000	The Imperial Hippodrome	The Imperial City	150,000-300,000	Stade National Rêvane-Sud	Rêvane	75,000
Corps Central Pitch	Drawk City	150,500	The Imperial Eye	New Chalcedon	55,000	Darras Olympic Stadium	Rêvane	60,000
National Pitch	Metropolon	149,000	The Meteora	St. Mary's City	60,000	Wavecrest City Stadium	Wavecrest City	55,000
Spartan Veteran Stadium	Sadeg	107,500	The Crystal Dome	Trinity City	65,000	Haven-Port-Nouveau Stadium	Haven	45,000
Grand René Skaé	Szoirsia	25,000	Stadium Tzimisces	Philadelphia	60,000	ubhashinim Ahwa'u Stadium	The Ariddian Rainforest	28,000
Kanyo Pitch	Kayo	164,000	The Stadium of Earth	New Nicaea	55,000
Oreme Field	Kilnelm	115,000	The Wall	Chrysopolis	45,000
"Home of Kickerball" Gelia Field	Gelia	111,000	The Mobius Strip	Magna Alexandria	50,000
Pitch of the Plains	Bellator	101,000
The Root Field	Elstrund Valley	133,300
Castle Stadium	Raikennax	149,500
Panar Bank Park	Masteser	99,000
Archifel Capital Stadium	Panua Caru	61,200

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Maldhar Bay Stadium Hessport, Drawkland

Ko-oren

1

Stadium City, Nation

Calgasia

0

Ko-oren

Pitch of the Plains Bellator, Drawkland

Indusse

Zenic

1

Stadium City, Nation

Indusse

3

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Spartan Veteran Stadium Sadeg, Drawkland

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Drawkland

2 (3)

Stadium City, Nation

Squornshelan Remnant States (p)

2 (4)

Squornshelan Remnant States

Thunder Park Jaffro, Drawkland

Audioslavia

Audioslavia

1

Drawk City Stadium Drawk City, Drawkland

Tikariot

0

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Panar Bank Park Masteser, Drawkland

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HUElavia

3 (4)

Stadium City, Nation

Eshialand (p)

3 (5)

Eshialand

Archifel Capital Stadium Panua Caru, Drawkland

Zwangzug

Zwangzug

1

Stadium City, Nation

Edsmontik

0

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The Root Field Elstrund, Drawkland

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Valanora

1

Stadium City, Nation

Aphrilia

2

Aphrilia

Oreme Field Kilnelm, Drawkland

Busoga Islands

Busoga Islands

3

Stadium City, Nation

Eastfield Lodge

1

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The Meteora St. Mary's City, The Holy Empire

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Darmen

Stadium City, Nation

Kimi-Suomi

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The Crystal Dome Trinity City, The Holy Empire

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Choppyhausen

Stadium City, Nation

Hanalia

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The Stadium of Earth New Nicaea, The Holy Empire

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Sel Appa

Stadium City, Nation

Kanzlia

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The Wall Chrysopolis, The Holy Empire

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Vdara

Stadium City, Nation

Aleirave

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Stadium Tzimisces Philadelphia, The Holy Empire

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Third-place match

Sernet

Stadium City, Nation

Seven Stars Stadium Centivar County, Drawkland

Chromatika

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The Mobius Strip Magna Alexandria, The Holy Empire

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Tanirinthia

Stadium City, Nation

Central Esportiva

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The Imperial Eye New Chalcedon, The Holy Empire

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Yangchenia

Stadium City, Nation

TJUN-ia

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The Imperial Hippodrome The Imperial City, The Holy Empire

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The Holy Empire

Cardenao

See also

• World Cup 102 - Host Bid
• World Cup 102 - Roleplay Thread