World Cup 102

World Cup 102

Tournament details
Host countries	Drawkland The Holy Empire
Dates	8 October - 13 November 2026 (OOC)
Teams	48 (from 163 entries)
Venue(s)	26 (in 24 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tanirinthia (1st title)
Runners-up	Ko-oren
Third place	Busoga Islands
Fourth place	Kanzlia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	375 (3.61 per match)

World Cup 102 was an international football tournament held in Drawkland and the Holy Empire. With the Baptism of Fire 89 and the Cup of Harmony 94 it made up the 102nd World Cup cycle.

In the final, Tanirinthia beat Ko-oren with 2-1 after extra time, securing their first World Cup title after two Top 3 appearances in the previous four tournaments. Audioslavia entered the tournament as defending champions but were defeated by Ko-oren in the quarterfinals.

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 apps.	Last app.
Aleirave	30	Group 6 Winners	Matchday 14	5	101
Aphrilia	7	Playoffs	Playoffs	5	101
Audioslavia	1	Group 11 Winners	Matchday 13	58	101
Busoga Islands	2	Group 20 Winners	Matchday 13	4	101
Calgasia	67	Playoffs	Playoffs	1	None
Cardenao	75	Playoffs	Playoffs	3	99
Carpathia and Ruthenia	60	Playoffs	Playoffs	3	62
Central Esportiva	115	Playoffs	Playoffs	1	None
Choppyhausen	43	Group 15 Winners	Matchday 14	2	101
Chromatika	13	Playoffs	Playoffs	24	101
Crpostran	40	Playoffs	Playoffs	6	101
Dantopia	33	Playoffs	Playoffs	2	101
Darmen	55	Playoffs	Playoffs	10	100
Dhemixia	23	Group 5 Winners	Matchday 13	2	101
Drawkland	32	Hosts	—N/a	14	101
Edsmontik	24	Group 1 Winners	Matchday 13	6	101
Eastfield Lodge	52	Playoffs	Playoffs	6	99
Eshialand	16	Playoffs	Playoffs	8	101
Farfadillis	22	Group 13 Winners	Matchday 14	38	101
Flavovespia	9	Group 23 Winners	Matchday 13	12	101
Hanalia	37	Playoffs	Playoffs	2	101
HUElavia	29	Group 8 Winners	Matchday 13	11	101
Indusse	21	Group 9 Winners	Matchday 12	4	101
Kanzlia	12	Group 2 Winners	Matchday 13	4	101
Kaumann	71	Playoffs	Playoffs	1	None
Kimi-Suomi	28	Group 17 Winners	Matchday 14	3	101
Ko-oren	17	Group 21 Winners	Matchday 14	30	101
Oberour Ar Moro	34	Playoffs	Playoffs	4	101
Paradystopia	5	Group 18 Winners	Matchday 13	5	101
Qusmo	8	Group 10 Winners	Matchday 13	6	101
Reçueçn	31	Playoffs	Playoffs	9	101
Saint Eleanor	3	Group 3 Winners	Matchday 11	9	101
Sel Appa	61	Playoffs	Playoffs	9	41
Sernet	58	Group 7 Winners	Matchday 14	2	101
Siovanija and Teusland	38	Playoffs	Playoffs	9	100
Solgavden	63	Playoffs	Playoffs	1	None
Squornshelan Remnant States	4	Group 4 Winners	Matchday 13	48	101
Tanirinthia	10	Group 16 Winners	Matchday 13	8	101
The Holy Empire	14	Hosts	—N/a	70	101
Tikariot	41	Playoffs	Playoffs	13	100
TJUN-ia	48	Playoffs	Playoffs	8	101
Valanora	6	Group 14 Winners	Matchday 14	69	101
Valentine Z	27	Group 19 Winners	Matchday 14	4	101
Vdara	18	Group 22 Winners	Matchday 14	11	101
Warkus	68	Playoffs	Playoffs	1	None
Yangchenia	45	Playoffs	Playoffs	2	101
Zenic	19	Group 12 Winners	Matchday 14	8	101
Zwangzug	50	Playoffs	Playoffs	29	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

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Drawkland (Q)	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sel Appa (Q)	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
3	Dhemixia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Reçueçn	3	0	0	3	7	10	−3	0

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified

Matchday 1

Drawkland	4–2	Sel Appa

Reçueçn	2–3	Dhemixia

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Matchday 2

Drawkland	3–2	Reçueçn

Sel Appa	2–1	Dhemixia

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Matchday 3

Dhemixia	1–3	Drawkland

Reçueçn	3–4	Sel Appa

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valanora (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kanzlia (Q)	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7
3	TJUN-ia (q)	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	Carpathia and Ruthenia	3	0	0	3	6	11	−5	0

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Valanora	1–1	Kanzlia

TJUN-ia	5–3	Carpathia and Ruthenia

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Matchday 2

Valanora	1–0	TJUN-ia

Kanzlia	3–2	Carpathia and Ruthenia

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Matchday 3

Carpathia and Ruthenia	1–3	Valanora

TJUN-ia	3–4	Kanzlia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ko-oren (Q)	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Aleirave (Q)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Squornshelan Remnant States (q)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Warkus	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Aleirave	2–2	Warkus

Squornshelan Remnant States	0–1	Ko-oren

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Matchday 2

Aleirave	2–1	Squornshelan Remnant States

Warkus	1–1	Ko-oren

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Matchday 3

Ko-oren	1–0	Aleirave

Squornshelan Remnant States	2–1	Warkus

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangchenia (Q)	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zwangzug (Q)	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
3	Kimi-Suomi (q)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Paradystopia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Paradystopia	1–4	Zwangzug

Yangchenia	4–1	Kimi-Suomi

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Matchday 2

Paradystopia	3–1	Yangchenia

Zwangzug	0–0	Kimi-Suomi

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Matchday 3

Kimi-Suomi	2–1	Paradystopia

Yangchenia	5–4	Zwangzug

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Darmen (Q)	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zenic (Q)	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Qusmo	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Dantopia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified

Matchday 1

Dantopia	0–1	Zenic

Qusmo	0–1	Darmen

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Matchday 2

Dantopia	0–1	Qusmo

Zenic	0–1	Darmen

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Matchday 3

Darmen	1–1	Dantopia

Qusmo	0–3	Zenic

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vdara (Q)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Calgasia (Q)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Hanalia (q)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Saint Eleanor	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Vdara	3–2	Saint Eleanor

Hanalia	1–3	Calgasia

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Matchday 2

Vdara	0–1	Hanalia

Saint Eleanor	2–2	Calgasia

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Matchday 3

Calgasia	0–1	Vdara

Hanalia	1–1	Saint Eleanor

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Holy Empire (Q)	3	2	1	0	10	7	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Edsmontik (Q)	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3
3	Siovanija and Teusland	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
4	Solgavden	3	0	2	1	8	10	−2	2

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified

Matchday 1

The Holy Empire	3–2	Siovanija and Teusland

Edsmontik	3–3	Solgavden

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Matchday 2

The Holy Empire	3–3	Edsmontik

Siovanija and Teusland	3–3	Solgavden

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Matchday 3

Solgavden	2–4	The Holy Empire

Edsmontik	1–1	Siovanija and Teusland

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanirinthia (Q)	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Eshialand (Q)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Cardenao (q)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Oberour Ar Moro	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Cardenao	0–2	Tanirinthia

Oberour Ar Moro	3–1	Eshialand

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Matchday 2

Cardenao	2–1	Oberour Ar Moro

Tanirinthia	1–4	Eshialand

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Matchday 3

Eshialand	1–1	Cardenao

Oberour Ar Moro	1–2	Tanirinthia

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Choppyhausen (Q)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Indusse (Q)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Flavovespia	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Kaumann	3	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified

Matchday 1

Flavovespia	3–3	Kaumann

Choppyhausen	2–1	Indusse

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Matchday 2

Flavovespia	0–0	Choppyhausen

Kaumann	1–3	Indusse

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Matchday 3

Indusse	3–1	Flavovespia

Choppyhausen	4–3	Kaumann

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HUElavia (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Central Esportiva (Q)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
3	Aphrilia (q)	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Valentine Z	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Valentine Z	6–3	Central Esportiva

HUElavia	3–2	Aphrilia

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Matchday 2

Valentine Z	0–1	HUElavia

Central Esportiva	1–0	Aphrilia

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Matchday 3

Aphrilia	6–3	Valentine Z

HUElavia	1–1	Central Esportiva

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Busoga Islands (Q)	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sernet (Q)	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Tikariot (q)	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
4	Farfadillis	3	1	0	2	8	12	−4	3

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Busoga Islands	1–2	Sernet

Farfadillis	3–6	Tikariot

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Matchday 2

Busoga Islands	5–1	Farfadillis

Sernet	2–1	Tikariot

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Matchday 3

Tikariot	2–4	Busoga Islands

Farfadillis	4–1	Sernet

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Audioslavia (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chromatika (Q)	3	2	0	1	11	8	+3	6
3	Eastfield Lodge (q)	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	Crpostran	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table

Matchday 1

Chromatika	6–3	Crpostran

Audioslavia	0–0	Eastfield Lodge

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Matchday 2

Chromatika	2–3	Audioslavia

Crpostran	2–5	Eastfield Lodge

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Matchday 3

Eastfield Lodge	2–3	Chromatika

Audioslavia	2–1	Crpostran

Third place table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Eastfield Lodge	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cardenao	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Hanalia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Kimi-Suomi	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
5	Aphrilia	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
6	Tikariot	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
7	TJUN-ia	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
8	Squornshelan Remnant States	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
9	Dhemixia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
10	Qusmo	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
11	Siovanija and Teusland	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
12	Flavovespia	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Source: Results
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Tiebreakers

Standings in the group stage and third-place table were determined as follows:

1. Points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw)
2. Goal difference
3. Head-to-head result
4. Coinflip (IC)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Hessport

Ko-oren

1

Raikennax

Calgasia

0

Ko-oren (p)

0 (8)

Bellator

Indusse

0 (7)

Zenic

1

Drawk City

Indusse

3

Ko-oren (p)

0 (4)

Sadeg

Audioslavia

0 (2)

Drawkland

2 (3)

Sadeg

Squornshelan RS (p)

2 (4)

Squornshelan RS

3 (3)

Jaffro

Audioslavia (p)

3 (4)

Audioslavia

1

Drawk City

Tikariot

0

Ko-oren

1

Masteser

Busoga Islands

0

HUElavia

3 (4)

Gelia

Eshialand (p)

3 (5)

Eshialand (p)

0 (4)

Panua Caru

Zwangzug

0 (3)

Zwangzug

1

Metropolon

Edsmontik

0

Eshialand

1

Elstrund

Busoga Islands

2

Valanora

1

Kayo

Aphrilia

2

Aphrilia

1

Kilnelm

Busoga Islands

2

Busoga Islands

3

The Imperial City

Eastfield Lodge

1

Ko-oren

1

St. Mary's City

Tanirinthia (a.e.t.)

2

Darmen

1

St. Mary's City

Kimi-Suomi (a.e.t.)

3

Kimi-Suomi (a.e.t.)

1

Trinity City

Hanalia

0

Choppyhausen

0

St. Mary's City

Hanalia

1

Kimi-Suomi

1

New Nicaea

Kanzlia

2

Sel Appa

0

Philadelphia

Kanzlia

3

Kanzlia

2

Chrysopolis

Vdara

1

Vdara

2

The Imperial City

Aleirave

1

Kanzlia

1 (4)

Philadelphia

Tanirinthia (p)

1 (5)

Third place

Sernet

0

New Chalcedon

Centivar County

Chromatika

1

Chromatika

2 (4)

Busoga Islands

3

Magna Alexandria

Tanirinthia (p)

2 (5)

Kanzlia

0

Tanirinthia

1

The Imperial City

Central Esportiva

0

Tanirinthia

2

New Chalcedon

Yangchenia

1

Yangchenia

3

The Imperial City

TJUN-ia

2

Yangchenia

6

The Imperial City

Cardenao

3

The Holy Empire

2 (3)

Cardenao (p)

2 (5)

See also

• Baptism of Fire 89
• World Cup 102 - Host Bid
• World Cup 102 - Roleplay Thread
• Cup of Harmony 94