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World Cup 98
The World Cup 98 logo, billing the hosts as
Tikariot x The Kytler Peninsulae x Qusmo ft. Yuezhou
as well as the collective Xandrian Sea
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Tikariot Tikariot
Flag of The Kytler Peninsulae The Kytler Peninsulae
Flag of Qusmo Qusmo
Flag of Yuezhou Yuezhou (IC only)
DatesJanuary-February 2025 (OOC)
Teams48
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
← WC 97
WC 99 →

World Cup 98 is an ongoing international football tournament held in Tikariot, The Kytler Peninsulae, Qusmo, and Yuezhou (collectively billed as Xandrian Sea after the body of water that these nations surround).

The tournament represents several breaks from previous World Cup convention:

  • It is the first World Cup to feature four host nations, and also the first to feature more than two predetermined host nations (World Cup 22, the only other World Cup with more than two hosts, replaced one withdrawing co-host with both members of the second-place bid for that cycle).
  • Of the four in-character hosts, only three were also out-of-character hosts that automatically qualified; Yuezhou were an in-character host only and had to go through qualification as usual.
  • The knockout bracket is to use a process referred to as Qusma seeding whereby paths through the knockout stage are set by group stage record with modifications to keep teams from the same group apart in the bracket for as long as is mathematically possible.
  • The roleplay bonus was calculated as a weighted average and multiplied by a fixed constant (10.93) throughout the tournament, rather than being applied on a cumulative basis as had become convention.

Additionally, this was the first World Cup to use the updated rankings formula (the name of which was announced during qualification as KPB+) in lieu of the long-standing KPB ranking system, which had been used (with some minor changes) for the preceding 86 World Cups.

Qualification

Main article: World Cup 98 qualification

144 teams entered the qualification process; as mentioned above, Yuezhou were amongst them despite being an in-character host nation, leaving three automatically qualified hosts and hence 45 qualifying berths available for the 48-team tournament.

Group stage

Draw

Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of the 98.2 KPB+ Rankings. The three automatically-qualified hosts were all placed into Pot 1 and assigned into scheduling position 1 of Groups A-C for IC purposes; Yuezhou were a Pot 1 team on merit, and assigned into scheduling position 1 of Group D. The remaining 44 teams were drawn randomly from their pot into both a group and a scheduling position for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group; the computerised draw procedure used at this tournament incorporated both of these steps at once by way of assigning each group a code containing each of the digits 1-4 inclusive in a randomised order, with digit n in this code being the scheduling position of the team in Pot n. (Groups A-D had this process adapted such that the first digit, representing the Pot 1 hosts in these groups, was always a 1.)

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Tikariot (6)
 The Kytler Peninsulae (13)
 Qusmo (53)
 Valanora (1)
 Tumbra (2)
 Kelssek (3)
 Farfadillis (4)
 Squornshelan Remnant States (5)
 Yuezhou (7)
 Banija (8)
 Flavovespia (9)
 Juvencus (10) 		 Ko-oren (11)
 Tanirinthia (11)
 HUElavia (14)
 West Barack and East Obama (15)
 The Holy Empire (16)
 Saint Eleanor (17)
 Siovanija and Teusland (18)
 Huayramarca (21)
 Eastfield Lodge (22)
 Zenic (23)
 Vdara (24)
 TJUN-ia (25) 		 Baggieland (26)
 Eshialand (27)
 Sarzonia (28)
 Chromatika (29)
 Pasarga (31)
 Crpostran (32)
 Mytanija (34)
 Baker Park (35)
 Audioslavia (36)
 Gnejs (40)
File:Bandera de Navarra.svg Elmyia (41)
 Edsmontik (43) 		 Myrtle Beach (44)
 StrayaRoos (45)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars (50)
 Hapilopper (55)
 Kamijiro (59)
 Valentine Z (61)
 Abanhfleft (65)
 Katzeburg (66)
 HOT-DAMN (70)
 Auprussia (77)
 West Vdara (80)
 Busoga Islands (118)

The top two teams of each group and the eight third-place teams with the best records will advance to the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  The Kytler Peninsulae (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Abanhfleft (Q) 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3  West Barack and East Obama (q) 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Audioslavia 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
The Kytler Peninsulae 4–3 Abanhfleft
Audioslavia 0–1 West Barack and East Obama
Abanhfleft 2–1 West Barack and East Obama
The Kytler Peninsulae 0–0 Audioslavia
Audioslavia 1–2 Abanhfleft
West Barack and East Obama 0–1 The Kytler Peninsulae

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Eastfield Lodge (Q) 3 1 2 0 8 6 +2 5[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Tikariot (Q) 3 1 2 0 9 8 +1 5[a]
3  StrayaRoos (q) 3 1 1 1 9 10 −1 4
4  Gnejs 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eastfield Lodge ahead of Tikariot on goal difference
Tikariot 3–3 StrayaRoos
Gnejs 0–0 Eastfield Lodge
StrayaRoos 4–6 Eastfield Lodge
Tikariot 4–3 Gnejs
Gnejs 1–2 StrayaRoos
Eastfield Lodge 2–2 Tikariot

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saint Eleanor (Q) 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Eshialand (Q) 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
3  Valentine Z (q) 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4[a]
4  Qusmo 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eshialand ahead of Valentine Z on goal difference
Qusmo 2–2 Valentine Z
Saint Eleanor 1–1 Eshialand
Valentine Z 1–0 Eshialand
Qusmo 1–2 Saint Eleanor
Saint Eleanor 4–2 Valentine Z
Eshialand 2–0 Qusmo

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yuezhou (Q) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Baker Park (Q) 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 4[a]
3  Busoga Islands (q) 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4[a]
4  Vdara 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Commonwealth of Baker Park ahead of Busoga Islands on goal difference
Yuezhou 0–1 Busoga Islands
Baker Park 4–2 Vdara
Busoga Islands 0–3 Vdara
Yuezhou 5–3 Baker Park
Baker Park 1–1 Busoga Islands
Vdara 0–1 Yuezhou

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Squornshelan Remnant States (Q) 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ko-oren (Q) 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars (q) 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Baggieland 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Squornshelan Remnant States 1–0 Baggieland
The 14 Stars File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–2 Ko-oren
Baggieland 0–1 Ko-oren
Squornshelan Remnant States 6–4File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars
The 14 Stars File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0 Baggieland
Ko-oren 0–1 Squornshelan Remnant States

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kamijiro (Q) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kelssek (Q) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  HUElavia (q) 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[a]
4 File:Bandera de Navarra.svg Elmyia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3[a]
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HUElavia ahead of Elmyia on goal difference
Elmyia File:Bandera de Navarra.svg2–1 Kelssek
  • Simmons Goal 53'
  • Benedetti Goal 90+2'
 Report
  • Obident Goal 18'
Attendance: 39,046
Kamijiro 2–1 HUElavia
  • Fujiwara Goal (72)
  • Milano Goal (61)
Kelssek 2–1 HUElavia
  • Bastien Goal 41'
  • an Deòir Goal 49'
  • Uchee Goal 81'
Attendance: 41,187
Elmyia File:Bandera de Navarra.svg0–2 Kamijiro
  • Akaminai Goal 44'
  • Kagawa Goal 63'
Attendance: 40,000
Kamijiro 0–0 Kelssek
Attendance: 39,221
HUElavia 2–1File:Bandera de Navarra.svg Elmyia
  • Milano Goal 17'
  • Narita Goal 90+3'
  • Benedetti Goal 84'

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Siovanija and Teusland (Q) 3 1 2 0 9 8 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Valanora (Q) 3 1 1 1 10 8 +2 4
3  Chromatika (q) 3 0 3 0 9 9 0 3
4  Auprussia 3 0 2 1 6 9 −3 2
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Auprussia 2–2 Chromatika
Siovanija and Teusland 3–2 Valanora
Chromatika 4–4 Valanora
Auprussia 3–3 Siovanija and Teusland
Siovanija and Teusland 3–3 Chromatika
Valanora 4–1 Auprussia

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pasarga (Q) 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  TJUN-ia (Q) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  Tumbra (e) 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Myrtle Beach 3 0 1 2 8 11 −3 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (e) Eliminated due to placement in third place table
Tumbra 3–3 Myrtle Beach
TJUN-ia 2–3 Pasarga
Myrtle Beach 2–4 Pasarga
Tumbra 0–0 TJUN-ia
TJUN-ia 4–3 Myrtle Beach
Pasarga 1–0 Tumbra

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Edsmontik (Q) 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Flavovespia (Q) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Zenic (e) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4  West Vdara 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (e) Eliminated due to placement in third place table
Edsmontik 1–1 Flavovespia
Zenic 2–1 West Vdara
Flavovespia 0–0 West Vdara
Edsmontik 6–3 Zenic
Zenic 1–2 Flavovespia
West Vdara 2–3 Edsmontik

Group J

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Error creating thumbnail:  Crpostran (Q) 3 3 0 0 12 8 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Farfadillis (Q) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  Katzeburg (e) 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2
4  Huayramarca 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (e) Eliminated due to placement in third place table
Crpostran Error creating thumbnail: 5–4 Katzeburg
Huayramarca 2–3 Farfadillis
Katzeburg 2–2 Farfadillis
Crpostran Error creating thumbnail: 5–3 Huayramarca
Huayramarca 0–0 Katzeburg
Farfadillis 1–2Error creating thumbnail:  Crpostran

Group K

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mytanija (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  HOT-DAMN (Q) 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  The Holy Empire (e) 3 0 2 1 7 8 −1 2
4  Banija 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (e) Eliminated due to placement in third place table
Mytanija 2–1 Banija
The Holy Empire 3–4 HOT-DAMN
Banija 1–3 HOT-DAMN
Mytanija 2–2 The Holy Empire
The Holy Empire 2–2 Banija
HOT-DAMN 0–1 Mytanija

Group L

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sarzonia (Q) 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tanirinthia (Q) 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
3  Juvencus (q) 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3[a]
4  Hapilopper 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3[a]
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(Q) Automatically qualified; (q) Qualified due to placement in third place table
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Juvencus ahead of Hapilopper on goal difference
Juvencus 1–2 Sarzonia
Tanirinthia 2–3 Hapilopper
Sarzonia 3–0 Hapilopper
Juvencus 3–4 Tanirinthia
Tanirinthia 3–3 Sarzonia
Hapilopper 3–4 Juvencus

Third place table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  StrayaRoos 3 1 1 1 9 10 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Valentine Z 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Busoga Islands 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4  Chromatika 3 0 3 0 9 9 0 3
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
6  HUElavia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
7  Juvencus 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
8  West Barack and East Obama 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3[a]
9  Zenic 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3[a]
10  The Holy Empire 3 0 2 1 7 8 −1 2
11  Katzeburg 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2
12  Tumbra 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: WCC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 West Barack and East Obama ahead of Zenic on GD

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                  
 
Alaer
 
 
 The Kytler Peninsulae2
 
Roddens
 
 Baker Park3
 
 Baker Park0
 
Kytler Bay City
 
 Juvencus1
 
 Mytanija1
 
Zube
 
 Juvencus4
 
 Juvencus
 
Alaer
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Crpostran
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Crpostran1
 
Santa Mordana
 
 Chromatika0
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Crpostran2
 
Carroll Lewiston
 
 Tikariot0
 
 Tikariot3
 
Qanz
 
 Eshialand2
 
 
 
Atlem
 
 
 
 Siovanija and Teusland4
 
Nangang
 
 Kelssek5
 
 Kelssek0
 
Polan
 
 Edsmontik1
 
 Edsmontik2
 
Atlem
 
 Valentine Z0
 
 Edsmontik
 
Qanz
 
 Sarzonia
 
 Ko-oren2
 
Polan
 
 TJUN-ia4
 
 TJUN-ia1
 
Kolle
 
 Sarzonia3
 
 Sarzonia1
 
Tikariot City
 
 Busoga Islands0
 
 
 
Baraldhur
 
 
 
 Abanhfleft2
 
Tovaca
 
 Flavovespia5
 
 Flavovespia (a.e.t.)2
 
Port Tacassam
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars1
 
 Pasarga1
 
Tikariot City
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars2
 
 Flavovespia
 
Oriannor
 
 StrayaRoos
 
 Kamijiro2 (6)
 
Port Rhovanyon
 
 StrayaRoos (p)2 (7)
 
 StrayaRoos4
 
Carathyr
 
 Farfadillis2
 
 Yuezhou2
 
Avanaroch
 
 Farfadillis3
 
 
 
Port Rhovanyon
 
 Third place
 
 Squornshelan RS2
 
Tikariot CityZube
 
 West Barack and East Obama1
 
 Squornshelan RS1 
 
Baraldhur
 
 Valanora5  
 
 HOT-DAMN1
 
Baraldhur
 
 Valanora2
 
 Valanora
 
Port Tacassam
 
 Tanirinthia
 
 Saint Eleanor2
 
Avanaroch
 
 HUElavia1
 
 Saint Eleanor1 (3)
 
Oriannor
 
 Tanirinthia (p)1 (5)
 
 Eastfield Lodge1
 
 
 Tanirinthia3
 

Round of 32

The Kytler Peninsulae 2–3 Baker Park
Mytanija 1–4 Juvencus
Abanhfleft 2–5 Flavovespia
Pasarga 1–2File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars
Siovanija and Teusland 4–5 Kelssek
Edsmontik 2–0 Valentine Z
Kamijiro 2–2 (a.e.t.) StrayaRoos
Penalties
6–7
Yuezhou 2–3 Farfadillis
Crpostran Error creating thumbnail: 1–0 Chromatika
Tikariot 3–2 Eshialand
Ko-oren 2–4 TJUN-ia
Sarzonia 1–0 Busoga Islands
Squornshelan Remnant States 2–1 West Barack and East Obama
HOT-DAMN 1–2 Valanora
Saint Eleanor 2–1 HUElavia
Eastfield Lodge 1–3 Tanirinthia

Round of 16

Baker Park v Juvencus
Flavovespia vFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The 14 Stars
Kelssek v Edsmontik
StrayaRoos v Farfadillis
Crpostran Error creating thumbnail: v Tikariot
TJUN-ia v Sarzonia
Squornshelan Remnant States v Valanora
Saint Eleanor v Tanirinthia

Quarterfinals

Winner Ro16-1vWinner Ro16-2
Winner Ro16-3vWinner Ro16-4
Winner Ro16-5vWinner Ro16-6
Winner Ro16-7vWinner Ro16-8

Semifinals

Winner QF-1vWinner QF-2
Winner QF-3vWinner QF-4

Third Place Playoff

Loser SF-1vLoser SF-2

Final

Main article: World Cup 98 final
Winner SF-1vWinner SF-2
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