2017 WMF World Cup
The 2017 WMF World Cup was the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the biennial world championship for national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Nabeul in Tunisia between 6 and 15 October 2017. The tournament has been expanded by increasing the number of participating teams to 24. United States are the defending champions. Czech Republic defeated Mexico 3–0 in the final, to win the title.
Venue
Tunisia was awarded the right to host the event on 27 August 2016. All the matches are played at the Nabeul Minifootball Stadium in Nabeul on the south coast of the Cape Bon. This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event. The most prominent challenges and concerns of hosting was Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia.| Nabeul |
| Nabeul Minifootball Stadium |
| Capacity: 2,900 |
Teams
Participating nations
Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament.| Team | Finals appearance | First appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| 2nd | 2015 | 2015 |
Draw
On 11 June 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from 6 October to 16 October 2017. On 6 September 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:Group stage
The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
''All times listed below are at local time ''
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:| Best Player |
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