# WMF World Cup

The WMF World Cup, is an international minifootball competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the World Minifootball Federation (WMF), the sport's global governing body. The tournament is played as six-a-side 50-minute format.
The tournament has been held every two years since the inaugural tournament in 2015, which was held in the United States. Tunisia hosted the 2017 tournament, making it the only edition held in Africa. The third edition held in Australia in 2019. The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently the United Arab Emirates, who hosted the 2023 tournament. The next tournament will be hosted by Azerbaijan between 21 May to 1 June 2025.
The United States won the title on home soil in 2015. The Czech Republic won the second edition title in 2017. After reaching the final twice in 2015 and 2017, Mexico managed to win the title in 2019. The current champion are Romania, who won the title at the last edition in 2023. Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.

## Results
### Editions

| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | First place game | First place game | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game | Teams |
| Ed. | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Teams |
| 1 | 2015 | United States | United States | 5–3 | Mexico | Brazil and Romania | Brazil and Romania | Brazil and Romania | 12 |
| 2 | 2017 | Tunisia | Czech Republic | 3–0 | Mexico | Senegal | 5–0 | Spain | 24 |
| 3 | 2019 | Australia | Mexico | 4–0 | Brazil | Romania | 0–0 (3–1 p) | Hungary | 32 |
| 4 | 2023 | United Arab Emirates | Romania | 2–2 (12–11 p) | Kazakhstan | Hungary | 3–1 | Azerbaijan | 32 |
| 5 | 2025 | Azerbaijan | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 32 |

### Summary

| Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Mexico | 1 (2019) | 2 (2015, 2017) | — | — |
| Romania | 1 (2023) | — | 2 (2015, 2019) | — |
| Czech Republic | 1 (2017) | — | — | — |
| United States | 1 (2015) | — | — | — |
| Brazil | — | 1 (2019) | 1 (2015) | — |
| Kazakhstan | — | 1 (2023) | — | — |
| Hungary | — | — | 1 (2023) | 1 (2019) |
| Senegal | — | — | 1 (2017) | — |
| Spain | — | — | — | 1 (2017) |
| Azerbaijan | — | — | — | 1 (2023) |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |

## Awards

Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.
| Year | Best Player | Top Scorer | Best goalkeeper |
| 2015 | Kraig Chiles | Danny Waltman (10) | Not awarded |
| 2017 | Ouday Belhaj | Francisco Castaño (10) | Papa Samba Diallo |
| 2019 | Moises Gonzalez | Ondřej Paděra (10) | Bernardo Valdovinos Solos |
| 2023 | Dragos Nitu | Marius Gabriel Balogh (6) | Alexandr Rushinas |

## Participating nations

| Teams | 2015 (12) | 2017 (24) | 2019 (32) | 2023 (32) | 2025 (32) | Years |
| Afghanistan | × | × | GS | × | × | 1 |
| Albania | × | × | × | GS | × | 1 |
| Algeria | × | × | × | GS | × | 1 |
| Argentina | × | GS | GS | × | Q | 2 |
| Australia | × | QF | QF | × | × | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | × | × | × | 4th | Q | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | × | R16 | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Brazil | 3rd | R16 | 2nd | × | × | 3 |
| Bulgaria | × | × | × | QF | Q | 2 |
| Canada | QF | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Chad | × | × | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Chile | × | R16 | GS | × | × | 2 |
| Colombia | × | × | R16 | × | × | 1 |
| Costa Rica | × | × | GS | × | Q | 1 |
| Czech Republic | QF | 1st | QF | QF | Q | 4 |
| Egypt | × | × | × | R16 | Q | 1 |
| El Salvador | QF | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| England | × | × | GS | R16 | Q | 2 |
| France | × | QF | × | GS | Q | 2 |
| Germany | QF | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Georgia | × | × | × | R16 | Q | 1 |
| Ghana | × | × | R16 | GS | Q | 2 |
| Guatemala | × | GS | R16 | GS | × | 3 |
| Hungary | × | QF | 4th | 3rd | Q | 4 |
| India | GS | GS | GS | GS | Q | 5 |
| Iraq | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 3 |
| Ireland | × | × | × | GS | × | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | × | GS | × | × | × | 1 |
| Japan | × | × | GS | GS | × | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | GS | R16 | × | 2nd | Q | 4 |
| Lebanon | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 3 |
| Libya | × | R16 | × | GS | × | 2 |
| Mauritania | × | × | × | × | Q | 1 |
| Mexico | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | R16 | Q | 5 |
| Moldova | × | × | R16 | × | × | 1 |
| Montenegro | × | × | × | R16 | Q | 2 |
| Nigeria | × | × | GS | × | × | 1 |
| Oman | × | × | × | GS | × | 1 |
| Portugal | × | GS | GS | R16 | Q | 4 |
| Romania | 3rd | R16 | 3rd | 1st | Q | 5 |
| Russia | GS | R16 | × | × | × | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | × | × | R16 | × | × | 1 |
| Senegal | × | 3rd | × | × | × | 1 |
| Serbia | GS | × | R16 | GS | Q | 4 |
| Singapore | × | × | GS | × | × | 1 |
| Slovakia | × | × | QF | QF | Q | 3 |
| Somalia | × | GS | GS | × | × | 2 |
| South Africa | × | × | GS | × | Q | 2 |
| Spain | × | 4th | × | GS | Q | 3 |
| Sudan | × | × | × | GS | × | 1 |
| Switzerland | × | × | GS | × | × | 1 |
| Thailand | × | × | GS | GS | Q | 3 |
| Tunisia | × | QF | R16 | × | × | 2 |
| Ukraine | × | × | QF | GS | Q | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | × | × | × | QF | Q | 2 |
| United States | 1st | R16 | R16 | R16 | Q | 5 |
| Total: 56 team | 12 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |

### Legends

| 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place | QF – Quarter Finals R16 – Round of 16 GS – Group stage Q – Qualified | × – Did not enter   – Hosts |