World Cup 2038

== World Cup 2038 (MrAlmond) ==
The 2038 FIFA World Cup was the 26th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. In this particular tournament, it was hosted by the Central American nations of Panama and Costa Rica. Costa Rica and Panama won the bid uncontested after a failed Oceania nations bid (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa) collapsed from a lack of venues.
The tournament was won by Portugal for the first time in their history after defeating recent champions Argentina via a penalty shootout. While Brazil also beat underdogs Ecuador 3-1 to claim bronze. Panama were eliminated in the group stage while Costa Rica made it further, reaching the quarter finals and being defeated 1-0 by Ecuador in extra time. 
=== Host Selection ===
The Panama/Costa Rica bid won uncontested after a Oceania bid failed by lack of funding.
=== Teams ===
In total in this tournament there was 4 debutants in the form of Pakistan (AFC), Libya (CAF), Burkina Faso (CAF) and Fiji (OFC). 
Myanmar Withdrew due to civil wars throughout the country. Eritrea was banned due to the African Horn War 4 years earlier, they can attempt to qualify again in 2042.
Teams
AFC 	CAF 	CONCACAF 	COMNEBOL 	OFC 	UEFA
Australia (1) 	Morocco (15) 	United States (12) 	Brazil (2) 	Fiji (59)	France (4)
South Korea (22) 	Libya (16) 	Mexico (14) 	Argentina (3) 	 	England (5)
Iran (23) 	Algeria (27) 	[H] Costa Rica (26)	Colombia (11) 	 	Portugal (6)
Japan (24) 	Nigeria (32) 	[H] Panama (41) 	Uruguay (18) 	 	Netherlands (7)
New Zealand (30) 	Senegal (36) 	Canada (44) 	Ecuador (19) 	 	Italy (8)
Saudi Arabia (40)	Egypt (42) 	Cuba (70) 	Chile (29) 	 	Spain (9)
Pakistan (46) 	DRC (45) 	 	Venezuela (43)	 	Germany (10)
Qatar (49) 	Ghana (48) 	 	 	 	Belgium (13)
 	Mali (52) 	 	 	 	Hungary (17)
 	Burkina Faso (55)	 	 	 	Turkey (20)
 	 	 	 	 	Norway (21)
 	 	 	 	 	Ireland (25)
 	 	 	 	 	Scotland (28)
 	 	 	 	 	Croatia (31)
 	 	 	 	 	Ukraine (33)
 	 	 	 	 	Romania (34)
=== Group Stage ===
===== Group A =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	France 	3 	2	1	0	7 	2 	+5	7
2 	South Korea	3 	2	0	1	4 	3 	+1	6
3 	Panama 	3 	1	0	2	4 	8 	-4	3
4 	Venezuela 	3 	0	1	2	2 	4 	-2	1
===== Group B =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts
1 	Libya 	3 	2	1	0	10	2 	+8 	7
2 	Costa Rica	3 	2	1	0	4 	2 	+2 	7
3 	Croatia 	3 	1	0	2	5 	5 	0 	3
4 	Qatar 	3 	0	0	3	1 	11	-10	0
===== Group C =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts
1 	Brazil 	3 	2	1	0	8 	1 	+7 	7
2 	Hungary 	3 	1	2	0	5 	1 	+4 	5
3 	Scotland	3 	1	1	1	6 	2 	+4 	4
4 	Cuba 	3 	0	0	3	0 	15	-15	0
===== Group D =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Portugal 	3 	3	0	0	6 	1 	+5	9
2 	Nigeria 	3 	1	1	1	5 	4 	+1	4
3 	New Zealand	3 	1	1	1	4 	3 	+1	4
4 	Canada 	3 	0	0	3	1 	8 	-7	0
===== Group E =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	England	3 	3	0	0	10	3 	+7	9
2 	Turkey 	3 	2	0	1	4 	3 	+1	6
3 	Romania	3 	1	0	2	5 	6 	-1	3
4 	Ghana 	3 	0	1	2	1 	8 	-7	0
===== Group F =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts
1 	Australia 	3 	3	1	0	15	1 	+14	9
2 	United States	3 	1	1	1	6 	5 	+1 	4
3 	Ireland 	3 	1	1	1	3 	4 	-1 	4
4 	Burkina Faso 	3 	0	0	3	1 	15	-14	0
===== Group G =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Argentina	3 	2	1	0	11	5 	+6	7
2 	Spain 	3 	1	2	0	5 	3 	+2	5
3 	Senegal 	3 	0	2	1	5 	7 	-2	2
4 	Ukraine 	3 	0	1	2	5 	11	-6	1
===== Group H =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Colombia	3 	2	1	0	9 	3 	+6	7
2 	Portugal	3 	2	1	0	6 	3 	+3	7
3 	Pakistan	3 	1	0	2	6 	6 	0 	3
4 	DRC 	3 	0	0	3	2 	11	-9	0
===== Group I =====
Standings
Pos 	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Mexico 	3 	2	0	1	5 	2 	+3	6
2 Japan progressed automatically via fair play tiebreaker	Japan 	3 	1	1	1	4 	4 	0 	4
3 	Algeria	3 	1	1	1	4 	4 	0 	4
4 	Fiji 	3 	1	0	2	2 	5 	-3	3
===== Group J =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Netherlands	3 	3	0	0	8 	3 	+5	9
2 	Norway 	3 	1	1	1	6 	5 	+1	4
3 	Iran 	3 	1	1	1	4 	4 	0 	4
4 	Mali 	3 	0	0	3	7 	1 	-6	0
===== Group K =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Italy 	3 	2	1	0	6 	3 	+3	7
2 	Belgium	3 	1	2	0	2 	1 	+1	5
3 	Chile 	3 	1	0	2	5 	3 	+2	3
4 	Egypt 	3 	0	1	2	1 	7 	-6	1
===== Group L =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Uruguay 	3 	1	2	0	4 	1 	+3	5
2 	Germany 	3 	1	2	0	5 	3 	+2	5
3 	Ecuador 	3 	1	2	0	3 	2 	+1	5
4 	Saudi Arabia	3 	0	0	3	0 	6 	-6	0
==== Qualified 3rd Place Teams ====
Ecuador 5PTS +1GD
Scotland 4PTS +4GD
New Zealand 4PTS +1GD
Iran 4PTS 0GD
Algeria 4PTS 0GD
Ireland 4PTS -1GD
Chile 3PTS +2GD
Pakistan 3PTS 0GD (qualified on goals scored)
=== Knockout Stage ===
==== Round of 32 ====
Main Article- England Vs USA 2038
==== Round Of 16 ====
==== Quarter Finals ====
==== Semi Finals ====
==== Third Place ====
In the third place match Brazil beat underdogs Ecuador 3-1 in Panama City. The match was heavily dominated by Brazil which resulted in 29 shots for the Brazilians. It secured another top 3 finish for Brazil in a row.
=== Final ===
The final of the 2038 world cup took place in the National Stadium Of Costa Rica in San Jose. The newly renovated stadium was able to contain 84,827 fans during the final. The game started with an early Argentina goal in the 6th minute. the game there on would be heavily dominated by Argentina and would result in another goal in the 45th minute. 2-0 at the break. Portugal would snap back early with an early penalty in the second half and later against the rate of play would score a 89th minute equalizer. Extra time would be uneventful and would lead into penalties where both teams missed their first pen. Both team would then score all pens until the 5th pen where Isaac Fernandez would hit the post and Carlos Amiso would bury his giving Portugal their first ever world cup win.
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