1984 Meker World Cup

The **1984 Meker World Cup** was the sixth edition of the Meker World Cup, hosted in Yugoslavia and going from June 28th to July 29th, 1984. The winner of this edition was Portugal.

## Before the cup

### Host selection

The selection proccess happened on October 3rd, 1980, the same day that the hosts from 1982 to 1985 were chosen.

#### First phase

The first phase poll happened on October 3rd, 1980 in Leeds, England. All then 122 FIMA affiliated countries representants participated of the event. Four nations submitted entries to host the 1983 edition: Austria, Switzerland, Turkey and Yugoslavia

 **4** |  Turkey

#### Second phase

The second phase happened on the following day, with Yugoslavia being chosen as the host of the edition.

### Classifiers

This edition had 24 participants, the same amount as the previous one.

The number of participating countries of the event this time around were 164, all FIMA associated countries at the time. The classifiers were divided by continental comitees, and the respective winners would be classified to the first world cup, except for Yugoslavia, that was already classified as the host of the competition, and Italy, winner of the 1983 Meker World Cup.

#### EUMF (European Meker Federation)

Games begun on November 19th, 1983 and ended on February 18th, 1984. Featuring 38 of the 40 nations then affiliated to EUMF.

The games were hosted in four cities in Sweden (Gothenburg, Malmo, Orebro and Stockholm).

#### MCNCAC (Meker Comitee of North, Central America & Caribbean)

Games begun on December 10th, 1983 and ended in February 9th, 1983. Featuring all 24 nations then affiliated to MCNCAC.

The games were all hosted in one city in Costa Rica (San Jose) and two in Panama (Panama City and San Miguelito).

#### SAMC (South American Meker Commitee)

The south american qualifiers begun on December 13th, 1983 and ended in January 27th, 1984. All 10 SAMC affiliated nations participated.

The games were hosted in three cities in Chile (Puente Alto, Santiago and Viña del Mar).

 **5** |  Peru

#### MMASC (Main Meker Asian Comitee) and MOMC (Main Oceanic Meker Commitee)

The qualifiers begun on November 18th, 1983 and ended on February 11th, 1984. All 39 MMASC and all 9 MOMC affiliated nations participated.

#### AMF (African Meker Federation)

The qualifiers begun on December 6th, 1983 and ended on February 8th, 1984. All 42 AMF affiliated nations participated,

#### Intercontinental Play Off

The intercontinental play off was held in England from February 18th to February 20th, 1984.

  Mozambique

### Classified Nations

At the end, the following twenty four nations were classified for the event:

### Urn filling

The urns were filled using the same criteria as last year, based on the positions of each team in the Meker World Ranking, with the eight best placed teams in the first urn, with the following teams being placed on the subsequent two urns based on the same criteria, except for the host, that would always be in the first urn and Group A. And this is how the urns were filled, based on the chart of April 1984:

### Group Formation

The groups were formed in Leeds, England on May 9th, 1984, with the following results:

### Host Stadiums

Seven stadiums were selected to host the games, Three already existing ones and four made specifically for the competition. These were them:

* Millenium Stadium, Belgrade (New)
* Ustrajnost Stadium, Zagreb (New)
* Posavska Stadium, Sarajevo
* Jane Sadanski Stadium, Skopje (New)
* Krila Miru Stadium, Ljubljana
* Zagoric Stadium, Podgorica (New)
* Durdevak Stadium, Belgrade

## History

The opening match was Yugoslavia and Senegal on June 28th, 1984 in Belgrade. The two best performing teams of each group would be classified for the round of 16.

### Group B

Games

 Podgorica

### Group C

Games

 Sarajevo
 Millenium

### Group D

Games

 Durdevak

### Group E

Games

 Zagreb

### Group F

Games

 Millenium
 Ljulbjana

### Group G

Games

 Ljubljana
 Zagreb

### Group H

Games

 Skopje

## Aftermath

Portugal got its first title, which guaranteed its participation in the 1985 Meker World Cup.

### Conclusion

**1984 MEKER WORLD CUP -**  Yugoslavia

* **Winner:**  Portugal **(1st title)**
* Runner Up:  Canada
* Third place:  Sweden
* Fourth place:  Norway
* Highest score (difference):  Canada 6 - 0  France
* Best scoring team:  Portugal (17 marks)