1991 Meker World Cup

The **1991 Meker World Cup** was the tenth edition of the Meker World Cup, hosted in Czechoslovakia and going from June 22nd to July 19th, 1991.

## Before the cup

### Host selection

The selection proccess happened on 1983, the same year the editions of 1987 and 1991 were chosen. Originally the years picked were from 1986 to 1988, but due to the change in the yearly schedule of the cup, the selected host nations moved to their new assigned years, 1987, 1989 and 1991.

#### First phase

The first phase poll happened on October 6rd, 1983 in Leeds, England. All then 151 FIMA affiliated countries representants participated of the event. Six nations submitted entries to host the edition:

 **4** |  Kuwait
 **5** |  Morocco

#### Second phase

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

### Classifiers

The number of participating countries of the event this time around were 186, 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 Czechoslovakia, that was already classified as the host of the competition, and Norway, winner of the 1989 Meker World Cup.

#### UMF (European Meker Federation)

Games begun on September 11th, 1990 and ended on February 8th, 1991. Featuring 36 of the 39 nations then affiliated to EUMF. This was the first qualifier after the reunion of Germany, officially ending the team of East Germany.  Gibraltar withdrew from this year's qualification.

Phase one

For the first phase, the teams were divided in six groups of six, the best teams of each group classifying to the world cup and the runner ups moving on to the second phase.

Phase two

In the second phase, the teams were divided in two groups of three, with the two best performing teams of each group moving on to the world cup.

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

Games begun on September 4th, 1990 and ended in February 8th, 1991. Featuring all 37 then affiliated to MCNCAC.

##### First Phase

For the first phase, the teams had to be narrowed down to 32, so only the 10 worst placing teams in the Meker World Ranking of this confederation participated of this phase. Based on the placings of the chart of August 1990, this was the list:

With that set, the games were organized in the following, each nation had to go on two matches.

##### Second phase

In the second phase, the teams were split in eight groups of four, with the winners moving on to the third phase.

Third phase

In the third phase, the teams were split in two groups of four, with the two best performing teams qualifying to the world cup and the third placers moving on to the final phase.

##### Final phase

And in the final phase, the teams went on two way matches, with the winner being qualified to the intercontinental play off.

#### SAMC (South American Meker Commitee)

The south american qualifiers begun on September 25th, 1990 and ended in January 29th, 1991. All 10 SAMC affiliated nations participated.

For this year, all teams were put in a singular group, with the five best performing teams going to the world cup and the sixth place moving on to the intercontinental play off.

 **10** |  Bolivia

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

The qualifiers begun on August 21st, 1990 and ended on February 18th, 1991. All 40 MMASC and all 15 MOMC affiliated nations participated.

##### First phase

For the first phase, the teams were split in seven groups of seven and one group of six, with the two best performing teams of each group overall, qualifying to the second phase.

##### Second phase

For the second phase, the teams were split in four groups of four, with the winners qualifying to the world cup and the runner ups going to the third phase

 **4** |  Brunei

##### Third phase

In the third phase, the teams played a bracket, where the overall winner would be qualified to the world cup, and the runner up to the intercontinental play off.

#### AMF (African Meker Federation)

The qualifiers begun on August 25th, 1990 and ended on February 13th, 1991. All 50 AMF affiliated nations participated.

#### First phase

All teams were split in ten groups of five, with the winner of each group moving on to the second phase.

#### Second phase

For the second phase, all teams were split in two groups of five, with the two best performing teams being qualified to the world cup, and the third placers moving on to the final phase.

 **5** |  Tanzania

#### Final phase

For the final phase, both teams would go on two-way matches, with the winner being qualified to the intercontinental play off.

#### Intercontinental Play Off

The intercontinental play off was held from February 25th to February 27th, 1989.

  Sierra Leone

### Classified Nations

At the end, the following thirty two nations were classified for the event:

"#" = Quantity of cups participated

"C" = Quantity of consecutive cups participated

### 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 three 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 1991:

### Group Formation

The groups were formed in Leeds, England on May 26th, 1991, with the following results:

### Host Stadiums

Eight stadiums were selected to host the games, two already existing ones and six made specifically for the competition. These were them:

* Nadhera Stadium, Prague (New)
* Kalvaria Arena Stadium, Bratislava (New)
* Trojica Stadium, Brno (New)
* Oslava Stadium, Ostrava (New)
* Vol'ne Polia Stadium, Kosice (New)
* Malesicka Stadium, Prague
* Pilsen Stadium, Pilsen
* Saint Wenceslaus Stadium, Liberec (New)

## History

The opening match was Czechoslovakia and Austria on June 22nd, 1991 in Prague. The two best performing teams of each group would be classified for the round of 16.

### Group H

Games

Final Stage

## Aftermath

Sweden got its first title, which guaranteed its participation in the 1993 Meker World Cup.

## Conclusion

**1991 MEKER WORLD CUP -**  Norway

* **Winner:**  Sweden **(1st title)**
* Runner Up:  Austria
* Third place:  Italy
* Fourth place:  Senegal
* Highest score (difference):  Mozambique 6 - 0  Paraguay
* Best scoring team:  Italy (21 marks)