2022 FISA World Cup

Mistrzostwa Świata FISA 2022

"Teraz jest wszystkim""Now Is Everything"

The **2022** **FISA World Cup** is the 22nd edition of the international soccer tournament, which is contested by the men's national teams of FISA's member associations. It will be held in New Livonia from November 20 to December 18, 2022; it is the first World Cup to be held in Aborignia, and the second to be held entirely in Pacifica after the Lustambourg tournament in 2002. France is the reigning champion, having defeated Dalmatia 4-2 in the final in 2018. At an estimated cost of over $220 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever held; this figure is disputed by New Livonian officials, including organizing CEO Jakub Zieliński, who said the true cost is $8 billion, and other figures relate to overall infrastructure development since the World Cup was awarded to New Livonia in 2010.

This tournament is set to have 80 participating teams. To avoid the extremes of New Livonia's hot climate, this World Cup is being held during November and December. It will last for 35 days, with 64 matches to be played in nineteen venues across fourteen cities. The New Livonia national soccer team entered the event automatically, their first World Cup, alongside 79 teams who were determined by the qualification process. New Livonia has made it to the Round of 40, one of most to do so.

In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in twenty round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 40 teams will advance to the knockout stage, where six rounds of play to decide which teams would participate in the final, which will be held on 25 December 2022 at Stadium Livonia, coinciding with Christmas Day.

## Teams

### Qualification

FISA's eleven continental confederations organised their own qualifying competitions. All \_\_ FISA member associations were eligible to enter qualification. The New Livonain national team, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament.

Saint Lucia initially participated in CONCACAF qualification but withdrew before their first match. American Samoa and Samoa both withdrew prior to the OFC qualification draw. Tonga withdrew following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami in 2022. Vanuatu and the Cook Islands also withdrew due to COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads and travel restrictions.

Of the 80 nations qualified to play at the 2022 FISA World Cup, \_\_ countries competed at the previous tournament in 2018. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ returned to the tournament after missing the 2018 tournament. Canada returned after 36 years, their only prior appearance being in 1986. Wales made their first appearance in 64 years – the longest ever gap for any team, their only previous participation having been in 1958.

Klauhanstan, one of the top ten ranked teams, failed to qualify for a second World Cup in a row for the first time in their history, falling in the qualification play-off semi-finals. The Italians were the only former champions who did not qualify, as well as the highest-ranked team in the FISA Men's World Rankings. After Czechoslovakia in 1978, Denmark in 1994, and Greece in 2006, Klauhanstan are the fourth team to fail to qualify for the upcoming World Cup despite having won the previous UEFA European Championship. North China, the previous World Cup host, was disqualified from competing due to the revelation of the Hui Genocide.

Chile, the 2015 and 2016 Copa América winners, failed to qualify for the second consecutive time. Kongo were defeated by Ghana on away goals in Confederation of African Soccer (CAS) final playoff round, having qualified for the previous three World Cups and six out of the last seven. Siberia, Panama, Tanganyika, Iran, Quebec, Westeikewostin, and Sweden, all of whom qualified for the 2018 World Cup, did not qualify for the 2022 tournament. Ghana were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 131st.

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FISA Men's World Ranking before the tournament are:

The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FISA Men's World Ranking before the tournament are:

(INCOMPLETE)

**ACS** (6)

* New Livonia (hosts)
* Gurengland

**ASC** (6)

**CAS** (5)

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**COVAS** (7)

* Arizona
* California
* Columbia
* Costa Rica
* Irokezia
* Kanada
* Mexico (14)

**CONRIBOL** (7)

* Argentina (4)
* Brazil (1)
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Mulakhata
* Peru
* Uruguay (15)

**OFC** (1)

* Aotearoa

**UEFA** (13)

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### Rankings

The following is the ranking of the teams overall, whether or not they qualified for the World Cup.