Victorian Football World Cup

The Victorian Football World Cup is a Victorian Football tournament between representative teams from countries all around the world, but mostly in New Holland and Ebraka.

## History

The VFWC began in 1953, and has been played every three years since. Each national team is made up of eligible players who have been selected as the best from their country. Players must be citizens of the country, and are selected by judges based on their performances in domestic leagues and tournaments, rather than holding try-outs. In the early days, teams who qualified had to be able to afford the trip to the host nation, but nowadays, it is entirely based on being good enough to qualify. The VFWC is only contested by teams who have some form of National Football Governing Body. This means that countries like Huruski and Sixbia, with professional leagues and highly-played players are competing against countries like England who only have small amateur competitions and don't even play on full-sized pitches.

## Competition Format

The Victorian Football World Cup is contested by 32 teams, divided into eight pools of four teams. Every team will play a match against all the teams in their pool, and the top two teams in every pool go through to the knockout rounds. Once there are four teams left, they will play two preliminary finals. The two losers will play in the 3rd place match, and the two winners will play in the Grand Final. The winner of the grand final is crowned as World Premiers.

## Teams

Teams are divided into four groups. Professional (A) teams are countries which have a major professional domestic competition. Semi-professional (B) teams are countries that have either a semi-professional competition or a professional competition that is still quite small. Amateur (C) teams have national competitions but players do not earn any money and Local (D) teams do not have any form of domestic competition. Countries that have 1 or 2 teams based in another countries league are ranked based on their own national league. For example, Tasmania has two professional teams that both compete in the VTFL, but their 'national competition', the TNL, is a second division owned by the VTFL.

## Winners

Here is a list of every Victorian Football World Cup winner, runner up, and third place match.

### Premierships Per Country

Points- 4th place earns one point, 3rd earns 2, 2nd earns 3 and 1st earns 5.

## Theme Songs

Like many domestic leagues, international Victorian Football sides have club songs which are played as the team runs onto the field and when the team wins a game.

**Huruski**

We are the old Huruski

Always fighting on

With victory and flag our goal

With guts and determination

We put the rest to shame

Because our fighting spirit wins the game.

We're Huruski (yes we are)

And we're the greatest (yes we are)

The old Huruski will fight for victory

The rough tough huskies (yes we are)

From Husken Isles (yes we are)

The southerners for ever more

Down by the Grunting Cricket Ground

We hit them really hard

With true grit and courage we win

So come on now let's show them

How to play the game to win

The black and yellow for ever more

We're Huruski (yes we are)

And we're the greatest (yes we are)

The old Huruski will fight for victory

The rough tough huskies (yes we are)

From Husken Isles (yes we are)

The southerners for ever more

**Kinladofri**

Here's Kinladofri

The country that we love

We're the greatest at this game

And the standards we're above

We're the greatest team that's ever played the game

You should remember our name

We're Kinladofri's team

Football's our game

The premiership's our aim

**Lefornland**

Oh I do like to be beside the sea

Down in Lefornland there's a mighty football crowd

And that's where the team comes marching out

So let's give a cheer for old Lefornland

The world's greatest name to play game

Though it's not yet in bag, we have hopes of winning the flag

Beside the seaside

Beside the sea

**Sixbia**

We're the pride of grand old Sixbia

We're the national football team

We're the proudest club across the land

We're courageous, strong and mean

So come on mighty Sixbia

From our squad of all 18

And there is no stopping Sixbia

For your chances are are a dream

**Victoria**

It's a grand old flag

It's a high flying flag

It's the emblem for me and for you

It's the emblem of the lands we love

The lands of the gold, brown and blue

All our hearts beat true for the gold, brown and blue

As we sing this song to you

Should old Victoria venture on

Keep your eye on the gold, brown and blue