2022 VFIFA World of Villagers Cup

## Freistaat Wormditt 2022

Wolne Państwo Orneta 2022

The Future is all

The **2022 VFIFA World of Villagers Cup** is scheduled to be the 24th running of the VFIFA World of Villagers Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of VFIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Orneta from 20 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the second World of Villagers Cup held entirely in Orneta after The 2006 tournament. In addition, the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament in Neonia , Latinolia and Bastouzstatn. Due to Orneta has Weird and Cursed reports, this World of Villagers Cup will be held from late-November to mid-December, making it the first tournament not to be held in May, June, or July and to take place in the northern autumn; it will be played in a reduced timeframe of around 29 days. The first match played at the tournament will be contested between Orneta and Pillager Land at Orneta Stadium, Orneta. The final is due to be held on 18 December 2022, which also is Orneta National Day. The World of Villagers Cup champions are Drancia.

## Venues

### Orneta

Orneta Stadium

VillageBank Arena

### Bosnilia

Bosnilia National Stadium

Damien's Stadium

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if the scores are equal at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This is followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

### Round of 16

**3 December – Bosnilia (Damien)** Pillager Land 0-1 Latinolia

**3 December – Bosnilia (National)** Palesia 1-0 Folkland

**5 December – Opin** England 1-1 (0-1 p) Wiceminister Land

**5 December – Lejławki Małe** El Kadsre 0-3 Drancia

**4 December – Wusen** Viride 0-1 Federal States of Albuquerque

**4 December – Krzykały**  Neonia 4-0 Republic of Tseng

**5 December – Orneta (Orneta)** Villager Land 0-2  FSoO

**5 December – Orneta (VillageBank)** Bastouzstan 0-0 (0-3 p) Talcia

### Quarter-finals

**9 December – Orneta** **(Orneta)** Latinolia 0-0 (1-0 p) Palesia

**9 December – Krzykały** Wiceminister Land 0-1 Drancia

**10 December – Wusen** Federal States of Albuquerque 0-0 (0-3 p)  Neonia

**10 December – Opin**  F.S of Orneta 0-1 Talcia

### Semi-finals

**13 December – Orneta (Orneta)** Latinolia 0-2 Drancia

**14 December – Orneta (VillageBank)**  Neonia 0-5 Talcia

### Third place play-off

**17 December Wusen** – Latinolia 2-1  Neonia

### Final

*Main Article: 2022 VFIFA World of Villagers Cup Final*

**18 December – Orneta (Orneta)** Drancia 3-3 (2-4p) Talcia

## Marketing

### Branding

The official emblem was designed by 24javier Himself, in 28th October 2022 after the main sponsor was the OVOC (Ornetan Villager Olympic Committee), VFIFA replacing MokenaWORLD (dead website) to you guess it.

### Merchandise

On August 24, 2022, Panini produced themed stickers and a sticker album for the 14th consecutive World of Villagers Cup. Players are meant to open player packs and use them to fill their sticker book with all 32 participating teams. This year, rare cards with colored borders "parallels" can be found, and can be collected, traded, or sold.

### Sponsorship

* Coca-Cola
* Hyundai–Kia
* Orneta Airlines
* EnergyNo
* Visa
* Wanda Group
* Byju's
* Crypto.com
* Hisense
* DcMonald's
* Mengniu Dairy
* Viva!
* Ooredoo
* QNB Group
* Frito-Lay
* The Look Company
* Nubank
* UPL

## Symbols

### Mascot

The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 14 October 2022, during the group stage draw. Its name is Christine. The official website of VFIFA says: "Christine will be known for his Greatest spirit; spreading joy and confidence everywhere he goes", and the official backstory of the character, published there, claims that it comes from a parallel world where tournament mascots live, "a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone".

### Match ball

The official match ball, the "Orneditt", was unveiled on 13 October 2022. It was mainly inspired by the culture, architecture, iconic boats and flag of Orneta. The ball was designed with sustainability as a priority, making it the first ever official match ball created with water-based glues and inks.

As "the game is getting faster" and "speeds up", Adidas used some new features, allowing to provide speed and improve the accuracy of the ball.