The 2017 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the second edition of the

WMF World Cup The WMF World Cup is an international indoor soccer competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of World Minifootball Federation (WMF). History The first Indoor Soccer World Championship was organized in 1997 in Mexi ...

, the world championship for men's national

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teams organized by the

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. The tournament was contested in

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city in Tunisia from 06–15 October 2017.

Venue

All the matches of 2017 WMF World Cup are played in the Nabeul Minifoot Stadium,

.Coupe du monde de mini-foot : Nabeul accueille les 5 continents
''Kapitalis'', 05 Oct. 2017 This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.

Teams and draw

Teams

Unlike in the

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, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament:

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Draw

On June 11, 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno,

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that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from October 6 to October 16, 2017. On September 6, 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in

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. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:

Group stage

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. ''Tunisia 2017'', 6 Sep. 2017. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows: If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows: ''All times listed below are at local time (

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)''Official Schedule of 2017 WMF World Cup
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the sixteen teams play a

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third-place match

Final

Final ranking

* Winners: Czech Republic

Awards

References

External links

2017 WMF World Cup official websiteWorld Minifooball Federation official website
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