2015 MFA World Cup

2015 MFA World Cup

Logo of the 2015 World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	Summer 2015
Teams	4-8
Venue(s)	3-4 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4-16

The 2015 MFA World Cup will be the first installment of the Micronational Football Association (MFA)'s world cup, and will be hosted in London, England and will be organised by the MFA between July and August 2015. The tournement is to be the first all micronation tournament ever.

Between four and six teams will compete in the tournament, and will be played in three to four different venues across London. It is not determined yet as to whether the matches will be played in either 6-a-side or 11-a-side formats, this will be determined by the ability of the competing teams to organise the teams, this will also effect the number of referees required at matches. Non-FIFA organiser the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) would go on to host the first major non-FIFA competition in the English competition in the Summer of 2018.

Host Selection

In 2008, shortly after founding the MFA, then President Joe Foxon announced a World Cup for 2013. Initially, Stigistan and Rukora bidded, and in 2009, Wyke (the successor nation of Stigistan) and Rukora were elected to co-host the World Cup. However, in early 2011 Wyke pulled out of hosting after dissolving, and during the summer of the same year, Rukora were expelled from the MFA, relinquishing their hosting rights. In late 2011, new MFA President Barnaby Hands announced the re-opening of bidding, with Senya and the Dale Republic both eventually bidding. On March 5, 2012, through a Facebook poll in MicroGroup, Senya won the rights to host the World Cup, receiveing 5 of the 8 votes. However, Senya cancelled the tournament after they were unable to finance it. It was later agreed between MFA President, Barnaby Hands and voluntary organiser, D Sherman to move the tournament to a more suitable, non-micronationalist host, later decided to be London, England instead of Norfolk, England.

Participants

Participants Confirmed by the MFA

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	MFA ranking

Announced Interest in Participating

Italics indicate nation is not a MFA member.

Organisation

Venues

All venues shown are unconfirmed and may not be an actual host stadium.

London	London	London	Surrey
Rectory Meadow Capacity: 600	Wibbandune Sports Ground Capacity: 2,000	Mile End Stadium Capacity: 2,000	The Robert Parker Stadium Capacity: 2,550
• Rectory Meadow • Champion Hill • Mile End Stadium • Reynolds Field • Wibbandune Sports Ground • The Robert Parker Stadium • The Vale • Croydon Sports Arena
London	London	London	London
The Vale Capacity: 2,640	Champion Hill Capacity: 3,000	Reynolds Field Capacity: 3,000	Croydon Sports Arena Capacity: 8,000

Group Draw

Main article: MFA micronational world rankings

Pot 1 (Ranked)	Pot 2 (Unranked)
TBD	TBD

Matches

Group Stage

The group stages will be either one group of four teams or two groups of three teams, depending on the number of teams competing.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summer 2015	A1	Match 1	A2	London, England

Summer 2015	A1	Match 3	A3	London, England

Summer 2015	A2	Match 5	A3	London, England

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summer 2015	B1	Match 2	B2	London, England

Summer 2015	B1	Match 4	B3	London, England

Summer 2015	B2	Match 6	B3	London, England

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	Winner Group A
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Match 7
					Winner Match 8
					Third place
	Winner Group B			Loser Match 7
	Runner-up Group A				Loser Match 8

Semi-Final

Summer 2015	Group A Winner	Match 7	Group B Runner-up	London, England

Summer 2015	Group B Winner	Match 8	Group A Runner-up	London, England

Third place match

Summer 2015	Match 7 Loser	Match 9	Match 8 Loser	London, England

Final

Main article: 2015 MFA World Cup Final

Summer 2015	Match 7 Winner	Match 10	Match 8 Winner	London, England

Match Schedule

Day	No. of Matches	Stage
Day 1:	2 Matches	Group Stage
Day 2:	None
Day 3:	None
Day 4:	2 Matches	Group Stage
Day 5:	None
Day 6:	None
Day 7:	2 Matches	Group Stage
Day 8:	None
Day 9:	None
Day 10:	2 Matches	Semi-Final
Day 11:	None
Day 12:	None
Day 13:	1 Match	Third Place
Day 14:	1 Match	Final

Marketing

Logo

The logo of the 2015 World Cup was designed by co-organiser, D Sherman, not long after the decision to hold the competition in London was made. While the logo states the the competition will be organised by the BUMFA, there has not been any offical news regarding this fact or how it will be done although D Sherman has been a strong advocate of using the member of the BUMFA when organising the competition.

Offical Logo

Video game

The first video game of a Micronational Football Association competition was announced by Dale Gaming Interactive on February 23, 2014 using the title, 2015 MFA World Cup, although the game was never given licencing rights by the Micronational Football Association there has not yet been a challenge from the Micronational Football Association and rights could still be made ahead of its yet unspecified release expected in the coming months. Because of the yet unknown list of teams to compete in the actual tournament in 2015 the accuracy of the game can be easily disputed with not yet one team said to be included in the game confirming their participation in the tournament.