2016 Micronations World Cup

I Micronations World Cup
I Copa Mundial de Micronaciones
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Tournament details
Host country	Pérsico
Dates	June at july, 2016.
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Comunidad Armenio-Argentina
Runners-up	Abkhazia
Third place	Pérsico
Fourth place	El Dorado
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	60 (5 per match)
Attendance	745.256 (62 per match)
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The 2016 Micronations World Cup It was the first edition of said contest, it was played between the months of June and July in the United Socialist States, commonly known as Pérsico, it was the first edition under the new micronation format and the seventh within the continuity line of the FIIFA Universe. and it was the first time that a Mexican Micronation hosted such a tournament and that it had the participation of 12 micronations including two CONIFA members and two CSNF members.

Venue Selection

The venue was selected in June 2016 after a meeting of the Organizing Committee, In this competition there were 3 stadiums located in Cybercity and one more in Francocanada.

Estadio Lecumberri
Cybercity, Pérsico
Estadio Red-Cola
Cybercity, Pérsico
Estadio Nacional del Piamonte
Cybercity, Pérsico
Complejo de Rosa Cruces
Francocanada, Pérsico
Estadio Olímpico Socialista
Cybercity, Pérsico

Competition Format

The original Format of the World Cup of Micronations is designed so that 12 Micronations compete having a Preliminary Round and 4 of the 12 Micronations qualify directly to the Quarterfinals, it is worth mentioning that all the games are to Direct Elimination, and that after finishing The 90 Min. penalties are played in the event of a tie.

Knockout Phase

Preliminarie Round

Preliminarie 1 July 6, 2016	Panjab	5-0	Belia	Lecumberri Stadium
17.00

Preliminarie 2 July 6, 2016	Padrhom	2-1	Germax	Red Cola Stadium
17.00

Preliminarie 3 July 7, 2016	Esperanto	3-0	Fitberland	Lecumberri Stadium
17.00

Preliminarie 4 July 7, 2016	Fairfax	0-2	El Dorado	Red Cola Stadium
17.00

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals 1 July 10, 2016	Abkhazia	5-3	Panjab	Rosa Cruces Complex, Francocanada
17.00

Quarter-finals 2 July 10, 2016	Padrhom	2-4	Pérsico	Socialist Olympic Stadium
17.00

Quarter-finals 3 July 11, 2016	Esperanto	0-3	Comunidad Armenio-Argentina	Rosa Cruces Complex, Francocanada
17.00

Quarter-finals 4 July 11, 2016	El Dorado	2-0	Coria	Socialist Olympic Stadium
17.00

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1 July 13, 2016	Abkhazia	3-2	Pérsico	Estadio Nacional, EDOMEX
18.00

Semi-Final 2 July 14, 2016	Comunidad Armenio-Argentina	4-2	El Dorado	Estadio Nacional, EDOMEX
18.00

Third Place

Third place July 17, 2016	Pérsico	2-2	El Dorado	Lecumberri Stadium
12.00		Pérsico Won 5-4 on Penalties Shootouts.

Final

Final July 17, 2016	Abkhazia	2-3	Comunidad Armenio-Argentina	Socialist Olympic Stadium
22.00