WMF World Cup

WMF World Cup

Organising body	WMF
Founded	2015;10 years ago (2015)
Region	International
Number of teams	32
Current champions	Romania (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Czech Republic   Mexico   Romania   United States (1 title each)
Website	Official website
2025 WMF World Cup

The WMF World Cup, is an international minifootball competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the World Minifootball Federation (WMF), the sport's global governing body. ^[1] The tournament is played as six-a-side 50-minute format.

The tournament has been held every two years since the inaugural tournament in 2015, which was held in the United States. Tunisia hosted the 2017 tournament, making it the only edition held in Africa. ^[2] The third edition held in Australia in 2019. ^[3] The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently the United Arab Emirates, who hosted the 2023 tournament. ^[4] The next tournament will be hosted by Azerbaijan between 21 May to 1 June 2025. ^[5]

The United States won the title on home soil in 2015. The Czech Republic won the second edition title in 2017. ^[6] After reaching the final twice in 2015 and 2017, Mexico managed to win the title in 2019. ^[7] The current champion are Romania, who won the title at the last edition in 2023. ^[8] Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.

Results

Editions

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Teams
			Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2015	United States	United States	5–3	Mexico	Brazil and   Romania			12
2	2017	Tunisia	Czech Republic	3–0	Mexico	Senegal	5–0	Spain	24
3	2019	Australia	Mexico	4–0	Brazil	Romania	0–0(3–1 p)	Hungary	32
4	2023	United Arab Emirates	Romania	2–2(12–11 p)	Kazakhstan	Hungary	3–1	Azerbaijan	32
5	2025	Azerbaijan	TBD			TBD			32

Summary

Team	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Mexico	1 (2019)	2 (2015, 2017)	—	—
Romania	1 (2023)	—	2 (2015, 2019)	—
Czech Republic	1 (2017)	—	—	—
United States	1 (2015)	—	—	—
Brazil	—	1 (2019)	1 (2015)	—
Kazakhstan	—	1 (2023)	—	—
Hungary	—	—	1 (2023)	1 (2019)
Senegal	—	—	1 (2017)	—
Spain	—	—	—	1 (2017)
Azerbaijan	—	—	—	1 (2023)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	1	2	0	3
2	Romania	1	0	2	3
3	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Brazil	0	1	1	2
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
7	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	5	13

Awards

Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.

Year	Best Player	Top Scorer	Best goalkeeper
2015	Kraig Chiles	Danny Waltman (10)	Not awarded
2017	Ouday Belhaj [9]	Francisco Castaño (10)	Papa Samba Diallo [10]
2019	Moises Gonzalez	Ondřej Paděra (10)	Bernardo Valdovinos Solos
2023	Dragos Nitu [11]	Marius Gabriel Balogh (6) [12]	Alexandr Rushinas

Participating nations

Teams	2015 (12)	2017 (24)	2019 (32)	2023 (32)	2025 (32)	Years
Afghanistan	×	×	GS	×	×	1
Albania	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Algeria	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Argentina	×	GS	GS	×	Q	2
Australia	×	QF	QF	×	×	2
Azerbaijan	×	×	×	4th	Q	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	×	R16	×	×	Q	1
Brazil	3rd	R16	2nd	×	×	3
Bulgaria	×	×	×	QF	Q	2
Canada	QF	×	×	×	×	1
Chad	×	×	×	×	Q	1
Chile	×	R16	GS	×	×	2
Colombia	×	×	R16	×	×	1
Costa Rica	×	×	GS	×	Q	1
Czech Republic	QF	1st	QF	QF	Q	4
Egypt	×	×	×	R16	Q	1
El Salvador	QF	×	×	×	×	1
England	×	×	GS	R16	Q	2
France	×	QF	×	GS	Q	2
Germany	QF	×	×	×	×	1
Georgia	×	×	×	R16	Q	1
Ghana	×	×	R16	GS	Q	2
Guatemala	×	GS	R16	GS	×	3
Hungary	×	QF	4th	3rd	Q	4
India	GS	GS	GS	GS	Q	5
Iraq	×	GS	GS	GS	×	3
Ireland	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Ivory Coast	×	GS	×	×	×	1
Japan	×	×	GS	GS	×	2
Kazakhstan	GS	R16	×	2nd	Q	4
Lebanon	×	GS	GS	GS	×	3
Libya	×	R16	×	GS	×	2
Mauritania	×	×	×	×	Q	1
Mexico	2nd	2nd	1st	R16	Q	5
Moldova	×	×	R16	×	×	1
Montenegro	×	×	×	R16	Q	2
Nigeria	×	×	GS	×	×	1
Oman	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Portugal	×	GS	GS	R16	Q	4
Romania	3rd	R16	3rd	1st	Q	5
Russia	GS	R16	×	×	×	2
Saudi Arabia	×	×	R16	×	×	1
Senegal	×	3rd	×	×	×	1
Serbia	GS	×	R16	GS	Q	4
Singapore	×	×	GS	×	×	1
Slovakia	×	×	QF	QF	Q	3
Somalia	×	GS	GS	×	×	2
South Africa	×	×	GS	×	Q	2
Spain	×	4th	×	GS	Q	3
Sudan	×	×	×	GS	×	1
Switzerland	×	×	GS	×	×	1
Thailand	×	×	GS	GS	Q	3
Tunisia	×	QF	R16	×	×	2
Ukraine	×	×	QF	GS	Q	3
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	QF	Q	2
United States	1st	R16	R16	R16	Q	5
Total: 56 team	12	24	32	32	32

Legends

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place

QF – Quarter Finals R16 – Round of 16 GS – Group stage Q – Qualified

× – Did not enter    – Hosts

References

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External links

• World Minifootball Federation website