World Cup 86

World Cup 86
Teams	32  (from 182 entrants)
Host(s)	Drawkland Newmanistan
Champions	( title)
Second
Third
Matches played	64
Goals scored	(average per match)
Affiliated tournaments	Cup of Harmony 78 Baptism of Fire 73
Previous	World Cup 85
Next	World Cup 87

World Cup 86 is an international football tournament set to be held in Drawkland and Newmanistan. 180 teams are competing in the qualifiers to join the hosts in the proper.

Free Republics, the defending world champions, did not participate in World Cup 86 after a nuclear incident.

Host Selection

Four bids were submitted to host the tournament. Uniquely, Krytenia submitted two bids, one with Delaclava and another with Legalese. A Vilitan plan bid was also proposed, with Taeshan and Eastfield Lodge as primary hosts and Tequilo and Reçueçn as assistants. After several rounds of instant-runoff voting, Newmanistan and Drawkland were selected as hosts. Their bid featured double-matchday scorination and a slight decaying penalty for late rosters.

Bid	Votes
	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Newmanistan and Drawkland	9	11	15
Krytenia and Legalese	10	10	10
Taeshan, Eastfield Lodge, Tequilo and Reçueçn	5	5	eliminated
Krytenia and Delaclava	2	eliminated
Re-open nominations	0	0	0
Total	26	26	25

Qualification

Main article: World Cup 86 qualification

The 180 teams were drawn into 18 seeded groups of ten. Group winners and the six best second-place teams qualified directly for the finals, while the remaining 12 second-place teams advanced to qualification playoffs. Participants in Cup of Harmony 78 are highlighted in yellow.

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4		Group 5
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Brenecia	45	Ko-oren	45	Pasarga	47	Nephara	52	Siovanija & Teusland	46
Hampton Island	40	95X	37	Eura	42	Terre Septentrionale	51	Turori	44
Ethane	31	Tequilo	36	Timuria	31	Mavinet	32	Omerica	31
Lisander	29	Huayramarca	28	Vdara	30	New Lusitania	30	Astograth	26
Darkmania	25	Jeruselem	28	Fujai	24	Damukuni	20	Valladares	24
Lo Santano	21	Sajnur	25	Acronius	22	Sharktail	20	Gopnikea	23
Gyatso-kai	18	Netop	20	Megistos	21	Havynwilde	19	Garifunya	22
Nethertopia	15	Iles Rogieres	17	Drunk People Lcl	15	Unimon	18	The Holy Junta	13
The Fortem	15	Semarland	10	Grand Quebecois	15	The Minarchist Free State	15	NorraLesse	10
Pemecutan	11	Quebecois Acadiana	7	Vangaziland	5	Hwiccemark	5	Blampano	9
Group 6		Group 7		Group 8		Group 9		Group 10
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
The Holy Empire	49	Banija	54	Vilita	47	Valanora	50	Reçueçn	42
Audioslavia	38	Chromatika	38	The Sarian	39	Kandorith	37	Squornshelous	37
Poafmersia	32	Blouman Empire	35	Sargossa	37	Qasden	34	HUElavia	36
Juvencus	30	Xanneria	27	The Macabees	26	Ancherion	33	Tioguldos	29
Euran Oceania Terr.	23	Tamgu	20	Staypuftonia	24	Lochario	30	Maccian	26
Delaclava	20	Free Rep. of Hong Kong	20	Freeport	19	Schottia	21	Praeceptia	26
Lovisa	18	Pripet Socialist Rep.	19	Jeckland	19	Solharcht Kirale	18	Mathuvan Union	19
Silver Commonwealth	18	Quakmybush	18	Transvolcanic	18	Kencana	15	Baggieland	17
Sylestone	15	The Gothania Isles	16	Jamestownnnn	16	Emastalia	14	Eastfield Lodge	14
Southwest Eastnorth	13	HAIKU	10	Pluvia & the Saxean Isles	8	Glazgo	5	New Waldensia	9
Group 11		Group 12		Group 13		Group 14		Group 15
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Mriin	41	Trolleborg	45	Kelssek	41	Farfadillis	42	Cassadaigua	47
TJUN-ia	32	Kita-Hinode	36	Equestria	39	Graintfjall	32	IA Quebec	38
Tikariot	31	Taeshan	34	Geektopia	32	Yuezhou	32	Main Nation Ministry	36
Port Ember	29	Riena	28	Oberour Ar Moro	25	Sarzonia	32	Flavovespia	29
South Newlandia	27	Ziwana	23	Sultanate of Oontaz	23	Plane of Possibility	28	Squidroidia	26
Natanians and Nosts	27	Savigliane	20	Indusse	22	Eraman	24	Devonta	26
Southern Palm Islands	16	Springmont	19	Kohnhead	18	Nagore	19	Electrum	22
Filindostan	16	Fluvannia	18	Woryand	15	Alba & Cymru	18	Wymondham	19
Union Europae	16	ZSeparatists	17	Libonesia	14	Northwest Kalactin	13	Ihilthracna	14
Se Vende Skooma	10	The Grearish Union	12	Bostopia	10	OT Sylestone	11	Kulefati	3
Group 16		Group 17		Group 18
Team	Pts	Team	Pts	Team	Pts
Starblaydia	45	Zwangzug	39	Baker Park	46
Darmen	31	South Covello	34	Savojarna	43
The Jovannic	30	Abanhfleft	31	Mercedini	38
Krytenia	28	Squornshelan RS	28	Cheergirls	26
Zeta Reka & Hugeltaldom	25	Barunia	25	Twicetagria	25
Saltstead	25	When U Die	21	Murphtannia	19
Mattijana	22	Legalese	20	Busoga Islands	19
Rangers FC	20	Eurasies	18	Orion Islands	18
Sulsuland	18	LDSS	18	West Angola	11
Cheetahs and Reptiles	8	Verceola	10	TOTEL	7

•   Qualified automatically
•   Qualified through playoffs
•   Cup of Harmony 78

Playoffs

Playoffs were contested as a home-and-away series, with winner decided by aggregate score, goals scored as the away team, and if tied after that, extra time and penalties. Team 1 played the first leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Darmen		Audioslavia
TJUN-ia		Chromatika
Græntfjall		IA Quebec
South Covello		Kandorith
Kita-Hinode		95X
Squornshelous		Terre Septentrionale

Teams

Thirty teams qualified for the World Cup finals from the 180 teams entering the qualifying phase. 24 teams will qualify from the main stage, while the remaining 6 teams will qualify through a 2-legged playoffs. The two co-hosts qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

Nation	Rank	Method of qualification	Total appearances	Last appearance
Baker Park	8	Group 18 winners	6	85
Banija	1	Group 7 winners	7	85
Brenecia	11	Group 1 winners	13	85
Cassadaigua	13	Group 15 winners	24	85
Drawkland	28	Hosts	7	85
Eura	5	Group 3 runners-up	27	85
Equestria	15	Group 13 runners-up	15	85
Farfadillis	12	Group 14 winners	22	85
Hampton Island	37	Group 1 runners-up	2	85
Kelssek	23	Group 13 winners	16	85
Ko-oren	17	Group 2 winners	14	85
Mriin	16	Group 11 winners	9	85
Nephara	2	Group 4 winners	18	85
Newmanistan	42	Hosts	6	54
Pasarga	26	Group 3 winners	29	85
Reçueçn	18	Group 10 winners	4	85
Savojarna	61	Group 18 runners-up	2	80
Siovanija and Teusland	22	Group 5 winners	3	85
Starblaydia	10	Group 16 winners	52	85
The Holy Empire	9	Group 6 winners	57	85
The Sarian	68	Group 8 runners-up	4	71
Trolleborg	54	Group 12 winners	1	none
Turori	6	Group 5 runners-up	37	85
Valanora	7	Group 9 winners	53	85
Vilita	3	Group 8 winners	47	85
Zwangzug	19	Group 17 winners	15	85

Group Stage

Draw

Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of their KPB world ranking at the end of qualification. As hosts, Drawkland and Newmanistan were placed in pot one. Teams in italics indicate teams that will be placed into that pot if they win their respective playoffs

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 3/4	Pot 4
Drawkland (24) Newmanistan (38) Banija (1) Nephara (2) Vilita (3) Valanora (4) Eura (5) Turori (6)	Baker Park (7) The Holy Empire (8) Starblaydia (9) Brenecia (10) Farfadillis (11) Cassadaigua (13) Mriin (14) Equestria (15)	Ko-oren (17) Reçueçn (18) Zwangzug (19) Siovanija and Teusland (20) Kelssek (22) Pasarga (24) Kita-Hinode (16) Audioslavia (21)	Hampton Island (32) Terre Septentrionale (27) 95X (29)	Trolleborg (39) Savojarna (44) The Sarian (53) South Covello (33) OR Kandorith (36) Chromatika (37) OR TJUN-ia (55) Quebec and Shingoryeo (54) OR Græntfjall (89) Darmen (35) Squornshelous (43)