2017 Arena Soccer World Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Tunisia |
Dates | 06–15 October 2017 |
Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Czech Republic (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mexico |
Third place | Senegal |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 260 (5 per match) |
Best player | Ouday Belhaj |
The 2017 World Minifootball Federation World Cup is the second edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Nabeul city in Tunisia from 06–15 October 2017.
All the matches of 2017 WMF World Cup are played in the Nabeul Minifoot Stadium, Nabeul. This stadium is temporary built to host the competition and is stripped down after the end of the event.
Unlike in the 2015 WMF World Cup, 24 teams from 5 continents are qualified for the final tournament:
Asia:
In June 11, 2017, the Executive bureau of the World Minifootball Federation had unanimously decided in Brno, Czech Republic that the 2017 World Cup will be organized from October 6 to October 16, 2017.
In September 6, 2017, The final draw for 2017 WMF World Cup was made in Tunis. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:
Tunisia (Host country)
Romania
Mexico
United States
Russia
Czech Republic