The 2015 WMF World Cup was the inaugural edition of the WMF World Cup organized by the World Minifootball Federation (WMF). The tournament was contested in nine cities across the United States between 21 and 29 March 2015. Hosts United States defeated Mexico 5–3 in the final, to win the title.[1]

Venues

Host cities included: Allen, Texas (suburban Dallas); Park City, Kansas; Ontario, California; Rochester, New York; Taylor, Michigan; Flint, Michigan; San Diego; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Chicago.

Allen, Texas Park City, Kansas Ontario, California
Allen Event Center Hartman Arena Citizens Business Bank Arena
Capacity: 6,006 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 9,736
Taylor, Michigan Flint, Michigan Rochester, New York
Taylor Sportsplex Perani Arena and Event Center Blue Cross Arena
Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 4,021 Capacity: 10,669
San Diego Tulsa, Oklahoma Chicago
Valley View Casino Center Expo Square Pavilion Sears Centre
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 6,311 Capacity: 8,362

Teams

Participating nations

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 24 8 +16 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 4
3  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 16 17 −1 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 8 25 −17 0
Source: WMF
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic 5–5 El Salvador
Robin Demeter 8'
Jan Koudelka 20', 41'
Ondřej Paděra 57', 58'		 Halil Jam Monterrosa 15', 25', 29'
Cesar Espana 44'
John Lopez 57'
Kazakhstan 1–10 United States
Kairat Imanalin 15' Matt Clare 4', 38', 57'
Kraig Chiles 18', 40'
Brian Farber 25'
Felipe Gonzalez 26'
Evan McNeley 26'
Chiky Luna 56'
Enrique Tovar 58'
Kazakhstan 4–7 Czech Republic
Kanat Achmetov 16', 51'
Kairat Kulbarakov 23', 38'		 Jakub Göth 3', 22'
Jakub Slunéčko 19', 59'
Čeněk Cenek 33'
Robin Demeter 37'
Ondřej Paděra 41'
El Salvador 3–9 United States
Halil Jam Monterrosa 16', 39'
John Lopez 37'		 Chiky Luna 8', 58'
Kraig Chiles 10', 32' (pen.)
Gordy Gurson 21'
Brian Harris 26', 44'
Matt Clare 33', 55'
El Salvador 8–3 Kazakhstan
Javier Ayala-Hill 14', 57'
Irvin Arevalo 15', 45'
Anibal Echeverria 15', 53'
Kevin Sanchez 16'
Jose Monterroza 49'		 Stanislav Kononeko 15'
Alibek Kistaubayev 35'
Kanat Achmetov 56'
Czech Republic 4–5 United States
Čeněk Cenek 28', 36'
Ondřej Paděra 33'
Jan Koudelka 55'		 Matt Clare 6'
Brian Harris 19'
Enrique Tovar 22'
Pat Healey 57'
Evan McNeley 58'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 49 4 +45 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 31 9 +22 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 32 17 +15 3
4  India 3 0 0 3 1 83 −82 0
Source: WMF
Germany 1–9 Mexico
Marc Windecker 3' Byron Alvarez 1', 46'
Damian Garcia 3', 16'
Efrain Martinez 3'
Rodrigo Flores 31'
Raymundo Reza 31'
Omar Santillan 46'
Edgar Quintin Vazquez 52'
Romania 21–0 India
Nicolae Dan Constandana 1'
George Adrian Calugareanu 1', 16'
Gabriel Cosmin Craciun 1', 1', 16', 31'
Ioan Mircea Popa 16', 16'
Gabriel Tanase 16', 31', 48', 60'
Alin Cosmin Iacob 31', 48'
Toma Vincene 31', 31'
Razvan Dumitru Radu 31'
Radu Burciu 46'
Miroslav Cosmin Nicolin 46'
Iulian Apostol 46'
India 1–29 Germany
Varun Kishor Jadeja 36' Daniel Jagenburg 2', 19', 42', 46', 53'
Marius Ebbers 6', 13', 17', 20', 34'
Tigin Yaglioglu 8', 24', 32'
Boris Vertkin 13', 22', 27', 39', 47', 53'
Kilian Depuhl 15', 38'
Marc Windecker 19', 23', 30', 49'
Micha Alexander 21'
Michael Fritz 31', 45'
Timur Abali 31', 45'
Romania 3–7 Mexico
Nicolae Dan Constandana 17', 23'
Ioan Mircea Popa 51'		 Raymundo Reza 5'
Eduardo Velez 29'
Miguel Vaca 35'
Rodrigo Flores 39'
Efrain Martinez 49'
Omar Quiroz 52'
Byron Alvarez 57'
India 0–33 Mexico
Raymundo Reza 2', 37'
Edgar Quintin Vazquez 3', 29'
Bogar Moreno 5', 39', 55'
Miguel Resendes 6', 12', 18', 28', 36'
Efrain Martinez 7', 14', 38', 53'
Rodrigo Flores 12', 19'
Eduardo Velez 13', 21'
Omar Santillan 14', 24'
Byron Alvarez 17', 29', 30', 49'
Miguel Vaca 33', 36', 47'
Omar Quiroz 41', 43'
Damian Garcia 26', 42'
Romania 7–2 Germany
Radu Burciu 1', 27'
Alin Cosmin Iacob 6', 37'
Gabriel Tanase 21'
George Adrian Calugareanu 44'
Razvan Dumitru Radu 58'		 Boris Vertkin 23'
Daniel Jagenburg 53'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 26 12 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 20 19 +1 4
3  Russia 3 0 2 1 16 21 −5 2
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 16 26 −10 1
Source: WMF
Canada 10–6 Serbia
Ian Bennett 2'
Jocelyn Roy 8', 14'
Freddy Moojen 15', 23'
Lucas Ferritto 38'
David Kadoic 48', 53'
Pascal Aoun 55', 56'		 Slobodan Aleksov 9', 26', 58'
Milos Šćepanović 42'
Miki Djerisilo 43'
Milan Ivanovic 55' (pen.)
Russia 4–9 Brazil
Konstantin Golovskoi 7', 55'
Valery Likhobabenko 38'
Evgeny Marishin 43'		 =Pablo Da Silva 1'
Marcio Leite 2', 14'
Daniel Martini Mattos 8', 53', 56'
Renan Dias Manini 49'
Elmo Neto 58'
Luan Sales Oliveira 59'
Russia 6–6 Serbia
Evgeny Marishin 9', 15', 39'
Sergey Dolmatov 44', 58'
Maxim Kovalchuk 54'		 Milos Šćepanović 16', 48', 36' (pen.)
Slobodan Aleksov 26'
Miki Djerisilo 54', 59'
Brazil 7–4 Canada
Elmo Neto 3', 53'
Daniel Martini Mattos 5'
Mauricio Salles 8'
Dias Tiguinho 14'
Lucas Bunster Almeida 18'
Ricardinho Sobreira 32'		 Joshua Bennett 12'
Freddy Moojen 29', 52'
Olivier Babineau 44'
Russia 6–6 Canada
Vladimir Chitaya 10', 24', 58'
Konstantin Golovskoi 22', 56'
Valery Likhobabenko 49'		 Freddy Moojen 15', 22', 44'
Ian Bennett 17'
Pascal Aoun 19'
Anthony Santilli 58'
Serbia 4–10 Brazil
Milan Ivanovic 18'
Boris Gujic 35'
Michael Grba 41'
Mirko Medić 58'		 Mauricio Salles 10', 21', 55'
Renan Dias Manini 16'
Vitor Diniz 31'
Dias Tiguinho 37'
Marcos Chantel 44'
Sanaldo Freitas De Carvalho 48'
Marcio Leite 54', 56'

Ranking of third placed teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 16 17 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 0 2 32 17 +15 3
3  Russia 3 0 2 1 16 21 −5 2
Source: WMF

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
26 March – Flint, Michigan
 
 
 Brazil7
 
28 March – Hoffman Estates, Illinois
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 Brazil5 (2)
 
26 March – Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
 Mexico (p)5 (3)
 
 Mexico12
 
29 March – Hoffman Estates, Illinois
 
 El Salvador0
 
 Mexico3
 
26 March – Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
 United States5
 
 Romania5
 
28 March – Hoffman Estates, Illinois
 
 Canada0
 
 Romania3
 
27 March – Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
 United States7
 
 United States9
 
 
 Germany2
 

Quarterfinals

Brazil 7–3 Czech Republic
Mauricio Salles 9'
Marcio Leite 11'
Elmo Neto 12'
Luan Sales Oliveira 22', 51'
Daniel Martini Mattos 29'
Ricardinho Sobreira 33'		 Robin Demeter 10'
David Bednář 39'
Michal Uhlíř 49'
Mexico 12–0 El Salvador
Omar Santillan 6'
Byron Alvarez 18', 56'
Miguel Vaca 24', 48'
Bogar Moreno 36'
Damian Garcia 38'
Rodrigo Flores 41'
Jair Aleman 42'
Miguel Resendes 49'
Raymundo Reza 51'
Edgar Quintin Vazquez 57'
Romania 5–0
(Awarded)		 Canada
United States 9–2 Germany
Kraig Chiles 6', 16'
John Sosa 16'
Tony Donatelli 22', 26', 53'
Matt Clare 35', 52'
Jeff Hughes 45'		 Marc Windecker 40'
Massud Asiel-Sarmie 58'

Semifinals

Brazil 5–5 Mexico
Mauricio Salles 17' (pen.)
Daniel Martini Mattos 34'
Elmo Neto 46', 55'
Marcio Leite 57'		 Miguel Vaca 9'
Miguel Resendes 18'
Rodrigo Flores 23'
Eduardo Velez 29', 55'
Penalties
Luan Sales Oliveira soccer ball with red X
Mauricio Salles soccer ball with red X
Dias Tiguinho soccer ball with check mark
Marcio Leite soccer ball with check mark
Daniel Martini Mattos soccer ball with red X
Ricardinho Sobreira soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with red X Efrain Martinez
soccer ball with check mark Omar Santillan
soccer ball with red X Miguel Vaca
soccer ball with check mark Eduardo Velez
soccer ball with red X Bogar Moreno
soccer ball with check mark Jair Aleman
Romania 3–7 United States
George Adrian Calugareanu 53', 54'
Radu Burciu 56'		 Chiky Luna 4'
Brian Harris 15', 49'
Evan McNeley 17'
Kraig Chiles 19', 29'
Gordy Gurson 53'

Final

Mexico 3–5 United States
Miguel Vaca 25'
Rodrigo Flores 44'
Omar Quiroz 59'		 Pat Healey 15'
Brian Harris 23'
Felipe Gonzalez 27'
Kraig Chiles 28', 44'

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Best Player
United States Kraig Chiles
Top Scorer
United States Danny Waltman
(10 goals)

References

  1. ^ "WMF Arena Soccer World Cup". SoccerToday. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_WMF_World_Cup
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