The 2025 Kings World Cup Nations is an international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos. Unlike the Kings World Cup launched in 2024, which is a club competition, this tournament will see players from the different versions of the Kings League forming teams to represent their respective nations, similar to the FIFA World Cup.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
Dates | 1 January 2025 12 January 2025 | –
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 86 (7.17 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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During the launch event for the Kings League Italy on 18 November 2024, it was confirmed that Italy would be hosting the tournament, which is slated to be held from 1 to 12 January 2025, with the finals taking place in Turin's Juventus Stadium.[1]
Competing teams
editAs usual in the Kings League, each national team is expected to be chaired by a streamer or a personality related to football. Spain and Mexico, the countries that host the Kings League and the Américas Kings League, were the first two national teams confirmed.[2]
Nation | Chairperson(s) |
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Argentina | Sergio Agüero, Jero Freixas, Jose de Cabo and Jo Valicenti[3] |
Brazil | Ricardo Leite (Kaká), Cris Guedes, Neymar da Silva, Allan Rodrigues (O Estagiário), Alexandre Borba Chiqueta (Gaules), Bruno Goes (Nobru), Lucio dos Santos (Cerol), Luan Kovarik (Jon Vlogs), Aliffe de Carvalho (Paulinho o Loko), Lucas Gagliasso (Luquet4), Nyvi Estephan, Victor Costa (Coringa), Ludmilla, Konrad Dantas (Kondzilla) and Michel |
Colombia | James Rodríguez, Juan Guarnizo, Luis Villa (Westcol), Angerson García (Pelicanger) and La Parce[3] |
Germany | Mario Götze, Younes Zarou, Kevin Teller (Papaplatte) and Maximilian Stemmler (Trymacs)[4] |
Italy | Gianmarco Tocco (Blur), Manuuxo, PirlasV, Federico Lucia (Fedez), Luca Campolunghi, ZW Jackson, Er Faina, Andrea Pirrera (En3rix), Frenezy, Off Samuel, Sergio Cruz, Mirko Cisco and The Real Marzaa |
Japan | Junichi Kato[5] |
Korea Republic | Lee Kang-in, Park Ji-sung, Kim In-jik (Gamst) and Kim Dong-jun (Jamm)[4] |
Mexico | Various |
Morocco | Ilyas El Maliki[6][7] |
Peru | Andy Merino (Zein)[8] |
Saudi Arabia | Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)[3] |
Spain | Various |
Turkey | Tuğkan Gönültaş (Elraenn)[4] |
Ukraine | Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga)[4] |
United States | Edwin Castro (Castro1021), Pitaa1021 and Jake Paul[9] |
Uzbekistan | Islom Abdujabborov |
Squads
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Note: Since this is the first tournament held with national teams under the Kings format, every player is considered as starting over with zero caps regardless of any prior association football or futsal career.
Manager: Martín Posse
Manager: Victor Taube
Manager: Sergio Verdirame
Manager: Mauro Micheli
Manager: Kensuke Nakai
Manager: Hong Moon
Manager: Severo Meza
Manager: Majid El Khal
Manager: Abdullah Al-Shehri
Manager: Daniel Romo
Manager: Burak Kaymak
Manager: Valeriy Fedorchuk
Manager: Dillion Vedral
Manager: Sardor Nishanbaev
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First round
editPairings for the first round were drawn on 5 December 2024.[10]
1 January 2025 First round A | Argentina | 4–2 | Spain | Milan |
18:00 | Sánchez 9' Gómez 19', 36' (pen.) Fr. Romero 25' Fa. Romero 26' |
de la Mata 20+1' Gutiérrez 25' TheGrefg 38' (pp) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Pablo Gómez |
1 January 2025 First round B | Japan | 3–1 | Italy | Milan |
16:00 | Nakamura 13' Fukaya 19' Agata 37' Oda 39' |
Blur 35' (pp) | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Shunsuke Nakamura |
1 January 2025 First round C | United States | 4–2 | Mexico | Milan |
19:00 | Vega 3' Ramírez 20' Castro 22' (pp) Morales 38' (pen.) |
O. Martínez 1' D. Martínez 38' (pen.) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Devin Vega |
1 January 2025 First round D | Uzbekistan | 4–3 (g.g.) | Saudi Arabia | Milan |
17:00 | Yangirov 19' Dzhabborov 29' 40+1' Abdujabborov 31' (pp) |
Hamad 13' Sufyani 36' Abousaban 38' (pen.) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Omar Abdulrahman |
2 January 2025 First round E | Peru | 2–4 | Germany | Milan |
19:00 | Zein 28' (pp) Portilla 32' (pen.) |
Leitner 28' (pen.), 28' (pen.) Salihamidžić 30' Dombrowka 34' |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Moritz Leitner |
2 January 2025 First round F | Brazil | 7–4 | Korea Republic | Milan |
16:00 | Melo 26' Oliveira 28' (x2), 39' (x2) Leleti 34' Gaules 38' (pp) |
Lee Ho 23' 40' (x2) Kim H. 29' (x2) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
2 January 2025 First round G | Turkey | 5–0 | Ukraine | Milan |
17:00 | Ak 21', 24', 36' (pen.), 40+2' (x2) | Melnyk 40' | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Suad Ak |
2 January 2025 First round H | Colombia | 4–1 | Morocco | Milan |
18:00 | Gutiérrez 4' 25' Moreno 6' 40+3' Perea 20' Ortega 20+1' Pelicanger 21' (pp) |
El Amrani 23' Louah 32' |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Camilo Mena |
Second round
editWinners' Bracket
editWinners advance directly to the quarterfinals, losers go to the last-chance round.
3 January 2025 Second round 1 | Argentina | 2–1 | Japan | Milan |
16:00 | Fernández 9' Navajas 15' |
Kato 30' (pp) | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Facu Navajas |
3 January 2025 Second round 2 | United States | 6–2 | Uzbekistan | Milan |
18:00 | Ramírez 2' Cortés 2' Morales 5', 20+1', 38' (pen.) Ortiz 31' |
Yangirov 1' Dzhabborov 24' Abdujabborov 25' (pp) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Shakhriyor Dzhabborov |
4 January 2025 Second round 3 | Germany | Brazil | Milan | |
16:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
4 January 2025 Second round 4 | Turkey | Colombia | Milan | |
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
Losers' Bracket
editWinners go to the last-chance round, losers are eliminated.
3 January 2025 Second round 5 | Spain | 8–5 | Italy | Milan |
17:00 | Gutiérrez 1' (pen.), 4', 20+1' MiniBuyer 18' (pp) G. Vidal 20' Santos 22' de la Mata 24' 37' Espinosa 40+3' (x2) |
Rossi 20+2', 24', 39' (x2) Cruz 21' Blur 22' (pp) Viviano 25' |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Àlex Gutiérrez |
3 January 2025 Second round 6 | Mexico | 8–4 | Saudi Arabia | Milan |
19:00 | O. Martínez 1', 20', 23', 36' (pen.) Pérez 6' Hernández 20+1' G. Montiel 24' (pp) Ochoa 38' |
Bernal 16' (o.g.) Al-Mutairi 25' (pen.) Abdulrahman 29', 38' (pen.) |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Obed Martínez |
4 January 2025 Second round 7 | Peru | Korea Republic | Milan | |
17:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
4 January 2025 Second round 8 | Ukraine | Morocco | Milan | |
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
Last-chance round
editWinners advance to the quarterfinals, losers are eliminated.
6 January 2025 Last-chance 1 | Japan | Winner Second round 8 | Milan | |
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
7 January 2025 Last-chance 2 | Uzbekistan | Winner Second round 7 | Milan | |
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
7 January 2025 Last-chance 3 | Loser Second round 3 | Mexico | Milan | |
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
6 January 2025 Last-chance 4 | Loser Second round 4 | Spain | Milan | |
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
Knockout stage
edit- Qualified teams
Team | Qualified via |
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Argentina | Winners' Bracket |
United States | |
TBD | |
TBD | |
TBD | Last-chance round |
TBD | |
TBD | |
TBD |
Quarter-finals (8-9 January – Milan) | Semi-finals (10 January – Milan) | Final (12 January – Turin) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
edit8 January 2025 | Milan | |||
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
8 January 2025 | Milan | |||
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
9 January 2025 | Milan | |||
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
9 January 2025 | Milan | |||
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
Semi-finals
edit10 January 2025 | Milan | |||
18:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
10 January 2025 | Milan | |||
19:00 | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara |
Final
edit12 January 2025 | Turin | |||
Stadium: Juventus Stadium |
Goalscorers
editThere were 86 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 7.17 goals per match.
5 goals
- Obed Martínez
- Suad Ak
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Pablo Gómez
- Moritz Leitner
- Blur (pp)
- Lee Ho
- Kim Hyun-sung
- Omar Abdulrahman
- Javier Espinosa
- Juanito Ramírez
- Islom Abdujabborov (pp)
1 goal
- Augusto Fernández
- Facu Navajas
- Facu Romero
- Luis Sánchez
- Leleti
- Jefferson Melo
- Gaules (pp)
- Brihan Gutiérrez
- Alejandro Ortega
- Julio Perea
- Pelicanger (pp)
- Max Dombrowka
- Nick Salihamidžić
- Shohei Agata
- Keisuke Fukaya
- Junichi Kato (pp)
- Shunsuke Nakamura
- Brayan Hernández
- Diego Martínez
- Baruc Ochoa
- Jesús Pérez
- Gabriel Montiel (pp)
- Fouad El Amrani
- Yovanny Portilla
- Zein (pp)
- Mohammed Abousaban
- Abdullah Al-Mutairi
- Fahad Hamad
- Rabee Sufyani
- Diego de la Mata
- Nico Santos
- Gilles Vidal
- TheGrefg (pp)
- MiniBuyer (pp)
- Eduardo Cortés
- David Ortiz
- Devin Vega
- Castro (pp)
- Radion Yangirov
1 own goal
References
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- ^ "Ilyas Elmaliki presidirá a Marruecos, la tercera selección de la Kings World Cup Nations". Kings League (in Spanish). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ Delgado, Jordi (8 October 2024). "La Kings World Cup confirma una nueva selección en un SuperLunes dominado por la Mostoleta". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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