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2024 Kings World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates26 May 2024 (2024-05-26)–
8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
Teams32
Venue(s)TBC

The 2024 Kings World Cup is an upcoming international seven-a-side football tournament featuring teams from the Kings League and the Américas Kings League, plus twelve teams from other future international versions of the Kings League, which will be making their debut in the tournament as wildcards. This will be the inaugural edition of the Kings World Cup, and it is slated to be held in Mexico from 26 May to 8 June 2024.[1][2] On 20 April, it was announced that the tournament finals would be held at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey.[3]

Format[edit]

The Kings World Cup will be contested as a Swiss-system tournament, with a first stage involving a total of 40 matches, structured as follows:

  • The first round will see the 32 teams take part in a single match, with the pairings decided by a draw. It will be a pure draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence.
  • All teams will move on to the second round, with the teams that won their first-round match going to a 'winner bracket' and the teams that lost going to a 'loser bracket'.
  • The teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for the knockout stage, while the losing teams will face the winning teams from the 'loser bracket' in a last-chance round. The winners of the last-chance round will join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage.

After this first stage, the knockout phase will consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final, with the winning team receiving a million-dollar cash prize.[4][5]

Teams[edit]

Kings League[edit]

Team Chairperson(s) Qualified via
1K FC Spain Iker Casillas Top 8
Aniquiladores FC Colombia Juan Guarnizo
Jijantes FC Spain Gerard Romero
Kunisports Argentina Sergio Agüero
Los Troncos FC Spain Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
Porcinos FC Spain Ibai Llanos
Saiyans FC Spain David Cánovas (TheGrefg)
Ultimate Móstoles Spain Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO)
TBD Redemption Game

Américas Kings League[edit]

Team Chairperson(s) Qualified via
Dominican Republic Galácticos del Caribe Dominican Republic Vincent Pérez and Angelo Valdés (Los Futbolitos) and Santiago Matías (Alofoke) Top 8
Argentina Muchachos FC Argentina Jero Freixas
Mexico Olimpo United Mexico Javier Hernández (Chicharito)
Mexico Peluche Caligari Mexico Álex (Escorpión Dorado) and Gabriel Montiel (Werevertumorro)
Peru Persas FC Peru Andy Merino (ElZeein)
Uruguay Raniza FC Uruguay Diego Balsa (BarcaGamer) and Mexico Alana Flores (AlanaLaRana)
Chile Real Titán Chile Germán Garmendia
Colombia West Santos FC Colombia Luis Villa (WestCol) and Puerto Rico Austin Santos (Arcángel)
TBD Redemption Game

Wildcards[edit]

Team Chairperson(s)
Belgium Deptostra FC Belgium Céline Dept and Eden Hazard[6]
United Kingdom FIVE FC United Kingdom Rio Ferdinand and Jeremy Lynch[6]
France Foot2Rue[7] France AmineMaTue[8]
Brazil Furia FC Brazil Allan Rodrigues (O Estagiário), Alessandro Rosa Vieira (Falcão) and Neymar da Silva[1]
Brazil G3X FC Brazil Alexandre Borba Chiqueta (Gaules)[1]
Turkey Limon FC Turkey Tuğkan Gönültaş (Elraenn)[9]
Japan Murash FC Japan Junichi Kato[10]
Italy Stallions Italy Gianmarco Tocco (Tumblurr)[11]
Saudi Arabia SXB FC Saudi Arabia Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)[10] and Yasser Al-Qahtani[12]
Ukraine UA Steel Ukraine Mykhailo Lebiga (Leb1ga) and Andriy Shevchenko[13]
Germany Youniors FC Germany Younes Zarou and Mario Götze[14]
1 more wildcard team TBA

Guest players[edit]

As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players.

Team Players
Spain 1K FC Spain David Barral
Spain Aniquiladores FC Spain Hugo Fraile
Spain Gerard Verge
Belgium Deptostra FC Belgium Eden Hazard[6]
Belgium Ethan Hazard
France Foot2Rue France Samir Nasri[15]
Brazil Furia FC Brazil Matheus Nunes (Negrete)
Brazil G3X FC Brazil Andreas Vaz
Spain Kunisports Japan Masakazu Okabe (Dribble Designer)
Spain Porcinos FC Spain Nadir Louah
Spain Pablo Hernández
Argentina Mateo Musacchio
Italy Stallions Italy Francesco Totti[11]
Spain Ultimate Móstoles Spain Ferran Corominas (Coro)
Spain Alberto de la Bella
Spain Diego de la Mata

Tournament staff[edit]

Person Role
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović President of the Kings World Cup ("King of Kings")[16]

Redemption Game[edit]

The Redemption Game will be contested on 25 May, the day before the official start of the Kings World Cup, in Mexico City, with the four Kings League teams and the four Américas Kings League teams that did not qualify directly squaring off for the last remaining four spots in the tournament.

Teams in the Redemption Game
League Team Chairperson(s)
Spain El Barrio Spain Adri Contreras
PIO FC Mexico Samantha Rivera (Rivers)
Rayo de Barcelona Andorra Martí Miràs (Spursito)
xBuyer Team Spain Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer)
Americas Colombia Atlético Parceros Colombia James Rodríguez and Pelicanger
Mexico Club de Cuervos Mexico Mercedes Roa
United States Los Aliens 1021 United States Edwin Castro (Castro)
Venezuela Los Chamos FC Venezuela Donato Muñoz (TheDonato) and Flavio Broianigo (YOLO)

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Nace la Kings World Cup 2024 con sede en México". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "México será la sede de la Kings World Cup 2024". ESPN México (in Spanish). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ Zúñiga, Israel M. (20 April 2024). "Monterrey, sede del Final Four del Mundial de Kings League: Cuándo es y boletos". Marca México (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ Luna, Gerardo (7 March 2024). "¿Cómo será el formato de la Kings World Cup 2024?". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ Blázquez Gil, Mario (7 March 2024). "El increíble pastizal que ganará el campeón de la Kings World Cup". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Marsden, Sam (25 March 2024). "Eden Hazard to play in Gerard Pique's Kings World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ MoViet (28 March 2024). "Kings World Cup Amine : Quelle est le nom de l'équipe de France pour l'évènement ?". Breakflip (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ Aflalo, Alexandre (18 March 2024). "Football : l'influenceur Amine à la tête d'une équipe française pour la « Kings World Cup », la compétition créée par Piqué". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  9. ^ Luna, Gerardo (15 April 2024). "Turquía estará en el Mundial de la Kings League con el creador de contenido Elraenn". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b Luna, Gerardo (1 April 2024). "¡La Kings League se expande por el mundo! Japón y Arabia Saudí se unen a la Kings World Cup". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b Luna, Gerardo (8 April 2024). "¡Totti regresa al fútbol! El eterno capitán de la Roma liderará a Italia en el Mundial de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Welcome with us the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SXBTEAM Club". x.com. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  13. ^ Martín Turrión, Mario (23 April 2024). "Andriy Shevchenko estará en el Mundial de la Kings League con UA Steel, equipo representante de Ucrania". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  14. ^ Luna, Gerardo (18 March 2024). "Mario Götze representará a Alemania en el Mundial de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  15. ^ Calvo, Daniel (8 April 2024). "Nasri jugará el Mundial de la Kings League y deja un 'palo' a los críticos: "Con kilos soy mejor que vosostros"". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  16. ^ Barragán, Roberto (11 March 2024). "Zlatan Ibrahimovic ficha por la Kings League y será el Rey de Reyes en el Mundial". Meristation (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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