First Music World Cup edit

First Music World Cup
Tournament details
DatesDecember 3, 2022
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Germany (1st title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored426 (13.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Germany (45 points)

Participating Teams edit

Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Australia 1 1 Newcomer
  Brazil 1 1 Newcomer
  Canada 1 1 Newcomer
  England 1 1 Newcomer
  Finland 1 1 Newcomer
  France 1 1 Newcomer
  Germany 1 1 Newcomer
  Iceland 1 1 Newcomer
  Ireland 1 1 Newcomer
  Japan 1 1 Newcomer
  Norway 1 1 Newcomer
  Scotland 1 1 Newcomer
  South Africa 1 1 Newcomer
  South Korea 1 1 Newcomer
  Sweden 1 1 Newcomer
  United States 1 1 Newcomer

Draw edit

Seeding and drawing edit

Pot 1

Top 4 teams

Pot 2

Top 8 teams

Pot 3

Top 12 teams

Pot 4

Top 16 teams

Results of the draw edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  England   Australia   Canada   United States
  Japan   France   Scotland   Germany
  Finland   Ireland   Sweden   Brazil
  South Africa   South Korea   Norway   Iceland

Group Stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 22 22 0 6
  England 3 1 1 1 23 23 0 4
  Japan 3 1 1 1 21 22 -1 4
  Finland 3 1 0 2 24 23 1 3
Round 1
(Adele - "Chasing Pavements")   England 7 - 7   Japan (Joji - "Glimpse of Us")
(Nightwish - "Amaranth")   Finland 9 - 6   South Africa (Desire Marea - "You Think I'm Horny")
Round 2
(The Cure - "A Night Like This")   England 9 - 8   Finland (Stratovarius - "Hunting High and Low")
(Orville Peck - "C'mon Baby, Cry")   South Africa 8 - 6   Japan (Hikaru Utada - "First Love")
Round 3
(Massive Attack - "Karmacoma")   England 7 - 8   South Africa (Miriam Makeba - "Pata Pata")
(Tricot - "Jodeki")   Japan 8 - 7   Finland (Luomo - "Tessio")

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ireland 3 2 1 0 20 18 2 7
  France 3 1 1 1 20 20 0 4
  South Korea 3 0 2 1 19 20 -1 2
  Australia 3 0 2 1 18 19 -1 2
Round 1
(Divinyls - "I Touch Myself")   Australia 6 - 7   France (Air - "La Femme D'Argent")
(The Cranberries - "Dreams")   Ireland 7 - 6   South Korea (Yaya Kim - "Life Is Nothing")
Round 2
(Savage Garden - "I Want You")   Australia 7 - 7   Ireland (Two Door Cinema Club - "What You Know")
(Japanese Breakfast - "Paprika")   South Korea 8 - 8   France (Justice - "Genesis")
Round 3
(Silverchair - "Freak")   Australia 5 - 5   South Korea (Parannoul - "Insomnia")
(Michel Polnareff - "Tout, Tout Pour Ma Chérie")   France 5 - 6   Ireland (Van Morrisson - "Brown Eyed Girl")

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 3 0 0 22 19 3 9
  Sweden 3 2 0 1 21 19 2 6
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 18 20 -2 3
  Canada 3 0 0 3 16 19 -3 0
Round 1
(Carly Rae Jepsen - "Talking to Yourself")   Canada 5 - 6   Scotland (Belle & Sebastian - "Seeing Other People")
(MaidaVale - "Oh Hysteria!")   Sweden 7 - 8   Norway (Sahg - "Fall Into the Fire")
Round 2
(Bryan Adams - "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)"   Canada 6 - 7   Sweden (Siena Root - "Tales of Independence")
(Turbonegro - "The Age of Pamprius")   Norway 8 - 7   Scotland (KT Tunstall - "Another Place to Fall")
Round 3
(The Weeknd - "The Hills")   Canada 5 - 6   Norway (Ulver - "So Falls the World")
(Biffy Clyro - "Bubbles")   Scotland 5 - 7   Sweden (Witchcraft - "Flag of Fate")

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 25 15 10 6
  Germany 3 1 1 1 23 24 -1 4
  Iceland 3 1 1 1 19 22 -3 4
  Brazil 3 1 0 2 17 23 -6 3
Round 1
(Taylor Swift - "Cardigan")   United States 6 - 7   Germany (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away")
(Elis Regina - "Velha Roupa Colorida")   Brazil 4 - 6   Iceland (Of Monsters And Men - "Little Talks")
Round 2
(Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated")   United States 9 - 3   Brazil (Felipe Dylon - "Musa do Verão")
(Sigur Rós - "Svefn-g-Englar")   Iceland 8 - 8   Germany (Rammstein - "Du Hast")
Round 3
(Earth, Wind & Fire - "September")   United States 10 - 6   Iceland (Soléy - "Pretty Face")
(Scorpions - "We Built This House")   Germany 8 - 10   Brazil (Angra - "Bleeding Heart")

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  South Africa4
 
 
 
  Sweden7
 
  Sweden6 (3)
 
 
 
  Germany6 (4)
 
  Ireland5
 
 
 
  Germany9
 
  Germany7
 
 
 
  United States6
 
  Norway5
 
 
 
  England10
 
  England6
 
 
 
  United States7Third place
 
  United States5
 
 
 
  France2
 
  Sweden8
 
 
  England5
 

Quarter-finals

  South Africa4–7  Sweden
"Gold Purple Orange" by Jean Grae . "Waterloo" by ABBA
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  Ireland5–9  Germany
"Like Real People Do" by Hozier . "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra
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  Norway5–10  England
"Blitzregn Baby" by Kaizers Orchestra . "Mad World" by Tears for Fears
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  United States5–2  France
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga . "Midnight City" by M83
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Semifinals edit

  Sweden(3) 6–6 (4)  Germany
"Low Road" by Blues Pills
TB: "Waterloo" by ABBA
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TB: "We Built This House" by Scorpions
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  England6–7  United States
"Cloudbusting" by Kate Bush . "First Date" by Blink-182
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Third place match edit

  Sweden8–5  England
"Tear of a Traitor" by Hällas . "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles
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Final edit

  Germany7–6  United States
"Feuertaufe" by In Extremo . "Juicebox" by The Strokes
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Results edit

1st Music World Cup Champion
 
Germany
(1st Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1   Germany D 11 6 3 2 1 45 41 4
2   United States D 12 6 4 0 2 43 30 13
Third-place play-off
3   Sweden C 13 6 4 1 1 42 34 8
4   England A 7 6 2 1 3 44 43 1
Quarter-finals eliminations
5   Norway C 9 4 3 0 1 27 29 -2
6   Ireland B 7 4 2 1 1 25 27 -2
7   South Africa A 6 4 2 0 2 26 29 -3
8   France B 4 4 1 1 2 22 25 -3
Group stage eliminations
9   Japan A 4 3 1 1 1 21 22 -1
10   Iceland D 4 3 1 1 1 19 22 -3
11   Finland A 3 3 1 0 2 24 23 1
12   Scotland C 3 3 1 0 2 18 20 -2
13   Brazil D 3 3 1 0 2 17 23 -6
14   South Korea B 2 3 0 2 1 19 20 -1
15   Australia B 2 3 0 2 1 18 19 -1
16   Canada C 0 3 0 0 3 16 19 -3