Third Music World Cup
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 8, 2022 – January 15, 2022
Teams24
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up  England
Third place  Japan
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored1,079 (20.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Sweden (85 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Australia 3 3 #2 Fourth place (#2)
  Belgium 2 2 #2 Round of 16 (#2)
  Brazil 3 3 #2 Champion (#2)
  Canada 3 3 #2 Quarter-finals (#2)
  Colombia 2 2 #2 Group stage (#2)
  England 3 3 #2 Fourth place (#1)
  Finland 3 3 #2 Group stage (#1, #2)
  France 3 3 #2 Third place (#3)
  Germany 3 3 #2 Champion (#1)
  Haiti 1 1 - Newcomer
  Iceland 2 1 #1 Group stage (#1)
  Ireland 3 3 #2 Quarter-finals (#1)
  Italy 2 2 #2 Group stage (#2)
  Jamaica 2 2 #2 Quarter-finals (#2)
  Japan 3 3 #2 Runner up (#2)
  New Zealand 2 2 #2 Round of 16 (#2)
  Nigeria 2 2 #2 Group stage (#2)
  Norway 3 3 #2 Quarter-finals (#1, #2)
  Puerto Rico 1 1 - Newcomer
  Scotland 3 3 #2 Quarter-finals (#2)
  South Africa 3 3 #2 Quarter-finals (#1)
  South Korea 3 3 #2 Round of 16 (#2)
  Sweden 3 3 #2 Third place (#1)
  United States 3 3 #2 Runner up (#1)

Draw

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Seeding and drawing

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Pot 1

Top 6 teams

Pot 2

Top 12 teams

Pot 3

Top 16 teams

Pot 4

Top 24 teams

Results of the draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
  Scotland   United States   Canada   Australia   Sweden   England
  France   Japan   Brazil   Germany   Jamaica   Ireland
  New Zealand   Belgium   South Korea   Colombia   Puerto Rico   Italy
  Iceland   Finland   Haiti   Norway   Nigeria   South Africa

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iceland 3 3 0 0 36 28 8 9
  France 3 2 0 1 28 31 -3 6
  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 32 34 -2 1
  Scotland 3 0 1 2 30 33 -3 1
Round 1
(Sophie - "Vyzee")   Scotland 8 - 9   France (Charlotte Adigéry - "Haha")
(Lorde - "Team")   New Zealand 10 - 11   Iceland (Of Monsters and Men - "Mountain Sound")
Round 2
(Calvin Harris - "Feel So Close")   Scotland 11 - 11   New Zealand (Split Enz - "I Got You")
(Björk - "Venus as a Boy")   Iceland 12 - 7   France (Serge Gainsbourg - "Ballade de Melody Nelson")
Round 3
(Big Country - "In a Big Country")   Scotland 11 - 13   Iceland (The Vintage Caravan - "Crystallized")
(Space Goofs - "We Like Monster Men")   France 12 - 11   New Zealand (The Beths - "Future Me Hates Me")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 3 3 0 0 36 30 6 9
  Finland 3 1 1 1 32 32 0 4
  Belgium 3 1 0 2 30 33 -3 3
  United States 3 0 1 2 35 38 -3 1
Round 1
(Cage the Elephant - "Come a Little Closer")   United States 11 - 13   Japan (Alstroemeria Records - "Bad Apple")
(Slow Crush - "Glow")   Belgium 8 - 10   Finland (Bomfunk MC's - "Freestyler")
Round 2
(Foo Fighters - "The Pretender")   United States 12 - 13   Belgium (Hooverphonic - "Mad About You")
(Pepe Deluxé - "Go Supersonic")   Finland 10 - 12   Japan (Nujabes - "Luv(Sic)")
Round 3
(The Roots - "How I Got Over")   United States 12 - 12   Finland (Darude - "Sandstorm")
(Atarashii Gakko! - "Nainainai")   Japan 11 - 9   Belgium (Deus - "Instant Street")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 27 23 4 9
  South Korea 3 1 1 1 34 33 1 4
  Brazil 3 1 1 1 33 33 0 4
  Haiti 3 0 0 3 19 24 -5 0
Round 1
(Avril Lavigne - "Complicated")   Canada 13 - 10   Brazil (Pitty - "Semana Que Vem")
(Yukika - "Neon")   South Korea 11 - 9   Haiti (Chouk Bwa Libete - "Olicha Legba")
Round 2
(Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become")   Canada 14 - 13   South Korea (BTS - "Life Goes On")
(Kaytranada - "You're the One")   Haiti 10 - 13   Brazil (Chico Buarque - "Cotidiano")
Round 3
(Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)")   Canada 10 - 8   Haiti (Jackboy - "Cleaning Crew")
(Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above")   Brazil 10 - 10   South Korea (Yaya Kim - "Anger Is My Power")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 1 0 30 27 3 7
  Australia 3 2 0 1 32 25 7 6
  Germany 3 1 1 1 30 26 4 4
  Colombia 3 0 0 3 20 34 -14 0
Round 1
(Spiderbait - "Buy Me a Pony")   Australia 9 - 8   Germany (J. Cole - "No Role Modelz")
(Maluma - "Sobrio")   Colombia 7 - 9   Norway (Ulver - "Lost in Moments")
Round 2
(Vance Joy - "Riptide")   Australia 13 - 6   Colombia (J Balvin - "Ginza")
(Jenny Hval - "Lions")   Norway 10 - 10   Germany (Herbert Grönemeyer - "Celebrate the Day")
Round 3
(Crowded House - "Weather With You")   Australia 10 - 11   Norway (Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?")
(Die Ärtze - "Junge")   Germany 12 - 7   Colombia (Camilo - "Desconocidos")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 1 0 36 29 7 7
  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 37 38 -1 4
  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 33 37 -4 3
  Jamaica 3 0 2 1 32 34 -2 2
Round 1
(Avicii - "Levels")   Sweden 11 - 11   Jamaica (Grace Jones - "La Vie en Rose")
(Ricky Martin - "Livin' La Vida Loca")   Puerto Rico 14 - 15   Nigeria (Jacob Banks - "Unknown (To You)")
Round 2
(The Hives - "Walk Idiot Walk")   Sweden 13 - 8   Puerto Rico (Daddy Yankee - "Gasolina")
(Burna Boy - "Last Last")   Nigeria 12 - 12   Jamaica (Major Lazer - "Lean On")
Round 3
(The Cardigans - "Carnival")   Sweden 12 - 10   Nigeria (Obongjayar - "Wrong for It")
(Keith Hudson - "Bloody Eyes")   Jamaica 9 - 11   Puerto Rico (Rauw Alejandro - "Todo de Ti")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 3 2 1 0 40 34 6 7
  England 3 2 1 0 25 21 4 7
  Ireland 3 1 0 2 33 38 -5 3
  South Africa 3 0 0 3 22 27 -5 0
Round 1
(The Police - "Every Breath You Take")   England 13 - 9   Ireland (Róisín Murphy - "Murphy's Law")
(Gigi D'Agostino - "L'amour Toujours")   Italy 14 - 11   South Africa (Manfred Mann - "Blinded by the Light")
Round 2
(The Beatles - "Back in the U.S.S.R.")   England 12 - 12   Italy (Laura Pausini - "Speranza")
(Dave Matthews - "Gravedigger")   South Africa 11 - 13   Ireland (The Cranberries - "Zombie")
Round 3
(M.I.A. - "Bad Girls")   England 11 - 10   South Africa (Die Antwoord - "Pitbull Terrier")
(Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey in the Jar")   Ireland 11 - 14   Italy (Corona - "The Rhythm of the Night")

Third placing teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
D   Germany 3 1 1 1 30 26 4 4
C   Brazil 3 1 1 1 33 33 0 4
B   Belgium 3 1 0 2 30 33 -3 3
E   Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 33 37 -4 3
F   Ireland 3 1 0 2 33 38 -5 3
A   New Zealand 3 0 1 2 32 34 -2 1
Third-placed teams

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1A

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1B

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1C

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1D

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A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E

Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Iceland12 (4)
 
 
 
  Brazil12 (3)
 
  Iceland10
 
 
 
  England11
 
  England12
 
 
 
  Finland11
 
  England10 (5)
 
 
 
  Japan10 (2)
 
  Italy12
 
 
 
  Nigeria6
 
  Italy12
 
 
 
  Japan13
 
  Japan12
 
 
 
  Germany10
 
  England12
 
 
 
  Sweden13
 
  Sweden12
 
 
 
  Australia9
 
  Sweden13
 
 
 
  Canada10
 
  Canada11
 
 
 
  Belgium10
 
  Sweden11 (4)
 
 
 
  France11 (3)Third place
 
  Norway10
 
  
 
  Puerto Rico5
 
  Norway9  Japan9 (4)
 
 
 
  France11  France9 (2)
 
  South Korea9
 
 
  France10
 

Round of 16

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  Iceland(4) 12–12 (3)  Brazil
"Hoppípolla" by Sigur Rós
TB: "Mountain Sound" by Of Monsters and Men
. "Eduardo e Mônica" by Legião Urbana
TB: "Semana Que Vem" by Pitty
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  England12–11  Finland
"Somebody Told Me" by The Killer . "Unbreakable" by Stratovarius
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  Italy12–6  Nigeria
"Wishing Well" by Terrence Trent D'Arby . "Joro" by Wizkid
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  Japan12–10  Germany
"Bang" by Haru Nemuri . "I'm Not Sayin'" by Nico
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  Sweden12–9  Australia
"SOS" by ABBA . "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches
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  Canada11–10  Belgium
"In Too Deep" by Sum 41 . "Bring Me to Silence" by Fievel Is Glauque
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  Norway10–5  Puerto Rico
"Inspector Norse" by Todd Terje . "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
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  South Korea9–10  France
"Kokomo, IN" by Japanese Breakfast . "Ciel Errant" by Alcest
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Quarter-finals

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  Iceland10–11  England
"Birthday" by The Sugarcubes . "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
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  Italy12–13  Japan
"Beggin'" by Måneskin . "This Hell" by Rina Sawayama
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  Sweden13–10  Canada
"All Over My Head" by Imperial State Electric . "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette
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  Norway9–11  France
"Misread" by Kings of Convenience . "Wait" by M83
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Semifinals

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  England(5) 10–10 (2)  Japan
"Lust for a Vampyr" by I Monster
TB:"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
. "Run" by Joji
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  Sweden(4) 11–11 (3)  France
"Show Me Love" by Robyn
TB: "All Over My Head" by Imperial State Electric
. "Excess" by Perturbator
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Third place match

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  Japan(4) 9–9 (2)  France
"Dough Nuts Town's Map" by Plus-Tech Squeeze
TB: "This Hell" by Rina Sawayama
. "Human After All" by Daft Punk
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Final

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  England12–13  Sweden
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harisson . "Astralplane" by Blues Pills
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Results

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3rd Music World Cup Champion
 
Sweden
(1st Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Sweden E 7 5 2 0 85 72 13 17
2   England F 7 4 2 1 70 65 5 14
Third-place play-off
3   Japan B 7 5 2 0 80 71 9 17
4   France A 7 4 2 1 69 69 0 14
Quarter-finals eliminations
5   Canada C 5 4 0 1 48 46 2 12
6   Italy F 5 3 1 1 64 53 11 10
7   Iceland A 5 3 1 1 58 51 7 10
8   Norway D 5 3 1 1 49 43 6 10
Round of 16 eliminations
9   Australia D 4 2 0 2 41 37 4 6
10   Brazil C 4 1 2 1 45 45 0 4
11   Germany D 4 1 1 2 40 38 2 4
12   South Korea C 4 1 1 2 43 43 0 4
13   Finland B 4 1 1 2 43 44 -1 4
14   Nigeria E 4 1 1 2 43 50 -7 4
15   Belgium B 4 1 0 3 40 44 -4 3
16   Puerto Rico E 4 1 0 3 38 47 -9 3
Group stage eliminations
17   Ireland F 3 1 0 2 33 38 -5 3
18   Jamaica E 3 0 2 1 32 34 -2 2
19   New Zealand A 3 0 1 2 32 34 -2 1
20   United States B 3 0 1 2 35 38 -3 1
21   Scotland A 3 0 1 2 30 33 -3 1
22   South Africa F 3 0 0 3 22 27 -5 0
23   Haiti C 3 0 0 3 19 24 -5 0
24   Colombia D 3 0 0 3 20 34 -14 0