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| 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) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 186 (6.89 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player(s) | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
The 2025 Kings World Cup Nations was 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 saw players from the different versions of the Kings League forming teams to represent their respective nations, similar to the FIFA World Cup.
During the launch event for the Kings League Italy on 18 November 2024, it was confirmed that Italy would be hosting the tournament, held from 1 to 12 January 2025, with the finals taking place in Turin's Juventus Stadium.[1]
As 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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| Sergio Agüero, Jero Freixas, Jose de Cabo and Jo Valicenti[3] | |
| 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 | |
| James Rodríguez, Juan Guarnizo, Luis Villa (Westcol), Angerson García (Pelicanger) and La Parce[3] | |
| Mario Götze, Younes Zarou, Kevin Teller (Papaplatte) and Maximilian Stemmler (Trymacs)[4] | |
| Gianmarco Tocco (Blur), Emanuele Nocera (Manuuxo), Pier Francesco Gentili and Gabriele Gentili (PirlasV), Federico Lucia (Fedez), Luca Campolunghi, Antonio Pellegrino (ZW Jackson), Er Faina, Andrea Pirrera (En3rix), Alessandro Pagliari (Frenezy), Samuel Afriyie (Off Samuel), Sergio Cruz Pereira, Mirko Cisco, Simone Buratti (GrenBaud) and Francesco Marzano (The Real Marzaa) | |
| Junichi Kato[5] | |
| Lee Kang-in, Park Ji-sung, Kim In-jik (Gamst) and Kim Dong-jun (Jamm)[4] | |
| Various | |
| Ilyas El Maliki[6] | |
| Andy Merino (Zein)[7] | |
| Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)[3] | |
| Various | |
| Tuğkan Gönültaş (Elraenn)[4] | |
| Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga)[4] | |
| Edwin Castro (Castro1021), Pitaa1021 and Jake Paul[8] | |
| Islom Abdujabborov |
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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
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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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Pairings for the first round were drawn on 5 December 2024.[9]
| 1 January 2025 First round A | Argentina | 4–2 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Sánchez Gómez Fr. Romero Fa. Romero |
Report | de la Mata Gutiérrez TheGrefg |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Pablo Gómez |
| 1 January 2025 First round B | Japan | 3–1 | | Milan |
| 16:00 | Nakamura Fukaya Agata Oda |
Report | Blur |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Shunsuke Nakamura |
| 1 January 2025 First round C | United States | 4–2 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Vega Ramírez Castro Morales |
Report | O. Martínez D. Martínez |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Devin Vega |
| 1 January 2025 First round D | Uzbekistan | 4–3 (g.g.) | | Milan |
| 17:00 | Yangirov Dzhabborov Abdujabborov |
Report | Hamad Sufyani Abousaban |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Omar Abdulrahman |
| 2 January 2025 First round E | Peru | 2–4 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Zein Portilla |
Report | Leitner Salihamidžić Dombrowka |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Moritz Leitner |
| 2 January 2025 First round F | Brazil | 7–4 | | Milan |
| 16:00 | Melo Oliveira Leleti Gaules |
Report | Lee Ho Kim H. |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
| 2 January 2025 First round G | Turkey | 5–0 | | Milan |
| 17:00 | Ak |
Report | Melnyk |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Suad Ak |
| 2 January 2025 First round H | Colombia | 4–1 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Gutiérrez Moreno Perea Ortega Pelicanger |
Report | El Amrani Louah |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Camilo Mena |
Winners advance directly to the quarterfinals, losers go to the last-chance round.
| 3 January 2025 Second round 1 | Argentina | 2–1 | | Milan |
| 16:00 | Fernández Navajas |
Report | Kato |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Facu Navajas |
| 3 January 2025 Second round 2 | United States | 6–2 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Ramírez Cortés Morales Ortiz |
Report | Yangirov Dzhabborov Abdujabborov |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Shakhriyor Dzhabborov |
| 4 January 2025 Second round 3 | Germany | 2–9 | | Milan |
| 16:00 | Jones Sohm Leitner |
Report | Vaz Guedes Assumpção Oliveira Ilario |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
| 4 January 2025 Second round 4 | Turkey | 2–3 (g.g.) | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Geçim Sözer |
Report | Ortega Lobón |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Camilo Mena |
Winners go to the last-chance round, losers are eliminated.
| 3 January 2025 Second round 5 | Spain | 8–5 | | Milan |
| 17:00 | Gutiérrez MiniBuyer G. Vidal Santos de la Mata Espinosa |
Report | Rossi Cruz Blur Viviano |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Àlex Gutiérrez |
| 3 January 2025 Second round 6 | Mexico | 8–4 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | O. Martínez Pérez Hernández G. Montiel Ochoa |
Report | Bernal Al-Mutairi Abdulrahman |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Obed Martínez |
| 4 January 2025 Second round 7 | Peru | 4–3 | | Milan |
| 17:00 | Gálvez Colan Honores |
Report | Gamst Min |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Ibán Gálvez |
| 4 January 2025 Second round 8 | Ukraine | 2–9 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Oliynyk Tsopa Zagranychnyi |
Report | Louah Hadraf Nasri Saoud Amri |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Nadir Louah |
Winners advance to the quarterfinals, losers are eliminated.
| 6 January 2025 Last-chance 1 | Japan | 2–4 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Enjo Kato |
Report | Erraki Louah El Amrani |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kensuke Enjo |
| 7 January 2025 Last-chance 2 | Uzbekistan | 5–4 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Dzhabborov Anvarjonov Tukhtasinov |
Report | Alvarado Gálvez |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Toni Alvarado |
| 7 January 2025 Last-chance 3 | Germany | 3–6 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Salihamidžić Jones Sohm Leitner |
Report | Monterde Bernal O. Martínez Cisneros Pérez Vera |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Obed Martínez |
| 6 January 2025 Last-chance 4 | Turkey | 3–2 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Kazan Geçim Kıratlı |
Report | Contreras Cabrera |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Oktay Kazan |
| Team | Qualified via |
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| Winners' Bracket | |
| Last-chance round | |
Quarter-final pairings were drawn on 6 January, before the start of the last-chance round.
| Last-chance round (6-7 January – Milan) | Quarter-finals (8-9 January – Milan) | Semi-finals (10 January – Milan) | Final (12 January – Turin) | ||||||||||||
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| 8 January 2025 QF 1 | United States | 7–7 (1–2 p) | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Vega Cortés Morales Benítez Castro |
Report | Louah Erraki El Amrani Saoud Amri |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Nadir Louah |
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| Ortiz Mijatovic Morales Benítez Hernández |
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| 8 January 2025 QF 2 | Colombia | 6–1 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Palacios Mena Gutiérrez Ortega Quintero |
Report | Anvarjonov Mansurov Saidov |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Camilo Mena |
| 9 January 2025 QF 3 | Argentina | 2–2 (3–4 p) | | Milan |
| 19:00 | Cohen Gómez Agüero |
Report | O. Martínez G. Montiel |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Obed Martínez |
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| Gómez Fa. Romero Mantovani Sambueza Joao |
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| 9 January 2025 QF 4 | Brazil | 12–4 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Oliveira Vaz Rodrigues O Estagiário Leleti Rufino |
Report | Sözer Geçim |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
| 10 January 2025 SF 1 | Morocco | 1–2 | | Milan |
| 18:00 | Louah Boussoufa Saoud |
Report | Perea Caro Rodríguez |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Angellot Caro |
| 10 January 2025 SF 2 | Mexico | 1–3 | | Milan |
| 19:00 | G. Montiel Monterde |
Report | Oliveira |
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
| 12 January 2025 Final | Colombia | 2–6 | | Turin |
| 18:20 | Caro Pelicanger Rodríguez |
Report | Oliveira Vaz |
Stadium: Juventus Stadium MVP: Kelvin Oliveira |
| Champion Brazil 1st title |
There were 186 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.89 goals per match.
Goals that were worth double due to secret cards or double-goal time will be counted as one goal for the goalscoring statistics.
19 goals
9 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal