WMF World Cup

Football tournament

WMF World CupOrganising body| WMF

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Founded| 2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Region| International
Number of teams| 32
Current champions|  Azerbaijan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)|  Czech Republic
Mexico
Romania
United States
Azerbaijan
(1 title each)
Website| Official website
2025 WMF World Cup
Tournaments

* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2023
* 2025

The WMF World Cup is an international minifootball competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the World Minifootball Federation (WMF), the sport's global governing body.[1] The tournament is played as six-a-side 50-minute format.

The competition has been held every two years since the inaugural edition was played in the United States in 2015. The second edition was held in Tunisia in 2017, making it the first edition to be played in Africa.[2] The third edition was held in Australia in 2019, making it the first edition to be played in Oceania.[3] The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth edition was held in the United Arab Emirates in 2023, making it the first edition to be played in Asia.[4] The fifth and most recent edition was held in Azerbaijan in 2025, making it the first edition to be played in Europe.[5]

The United States won the inaugural edition title on home soil in 2015.[6] The Czech Republic won the second edition title in 2017.[7] Mexico won the third edition title in 2019.[8] Romania won the fourth edition title in 2023.[9] Azerbaijan won the title of the fifth and most recent edition title in 2025.[10] The current champion are Azerbaijan, who won title of the fifth and most recent edition title in 2025.[10]

Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.

## Results

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### Editions

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#  | Year  | Host  | First place game  | Third place game  | Teams

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Champion  | Score  |  Runner-up  |  Third place  | Score  |  Fourth place
1  | 2015 |  United States |
United States | 5–3 |
Mexico |  Brazil and  Romania | 12
2  | 2017 |  Tunisia |
Czech Republic | 3–0 |
Mexico |
Senegal | 5–0 |
Spain | 24
3  | 2019 |  Australia |
Mexico | 4–0 |
Brazil |
Romania | 0–0 (3–1 p) |
Hungary | 32
—  | 2021  | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | —
4  | 2023 |  United Arab Emirates |
Romania | 2–2 (12–11 p) |
Kazakhstan |
Hungary | 3–1 |
Azerbaijan | 32
5  | 2025 |  Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan | 4–2 |
Hungary |
Serbia | 3–0 |
Montenegro | 32

### Summary

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Team  | Champion  | Runner-up  | Third place  | Fourth place

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Mexico | 1 (2019)  | 2 (2015, 2017)  | —  | —
Romania | 1 (2023)  | —  | 2 (2015, 2019)  | —
Azerbaijan | 1 (2025)  | —  | —  | 1 (2023)
Czech Republic | 1 (2017)  | —  | —  | —
United States | 1 (2015)  | —  | —  | —
Hungary | —  | 1 (2025)  | 1 (2023)  | 1 (2019)
Brazil | —  | 1 (2019)  | 1 (2015)  | —
Kazakhstan | —  | 1 (2023)  | —  | —
Senegal | —  | —  | 1 (2017)  | —
Serbia | —  | —  | 1 (2025)  | —
Spain | —  | —  | —  | 1 (2017)
Montenegro | —  | —  | —  | 1 (2025)

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Mexico| 1| 2| 0| 3
2|  Romania| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  Azerbaijan| 1| 0| 0| 1
Czech Republic| 1| 0| 0| 1
United States| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  Brazil| 0| 1| 1| 2
Hungary| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Kazakhstan| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Senegal| 0| 0| 1| 1
Serbia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 5| 5| 6| 16

## Awards

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Individual awards are given out at the end of each tournament.

Year  | Best Player  | Top Scorer  | Best goalkeeper

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2015 |  Kraig Chiles |  Danny Waltman (10)  | —
2017 |  Ouday Belhaj[11] |  Francisco Castaño (10)  |  Papa Samba Diallo[12]
2019 |  Moises Gonzalez  |  Ondřej Paděra (10)  |  Bernardo Valdovinos Solos
2023 |  Dragos Nitu[13] |  Marius Gabriel Balogh (6)[14] |  Alexandr Rushinas
2025 |  Ramiz Chovdarov  |  Ondřej Paděra
Tiago Lapa (7)  |  Vladimir Bajić

## Participating nations

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Teams  |
2015
(12)  |
2017
(24)  |
2019
(32)  |
2023
(32)  |
2025
(32)  | Years

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Afghanistan | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 1
Albania | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 1
Algeria | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 1
Argentina | ×  | GS  | GS  | ×  | GS  | 3
Australia | ×  | QF  | QF  | ×  | ×  | 2
Azerbaijan | ×  | ×  | ×  | 4th  | 1st  | 2
Bahrain | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina | ×  | R16  | ×  | ×  | QF  | 2
Brazil | 3rd  | R16  | 2nd  | ×  | ×  | 3
Bulgaria | ×  | ×  | ×  | QF  | R16  | 2
Canada | QF  | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 1
Chad | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Chile | ×  | R16  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 2
Colombia | ×  | ×  | R16  | ×  | ×  | 1
Costa Rica | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | GS  | 2
Czech Republic | QF  | 1st  | QF  | QF  | QF  | 5
Egypt | ×  | ×  | ×  | R16  | ×  | 1
El Salvador | QF  | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 1
England | ×  | ×  | GS  | R16  | QF  | 3
France | ×  | QF  | ×  | GS  | R16  | 3
Germany | QF  | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 1
Georgia | ×  | ×  | ×  | R16  | R16  | 2
Ghana | ×  | ×  | R16  | GS  | GS  | 3
Guatemala | ×  | GS  | R16  | GS  | ×  | 3
Hungary | ×  | QF  | 4th  | 3rd  | 2nd  | 4
India | GS  | GS  | GS  | GS  | GS  | 5
Indonesia | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Iraq | ×  | GS  | GS  | GS  | ×  | 3
Ireland | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 1
Ivory Coast | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 1
Israel | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | R16  | 1
Japan | ×  | ×  | GS  | GS  | ×  | 2
Kazakhstan | GS  | R16  | ×  | 2nd  | GS  | 4
Lebanon | ×  | GS  | GS  | GS  | ×  | 3
Libya | ×  | R16  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 2
Mauritania | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | QF  | 1
Mexico | 2nd  | 2nd  | 1st  | R16  | ×  | 4
Moldova | ×  | ×  | R16  | ×  | ×  | 1
Montenegro | ×  | ×  | ×  | R16  | 4th  | 2
Nigeria | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 1
Oman | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 1
Poland | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | R16  | 1
Portugal | ×  | GS  | GS  | R16  | R16  | 4
Romania | 3rd  | R16  | 3rd  | 1st  | R16  | 5
Russia | GS  | R16  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 2
Saudi Arabia | ×  | ×  | R16  | ×  | ×  | 1
Senegal | ×  | 3rd  | ×  | ×  | ×  | 1
Serbia | GS  | ×  | R16  | GS  | 3rd  | 4
Singapore | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 1
Slovenia | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Slovakia | ×  | ×  | QF  | QF  | GS  | 3
Somalia | ×  | GS  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 2
South Africa | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 1
Spain | ×  | 4th  | ×  | GS  | GS  | 3
Sudan | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | 1
Switzerland | ×  | ×  | GS  | ×  | ×  | 1
Thailand | ×  | ×  | GS  | R16  | R16  | 3
Tunisia | ×  | QF  | R16  | ×  | ×  | 2
Turkey | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Ukraine | ×  | ×  | QF  | GS  | GS  | 3
United Arab Emirates | ×  | ×  | ×  | QF  | GS  | 2
United States | 1st  | R16  | R16  | R16  | GS  | 5
Uzbekistan | ×  | ×  | ×  | ×  | GS  | 1
Total: 63 team  | 12  | 24  | 32  | 32  | 32  | –

Legends

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place

* QF – Quarter Finals
* R16 – Round of 16
* GS – Group stage
* Q – Qualified

* × – Did not enter
* – Hosts

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## See also

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* WMF Women’s World Cup

## References

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1. ^ "WMF Arena Soccer World Cup". SoccerToday. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
2. ^ "Organisation oF WMF World Cup 2017 goes to Tunisia". TAP. Archived from the original on 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
3. ^ "Australia to Host the WMF World Cup 2019". WMF. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
4. ^ "The WMF Executive Committee agreed to the made proposal to change the dates of the World Cup 2023 after the WMF visit to Ras Al Khaimah". www.minifootball.com.
5. ^ "Azerbaijan to Host WMF World Cup 2025 from 21st May to 1st June 2025 - World Minifootball Federation". WMF. Archived from the original on 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
6. ^ "WMF Arena Soccer World Cup". SoccerToday. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
7. ^ "ICYMI: Czech Republic won the 2017 @WorldMinifoot World Cup". X (Twitter). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
8. ^ "Photos: Mexico Wins 2019 WMF Mini Football World Cup - San Diego Sockers". www.sdsockers.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
9. ^ "Romania wins world champion title in minifootball". Romania Insider. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
10. ^ a b "WMF World Cup: Azerbaijan crowned champions, Hungary takes silver, Serbia claims bronze - PHOTO/VIDEO". İdman və Biz. 2025-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
11. ^ kapitalis, webmaster (2017-10-16). "Coupe du monde de mini-foot 2017 : Le Tunisien Ouday Belhaj meilleur joueur". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
12. ^ actu, Dakar. "Mini-foot : Pape Samba Diallo "Paco" élu meilleur gardien de la Coupe du Monde". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
13. ^ "Mini Messi de Bihor. Cine e bihoreanul care a devenit „Gheata de Aur" la Mondialele din Dubai" (in Romanian). 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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## External links

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* World Minifootball Federation website

* v
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* e

WMF World Cup

* World Minifootball Federation

Editions|

* United States 2015
* Tunisia 2017
* Australia 2019
* United Arab Emirates 2023
* Azerbaijan 2025

* v
* t
* e

WMF World Cup winners

* 2015: United States
* 2017: Czech Republic
* 2019: Mexico
* 2023: Romania
* 2025: Azerbaijan

* v
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International minifootball

* World Minifootball Federation

World|

* WMF World Cup
* WMF Continental Cup

Africa|

* AMC
* African Minifootball Cup

Asia|

* AMC
* Asian Mini Football Championship

Europe|

* EMF
* EMF EURO

Panamerican|

* PAMF
* Panamerican Minifootball Cup

Oceania|

* OMF
* Oceania Minifootball Cup

Arab|

* AMF
* Arab Minifootball Cup

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World championships

* List of world sports championships

Olympic sports|

| Team|

* Association football
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Baseball
* men
* men's 12
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* club
* Beach volleyball
* Cricket
* T20 (men)
* T20 (women)
* Curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Flag football
* Handball
* men
* women
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Lacrosse
* men
* women
* Rugby 7s
* Softball
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Water polo
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Aquatic sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* race walking
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* individual
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Boxing
* women
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* Cycling
* BMX
* mountain biking
* road
* track
* urban
* Equestrianism
* dressage
* eventing
* show jumping
* Fencing
* Golf
* men
* women
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Ice skating
* figure
* short track
* speed
* Judo
* Luge
* artificial track
* natural track
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Olympic Class Combined Worlds
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* freestyle
* snowboarding
* Ski mountaineering
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* Triathlon
* mixed relay
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Discontinued|

* Basque pelota
* Cricket
* Test
* Croquet
* singles
* team
* Dance sport
* breakdancing
* Karate
* Polo
* Rackets
* Real tennis
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* Tug of war
* outdoor
* indoor

Paralympic sports|

| Team|

* Blind football
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair handball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed team
* Goalball
* Sitting volleyball

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Individual|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Climbing
* Cycling
* track cycling
* road cycling
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Snowboard
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* Swimming
* Table tennis

Combat sports|

* Brazilian jiu-jitsu
* Ju-Jitsu World Championships
* Kendo
* Kickboxing (amateur)
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Sumo
* Wrestling
* beach wrestling
* catch
* grappling
* Wushu

Cue sports|

* Carom billiards
* Three-cushion
* men
* women
* team
* Five-pins
* individual
* team
* artistic
* English billiards
* amateurs
* women
* Pool
* blackball
* chinese eight ball
* eight-ball
* men nine-ball
* women nine-ball
* team nine-ball
* pyramid
* ten-ball
* straight pool
* Snooker
* men
* women
* team
* amateurs
* six-red

Mind sports|

* Backgammon
* Bridge
* Chess
* open
* women
* team
* Draughts
* men
* women
* checkers
* draughts-64
* draughts-64 women
* Go
* Puzzles
* Scrabble
* Sudoku
* Xiangqi

| Esports|

* Call of Duty
* Counter-Strike
* Dota 2
* eSailing
* FIFA
* Fortnite
* League of Legends
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* NES Tetris
* Overwatch
* Pro Evolution Soccer
* Rainbow Six Siege
* Rocket League
* Smite
* StarCraft II
* Valorant

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Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

* Formula E
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Karting
* Rallying
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sports Car Endurance
* Touring Car

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Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* Beach Racing
* SuperEnduro
* Hard Enduro
* team endurance
* Ice racing
* individual
* team
* Grand Prix
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motocross
* individual
* women
* nations
* Supercross
* SuperMotocross
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Production
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sidecar
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* long track
* team long track
* flat track
* Supermoto
* team
* Trial
* nations
* E-Bike
* cross

Other|

* Aeroplane sport
* Aerobatic
* Aerobatic GP
* Powerboating
* Aquabike
* F1
* F4s
* offshore
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:10 electric off-road
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* Tank biathlon

Other sports|

| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* Beach handball
* Beach soccer
* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
* Dancesport
* Formation Latin
* Dodgeball
* Fistball
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* women
* men's club
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* indoor
* Life saving
* Minifootball
* Netball
* Padel tennis
* Quadball
* Ringette
* Rogaining
* Roll Ball
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

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Individual|

* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* WDF
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
* Mounted games
* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scootering
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* telemark
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

* See also: World cups

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