First Music World Cup

First Music World Cup
Tournament details
Dates	December 3, 2022
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	426 (13.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Germany (45 points)

Participating Teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
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

Seeding and drawing

Pot 1 Top 4 teams	Pot 2 Top 8 teams	Pot 3 Top 12 teams	Pot 4 Top 16 teams
United States England Australia Canada	Germany Japan France Scotland	Brazil Sweden Finland Ireland	South Korea South Africa Norway Iceland

Results of the draw

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

Group A

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

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

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	22	19	3	9
Sweden	3	2	1	21	19	2	6
Scotland	3	1	2	18	20	-2	3
Canada	3	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

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

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



South Africa	4

Sweden	7
		Sweden	6 (3)

		Germany	6 (4)
Ireland	5

Germany	9
				Germany	7

				United States	6
Norway	5

England	10
		England	6

		United States	7	Third place
United States	5

France	2
				Sweden	8

				England	5

Quarter-finals

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South Africa	4–7	Sweden
"Gold Purple Orange" by Jean Grae	.	"Waterloo" by ABBA

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Ireland	5–9	Germany
"Like Real People Do" by Hozier	.	"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra

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Norway	5–10	England
"Blitzregn Baby" by Kaizers Orchestra	.	"Mad World" by Tears for Fears

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United States	5–2	France
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga	.	"Midnight City" by M83

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Semifinals

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Sweden	(3) 6–6 (4)	Germany
"Low Road" by Blues Pills TB: "Waterloo" by ABBA	.	"Da Da Da" by Trio TB: "We Built This House" by Scorpions

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England	6–7	United States
"Cloudbusting" by Kate Bush	.	"First Date" by Blink-182

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Third place match

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Sweden	8–5	England
"Tear of a Traitor" by Hällas	.	"Twist and Shout" by The Beatles

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Final

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Germany	7–6	United States
"Feuertaufe" by In Extremo	.	"Juicebox" by The Strokes

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Results

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