4385 Terran World Cup

The 4385 World Cup is the First Terran World Cup held in Terra History. It was a multi-sport event held in Fort William, Luthori from 15th June to 24th July 4385. 42 nations will compete in the World Cup.

Qualification
Following Qualifications Matches between January 4383 and lasts until April of 4384. The Nations were divided into 4 delegations based regionally shown below

Squads
Each team's squad consists of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team are available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player is not serving a suspension).

Venues
2 Venues in 2 Cities were selected for the tournament. The venues are Lionheart Park located in Fort William, Orange and Richbrough Stadium located in Richbrough, Yodukan.

Lionheart Park

Richbrough Stadium

Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 24 teams divided among six groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

In the knockout stage there were four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty was held to determine a winner.

The match schedule was announced on 1 October 4379 with the kick-off times being confirmed on January 4381.The group stage will begin on 15 June, with the host nation competing in the opening game at 17:30 local time.

Group Stage
The 24 teams will divided into 6 pools determined by blind draw after the top 6 teams based on qualification performance are put into their own pool. The top two teams from each pool will advance to create a 12 team single elimination bracket seeded by pool performance.