2024 Kings World Cup

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2024 Kings World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates26 May 2024 (2024-05-26)
8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
Teams32
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2024 Kings World Cup is an international seven-a-side football tournament featuring teams from the Kings League and the Américas Kings League, plus twelve teams from other future international versions of the Kings League, which made their debut in the tournament as wildcards. This is the inaugural edition of the Kings World Cup, and it is being held in Mexico from 26 May to 8 June 2024.[1][2] On 20 April, it was announced that the tournament finals would be held at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey.[3]

Format[edit]

The Kings World Cup is being contested with some features of a Swiss-system tournament, with a first stage involving a total of 40 matches, structured as follows:

  • In the first round, the 32 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by a draw. This is a completely random draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence.
  • All teams will move on to the second round, with the teams that won their first-round match going to a 'winner bracket' and the teams that lost going to a 'loser bracket'.
  • The teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for the knockout stage, while the losing teams will face the winning teams from the 'loser bracket' in a last-chance round. The winners of the last-chance round will join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage.
  • The knockout phase will then consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. The winners will receive a million-dollar cash prize.[4][5]

Teams[edit]

Kings League[edit]

Team Chairperson(s) Qualified via
1K FC Spain Iker Casillas Top 8
Aniquiladores FC Colombia Juan Guarnizo
Jijantes FC Spain Gerard Romero
Kunisports Argentina Sergio Agüero
Los Troncos FC Spain Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa)
Porcinos FC Spain Ibai Llanos
Saiyans FC Spain David Cánovas (TheGrefg)
Ultimate Móstoles Spain Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO)
PIO FC Mexico Samantha Rivera (Rivers) Redemption Game
xBuyer Team Spain Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer)

Américas Kings League[edit]

Team Chairperson(s) Qualified via
Dominican Republic Galácticos del Caribe Dominican Republic Vincent 'Will' Pérez and Angelo Valdés (Los Futbolitos) and Santiago Matías (Alofoke) Top 8
Argentina Muchachos FC Argentina Jero Freixas
Mexico Olimpo United Mexico Javier Hernández (Chicharito)
Mexico Peluche Caligari Mexico Álex (Escorpión Dorado) and Gabriel Montiel (Werevertumorro)
Peru Persas FC Peru Andy Merino (ElZeein)
Uruguay Raniza FC Uruguay Diego Balsa (BarcaGamer) and Mexico Alana Flores (AlanaLaRana)
Chile Real Titán Chile Germán Garmendia (HolaSoyGerman)
Colombia West Santos FC Colombia Luis Villa (WestCol) and Puerto Rico Austin Santos (Arcángel)
Mexico Club de Cuervos Mexico Mercedes Roa Redemption Game
United States Los Aliens 1021 United States Edwin Castro (Castro)

Wildcards[edit]

Team Chairperson(s)
Belgium Deptostra FC Belgium Céline Dept and Eden Hazard[6]
England FIVE FC England Rio Ferdinand and Jeremy Lynch[6]
France Foot2Rue[7] France AmineMaTue[8]
Brazil Furia FC Brazil Allan Rodrigues (O Estagiário), Alessandro Rosa Vieira (Falcão) and Neymar da Silva[1]
Brazil G3X FC Brazil Alexandre Borba Chiqueta (Gaules)[1]
Turkey Limon FC Turkey Tuğkan Gönültaş (Elraenn)[9]
Colombia Medallo City Colombia Juan Luis Londoño (Maluma)[10]
Japan Murash FC Japan Junichi Kato[11]
Italy Stallions Italy Gianmarco Tocco (Tumblurr) and Francesco Totti[12]
Saudi Arabia SXB FC Saudi Arabia Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)[11] and Yasser Al-Qahtani[13]
Ukraine UA Steel Ukraine Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga) and Andriy Shevchenko[14]
Germany Youniors FC Germany Younes Zarou and Mario Götze[15]

Squads[edit]

As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players.

Team Players
Brazil Furia FC Brazil Matheus Nunes (Negrete), Brazil Alessandro Rosa Vieira (Falcão), Brazil Marcelinho da Silva Junior
Mexico Olimpo United Mexico Rodolfo Salinas, Mexico Marco Bueno, Mexico Mario Osuna
Spain PIO FC Spain Víctor Mongil, Mexico Rubens Sambueza, Spain Jordi Cano
Spain Porcinos FC Morocco Nadir Louah, Spain Pablo Hernández, Spain Adrián Lledó

Players included in the initial/drafted 10 players for each team included FIVE FC's Manny Brown and Tom Clare. Brown is an English Sunday league footballer and YouTuber and the brother of Tobi "TBJZL" Brown of the Sidemen, while Clare is an English semi-pro footballer who was on Love Island's ninth and All-Stars series.

Spain 1K FC

Manager: Spain Pol Coma
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Alberto Arnalot
3 DF Spain ESP Marc Torrejón
7 GK Spain ESP Joan Canet
8 FW Spain ESP John de la Cruz
9 FW Spain ESP Albert Ruiz
11 FW Spain ESP David Barral
14 MF Spain ESP Iván Mateo
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Spain ESP Marcos Guerrero
23 DF Spain ESP Marc Granero
25 MF Spain ESP Lluís Alsina
30 DF Spain ESP Albert Dalmau
33 DF Spain ESP Raúl Ledo
91 MF Spain ESP Marc Pluvins
Spain Aniquiladores FC

Manager: Argentina Sergio Verdirame
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Pol Zapata
6 DF Spain ESP Hichem Boumedol
7 MF Spain ESP Hugo Fraile
8 MF Spain ESP Javier Espinosa
9 FW Spain ESP David Alba
11 GK Spain ESP José Ruiz
14 MF Spain ESP Jordi Ros
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Spain ESP Guillem Ruiz
22 DF Spain ESP Mario Reyes
23 MF Spain ESP Gerard Vergé
30 MF Spain ESP Joel Macarulla
31 MF Spain ESP Bernat Rovira
89 GK Spain ESP Xavi Morales
Mexico Club de Cuervos

Manager: Mexico Jacques Passy
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Eli Saadia
5 MF Mexico MEX Eder López
7 MF Mexico MEX Manuel Viniegra
10 FW Argentina ARG Martín Bravo
11 FW Mexico MEX José Azkenazi
12 GK Mexico MEX Jesús Carbajal
14 MF Mexico MEX Rafael Aja
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Mexico MEX Diego Sanjuán
18 MF Mexico MEX Alfonso Rosales
21 MF Mexico MEX Donovan Martínez
23 MF Mexico MEX Max Levy
26 MF Mexico MEX Erbín Trejo
99 MF Mexico MEX Santiago Lagarde
Belgium Deptostra FC

Manager: Belgium Rocky Peeters
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Belgium BEL Viktor Boone
4 DF Belgium BEL Sahir Boumhand
7 FW Morocco MAR Nabil Jaadi
10 FW Belgium BEL Eden Hazard
16 MF Belgium BEL Seppe Brulmans
19 FW France FRA Yannis Salibur
27 DF Belgium BEL Jordy Gillekens
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF Belgium BEL Pieter Kempeneers
70 MF Belgium BEL Hamza Massoudi
77 MF Belgium BEL Dario Oger
79 MF Belgium BEL Ethan Hazard
88 GK Italy ITA Lillo Guarneri
99 GK France FRA Thomas Chesneau
England FIVE FC

Manager: Wales Dean Saunders
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Max Pitman
3 FW England ENG Tom Clare
5 DF England ENG Anton Ferdinand
6 DF England ENG Frankie Moralee
7 MF England ENG Tyrelle Newton
8 FW England ENG Louis Matthews
10 FW England ENG Ben Black
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Germany GER Radheya Ickrath
14 MF England ENG Dom Short
16 FW England ENG Jermaine Pennant
17 MF England ENG Manny Brown
98 DF England ENG Jack Downer
99 MF England ENG Mo Omar
France Foot2Rue

Manager: France Saïd Dorbani
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Christian Nsapu
2 DF Algeria ALG Abdeljalil Medioub
4 DF France FRA Salah Bouazza
5 DF France FRA Melvin Bachelet
6 MF France FRA Clément Goguey
7 FW France FRA Jérémy Ménez
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF France FRA Théo Chendri
9 FW France FRA Amara Fofana
10 MF France FRA Samir Nasri
11 MF France FRA Lucas Valeri
12 FW France FRA Yanis Barka
99 GK Madagascar MAD Allan Rakotovazaha
Brazil G3X FC

Manager: Brazil Víctor Taube
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Pepinho Souza
7 FW Brazil BRA Gabriel Menoci
8 MF Brazil BRA Wellington Rodrigues
9 FW Brazil BRA Kelvin Oliveira
10 MF Brazil BRA Andreas Vaz
13 DF Brazil BRA Maicon Silva
17 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Agnello
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Brazil BRA Caio Garcia
22 GK Brazil BRA Gabriel Kawakami
77 FW Brazil BRA Victor Bueno
89 MF Brazil BRA Andre Lucato
98 GK Brazil BRA Josildo Barata
99 FW Brazil BRA Luiz Cardoso
Dominican Republic Galácticos del Caribe

Manager: Mexico Lucas Ayala
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Ricardo Ferriño
2 DF Mexico MEX César Bernal
7 MF Mexico MEX Jhonatan García
8 MF Mexico MEX Abner Monreal
9 MF Mexico MEX Brayan Hernández
10 FW Argentina ARG Pablo Leandro Gómez
11 FW Mexico MEX Daviz Junco
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Mexico MEX Adrián Monroy
19 MF Argentina ARG Gabriel Peñalba
21 FW Mexico MEX Erick Cerda
22 MF Mexico MEX Pablo Sámano
80 MF Mexico MEX Marlon Martínez
88 GK Mexico MEX Julio Torres
Spain Jijantes FC

Manager: Spain Pau Moral
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Mario León
7 MF Spain ESP Nil Ayats
8 MF Spain ESP Marc Pelaz
9 FW Spain ESP Carlos Contreras
10 FW Spain ESP Adrián Espinar
11 FW Spain ESP Diego Díaz
13 GK Spain ESP José Segovia
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Spain ESP David Sánchez
17 FW Spain ESP Uri Pons
18 MF Spain ESP Fernando Quesada
20 MF Spain ESP Sergi Cabré
21 DF Spain ESP Sergio Juste
22 DF Spain ESP Adrián Frutos
Spain Kunisports

Manager: Argentina Martín Posse
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Víctor Cócera
2 DF Spain ESP Carlos Val
4 DF Spain ESP Álex Campuzano
5 MF Spain ESP Noel López
9 FW Spain ESP Iván Pérez
11 FW Spain ESP Carlos Torrentbó
13 DF Spain ESP Adrià Escribano
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Gaitán
16 MF Spain ESP Jordi Gómez
20 MF Spain ESP Iñaki Villalba
21 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Pareja
22 FW Spain ESP Jordi Martínez
25 GK Spain ESP Sergi Aguilar
Turkey Limon FC

Manager: Turkey Burak Kaymak
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Turkey TUR Alp Arda
3 DF Turkey TUR Yiğit Yenihayat
4 DF Turkey TUR Mehmet Yeşil
7 MF Turkey TUR Berk Kıratlı
9 FW Turkey TUR Berker Güllü
10 MF Turkey TUR Serhat Kot
11 MF Turkey TUR Yiğit Özbey
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Turkey TUR Berke Onuk
31 DF Germany GER Memos Sözer
54 GK Turkey TUR Osman Naz
61 FW Turkey TUR Berkay Sezer
70 FW Turkey TUR Mete Kaan Demir
94 MF Turkey TUR Osman Ural
United States Los Aliens 1021

Manager: Mexico Efraín Velarde
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Mexico MEX Anferny Rebollar
6 MF Mexico MEX Juan Marín
7 MF Mexico MEX David Cabrera
9 FW Mexico MEX Damián Scarinci
10 MF Mexico MEX Kevin Quiñones
13 GK Mexico MEX Óscar Medina
14 FW Mexico MEX José Nieto
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK Mexico MEX Tirso Trueba
18 MF Mexico MEX César Villaluz
21 FW Mexico MEX Julio Espinoza
42 MF Mexico MEX Daniel Ríos
93 FW Mexico MEX Miguel Rebollo
94 FW Mexico MEX César Vallejo
Spain Los Troncos FC

Manager: Spain Èric Bartra
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Josep Corderas
3 DF Spain ESP Ian González
4 DF Spain ESP Álex Cubedo
7 FW Spain ESP Mark Sorroche
8 MF Spain ESP Sergio Sánchez
9 FW Spain ESP Edgar Álvaro
10 MF Spain ESP Joan Verdú
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Spain ESP Vicenç Oromí
13 GK Spain ESP Manu Martín
17 MF Spain ESP Aitor Vives
19 MF Spain ESP Carles Ferres
21 DF Spain ESP Carles Planas
23 MF Spain ESP Max Marcet
Colombia Medallo City

Manager: England Jason Murray
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Sergi Monsalve
8 MF England ENG Leigh Rose
9 MF Spain ESP Bernat Burguera
10 MF Spain ESP Kevin Sosa
11 MF Bermuda BER Chikosi Basden
14 MF Spain ESP Marcos Ortiz
18 FW France FRA Joseph Diomande
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Spain ESP Karam Ben Mhani
20 MF England ENG Luka Marušić
21 MF Morocco MAR Ilias Dahmi
24 DF England ENG Jonathan Sanchez
28 MF Belarus BLR Mihailov Eugene
99 GK England ENG Ibi Ugradar
Argentina Muchachos FC

Manager: Argentina Ricardo La Volpe
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Jonathan Orozco
2 DF Mexico MEX Israel Jiménez
7 MF Mexico MEX Edwin Cárdenas
8 FW Spain ESP Josep Alonso
9 FW Mexico MEX Abner Rebollar
11 FW Mexico MEX Juan Hernández
14 GK Argentina ARG Franco Colagrossi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Mexico MEX Erik Vera
18 MF Mexico MEX Julio García
23 MF Mexico MEX Gerardo Lugo
30 FW Argentina ARG Emanuel Villa
32 DF Mexico MEX Gustavo Lua
77 MF Mexico MEX Diego Martínez
Japan Murash FC

Manager: Japan Tatsuro Inui
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Keisuke Fukaya
4 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Nasu
5 MF Japan JPN Keisuke Enjo
7 MF Japan JPN Hiroki Kiyokawa
8 MF Japan JPN Riyohei Oda
9 FW Japan JPN Kenta Kobayashi
10 DF Japan JPN Koujiro Kanetake
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Japan JPN Naoki Waragaya
13 DF Japan JPN Kosei Nunoo
14 DF Japan JPN Itsuki Yamada
16 FW Japan JPN Tatsuya Hirai
17 MF Japan JPN Shohei Moriyasu
29 GK Japan JPN Yusei Narita
Mexico Peluche Caligari

Manager: Mexico Ángel Reyna
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX James Hernández
4 DF Mexico MEX Diego Flores
7 MF Mexico MEX Gustavo Guillén
8 DF Mexico MEX Alejandro Corona
11 FW Mexico MEX Alejandro Vázquez
12 DF Mexico MEX Luis Lozoya
13 FW Mexico MEX Dustinn Salazar
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Mexico MEX Emiliano López
22 MF Mexico MEX Francisco García
23 DF Mexico MEX José Joaquín Martínez
28 FW Mexico MEX Ismael Valadéz
80 FW Mexico MEX Gabriel Morales
94 MF Mexico MEX Mauricio Campos
Peru Persas FC

Manager: Mexico Víctor Chaires
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Ariel Pérez
2 DF Mexico MEX Rafael Cid
4 DF Mexico MEX Nicolás Jalil
5 MF Mexico MEX José Islas
7 DF Mexico MEX Alejandro Díaz
11 MF Colombia COL Brihan Gutiérrez
12 GK Mexico MEX Antonio Monterde
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Mexico MEX Fernando Olmedo
22 MF Mexico MEX Juan Peña
23 FW Mexico MEX Juan López
24 FW Mexico MEX Luis González
25 MF Mexico MEX Irving Melgar
31 MF Mexico MEX Ian Granados
Uruguay Raniza FC

Manager: Mexico Severo Meza
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Bernardo Lugo
7 FW Mexico MEX José Alberto Rochín
8 FW Mexico MEX Sergio Vázquez
9 FW Mexico MEX Baruc Ochoa
10 MF Paraguay PAR Osvaldo Martínez
14 MF Mexico MEX Ricardo Villavicencio
17 MF Mexico MEX Axel Martínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Mexico MEX Obed Martínez
22 MF Colombia COL Yair Arias
23 GK Mexico MEX Hugo Murga
29 MF Mexico MEX Geovanni Sánchez
30 DF Ecuador ECU Walter Ayoví
49 MF Mexico MEX César Romo
Chile Real Titán

Manager: Spain Pol Font
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Paul Cruz
3 DF Mexico MEX Carlos Calvo
5 MF Mexico MEX Martín Rodríguez
6 DF Uruguay URU Álvaro Pereira
7 FW Mexico MEX Santiago Martínez
8 MF Mexico MEX Javier Meraz
9 MF Mexico MEX Erick Guzmán
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Spain ESP Fran Hernández
11 MF Mexico MEX Edson Trejo
13 MF Mexico MEX Christopher Pedraza
17 FW Mexico MEX Andrés Guzmán
19 GK Mexico MEX Omar Láscari
28 FW Mexico MEX Alberto García
40 MF Mexico MEX Cristian Rojas
Spain Saiyans FC

Manager: Spain Daniel Romo
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Iván Fajardo
5 DF Argentina ARG Martín Mantovani
7 MF Spain ESP Pablo Fernández
8 MF Spain ESP Marc Galvany
10 MF Spain ESP Dani Liñares
11 MF Spain ESP Jero Martín
20 MF Spain ESP David López
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Spain ESP Alfons Serra
22 MF Spain ESP Lucca Ribeiro
24 MF Argentina ARG Augusto Fernández
25 GK Spain ESP Dani Pérez
77 MF Spain ESP Sergi Gestí
99 FW Spain ESP Gio Ferinu
Italy Stallions

Manager: Italy Luca Diddi
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Emiliano Viviano
2 DF Italy ITA Leon Baldi
3 DF Romania ROU Vlad Marin
4 MF Belgium BEL Radja Nainggolan
7 DF Italy ITA Mattia Spera
8 MF Italy ITA Giovanni Valtulini
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Italy ITA Michele Trombetta
10 FW Italy ITA Francesco Totti
11 FW Italy ITA Issam Zaki
14 DF Italy ITA Andrea Tarasco
19 DF Italy ITA Stefano Sberna
92 FW Italy ITA Andrea Benedetti
Saudi Arabia SXB FC

Manager: Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shehri
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Bruno Araújo
2 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Ahmed
7 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Ferro
8 MF Brazil BRA Anderson Migulha
11 MF Brazil BRA Williams Oliveira
12 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Rudayni
13 MF Sudan SDN Eihab Mohamed
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Farhan Al-Asmari
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Yasser Al-Qahtani
21 DF Brazil BRA Wanderson Silva
77 MF Brazil BRA Élton Gomes
88 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Grippi
89 MF Brazil BRA Fabiano d'Oliveira
Ukraine UA Steel

Playing manager: Ukraine Valeriy Fedorchuk
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF Ukraine UKR Oleh Shelayev
8 FW Ukraine UKR Marlos
9 FW Ukraine UKR Júnior Moraes
10 FW Ukraine UKR Andriy Voronin
11 FW Ukraine UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka
12 GK Ukraine UKR Andriy Pyatov
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
33 DF Croatia CRO Darijo Srna
44 DF Ukraine UKR Artem Fedetskyi
55 MF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Fedorchuk
80 MF Ukraine UKR Edmar
99 DF Ukraine UKR Mykola Morozyuk
Spain Ultimate Móstoles

Manager: Spain Álex Martínez
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Víctor Vidal
3 DF Spain ESP Joel Bañuls
4 DF Spain ESP Aleix Massegú
6 MF Spain ESP Aleix Lage
7 FW Spain ESP Aleix Martí
8 FW Spain ESP Coro
9 FW Spain ESP Kilian Honorato
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Spain ESP Cristian Ubón
20 MF Spain ESP Feliu Torrus
21 DF Spain ESP Diego de la Mata
22 DF Spain ESP Dani Martí
24 DF Spain ESP Alberto de la Bella
66 DF Spain ESP Eloy Pizarro
Colombia West Santos FC

Manager: Mexico Gabriel España
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Moisés Dabbah
4 FW Colombia COL Jhon Monsalve
7 MF Colombia COL William Rojas
9 FW Mexico MEX Juan Celada
10 FW Mexico MEX Alfredo Fierro
12 MF Bolivia BOL Roberto Medrano
15 MF Colombia COL Samuel Rojas
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Colombia COL Fredy Rodríguez
21 DF Mexico MEX Juan Martínez
22 GK Mexico MEX Silverio Rocchi
28 MF Mexico MEX Santiago Pérez
29 MF Mexico MEX Francisco Estrada
30 MF Mexico MEX José Miramontes
Spain xBuyer Team

Manager: Spain Víctor González
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Álex Romero
2 DF Spain ESP Pau Llastarry
4 DF Spain ESP Víctor Torres
5 MF Spain ESP Daniel Pérez
9 FW Spain ESP Iker Alcarazo
10 MF Spain ESP Pablo Beguer
11 MF Spain ESP Roger Carbó
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Spain ESP Capi
14 FW Spain ESP Roger de la Villa
17 FW Spain ESP Fernando Velillas
22 FW Spain ESP Juanma González
24 DF Spain ESP Pere Martínez
80 MF Morocco MAR Fouad El Amrani
Germany Youniors FC

Manager: Montenegro Damir Agovic
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Tim Böff
5 DF Germany GER Daniel Brosinski
6 MF Germany GER Ahmed Azaouagh
7 FW Netherlands NED Mohammed Tahiri
8 DF Germany GER Max Dombrowka
9 MF Germany GER Ali Ibrahimaj
10 MF Tunisia TUN Änis Ben-Hatira
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Iran IRN Ashkan Dejagah
22 MF Germany GER Amar Cekić
23 MF Kosovo KOS Besar Halimi
27 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Youssef
61 FW Germany GER Suad Ak
93 MF Belgium BEL Julien Vercauteren

Broadcasting rights[edit]

Aside from the usual livestreams on Twitch and YouTube, both from the official Kings League channels and the teams' chairpersons, the Kings World Cup will also be airing on the following channels and platforms:[16]

Country or region Broadcaster Matches shown
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan Setanta Sports All
Belgium and Portugal DAZN All
Brazil Desimpedidos
Camisa21
All
Catalonia 3Cat All
France M6+ All
Ghana and Nigeria SportyTV All
Hungary RTL+ Round of 16 onwards
Israel OneSport All
Italy Sportitalia All
Mexico Canal 6 All
Netherlands RTL Nederland
Videoland
All
Norway VG All
Philippines TAP TV All
Russia OKKO All
Sweden Sportbladet All
Turkey Acun Medya
Exxen
All
West and Central Africa Moov TV All

Tournament staff[edit]

Person Role
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović President of the Kings World Cup ("King of Kings")[17]

Redemption Game[edit]

The Redemption Game will be contested on 25 May, the day before the official start of the Kings World Cup, in Mexico City, with the four Kings League teams and the four Américas Kings League teams that did not qualify directly squaring off for the last remaining four spots in the tournament.

Teams in the Redemption Game
League Team Chairperson(s)
Spain El Barrio Spain Adri Contreras
PIO FC Mexico Samantha Rivera (Rivers)
Rayo de Barcelona Andorra Martí Miràs (Spursito)
xBuyer Team Spain Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer)
Americas Colombia Atlético Parceros Colombia James Rodríguez and Pelicanger
Mexico Club de Cuervos Mexico Mercedes Roa
United States Los Aliens 1021 United States Edwin Castro (Castro)
Venezuela Los Chamos FC Venezuela Donato Muñoz (TheDonato) and Flavio Broianigo (YOLO)
Matches
25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) Redemption Game 1 Club de Cuervos Mexico 2–1
Spain El Barrio Mexico City
13:00 Azkenazi 21'
Roa 22' (pp)
Contreras 6' (pp) Stadium: Quarry Studios
25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) Redemption Game 2 Los Chamos FC Venezuela 1–6
Spain PIO FC Mexico City
15:00 Sámano Yellow card 17'
Medina 20+1'
Franco Yellow card 39'
Omabegho 3'
Sambueza 5' (p) Yellow card 15'
Mongil Yellow card 17'
Iv. López 21' (p) Yellow card 38'
Cano 28'
Ropero 30', 31'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) Redemption Game 3 Los Aliens 1021 United States 5–2
Spain Rayo de Barcelona Mexico City
14:00 Rebollo 20+1', 34' (x2), 38'
Castro 24' (pp)
Maldonado 19'
Spursito 31' (pp)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) Redemption Game 4 Atlético Parceros Colombia 0–7
Spain xBuyer Team Mexico City
12:00 Caro Yellow card 23' Beguer 3'
Martínez Yellow card 10'
Llastarry Yellow card 12'
Carbó 20', 20+1', 20+2'
El Amrani 29'
MiniBuyer 34' (pp)
González 36'
Stadium: Quarry Studios

First round[edit]

The first round was contested from 26 to 28 May 2024.

27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) [note 1] First round A Olimpo United Mexico 1–6
Brazil Furia FC Mexico City
18:00 Osuna 1' (p) Garcia 2', 26'
Pinheiro 5', 19'
Matos 22', 30'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Filype Pinheiro
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round B Stallions Italy 3–2
Colombia Medallo City Mexico City
15:00 Tumblurr 21' (pp)
Trombetta 34' (x2)
Rose 1'
Burguera 21' (p)
Sanchez Yellow card 40+2'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Francesco Totti
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round C UA Steel Ukraine 0–4
Brazil G3X FC Mexico City
14:00 Oliveira 1'
Menoci 20+1'
Garcia 35', 36'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira
27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) [note 1] First round D Murash FC Japan 4–10
Uruguay Raniza FC Mexico City
19:00 Kato 16'
Oda 20+3'
Kiyokawa 36' (x2)
Martínez 2', 4'
Rochín 13', 40+1' (2x)
Nasu 17' (o.g.)
Ayoví 19'
Ochoa 20+2'
Romo 31'
Arias 32'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Obed Martínez
28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) First round E Los Troncos FC Spain 5–5

(1–0 p)
Chile Real Titán Mexico City
17:00 Álvaro 4'
Planas 7', 30'
González Yellow card 8'
Verdú 20+2'
Sorroche 21'
Garmendia 14' (pp)
Hernández 19', 20+2', 24' (p), 33'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Fran Hernández
Penalties
Verdú soccer ball with check mark
Sorroche soccer ball with red X
Álvaro soccer ball with red X
Oromí soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X E. Guzmán
soccer ball with red X Pedraza
soccer ball with red X Calvo
soccer ball with red X Hernández
soccer ball with red X García
28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) First round F Los Aliens 1021 United States 4–5
Spain Ultimate Móstoles Mexico City
15:00 Rebollo 16' (p)
Castro 24' (pp)
Cabrera 29', 38' (p)
Medina Yellow card 36'
D. Martí Yellow card 15'
A. Martí 18', 19'
Coro 23'
Lage 27'
Ubón Yellow card 36' gold-colored soccer ball 40+4'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Víctor Vidal
27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) First round G Porcinos FC Spain 7–4
Argentina Muchachos FC Mexico City
16:00 Gutiérrez 1', 35'
Louah 12'
Lledó 20', 20+1'
Soriano 20+2'
Hernández 27'
Martínez 1', 5'
Freixas 21' (pp)
Cárdenas 31'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Àlex Gutiérrez
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round H Youniors FC Germany 0–2
Spain Saiyans FC Mexico City
11:00 Dombrowka Yellow card 40+2' P. Fernández 20+1'
López Yellow card 31'
A. Fernández Yellow card 34'
TheGrefg 38' (pp)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Dani Pérez
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round I Peluche Caligari Mexico 5–4
Belgium Deptostra FC Mexico City
12:00 Campos 12'
Valadéz 16'
Guillén Yellow card 19' 36'
Martínez 20+1'
G. Montiel 38' (pp)
Jaadi 20'
Oger 20+2'
Gillekens 21' Yellow card 27'
Boone Yellow card 26'
Dept 38' (pp)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Gustavo Guillén
27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) First round J Foot2Rue France 5–5

(2–1 p)
Spain PIO FC Mexico City
14:00 Rakotovazaha Yellow card 2'
Goguey 14'
Fofana 20+1', 24' (p)
Barka 20+2'
Medioub 20+4' (p)
Omabegho 1', 3'
Iv. López 6'
Sambueza 10' (p)
Ropero 16'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Carlos Omabegho
Penalties
Bachelet soccer ball with red X
Chendri soccer ball with red X
Ménez soccer ball with check mark
Fofana soccer ball with red X
Barka soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Macharashvili
soccer ball with red X Cano
soccer ball with red X Ropero
soccer ball with check mark Iv. López
soccer ball with red X Omabegho
27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) First round K 1K FC Spain 2–3
Mexico Club de Cuervos Mexico City
17:00 Barral Yellow card 11'
Granero 20+1', 29'
Arnalot Yellow card 40+2'
Saadia Yellow card 2'
Azkenazi Yellow card 20+1' 39'
Rosales 40+1' (x2)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Marc Granero
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round L West Santos FC Colombia 2–2

(2–3 p)
Spain Aniquiladores FC Mexico City
16:00 Dabbah 3'
Monsalve 15'
Estrada Yellow card 18'
Celada Yellow card 38'
J. Ruiz 20+2'
Rovira 38' (p)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Moisés Dabbah
Penalties
Celada soccer ball with red X
Dabbah soccer ball with red X
Pérez soccer ball with check mark
W. Rojas soccer ball with red X
Estrada soccer ball with check mark
Martínez soccer ball with red X
Miramontes soccer ball with red X
Fierro soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Espinosa
soccer ball with check mark Rovira
soccer ball with red X Vergé
soccer ball with red X Ros
soccer ball with red X Alba
soccer ball with red X J. Ruiz
soccer ball with red X Reyes
soccer ball with check mark Fraile
28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) First round M Jijantes FC Spain 1–3
Turkey Limon FC Mexico City
14:00 Espinar 29' (p) Demir 1'
Arda 3'
Sözer 10'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: José Segovia
27 May 2024 (2024-05-27) First round N FIVE FC England 5–6
Spain Kunisports Mexico City
15:00 Newton 4', 20+1'
Clare 7', 30' (p)
Lynch 34' (p)
Gómez 1', 20+2', 24', 36'
Gaitán 20', 28'
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Jordi Gómez
26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) First round O SXB FC Saudi Arabia 3–2
Peru Persas FC Mexico City
13:00 Araújo 3'
Silva 20'
Oliveira 33'
González 10', 19' Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Williams Oliveira
28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) First round P xBuyer Team Spain 7–6
Dominican Republic Galácticos del Caribe Mexico City
16:00 Beguer 4', 9'
Alcarazo 16'
El Amrani 28' (x2)
MiniBuyer 35' (pp)
de la Villa Yellow card 38'
Velillas gold-colored soccer ball 39'
Hernández 3', 6', 20+2'
Gómez 20', 37' (p)
Will 35' (pp)
Stadium: Quarry Studios
MVP: Pablo Beguer
  1. ^ a b These matches were due to be played on 26 May, but were postponed due to technical issues in the arena and severe weather conditions outside.

Second round[edit]

Winners' Bracket[edit]

The Winners' Bracket teams who win their second-round match will advance to the knockout stage; the losing teams will go to the last-chance round.

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Second round 1 Furia FC Brazil
Italy Stallions Mexico City
17:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Second round 2 G3X FC Brazil
Uruguay Raniza FC Mexico City
18:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Second round 3 Los Troncos FC Spain
Spain Ultimate Móstoles Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 4 Porcinos FC Spain
Spain Saiyans FC Mexico City
14:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Second round 5 Peluche Caligari Mexico
France Foot2Rue Mexico City
15:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 6 Club de Cuervos Mexico
Spain Aniquiladores FC Mexico City
18:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Second round 7 Limon FC Turkey
Spain Kunisports Mexico City
14:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 8 SXB FC Saudi Arabia
Spain xBuyer Team Mexico City
16:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios

Losers' Bracket[edit]

The Losers' Bracket teams who win their second-round match will go to the last-chance round; the losing teams will be eliminated from the World Cup.

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Second round 9 Olimpo United Mexico
Colombia Medallo City Mexico City
16:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Second round 10 UA Steel Ukraine
Japan Murash FC Mexico City
18:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Second round 11 Real Titán Chile
United States Los Aliens 1021 Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 12 Muchachos FC Argentina
Germany Youniors FC Mexico City
15:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Second round 13 Deptostra FC Belgium
Spain PIO FC Mexico City
14:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 14 1K FC Spain
Colombia West Santos FC Mexico City
19:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Second round 15 Jijantes FC Spain
England FIVE FC Mexico City
15:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios
30 May 2024 (2024-05-30) Second round 16 Persas FC Peru
Dominican Republic Galácticos del Caribe Mexico City
17:00 Stadium: Quarry Studios

Last-chance round[edit]

Winning teams advance to the knockout stage, losing teams are eliminated from the World Cup.

TBD Last-chance round Second round 1 loser
Second round 16 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 2 loser
Second round 15 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 3 loser
Second round 14 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 4 loser
Second round 13 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 5 loser
Second round 12 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 6 loser
Second round 11 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 7 loser
Second round 10 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios
TBD Last-chance round Second round 8 loser
Second round 9 winner Mexico City
Stadium: Quarry Studios

External links[edit]

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