Fifth Music World Cup

Fifth Music World Cup
Tournament details
Dates	January 30th - January 31st, 2023
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Republic of Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	737 (14.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zambia (56 points)

This was the first cup to have a stabilished number of artists per continent, as well as being the first and only "Discovery cup", where all the songs playing were unknown by me.

Participating teams

Continent	Team	Classification Date	Participation			Best Performance
Continent	Team	Classification Date	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Africa	Mali	January 30th, 2023	2	2	#4	Group stage (#4)
Africa	Zambia	January 29th, 2023	1	1	–	Newcomer
Asia	Japan	January 29th, 2023	5	5	#4	Runner up (#2)
Asia	South Korea	January 30th, 2023	5	5	#4	Round of 16 (#2, #3, #4)
Europe	Denmark	January 29th, 2023	2	1	#2	TBA
	England	January 27th, 2023	5	5	#4	Champion (#4)
	France	January 29th, 2023	5	5	#4	Third place (#2)
	Germany	January 30th, 2023	5	5	#4	Champion (#1)
	Greece	January 29th, 2023	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Iceland	January 30th, 2023	3	1	#3	Quarter-finals (#3)
	Ireland	January 30th, 2023	5	5	#4	Runner up (#4)
	Italy	January 30th, 2023	3	1	#3	Quarter-finals (#3)
	Scotland	January 30th, 2023	5	5	#4	Third place (#4)
	Sweden	January 29th, 2023	5	5	#4	Champion (#3)
	Ukraine	January 29th, 2023	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Wales	January 30th, 2023	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
North America	Canada	January 27th, 2023	5	5	#4	Quarter-finals (#2, #3, #4)
	Jamaica	January 30th, 2023	4	4	#4	Fourth place (#4)
	Puerto Rico	January 28th, 2023	3	3	#4	Round of 16 (#3, #4)
	United States	January 27th, 2023	5	5	#4	Runner up (#1)
Oceania	Australia	January 27th, 2023	5	5	#4	Fourth place (#2)
South America	Brazil	January 27th, 2023	5	5	#4	Champion (#2)
	Peru	January 29th, 2023	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Colombia	January 30th, 2023	4	4	#4	Quarter-finals (#4)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

Pot 1 Top 6 teams	Pot 2 Top 12 teams	Pot 3 Top 16 teams	Pot 4 Top 24 teams
Australia Canada England Japan Sweden United States	Brazil France Germany Ireland South Korea Scotland	Colombia Denmark Iceland Jamaica Puerto Rico Wales	Greece Italy Mali Peru Ukraine Zambia

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Canada	United States	Japan	Australia	England	Sweden
Scotland	France	Ireland	South Korea	Brazil	Germany
Denmark	Colombia	Iceland	Wales	Jamaica	Puerto Rico
Zambia	Italy	Mali	Greece	Ukraine	Peru

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	25	23	2	7
Canada	3	2	0	1	25	17	8	6
Scotland	3	1	0	2	19	23	-4	3
Denmark	3	0	1	2	17	23	-6	1


Round 1
(Rush - "Red Barchetta") Canada	9 - 5	Scotland (Cocteau Twins - "Lorelei")
(Mew - "Special") Denmark	8 - 8	Zambia (Witch - "Lazy Bones")
Round 2
(Klaatu - "All Good Things") Canada	8 - 3	Denmark (Lukas Graham - "Love Someone")
(Blackfoot - "When It's All Right") Zambia	8 - 7	Scotland (Belle & Sebastian - "Dress Up in You")
Round 3
(Glass Kites - "Soothsayer") Canada	8 - 9	Zambia (Sampa the Great - "Final Form")
(The Proclaimers -"I'm on My Way") Scotland	7 - 6	Denmark (Trentemøller - "Miss You")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	21	15	6	9
United States	3	1	2	18	19	-1	3
Italy	3	1	2	18	20	-2	3
Colombia	3	1	2	17	20	-3	3


Round 1
(Megadeth - "Angry Again") United States	6 - 7	France (Feu! Chatterton - "Monde Nouveau")
(Aterciopelados - "Bolero Falaz") Colombia	6 - 8	Italy (Messa - "Snakeskin Drape")
Round 2
(Pearl Jam - "Just Breathe") United States	5 - 6	Colombia (Ela Minus - "Dominique")
(Giancane - "Ipocondria") Italy	4 - 7	France (Magma - "The Night We Died")
Round 3
(Terrace Martin - "Beige") United States	7 - 6	Italy (Georgio Moroder - "Chase")
(Phoenix - "If I Ever Feel Better") France	7 - 5	Colombia (Meridian Brothers - "Salsa Caliente")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ireland	3	2	1	0	24	22	2	7
Mali	3	1	1	1	23	22	1	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
Iceland	3	0	1	1	23	26	-3	1


Round 1
(Haru Nemuri - "Underground") Japan	7 - 8	Ireland (The Cranberries - "Just My Imagination")
(Björk - "Crystalline") Iceland	7 - 9	Mali (Amadou & Mariam - "Senegal Fast Food")
Round 2
(Shibuzashirazu - "Dorago") Japan	9 - 9	Iceland (Emiliana Torrini - "To Be Free")
(Omxo Puccino - "Toucher L'horizon") Mali	8 - 8	Ireland (Thin Lizzy - "Dancing in the Moonlight")
Round 3
(Boris - "Ibitsu") Japan	7 - 6	Mali (Songhoy Blues - "Sekou Oumarou")
(Fontaines D.C. - "Boys in the Better Land") Ireland	8 - 7	Iceland (Sólstafir - "Silfur-Refur")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	3	2	1	0	23	21	2	7
Australia	3	2	0	1	23	20	3	6
South Korea	3	1	1	1	21	22	-1	4
Greece	3	0	0	3	20	24	-4	0


Round 1
(Hatchie - "Nosedive") Australia	8 - 6	South Korea (Bird's Eye Batang - "Ripplippling")
(John Cale - "Barracuda") Wales	8 - 7	Greece (Mononome - "Besima")
Round 2
(Midnight Oil - "Hercules") Australia	7 - 8	Wales (Kelly Lee Owens - "Jeanette")
(Aphrodite's Child - "The Four Horsemen") Greece	7 - 8	South Korea (Parannoul - "Polaris")
Round 3
(INXS - "Mystify") Australia	8 - 6	Greece (BD Foxmoor - "Den Eimai Kanenos")
(F(x) - "4 Walls") South Korea	7 - 7	Wales (Cate Le Bon - "Are You With Me Now?")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	22	18	4	7
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	23	21	2	7
England	3	1	0	2	18	20	-2	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	19	23	-4	0


Round 1
(King Crimson - "Book of Saturday") England	4 - 7	Brazil (Liniker - "Zero")
(Bob Marley - "Could You Be Loved") Jamaica	7 - 8	Ukraine (Somali Yacht Club - "Silver")
Round 2
(The Moody Blues - "Your Wildest Dreams") England	7 - 5	Jamaica (Popcaan - "Twist & Turn")
(Stoned Jesus - "Thessalia") Ukraine	7 - 7	Brazil (Pitty - "Memórias")
Round 3
(Jessie Ware - "Adore You") England	7 - 8	Ukraine (DakhaBrakha - "Sho Z-Pod Duba")
(Tássia Reis - "Se Avexe Não") Brazil	8 - 7	Jamaica (Koffee - "Toast")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	24	22	2	5
Germany	3	1	1	1	20	19	1	4
Peru	3	1	1	1	19	19	0	4
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	16	19	-3	3


Round 1
(Ecco2k - "Peroxide") Sweden	7 - 7	Germany (Lucifer - "Bring Me His Head")
(Iann Dior - "Emotions") Puerto Rico	5 - 3	Peru (Los Ovnis - "Dos Caminos")
Round 2
(Anna Von Hausswolff - "The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra") Sweden	9 - 7	Puerto Rico (Buscabulla - "Tartaro")
(Los Wembler's de Iquitos - "La Danza del Petrolero") Peru	8 - 6	Germany (Tangerine Dream - "Love on a Real Train")
Round 3
(Children of the Sün - "Leaves") Sweden	8 - 8	Peru (Los Yorks - "Abrázame Baby")
(Kadavar - "Into the Wormhole") Germany	7 - 4	Puerto Rico (Ozuna - "Hey Mor")

Third placing teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Japan	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
F	Peru	3	1	1	1	19	19	0	4
D	South Korea	3	1	1	1	21	22	-1	4
B	Italy	3	1	0	2	18	20	-2	3
E	England	3	1	0	2	18	20	-2	3
A	Scotland	3	1	0	2	19	23	-4	3

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D			3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E		3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E		3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E		3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F	3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E		3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F	3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F	3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F	3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F	3C	3D	3F	3E

Tiebreaker

To break the tie between England and Italy, both teams played an extra match, with the following Result:

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England	4–8	Italy
"Book of Saturday" by King Crimson	.	"Snakeskin Drape" by Messa

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Final stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Zambia	8 (8)

Japan	8 (7)
		Zambia	8

		Germany	6
Germany	8

United States	7
				Zambia	8

				South Korea	7
Sweden	9

Ukraine	8
		Sweden	7

		South Korea	8
France	7

South Korea	8
						Zambia	7

						Ireland	8
Brazil	8

Australia	7
		Brazil	6

		Ireland	7
Ireland	7 (8)

Italy	7 (6)
				Ireland	8

				Mali	7	Third place
Wales	7 (7)

Peru	7 (8)
		Peru	7 (7)			South Korea	6

		Mali	7 (8)			Mali	7
Mali	8 (9)

Canada	8 (8)

Round of 16

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Zambia	(8) 8–8 (7)	Japan
"Suicide" by Paul Ngozi TB: "Lazy Bones" by Witch	.	"Cherry" by Rina Sawayama TB: "Underground" by Haru Nemuri

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Germany	8–7	United States
"The Rat Catcher" by Wucan	.	"Y'all Want a Single" by Korn

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Sweden	9–8	Ukraine
"New Noise" by Refused	.	"Ne Tuda" by Provod

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France	7–8	South Korea
"All I Need" by Air	.	"Night Hero" by Yaya Kim

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Brazil	8–7	Australia
"Eu Sou Como Você É" by Lô Borges	.	"Dancing" by Kylie Minogue

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Ireland	(8) 7–7 (6)	Italy
"Goldfish" by Roy Harper TB: "Just My Imagination" by The Cranberries	.	"Il Mio Canto Libero" by Lucio Battisti TB: "Chase" by Georgio Moroder

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Wales	(7) 7–7 (8)	Peru
"Choke" by Hybrid TB: "Are You With Me Now?" by Cate Le Bon	.	"Peligrosa" by Los Ecos TB: "La Danza del Petrolero" by Los Wembler's de Iquitos

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Mali	(9) 8–8 (8)	Canada
"Yamore" by Salif Keita TB: "Senegal Fast Food" by Amadou & Mariam	.	"Misery Loves My Company" by Three Days Grace TB: "All Good Things" by Klaatu

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Quarter-finals

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Zambia	8–6	Germany
"Sheebeen Queen" by Musi-O-Tunya	.	"Ah!" by Popol Vuh

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Sweden	7–8	South Korea
"Upside Backwards" by Viagra Boys	.	"Beep Boop, Beep Boop" by Meaningful Stone

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Brazil	6–7	Ireland
"Sutilmente" by Skank	.	"Caribbean Blue" by Enya

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Peru	(7) 7–7 (8)	Mali
"Perdido en el Espacio" by Juaneco y Su Combo TB: "Peligrosa" by Los Ecos	.	"Laidu" by Rokia Traoré TB: "Toucher L'Horizon" by Omxo Puccino

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Semifinals

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Zambia	8–7	South Korea
"Rosemary's Revenge" by Backxwash	.	"Time of Extinction" by Jambinai

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Ireland	8–7	Mali
"Ageispolis" by Aphex Twin	.	"Bonde" by Ali Farka Touré

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Third place match

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South Korea	6–7	Mali
"Haenim" by Kim Jung Mi	.	"Aldhechen Manin" by Tinariwen

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Final

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Zambia	7–8	Ireland
"Hi Babe" by Ngozi Family	.	"The Whole of the Moon" by Waterboys

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Results

5th Music World Cup Champion
Ireland (1st title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Ireland	C	7	5	2	0	54	49	5	17
2	Zambia	A	7	5	1	1	56	52	4	16
Third-place play-off
3	Mali	C	7	2	3	2	52	51	1	9
4	South Korea	D	7	3	1	3	50	51	-1	10
Quarter-finals eliminations
5	Brazil	E	5	3	1	1	36	32	4	7
6	Sweden	F	5	2	2	1	40	38	2	8
7	Germany	F	5	2	1	2	34	34	0	7
8	Peru	F	5	1	3	1	33	33	0	6
Round of 16 eliminations
9	France	B	4	3	0	1	28	23	5	9
10	Wales	D	4	2	2	0	30	28	2	8
11	Canada	A	4	2	1	1	33	25	8	7
12	Ukraine	E	4	2	1	1	31	30	1	7
13	Australia	D	4	2	0	2	30	28	2	6
14	Japan	C	4	1	2	1	31	31	0	5
15	Italy	B	4	1	1	2	25	27	-2	4
16	United States	B	4	1	0	3	25	27	-2	3
Group stage eliminations
17	England	E	3	1	0	2	18	20	-2	3
18	Colombia	B	3	1	0	2	17	20	-3	3
19	Puerto Rico	F	3	1	0	2	16	19	-3	3
20	Scotland	A	3	1	0	2	19	23	-4	3
21	Iceland	C	3	0	1	1	23	26	-3	1
22	Denmark	A	3	0	1	2	17	23	-6	1
23	Greece	D	3	0	0	3	20	24	-4	0
24	Jamaica	E	3	0	0	3	19	23	-4	0

Awards

Categories		Team	Credit
Best songs	1	Iceland	"To Be Free" by Emiliana Torrini
	2	Sweden	"New Noise" by Refused
	3	Japan	"Dorago" by Shibusashirazu
	4	Zambia	"Final Form" by Sampa the Great
	5	Sweden	"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" by Anna Von Hausswolff
Best newcomer		Zambia	Itself
Best match		Japan and Iceland	"Dorago" by Shibusashirazu vs. "To Be Free" by Emiliana Torrini
Best underdog		Zambia	Itself