First Music World Cup
Tournament details
DatesDecember 3, 2022
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Sweden
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored426 (13.31 per match)
Top scorer Germany (45 points)

Participating Teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
 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

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Seeding and drawing

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Pot 1

Top 4 teams

Pot 2

Top 8 teams

Pot 3

Top 12 teams

Pot 4

Top 16 teams

Results of the draw

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Group Stage

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Group A

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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

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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

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

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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

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 South Africa4
 
 
 
 Sweden7
 
 Sweden6 (3)
 
 
 
 Germany6 (4)
 
 Ireland5
 
 
 
 Germany9
 
 Germany7
 
 
 
 United States6
 
 Norway5
 
 
 
 England10
 
 England6
 
 
 
 United States7Third place
 
 United States5
 
 
 
 France2
 
 Sweden8
 
 
 England5
 

Quarter-finals

 South Africa47 Sweden
"Gold Purple Orange" by Jean Grae . "Waterloo" by ABBA
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 Ireland59 Germany
"Like Real People Do" by Hozier . "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra
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 Norway510 England
"Blitzregn Baby" by Kaizers Orchestra . "Mad World" by Tears for Fears
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 United States52 France
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga . "Midnight City" by M 83'
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Semifinals

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 Sweden(3) 66 (4) Germany
"Low Road" by Blues Pills
TB: "Waterloo" by ABBA
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TB: "We Built This House" by Scorpions
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 England67 United States
"Cloudbusting" by Kate Bush . "First Date" by Blink-182
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Third place match

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 Sweden85 England
"Tear of a Traitor" by Hällas . "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles
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Final

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 Germany76 United States
"Feuertaufe" by In Extremo . "Juicebox" by The Strokes
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Results

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1st Music World Cup Champion
Winner
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