2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was be the 24th edition of the competition. It will be the centennial edition and will be hosted by Hopeland, who hosted the first edition in 1922.

Following growing conceens about the generalized pandemic (for more information check real-world wikis) and in order to market the World Cup in a Southern Hemisphere country during its summer, FIFA decided to delay the competition to November-December. This will prove to be a huge advantage for Hopeland's climate as it will be held when it will be spring/summer in the southern hemisphere, where Hopeland is located. The World Cup will be held between November 21 and December 18, 2022.

Host selection

In 2009, FIFA announced the opening of the bidding process. Due to overwhelming responses, FIFA decided to focus exclusively on bids for 2018 instead.

Talks of bids for 2022 resurfaced in 2011. These were the nine bids selected by the committee:

• Flarland
• Lenapore
• Hopeland
• Gubhat, Baqar and the UME
• Northulia
• Orience
• North Arlesbury and Reitanna
• Real
• Catalonia

The combined Mussulmenian Gulf bid (as "Gubhat, Baqar and the UME"), intended to be the first World Cup staged in both the Mussulmenian subcontinent and in three countries at the same time, was perceived of being of "high risk" and was dropped in October 2011.

Initially the Hopelandian bid was supposed to be a joint bid with Great Giana, but the Great Gianan national football team refused to do so.

The bidding process initiated itself on November 30, 2011. These were the results.

Mascot

The competition will have human and animal mascots. A merbear was initially considered, but the idea was perceived to be a failure from the outset. In October 2018, facing this issue, two Hakki kids (a boy and a girl) and a bear were revealed without revealing their names. The mascots are optimized for both 2D and 3D environments.

Teams

Allocation by confederation:

• SFC: 8
• CBF: 8
• CONCESCAF: 6
• CONSIEBOL: 8 (including hosts Hopeland)
• NFC: 1
• TFC: 1
• UEFA: 16
• Playoff: 2

SFC:

• Persia
• Daehan
• Orience
• Nosghel
• Lenapore
• Hindustan
• Aoshi
• Northulia

CBF:

• United Mussulmenian Emirates
• Mussulmenia
• Akania
• Dakaria
• Cameroon River
• Maghrebia
• Masria
• Huamba

CONCESCAF:

• United States of Sierra
• Keithland
• Huasco
• Costa Plata
• Wakeland
• Napión

CONSIEBOL:

• Hopeland
• Vera Cruz
• Oro Republic
• Astiniria
• Bensonia
• Churán
• Ecuador
• Mérida

TFC:

• Gualsia

NFC:

• Great Scorria

UEFA:

• Hartung
• Real
• Nashland
• North Arlesbury
• Reitanna
• Castille
• Étienne
• Tarania
• Wales
• Underlands
• Swilatia
• Valeria
• Karazhunia
• Skania
• Saria
• Catalonia

Groups

A

• Hopeland (hosts)
• Lenapore
• Nashland
• Akania

B

• Catalonia
• Underlands

C

• Étienne

D

• Real