Eighteenth Music World Cup

Tournament details
Dates	July 4 – July 5 2023
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	960 (15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Australia (60 points)

This cup, unlike all others, had a qualifying procces that was similar to the one of the actual world cup. You can check the progress here.

Continent	Team	Classification Date (Order)	Participation			Best Performance
			Current	Consec.	Last
Africa	Congo DRC	June 29 2023 (19)	3	1	#15	Round of 16 (#15)
	Ethiopia	June 29 2023 (16)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Ghana	June 29 2023 (17)	4	2	#17	Group stage (#6, #14, #17)
	Tunisia	June 29 2023 (18)	2	1	#11	Group stage (#11)
Americas	Brazil	June 17 2023 (3)	18	18	#17	Champion (#2, #16)
	Canada	June 17 2023 (4)	18	18	#17	Champion (#14)
	Jamaica	June 30 2023 (20)	14	4	#17	Fourth place (#4, #6)
	Peru	July 2 2023 (31)	5	1	#11	Quarter-finals (#5)
	Puerto Rico	July 1 2023 (28)	5	1	#11	Round of 16 (#3, #4)
	Trinidad and Tobago	June 30 2023 (21)	3	1	#15	Round of 16 (#13)
	United States	June 17 2023 (1)	18	18	#17	Runner-up (#1)
Asia	Afghanistan	June 30 2023 (22)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Indonesia	July 2 2023 (30)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Japan	June 30 2023 (24)	18	18	#17	Champion (#8, #15)
	South Korea	June 30 2023 (25)	17	7	#17	Fourth place (#5)
	Thailand	June 30 2023 (23)	2	1	#16	Group stage (#16)
Europe	Denmark	June 26 2023 (12)	11	4	#17	Champion (#17)
	England	June 17 2023 (2)	18	18	#17	Champion (#4, #6. #10)
	Finland	June 26 2023 (10)	13	2	#17	Quarter-finals (#15)
	Germany	July 1 2023 (29)	18	18	#17	Champion (#1)
	Ireland	June 30 2023 (26)	18	18	#17	Champion (#5)
	Italy	June 26 2023 (6)	13	3	#17	Runner-up (#6)
	Luxembourg	June 26 2023 (14)	2	1	#15	Round of 16 (#15)
	Northern Ireland	June 26 2023 (13)	3	1	#11	Round of 16 (#11)
	Poland	June 26 2023 (9)	4	3	#17	Quarter-finals (#14, #16, #17)
	Scotland	June 26 2023 (8)	18	18	#17	Champion (#7, #12)
	Spain	June 30 2023 (27)	7	2	#17	Round of 16 (#4, #8)
	Sweden	June 26 2023 (11)	18	18	#17	Champion (#3, #9, #13)
	Switzerland	June 26 2023 (15)	6	1	#15	Quarter-finals (#15)
	Turkey	June 26 2023 (7)	3	2	#17	Group stage (#14, #17)
Oceania	Australia	June 17 2023 (5)	18	18	#17	Runner-up (#12)
	New Zealand	July 2 2023 (32)	8	1	#14	Group stage (#2, #3, #9, #14)

Pot 1 Top 6/8 teams	Pot 2 Top 12/16 teams	Pot 3 Top 18/24 teams	Pot 4 Top 24/32 teams
Sweden (#1)  England (#2)  Brazil (#3)  Canada (#4)  Japan (#5)  Germany (#6)  Scotland (#7)  Ireland (#9)	United States (#10)  Australia (#11)  Italy (#15)  South Korea (#16)  Jamaica (#18)  Denmark (#19)  Finland (#20)  New Zealand (#27)	Poland (#28)  Switzerland (#30)  Spain (#33)  Peru (#35)  Puerto Rico (#36)  Northern Ireland (#47)  Trinidad and Tobago (#48)  Congo DRC (#49)	Ghana (#52)  Luxembourg (#53)  Turkey (#60)  Thailand (#63)  Tunisia (#70)  Afghanistan (Debut)  Ethiopia (Debut)  Indonesia (Debut)

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Scotland	Brazil	Canada	Sweden	Ireland	England	Japan	Germany
South Korea	New Zealand	Italy	Australia	Finland	United States	Jamaica	Denmark
Peru	Switzerland	Spain	Puerto Rico	Trinidad and Tobago	Poland	Northern Ireland	Congo DRC
Luxembourg	Ethiopia	Afghanistan	Indonesia	Tunisia	Ghana	Turkey	Thailand

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	26	22	4	7
Scotland	3	1	2	0	23	22	1	5
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	23	24	-1	3
Peru	3	0	1	2	20	24	-4	1

Round 1
(Sophie - "Elle")  Scotland	7 – 7	Peru (Smog - "Time for the Blues")
(Mid-Air Thief - "Why")  South Korea	9 – 8	Luxembourg (France Gall - "Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son")
Round 2
(Glasvegas - "Daddy's Gone")  Scotland	8 – 8	South Korea (Parannoul - "Today's Sky Is Clear")
(Vicky Leandros - "Après Toi")  Luxembourg	8 – 7	Peru (Daniela Lalita - "Tenía Razón")
Round 3
(Boards of Canada - "Music Is Math")  Scotland	8 – 7	Luxembourg (Corinne Hermès - "Si la Vie Est Cadeau")
(Yma Sumac - "Taita Inty (Virgin of the Sun God)")  Peru	6 – 9	South Korea (Bassagong - "Tang-A")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	22	20	2	7
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	21	21	0	4
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	22	22	0	3
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	22	24	-2	1

Round 1
(Republica - "Change My Way")  Brazil	7 – 7	Switzerland (Anna Aaron - "Mary Ruth")
(Lorde - "Ribs")  New Zealand	7 – 8	Ethiopia (King Kong - "Babylon")
Round 2
(Jorge Ben - "Ôba, Lá Vem Ela")  Brazil	8 – 7	New Zealand (Rosé - "On the Ground")
(Alemeda - "Gonna Bleach My Eyebrows")  Ethiopia	7 – 7	Switzerland (Remo Forrer - "Watergun")
Round 3
(Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Hits Me Like a Rock")  Brazil	7 – 6	Ethiopia (Alemayehu Eshete - "Alteleyeshegnem")
(Erik Truffaz - "Sigfried")  Switzerland	8 – 8	New Zealand (Kimbra - "The Way We Were")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	22	21	1	5
Canada	3	1	2	0	22	21	1	5
Spain	3	0	2	1	20	21	-1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	2	1	20	21	-1	2

The tiebreaker criteria that put Italy and Spain ahead was which team displayed the best overall group of songs displayed.

Round 1
(Carly Rae Jepsen - "Western Wind")  Canada	7 – 7	Spain (Los Planetas -"Segundo Premio")
(Black Rainbows - "The Prophet")  Italy	7 – 7	Afghanistan (Sonita Alizadeh - "United")
Round 2
(Justin Bieber - "Love Yourself")  Canada	7 – 7	Italy (Premiata Forneria Marconi - "Appena un Po'")
(District Unknown - "64")  Afghanistan	6 – 6	Spain (Camarón de Isla - "La Leyenda del Tiempo")
Round 3
(Bbno$ - "Bad Thoughts")  Canada	8 – 7	Afghanistan (Homayun Sakhi - "Kataghani")
(John Talabot - "Destiny")  Spain	7 – 8	Italy (Not Another Prayer - "Against the Wall")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	24	16	8	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	25	18	7	6
Indonesia	3	1	0	2	21	24	-3	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	12	24	-12	0

Round 1
(Witchcraft - "It's Not Because of You")  Sweden	8 – 2	Puerto Rico (Daddy Yankee - "Con Calma")
(King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - "O.N.E.")  Australia	10 – 6	Indonesia (Efek Rumah Kaca - "Desember")
Round 2
(The Knife - "Heartbeats")  Sweden	8 – 7	Australia (The Triffids - "Wide Open Road")
(Taco - "Puttin' on the Ritz")  Indonesia	8 – 6	Puerto Rico (Residente - "René")
Round 3
(Troubled Horse - "Hurricane")  Sweden	8 – 7	Indonesia (Nadin Amizah - "Bertaut")
(Farruko - "Pepas")  Puerto Rico	4 – 8	Australia (Wolfmother - "White Unicorn")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	2	1	0	24	22	2	7
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	21	21	0	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	21	21	0	3
Ireland	3	1	0	2	21	23	-2	3

Round 1
(Aphex Twin - "Pulsewidth")  Ireland	8 – 7	Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad James - "All Gold Everything")
(Husky Rescue - "New Light of Tomorrow")  Finland	8 – 8	Tunisia (Ifriqiyya Electrique - "Stombali - Baba ‘Alaia")
Round 2
(Sinéad O'Connor - "Drink Before the War")  Ireland	7 – 8	Finland (Nightwish - "Gethsemane")
(Anouar Brahem Trio - "Astrakan Café 1")  Tunisia	5 – 7	Trinidad and Tobago (Lord Kitchener - "London is the Place for Me")
Round 3
(Sega Bodega - "Cicada")  Ireland	6 – 8	Tunisia (Carthafo - "Alech")
(Billy Ocean - "Caribbean Queen")  Trinidad and Tobago	7 – 8	Finland (Jess and the Ancient - "Prayer for Death and Fire")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	25	24	1	5
Poland	3	1	2	0	23	22	1	5
Ghana	3	1	0	2	23	24	-1	3
England	3	0	2	1	22	23	-1	2

Round 1
(Savoy Brown - "Walking on Hot Stones")  England	7 – 7	Poland (Molesta - "Wiedziałem, Że Tak Będzie")
(The Virgina City Revival - "Drink for Free")  United States	9 – 8	Ghana (Moses Sumney - "Make Out in My Car")
Round 2
(PinkPantheress - "Passion")  England	8 – 8	United States (Gil Scott-Heron - "Home Is Where the Hatred Is")
(Ebo Taylor - "Will You Promise")  Ghana	7 – 8	Poland (Riverside - "02 Panic Room")
Round 3
(Kasabian - "Chemicals")  England	7 – 8	Ghana (Marijata - "We Live in Peace")
(Myslovitz - "Długość Dźwięku Samotności")  Poland	8 – 8	United States (Soundgarden - "Non-State Actor")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	24	23	1	4
Turkey	3	1	1	1	24	24	0	4
Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	22	23	-1	4

Round 1
(SiM - "Under the Tree")  Japan	7 – 7	Northern Ireland (Linda Martin - "Why Me?")
(Augustus Pablo - "Cassava Piece")  Jamaica	8 – 8	Turkey (RSPC - "Etrafındalar")
Round 2
(Fishmans - "Night Cruising")  Japan	6 – 8	Jamaica (Jimmy Cliff - "I Can See Clearly Now")
(Sertab Erener - "Everyway That I Can")  Turkey	8 – 7	Northern Ireland (Darkest Era - "Floodlands")
Round 3
(Miki Matsubara - "Stay With Me")  Japan	9 – 8	Turkey (She Past Away - "Rituel")
(Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster")  Northern Ireland	9 – 8	Jamaica (Grace Jones - "Libertango")

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	24	21	3	7
Denmark	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
Thailand	3	1	1	1	22	23	-1	4
Congo DRC	3	0	1	2	22	24	-2	1

Round 1
(Wheel - "At Night They Came Upon Us")  Germany	8 – 8	Congo DRC (Tabu Ley Rochereau - "Hafi Deo")
(Moses - "Changes")  Denmark	8 – 8	Thailand (Phum Viphurit - "Lover Boy")
Round 2
(Atari Teenage Riot - "Revolution Action")  Germany	8 – 7	Denmark (Whigfield - "Saturday Night")
(Ten - "Dream in a Dream")  Thailand	8 – 7	Congo DRC (Fulu Miziki - "Kraut")
Round 3
(Subsignal - "The Bells of Lyonesse")  Germany	8 – 6	Thailand (Thaiboy Digital - "Legendary Member")
(M'Bilia Bel - "Douceur")  Congo DRC	7 – 8	Denmark (Safri Duo - "Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)")

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

South Korea

9+

Ethiopia

9

South Korea

9

Australia

10

Italy

8

Australia

9

Australia

8

Denmark

6

Finland

8+

Poland

8

Finland

7

Denmark

8

Jamaica

8

Denmark

8+

Australia

8 (10)

Brazil

8 (7)

Brazil

9

Scotland

6

Brazil

10

Canada

8

Sweden

7

Canada

8

Brazil

8+

United States

8

Third place

United States

8 (9)

Tunisia

8 (8)

United States

8+

Denmark

8+

Turkey

8

United States

8

Germany

8

Turkey

8+

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18th Music World Cup Champion
Australia (1st title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Australia	D	7	5	1	1	60	49	11	16
2	Brazil	B	7	4	3	0	57	50	7	15
Third-place play-off
3	Denmark	H	7	2	3	2	53	54	-1	9
4	United States	F	7	1	6	0	57	56	1	9
Quarter-finals eliminations
5	South Korea	A	5	2	2	1	44	41	3	8
6	Finland	E	5	2	2	1	39	38	1	8
7	Canada	C	5	2	2	1	38	38	0	8
8	Turkey	G	5	1	3	1	40	40	0	6
Round of 16 eliminations
9	Sweden	D	4	3	0	1	31	24	7	9
10	Germany	H	4	2	2	0	32	29	3	8
11	Poland	F	4	1	3	0	31	30	1	6
12	Jamaica	G	4	1	2	1	24	23	1	5
13	Ethiopia	B	4	1	2	1	30	30	0	5
14	Italy	C	4	1	2	1	30	30	0	5
15	Tunisia	E	4	1	2	1	29	29	0	5
16	Scotland	A	4	1	2	1	29	31	-2	5
Group stage eliminations
17	Northern Ireland	G	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
18	Thailand	H	3	1	1	1	22	23	-1	4
19	Japan	G	3	1	1	1	22	23	-1	4
20	Switzerland	B	3	0	3	0	22	22	0	3
21	Trinidad and Tobago	E	3	1	0	2	21	21	0	3
22	Ghana	F	3	1	0	2	23	24	-1	3
23	Luxembourg	A	3	1	0	2	23	24	-1	3
24	Ireland	E	3	1	0	2	21	23	-2	3
25	Indonesia	D	3	1	0	2	21	24	-3	3
26	England	F	3	0	2	1	22	23	-1	2
27	Spain	C	3	0	2	1	20	21	-1	2
28	Afghanistan	C	3	0	2	1	20	21	-1	2
29	New Zealand	B	3	0	1	2	22	24	-2	1
30	Congo DRC	H	3	0	1	2	22	24	-2	1
31	Peru	A	3	0	1	2	20	24	-4	1
32	Puerto Rico	D	3	0	0	3	12	24	-12	0

Categories		Team	Credit
Best songs	1	Australia	"O.N.E." by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
	2	Brazil	"Crash" by Juçara Marçal
	3	Australia	"There She Goes, My Beautiful World" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
	4	South Korea	"Impulsions" by Yaya Kim
	5	Ethiopia	"Lantchi Biyé" by Ukandanz
Best newcomer		Ethiopia	Itself
Best match		South Korea vs.  Ethiopia	Yaya Kim's "Impulsions" vs. Ukandanz's "Lantchi Biyé"
Best underdog		Turkey	Itself