2025 Kings World Cup Nations
2025 Kings World Cup Nations
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)–
12 January 2025 (2025-01-12)
Teams16
Venue2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored186 (6.89 per match)
Top scorer Kelvin Oliveira (19 goals)
Best player Kelvin Oliveira
Best goalkeeper Camilo Mena
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International football competition

The 2025 Kings World Cup Nations was an international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos. Unlike the Kings World Cup launched in 2024, which is a club competition, this tournament saw players from the different versions of the Kings League forming teams to represent their respective nations, similar to the FIFA World Cup.

Background

Before the start of the 2024-2025 season, in an introductory video for the campaign uploaded on 7 September 2024. A second international tournament, the Kings World Cup Nations was announced, this time with players forming national teams to represent their countries.[1] During the launch event for the Kings League Italy on 18 November 2024, it was confirmed that Italy would be hosting the tournament, held from 1 to 12 January 2025, with the finals taking place in Turin's Juventus Stadium.[2]

Format

The 2025 Kings World Cup Nations retains the format of the 2024 Kings World Cup tournament, which included features of a Swiss-system tournament but with only 16 teams.

First stage
  • In the first round, the 16 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by a random draw with no restrictions.
  • All teams advance 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 winners of the 'winner bracket' in the second round advance to 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 secure the remaining places to the knockout stage.
Knockout stage
  • The knockout phase then consist of a quarterfinals, semifinals and a final.

Competing teams

As usual in the Kings League, each national team was chaired by a streamer or a football related personality.

Spain and Mexico, the countries that host the Kings League and the Américas Kings League, were the first two national teams confirmed.[3]

Nation Chairperson(s) Date
 Argentina Sergio Agüero, Jero Freixas, Jose de Cabo and Jo Valicenti[4] 21 October 2024
 Brazil Ricardo Leite (Kaká), Cris Guedes, Neymar da Silva, Allan Rodrigues (O Estagiário), Alexandre Borba Chiqueta (Gaules), Bruno Goes (Nobru), Lucio dos Santos (Cerol), Luan Kovarik (Jon Vlogs), Aliffe de Carvalho (Paulinho o Loko), Lucas Gagliasso (Luquet4), Nyvi Estephan, Victor Costa (Coringa), Ludmilla, Konrad Dantas (Kondzilla) and Michel 5 December 2024
 Colombia James Rodríguez, Juan Guarnizo, Luis Villa (Westcol), Angerson García (Pelicanger) and La Parce[4] 21 October 2024
 Germany Mario Götze, Younes Zarou, Kevin Teller (Papaplatte) and Maximilian Stemmler (Trymacs)[5] 2 December 2024
 Italy Gianmarco Tocco (Tumblurr), Emanuele Nocera (ManuuXO), Pier Francesco Gentili and Gabriele Gentili (PirlasV), Federico Lucia (Fedez), Luca Campolunghi, Antonio Pellegrino (ZW Jackson), Damiano Er Faina, Andrea Pirrera (En3rix), Alessandro Pagliari (KFrenezy), Samuel Afriyie (Off Samuel), Sergio Cruz Pereira, Mirko Virgilio (Mirko Cisco), Simone Buratti (GrenBaud) and Francesco Marzano (TheRealMarzaa) 18 November 2024
 Japan Junichi Kato[6] 11 November 2024
 Korea Republic Lee Kang-in, Park Ji-sung, Kim In-jik (Gamst) and Kim Dong-jun (Jamm)[5] 2 December 2024
 Mexico Alana Flores (AlanaLaRana), Natalia García (NataliaMX), Iván Navarrete (Pipepunk), Javier Hernández (Chicharito), Álex (Escorpión Dorado) and Gabriel Montiel (Werevertumorro) and Samantha Rivera (Samy Rivers) 30 September 2024
 Morocco Ilyas El Maliki[7] 7 October 2024
 Peru Andy Merino (Zein)[8] 19 November 2024
 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)[4] 21 October 2024
 Spain Iker Casillas, Adri Contreras, Gerard Romero, Jaume Cremades (Perxitaa), Ibai Llanos, Martí Miràs (Spursito), David Cánovas (TheGrefg), Mario Alonso (DjMaRiiO), Javier (xBuyer) and Eric Ruiz (MiniBuyer) 30 September 2024
 Turkey Tuğkan Gönültaş (Elraenn)[5] 2 December 2024
 Ukraine Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga)[5] 2 December 2024
 United States Edwin Castro (Castro1021), Pitaa1021 and Jake Paul[9] 5 December 2024
 Uzbekistan Islom Abdujabborov 5 December 2024

Squads

Broadcast

The entire tournament was livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube and Kick, both from the official Kings League channels and individual feeds from the teams' chairpersons.

First Stage

First round

Pairings for the first round were drawn on 5 December 2024.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Argentina Argentina 4–2 Spain Spain
Japan Japan 3–1 Italy Italy
United States United States 4–2 Mexico Mexico
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 4–3 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Peru Peru 2–4 Germany Germany
Brazil Brazil 7–4 South Korea Korea Republic
Turkey Turkey 5–0 Ukraine Ukraine
Colombia Colombia 4–1 Morocco Morocco
Argentina v Spain
1 January 2025 (2025-01-01) First round A Argentina 4–2
 Spain Milan
18:00 Sánchez 9'
Gómez 19', 36' (pen.)
Fr. Romero Yellow card 25'
Fa. Romero 26'		 Report de la Mata 20+1'
Gutiérrez Yellow card 25'
TheGrefg 38' (pp)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Pablo Gómez
Japan v Italy
1 January 2025 (2025-01-01) First round B Japan 3–1
 Italy Milan
16:00 Nakamura 13'
Fukaya 19'
Agata 37'
Oda Red card 39'		 Report Blur 35' (pp) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Shunsuke Nakamura
United States v Mexico
1 January 2025 (2025-01-01) First round C United States 4–2
 Mexico Milan
19:00 Vega 3'
Ramírez 20'
Castro 22' (pp)
Morales 38' (pen.)		 Report O. Martínez 1'
D. Martínez 38' (pen.)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Devin Vega
Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia
1 January 2025 (2025-01-01) First round D Uzbekistan 4–3
(g.g.)		 Saudi Arabia Milan
17:00 Yangirov 19'
Dzhabborov 29' gold-colored soccer ball 40+1'
Abdujabborov 31' (pp)		 Report Hamad 13'
Sufyani 36'
Abousaban 38' (pen.)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Omar Abdulrahman
Peru v Germany
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) First round E Peru 2–4
 Germany Milan
19:00 Zein 28' (pp)
Portilla 32' (pen.)		 Report Leitner 28' (pen.), 28' (pen.)
Salihamidžić 30'
Dombrowka 34'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Moritz Leitner
Brazil v Korea Republic
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) First round F Brazil 7–4
 Korea Republic Milan
16:00 Melo 26'
Oliveira 28' (x2), 39' (x2)
Leleti 34'
Gaules 38' (pp)		 Report Lee Ho Yellow card 23' 40' (x2)
Kim H. 29' (x2)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira
Turkey v Ukraine
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) First round G Turkey 5–0
 Ukraine Milan
17:00 Ak 21', 24', 36' (pen.), 40+2' (x2) Report Melnyk Yellow card 40' Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Suad Ak
Colombia v Morocco
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02) First round H Colombia 4–1
 Morocco Milan
18:00 Gutiérrez 4' Yellow card 25'
Moreno Yellow card 6' Yellow-red card 40+3'
Perea 20'
Ortega 20+1'
Pelicanger 21' (pp)		 Report El Amrani 23'
Louah Yellow card 32'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Camilo Mena

Second round

In the winners bracket, winners advance directly to the quarterfinals, losers go to the last-chance round. And in the losers bracket, winners go to the last-chance round, losers are eliminated.

Winners' bracket

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Argentina Argentina 2–1 Japan Japan
United States United States 6–2 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Germany Germany 2–9 Brazil Brazil
Turkey Turkey 2–3 Colombia Colombia

Losers' bracket

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spain Spain 8–5 Italy Italy
Mexico Mexico 8–4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Peru Peru 4–3 South Korea Korea Republic
Ukraine Ukraine 2–9 Morocco Morocco
Argentina v Japan
3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) Second round 1 Argentina 2–1
 Japan Milan
16:00 Fernández 9'
Navajas 15'		 Report Kato 30' (pp) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Facu Navajas
United States v Uzbekistan
3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) Second round 2 United States 6–2
 Uzbekistan Milan
18:00 Ramírez 2'
Cortés 2'
Morales 5', 20+1', 38' (pen.)
Ortiz 31'		 Report Yangirov Yellow card 1'
Dzhabborov 24'
Abdujabborov 25' (pp)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Shakhriyor Dzhabborov
Germany v Brazil
4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) Second round 3 Germany 2–9
 Brazil Milan
16:00 Jones 1'
Sohm 36'
Leitner Yellow card 40+3'		 Report Vaz 3'
Guedes 16' (pp)
Assumpção 24'
Oliveira 29' (pen.), 30', 40' (x2)
Ilario 40+4' (x2)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira
Turkey v Colombia
4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) Second round 4 Turkey 2–3
(g.g.)		 Colombia Milan
18:00 Geçim 19'
Sözer 30' (pen.)		 Report Ortega 33' gold-colored soccer ball 39'
Lobón 35' (pen.)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Camilo Mena
Spain v Italy
3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) Second round 5 Spain 8–5
 Italy Milan
17:00 Gutiérrez 1' (pen.), 4', 20+1'
MiniBuyer 18' (pp)
G. Vidal 20'
Santos 22'
de la Mata Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 37'
Espinosa 40+3' (x2)		 Report Rossi 20+2', 24', 39' (x2)
Cruz Yellow card 21'
Blur 22' (pp)
Viviano Yellow card 25'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Àlex Gutiérrez
Mexico v Saudi Arabia
3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) Second round 6 Mexico 8–4
 Saudi Arabia Milan
19:00 O. Martínez 1', 20', 23', 36' (pen.)
Pérez 6'
Hernández 20+1'
G. Montiel 24' (pp)
Ochoa 38'		 Report Bernal 16' (o.g.)
Al-Mutairi 25' (pen.)
Abdulrahman 29', 38' (pen.)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Obed Martínez
Peru v Korea Republic
4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) Second round 7 Peru 4–3
 Korea Republic Milan
17:00 Gálvez 8', 33'
Colan 28'
Honores 38'		 Report Gamst 28' (pp)
Min 40+1' (x2)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Ibán Gálvez
Ukraine v Morocco
4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) Second round 8 Ukraine 2–9
 Morocco Milan
19:00 Oliynyk 20+1'
Tsopa 33'
Zagranychnyi Yellow card 34'		 Report Louah 1', 20', 20+1', 39' (x2)
Hadraf 27'
Nasri Yellow card 36'
Saoud 37'
Amri 40+1' (x2)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Nadir Louah

Last-chance round

Winners advance to the quarterfinals, losers are eliminated.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Japan Japan 2–4 Morocco Morocco
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 5–4 Peru Peru
Germany Germany 3–6 Mexico Mexico
Turkey Turkey 3–2 Spain Spain
Japan v Morocco
6 January 2025 (2025-01-06) Last-chance 1 Japan 2–4
 Morocco Milan
18:00 Enjo 20'
Kato 38' (pp)		 Report Erraki 3'
Louah 15', 20'
El Amrani 24'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Kensuke Enjo
Uzbekistan v Peru
7 January 2025 (2025-01-07) Last-chance 2 Uzbekistan 5–4
 Peru Milan
18:00 Dzhabborov 1', 3'
Anvarjonov 2'
Tukhtasinov 40+2' (x2)		 Report Alvarado 35'
Gálvez 37', 40' (x2)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Toni Alvarado
Germany v Mexico
7 January 2025 (2025-01-07) Last-chance 3 Germany 3–6
 Mexico Milan
19:00 Salihamidžić 2'
Jones Yellow card 34'
Sohm 40' (x2)
Leitner Yellow card 40+3'		 Report Monterde 2'
Bernal 13'
O. Martínez 20' (pen.), 39' (x2)
Cisneros 20+1'
Pérez Yellow card 39'
Vera Yellow card 40+3'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Obed Martínez
Turkey v Spain
6 January 2025 (2025-01-06) Last-chance 4 Turkey 3–2
 Spain Milan
19:00 Kazan 2'
Geçim 35' (pen.)
Kıratlı 38'		 Report Contreras 26' (pp)
Cabrera 37'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Oktay Kazan

Knockout stage

Qualified teams
Team Qualified via
 Argentina Winners' Bracket
 United States
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Morocco Last-chance round
 Uzbekistan
 Mexico
 Turkey

Quarter-final pairings were drawn on 6 January, before the start of the last-chance round.

Quarter-finals
(8-9 January – Milan) 		Semi-finals
(10 January – Milan) 		Final
(12 January – Turin)
      
 United States 7 (1)
 Morocco (p) 7 (2)
 Morocco 1
 Colombia 2
 Colombia 6
 Uzbekistan 1
 Colombia 2
 Brazil 6
 Argentina 2 (3)
 Mexico (p) 2 (4)
 Mexico 1
 Brazil 3
 Brazil 12
 Turkey 4

Quarter-finals

United States v Morocco
8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) QF 1 United States 7–7

(1–2 p)		 Morocco Milan
19:00 Vega 2'
Cortés 2', 19'
Morales 8' (pen.)
Benítez 20+1', 31'
Castro 23' (pp)		 Report Louah 1', 39' (x2)
Erraki 9' Yellow card 16'
El Amrani 22' (pen.), 33' (pen.)
Saoud 26'
Amri Yellow card 35'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Nadir Louah
Penalties
Ortiz soccer ball with red X
Mijatovic soccer ball with red X
Morales soccer ball with check mark
Benítez soccer ball with red X
Hernández soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark El Amrani
soccer ball with red X Louah
soccer ball with red X Erraki
soccer ball with check mark Boussoufa
soccer ball with red X Saoud
Colombia v Uzbekistan
8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) QF 2 Colombia 6–1
 Uzbekistan Milan
18:00 Palacios 2'
Mena 3'
Gutiérrez 6'
Ortega 9'
Quintero 40' (x2)		 Report Anvarjonov 30'
Mansurov Yellow card 32'
Saidov Yellow card 39'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Camilo Mena
Argentina v Mexico
9 January 2025 (2025-01-09) QF 3 Argentina 2–2

(3–4 p)		 Mexico Milan
19:00 Cohen Yellow card 2'
Gómez 20'
Agüero 27' (pen.)		 Report O. Martínez 3'
G. Montiel 27' (pp)		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Obed Martínez
Penalties
Gómez soccer ball with check mark
Fa. Romero soccer ball with check mark
Mantovani soccer ball with red X
Sambueza soccer ball with check mark
Joao soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Pérez
soccer ball with check mark D. Martínez
soccer ball with check mark Cisneros
soccer ball with check mark Morales
Brazil v Turkey
9 January 2025 (2025-01-09) QF 4 Brazil 12–4
 Turkey Milan
18:00 Oliveira 1', 2', 20', 20+1', 30' (pen.), 40+2' (x2)
Vaz 3'
Rodrigues 15'
O Estagiário 16' (pp)
Leleti 26'
Rufino 32'		 Report Sözer 19' Yellow card 40'
Geçim 24' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 37'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira

Semi-finals

Morocco v Colombia
10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) SF 1 Morocco 1–2
 Colombia Milan
18:00 Louah 3'
Boussoufa Yellow card 40+3'
Saoud Yellow card 40+3'		 Report Perea 7'
Caro 19'
Rodríguez Yellow card 37'		 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Angellot Caro
Mexico v Brazil
10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) SF 2 Mexico 1–3
 Brazil Milan
19:00 G. Montiel 26' (pp)
Monterde Yellow card 37'		 Report Oliveira 20', 28' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Peppino Vismara
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira

Final

Colombia v Brazil
12 January 2025 (2025-01-12) Final Colombia 2–6
 Brazil Turin
18:20 Caro 20+2'
Pelicanger 21' (pp)
Rodríguez Yellow card 36'		 Report Oliveira 20', 25', 31' (pen.), 38' (pen.), 40+2' (x2)
Vaz Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Juventus Stadium
MVP: Kelvin Oliveira


 2025 Kings World Cup Nations champions 

Brazil
First title

Goalscorers

There were 186 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.89 goals per match.

Goals that were worth double due to secret cards or double-goal time will be counted as one goal for the goalscoring statistics.

19 goals

  • Brazil national football team Kelvin Oliveira

9 goals

  • Morocco national football team Nadir Louah

8 goals

5 goals

  • Turkey national football team Aytürk Geçim
  • United States men's national soccer team Luís Morales
  • Uzbekistan national football team Shakhriyor Dzhabborov

4 goals

  • Colombia national football team Alejandro Ortega
  • Morocco national football team Fuad El Amrani
  • Peru national football team Ibán Gálvez
  • Turkey national football team Suad Ak

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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