WAFF World Cup
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| Organising body | World Association Football Federation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 14 February 1962 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |  Alstin (3rd Title) |
| Most championships |  Pelaxia,  Cartadania and Alstin(3 Titles) |
The WAFF World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the World Association Football Federation (WAFF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1962. The current champion is (TBD).
The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 16 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2022 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.
10 countries have hosted the World Cup.
Format
Host
Editions
| No. | Name | Host | Continent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1962 WAFF World Cup | Pelaxia
|
Sarpedon | First World Cup, first World Cup in Sarpedon, first World Cup to be won by the host nation |
| 2 | 1966 WAFF World Cup |  Urcea
|
Levantia | First World Cup in Levantia |
| 3 | 1970 WAFF World Cup |  Metzetta
|
Alshar | First World Cup in Alshar |
| 4 | 1974 WAFF World Cup |  Caphiria
|
Sarpedon | Boycotted by Urcea |
| 5 | 1978 WAFF World Cup |  Burgundie
|
Levantia | |
| 6 | 1982 WAFF World Cup | Cartadania
|
Sarpedon | First time a previous winner (Pelaxia) wins the trophy again |
| 7 | 1986 WAFF World Cup |  Ardmore
|
Levantia | |
| 8 | 1990 WAFF World Cup |  Daxia
|
Alshar | Most recent World Cup in Alshar |
| 9 | 1994 WAFF World Cup | Pelaxia
|
Sarpedon | |
| 10 | 1998 WAFF World Cup |  Paulastra
|
Crona | First World Cup in Crona |
| 11 | 2002 WAFF World Cup |  Faneria and  Fiannria
|
Levantia | First World Cup with shared hosting duties |
| 12 | 2006 WAFF World Cup |  The Cape
|
Crona | |
| 13 | 2010 WAFF World Cup | Burgundie
|
Levantia | |
| 14 | 2014 WAFF World Cup | Cartadania
|
Sarpedon | Most recent World Cup to be won by the host nation |
| 15 | 2018 WAFF World Cup |  Hendalarsk
|
Levantia | |
| 16 | 2022 WAFF World Cup | Pelaxia
|
Sarpedon | Most recent World Cup in Sarpedon |
| 17 | 2026 WAFF World Cup | Alstin
|
Crona | Most recent World Cup in Crona |
| 18 | 2030 WAFF World Cup | Burgundie and  Yonderre
|
Levantia | Most recent World Cup in Levantia; Most recent World Cup with shared hosting duties |
| 19 | 2034 WAFF World Cup | Caphiria
|
Sarpedon | Not yet held |
| 20 | 2038 WAFF World Cup |  Yanuban
|
Audonia | Not yet held |
| 21 | 2042 WAFF World Cup |  Stenza
|
Australis | Not yet held; First World Cup in Australis |
