2023 WMF World Cup

The 2023 World Minifootball Federation World Cup was the fourth edition of the WMF World Cup, the world championship for men's national minifootball teams organized by the World Minifootball Federation. The tournament was contested in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, from 26 October to 4 November 2023.[1][2]

2023 WMF World Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates26 October–4 November 2023
Teams32 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Romania (1st title)
Runners-up Kazakhstan
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Azerbaijan
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored313 (4.89 per match)

Venue

All the matches of 2023 WMF World Cup are played in Ras Al Khaimah.

Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah minifoot stadium
Capacity: 4,500

Qualified teams

Like in the 2019 WMF World Cup, 32 teams from 4 continents are qualified for the final tournament:

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the knockout stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 23 1 +22 9
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Ghana 3 1 0 2 8 9 1 3
 India 3 0 0 3 0 25 25 0
Kazakhstan 7–0 Ghana
  • Nursultan Zhussupov 3', 36'
  • Ilya Mun 9', 39'
  • Vitaliy Grigoryev  16' 34'
  • Alexandr Kislitsyn 25'
  • Uralbek Yegizbayev 37'
Report
  • Michael Nkrumah  23' 
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates 1–0 India
Report
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Kazakhstan 16–0 India
  • Nursultan Zhussupov 9', 33'
  • Zhanibek Seitzhan 12', 50+1'
  • Ilya Mun 17', 32'
  • Yevgeniy Biryukov 20'
  • Aslanbek Arshkenov 22'
  • Zhushnov Baktiyar 24', 36', 44'
  • Avel Tarzhanov 24', 47'
  • Bakir Dyikanbayev 36', 37'
  • Uralbek Yegizbayev 40'
  • Vitaliy Grigoryev  50'
Report
  • Abhinav Dahiya  32'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Ghana
  • Mohamed Saswashi 3'  27'
  • Mohamed Al-Ali 43'
Report
  • Wisdom Kofi Dompreh  42'
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United Arab Emirates 1–2 Kazakhstan
  • Mohamed Al-Ali  37'
  • Mohamed Al-Suwaidi 49'
Report
  • Aslanbek Arshkenov 14'  43'
  • Avel Tarzhanov 48'
  • Alexandr Kislitsyn  50'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Ghana 8–0 India
  • Samuel Koranteng 5', 39'
  • Wisdom Kofi Dompreh  7' 42'
  • Godwin Okatah 15'
  • Bernard Sarfo 34'
  • Emmanuel Abbam 45'
  • Raymond Arthur 48'
  • Eric Philip Amoah 49'
Report
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Georgia 3 3 0 0 18 2 +16 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 5 16 11 3
 Guatemala 3 0 0 3 1 30 29 0
Mexico 6–0 Ireland
  • Carlos Gabriel Hernandez Martinez 2'
  • Moises Gonzalez de la Fuente 4'
  • Juan Carlos Gonzalez Estrada 30'
  • Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 31'
  • Daniel Ivan Garcia Villela 39'
  • Marlon Brandon Escoto Moreno 42'
Report
  • John Rogers  37'
  • Gerard Kelly  50'
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Guatemala 0–6 Georgia
  • Gerson Minchez  45'
Report
  • Nugzari Gogashvili 16'
  • Levani Svanidze 22'
  • Beka Tugushi 24'
  • Nikoloz Koplatadze 25'
  • Mikheil Tevzadze 28'
  • Giorgi Ekseulidze 34'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Guatemala 0–5 Ireland
  • Kevin Quiñonez  31'
Report
  • Aindreas Doyle 13', 31'
  • Tiernan Kilcoyne 19', 39'
  • Stephen Madine 37'
  • David Hanlon  42'
  • Andrew Hodnett  49'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Mexico 1–2 Georgia
  • Carlos Gabriel Hernandez Martinez 37'
  • Jorge Adrian Rios Hernandez  41'
Report
  • Irakli Gvetadze 20'
  • Levani Svanidze 39'
  • Beka Tugushi  43'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Mexico 19–1 Guatemala
  • Moises Gonzalez de la Fuente 1', 19', 25', 26'
  • Juan Carlos Gonzalez Estrada 5'
  • Jorge Adrian Rios Hernandez 6', 7', 48'
  • Edgar Gonzalez Diaz 11', 15'
  • Daniel Ivan Garcia Villela 22', 23', 30'
  • Carlos Gabriel Hernandez Martinez 24', 43'
  • Vihanney Hiram Ruiz Mendez 35'
  • Uriel Zuart Paz 41'
  • Roberto Carlos Escalante Medina 44', 49'
Report
  • Sebastian Vasquez 37'
  • Gerson Minchez  46'
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Georgia 10–1 Ireland
  • Giorgi Aptsiauri 5', 16', 44'
  • Irakli Gvetadze 10'
  • Nugzari Gogashvili 12'
  • Nikoloz Koplatadze 19'
  • Mikheil Tevzadze 20'
  • Bakur Sajaia  33'
  • Giorgi Gazdeliani 43' (pen.)
  • Nikoloz Kurtanidze 46'
  • Levani Svanidze 49'
Report
  • Tiernan Kilcoyne  10'
  • Rhys Gorman 37'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9
 Thailand 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 10 1 3
 Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 22 20 0
Ukraine 9–1 Algeria
  • Dmytro Brovko 9'
  • ? 29'
  • Ramzi Bourakba 33' (o.g.)
  • Aymen Redjemi 39' (o.g.)
  • Ihor Kostroma 39'
  • Mykyta Vovchenko 42'
  • Andrii Slinkin 44', 46', 48'
Report
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Czech Republic 6–0 Thailand
  • ? 4' (o.g.)
  • Daniel Klíma 9'
  • Ondřej Paděra 16'
  • Richard Svoboda 22'
  • Daniel Kasal 27'
  • Daniel Žížala 29'
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Ukraine 0–2 Thailand
  • Andrii Kudriavtsev  30'
  • Ivan Semenikhin  35'
  • Andrii Slinkin  44'
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  • Teepanom Chinda 16'
  • Weerayut Wongchiangrak 50'
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Czech Republic 8–1 Algeria
  • Daniel Klíma 5'
  • Ondřej Paděra 11', 50'
  • Denis Laňka 15', 29'
  • Daniil Doleček 25'
  • Daniel Žížala 27'
  • Tomáš Jelínek 49'
Report
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Algeria 0–5 Thailand
Report
  • Teepanom Chinda 11'
  • Chaiyong Pearpong 17'
  • Thawatchai Dachphun 18'
  • Kittin Duangket 21', 29'
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Czech Republic 7–0 Ukraine
  • Denis Laňka 6', 50'
  • David Macháček 9'  24'
  • Tomáš Jelínek 17'
  • Jan Koudelka 25'
  • Daniil Doleček 27'
  • Ondřej Paděra 31'
  • Daniel Kasal  45'
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  • Denys Sokolovsky  46'
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Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7
 United States 3 1 2 0 10 3 +7 5
 Spain 3 1 1 1 13 10 +3 4
 Sudan 3 0 0 3 7 27 20 0
United States 2–2 Spain
  • Israel Sesay  7'
  • David Ortiz 11'
  • Chad Vandegriffe 33'
  • Zach Reget  35'
  • Drew Ruggles  45'
Report
  • Yeray Abreu Martinez 5'
  • Cristian Jesus Suarez Leon  17'
  • Robert Ivan Nuñez Ortega  21'
  • Francisco Jose Ramirez Garrido 32'  43'
  • Ruben Magadan Fernandez  44'
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Romania 10–1 Sudan
  • Marius Gabriel Balogh 6', 25'
  • Ionuț Andrei Nemițanu 15'
  • Vlad Iulian Mocanu 17', 18', 42'
  • Alexandru Bourceanu 22'
  • Andrei Cosmin Balea 27'
  • Constantin Gabriel Dumitrașcu 28', 50'
Report
  • ? 39'
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Romania 3–2 Spain
  • Mircea Ciprian Ungur 12'
  • Ioan Mircea Popa 20'
  • Marius Gabriel Balogh 37'
  • Vlad Iulian Mocanu  47'
Report
  • Juan Jose Luis Giralte San 21'
  • Pablo Cesar Romero Agüero 35'
  • Yeray Abreu Martinez  45'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
United States 8–1 Sudan
  • Ian Bennett 6', 15', 32'
  • Franck Tayou 9', 40'
  • Sebastian Mendez 14'
  • David Ortiz 16'
  • Justin Stinson  25'
  • Zach Reget 48'
Report
  • ? 50'
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Spain 9–5 Sudan
  • Oliver Rodriguez Monserrat 15', 34'
  • Carlos Ivan Casañas Monserrat 16'
  • ? 24'
  • Francisco Jose Ramirez Garrido  25'
  • Cristian Jesus Suarez Leon 27'
  • Pablo Cesar Romero Agüero 30', 39'
  • Guillermo Bueno Bueno 32'
  • Robert Ivan Nuñez Ortega 33'
Report
  • ? 10'
  • ? 35'
  • ? 38'
  • ? 44'
  • ? 50'
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Romania 0–0 United States
  • Andrei Nemițanu Ionuț  39'
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  • Israel Sesay  20'
  • Micheal Ramos  36'
  • Sebastian Mendez  47'
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Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 6
 Japan 3 1 0 2 14 6 +8 3
 Oman 3 0 0 3 2 32 30 0
Oman 1–13 Japan
  • ? 9'
Report
  • ? 3'
  • ? 4'
  • ? 5'
  • ? 8'
  • ? 10'
  • ? 12'
  • ? 24'
  • ? 26'
  • ? 27'
  • ? 41'
  • ? 45'
  • ? 48'
  • ? 49'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Bulgaria 3–0 Montenegro
  • Nedelian Kostadinov 12'  41'
  • Vasil Gudzhev 39'
  • Svetlozar Tabakov 43'
  • Angel Rahov  48'
Report
  • Vasilije Bošković  50'
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Oman 1–10 Montenegro
  • ? 14'
Report
  • Boris Stijepović  6'
  • Miloš Pejaković 10'
  • Ivan Pejaković 15', 30', 33', 50'
  • Vasilije Bošković 16'
  • Bojan Jovanović 17', 49'
  • Aleksandar Bošković  25'
  • Zoran Kovač  35'
  • Jovan Kaludjerovic 37', 39'
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Bulgaria 3–0 Japan
  • Lyubomir Guentchev 22', 44'
  • Angel Rahov 36'
Report
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Montenegro 2–1 Japan
  • Bojan Jovanović 6'
  • Boris Mijović 25'
Report
  • Tatsuya Maeda 17'
  • Ryu Hamano  21'
  • Shuto Ozaki  39'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Oman 0–9 Bulgaria
Report
  • Nikolay Marinov 7'
  • Spas Milushev 12'
  • Denis Ivanov 21'
  • Vasil Gudzhev 24'
  • Angel Rahov 25', 40'
  • Dimitar Aleksandrov 34', 45', 47'
  • Veselin Filipov  48'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
 England 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 France 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
 Albania 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 1
Slovakia 2–0 Albania
  • Boris Juhás 7'
  • Rudolf Beliš 34'
Report
  • Kleidis Branica  50'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
France 2–2 England
  • Adriano Schiavone 12'
  • Nadir Euvrard  17' 44'
Report
  • Ross Cable 9'  38'
  • Kiye Martin 18'
  • George Isaac  25'
  • Hafed Al Droubi  31'
  • Callum Gardner  45'
  • Nick Wybrow  49'
  • John Paul Collier  50'
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France 3–2 Albania
  • Giovanni Calandrau 21'
  • Mohamed Bachir 27'
  • Dardan Hasani  30'
  • Nadir Euvrard 48'
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  • Mario Biba 31'
  • Sandroel Limani  39'
  • Mariglen Ademi  47'
  • Giovanni Calandrau 49' (o.g.)
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Slovakia 2–3 England
  • Boris Juhás 27'
  • Adam Bombicz 38'
Report
  • Siao Blackwood 19'
  • Cain Cruz  43'  44' 
  • Dominic Morgan-Griffiths 47'
  • Charlie Kuehn 50+2'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
England 0–0 Albania
  • George Isaac  50'
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  • Kleidis Branica  7'
  • Rigers Mersini  21'
  • Fatmir Hysenbelliu  32'
  • Gersi Merepeza  44'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Slovakia 2–1 France
  • Adam Bombicz 3'
  • Tomáš Mikluš  25' 44'
  • Michal Böhmer  45'
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  • Giovanni Calandrau 43'
  • Jean Brunet  49'
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Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Azerbaijan 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 7 10 3 1
 Kuwait 3 0 1 2 6 11 5 1
Egypt 2–0 Kuwait
  • ? 18'
  • ? 38'
Report
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Azerbaijan 2–0 Iraq
  • Mirmehdi Rzayev 15'
  • Elvin Alizada 28'
Report
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Kuwait 5–5 Iraq
  • Saleh Fuad Malak 4', 25'
  • Yaser Ibrahim Dashti 39'
  • Fahad Manea Al-Ajmi 43', 49' (pen.)
  • Hasan Al-Mahdi Al-Ballam  36'
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  • Ahmed Ali Hayder 20' (pen.), 21'  33'
  • Abbas Ali Ameen 28'
  • ? 37'
  • Muthana Bani Lam 45'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Azerbaijan 4–1 Egypt
  • Ravan Karimov 8', 42'
  • Seymur Mammadov 38'
  • Tamkin Khalilzade 45'
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  • Hossam Hassan Mohammed 2'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Egypt 4–2 Iraq
  • Marwan Issa Bakri 8'
  • Ahmed Gaber Ibrahim  25' 31'
  • Mahmoud El Sayed El Shenawy 35'
  • Gamal Mohammed 44'
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  • Mohammed Abdel Azeez Bahadli 12'  19'
  • Murtadha Abood Al Sawaedi  14'
  • Ahmed Ali Hayder 25'
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Referee: Istvan Mod / Michal Béreš
Azerbaijan 3–1 Kuwait
  • Jafar Jafarov 15'
  • Aleksandr Shemonayev  20'
  • Mirmehdi Rzayev 38'
  • Vusal Isayev  39'
  • Tamkin Khalilzade 44'
Report
  • Fahad Ahmad Al-Fraij 1'
  • Abdul-Razaq Abdullah Al-Mohammed  21'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Serbia 3 1 0 2 7 8 1 3
 Libya 3 0 0 3 5 11 6 0
Serbia 5–4 Libya
  • ? 17'
  • ? 20'
  • ? 31'
  • ? 35'
  • ? 47'
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  • ? 23'
  • ? 25'
  • ? 39'
  • ? 49'
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Hungary 1–0 Portugal
  • Zsombor Kövesdi  4'
  • Miklós Barabás 46'
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  • Paulo Fernandes  41'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah
Hungary 2–1 Libya
  • Dávid Ladányi  10'
  • Bence Lovász 23'
  • Gábor Kiss 50'
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  • Mohammed Idris Bilal 40'
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Serbia 2–3 Portugal
  • Milan Čičić 12'  33'
  • Đorđe Celin  28'
  • Zarije Gojković 37'
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  • Tiago Lapa 17', 25'
  • João Santos  23'
  • Eduardo Rajão 32'
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Libya 0–4 Portugal
  • Ibraheem Al-Mukthar  20'
  • Rafallah Mohammed  20'
  • Ahmed Al-Masalati  34'
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  • Tiago Lapa 25', 50'
  • Ricardo Araujo  26'
  • José Campos 27'
  • Mahmoud Aboud 49' (o.g.)
  • Paulo Fernandes  40'
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Hungary 1–0 Serbia
  • Gábor Kiss  30'
  • Imre Bozsoki  41'
  • Miklós Barabás 50'
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  • Marko Novaković  33'
  • Veselin Guberinić  50'
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Eighth-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 
 Georgia1 (2)
 
2 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 United Arab Emirates (p)1 (3)
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Romania2
 
 Romania7
 
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Thailand0
 
 Romania3
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Hungary0
 
 Slovakia5
 
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Montenegro2
 
 Slovakia0
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Hungary1
 
 Hungary3
 
4 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Egypt0
 
 Romania (p)2 (12)
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Kazakhstan2 (11)
 
 Kazakhstan (p)0 (2)
 
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Mexico0 (1)
 
 Kazakhstan (p)3 (3)
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Czech Republic3 (2)
 
 Czech Republic4
 
3 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 United States2
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Azerbaijan2 Third place play-off
 
 Azerbaijan3
 
2 November – Ras Al Khaimah4 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Portugal0
 
 Azerbaijan3 Hungary3
 
1 November – Ras Al Khaimah
 
 Bulgaria1  Azerbaijan1
 
 Bulgaria2
 
 
 England1
 

Third place play-off

Hungary 3–1 Azerbaijan
  • Dávid Ladányi 4'
  • Zsombor Kövesdi 12'
  • András Dunai  24'
  • Imre Bozsoki  46'
  • Viktor Kozó 47'
  • Bence Lovász  50'
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  • Rizvan Farzaliyev  3'
  • Elvin Alizada 44'
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Final

Romania 2–2 Kazakhstan
  • Marius Gabriel Balogh 49' (pen.), 50'
Report
  • Aslanbek Arshkenov  17'
  • Mircea Ciprian Ungur 24' (o.g.)
  • Avel Tarzhanov 37'
  • Daniyar Togaibayev  48'
Penalties
Marius Gabriel Balogh
Andrei Gabriel Șumălan
Vasile Ovidiu Pop
Mircea Ciprian Ungur
Vlad Iulian Mocanu
Alexandru Bourceanu
Andrei Cătălin Ferik
Andrei Cosmin Balea
Viorel Ionuț Neacșa
Dragoș Constantin Nițu
Saron Ionuț Chirică
Ioan Mircea Popa
Ionuț Andrei Nemițanu
Constantin Gabriel Dumitrașcu
Bogdan Covaci
12–11 Vitaliy Grigoryev
Alexey Zabogonskiy
Daniyar Togaibayev
Uralbek Yegizbayev
Alexandr Kislitsyn
Nursultan Zhussupov
Aslanbek Arshkenov
Zhushnov Baktiyar
Zhanibek Seitzhan
Avel Tarzhanov
Ilya Mun
Andrey Mironov
Alexandr Rushinas
Bakir Dyikanbayev
Yevgeniy Biryukov
Ras Al Khaimah Minifoot Stadium, Ras Al Khaimah

Final ranking

  • Winners: Romania[3]

References

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