2024 Kings World Cup

On 7 November 2023, a new tournament was announced, tentatively named the Kings League World Cup. It was announced as featuring 20 teams from the Kings League, with 10 teams from Spain and 10 from the Americas, along with teams from other countries, totaling 32 teams. It was held in Mexico from 26 May to 8 June 2024. Following the announcement, it was confirmed that former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimović would preside over the competition. ==Slot Allocation==

;Direct entrants • Kings League Spain : 8 teams (top 8 teams in Split 3) • Kings League Americas : 8 teams (top 8 teams in Split 1) • Wildcards : 12 teams • Redemption Game winners : 4 teams ;Redemption Game entrants • Kings League Spain : 4 teams (teams ranked 9th to 12th in Split 3) • Kings League Americas : 4 teams (teams ranked 9th to 12 in Split 1) ==Format==

The Kings World Cup is being contested with some features of a Swiss-system tournament, and structured as follows: ;Redemption Game • In the Redemption round, the bottom 4 teams from Kings League Spain & Kings League Americas play against each other for the final 4 spots to the Kings World Cup ;First stage • In the first round, the 32 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by an open draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence. • All teams will move on 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 teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for 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 join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage. ;Knockout stage • The knockout phase will then consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. • The winners will receive a million-dollar cash prize. ==Teams==

Kings League President: Gerard Piqué Américas Kings League President: Miguel Layún Wildcards ==Squads==

As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players. Players included in the initial/drafted 10 players for each team included FIVE FC's Manny Brown and Tom Clare. Brown is an English Sunday league footballer and YouTuber and the brother of Tobi "TBJZL" Brown of the Sidemen, while Clare is an English semi-pro footballer who was on Love Island's ninth and All-Stars series. ; 1K FC Manager: Pol Coma ; Aniquiladores FC Manager: Sergio Verdirame ; Club de Cuervos Manager: Jacques Passy ; Deptostra FC Manager: Rocky Peeters ; FIVE FC Manager: Dean Saunders ; Foot2Rue Manager: Saïd Dorbani ; Furia FC Manager: Dudu Oliveira ; G3X FC Manager: Víctor Taube ; Galácticos del Caribe Manager: Lucas Ayala ; Jijantes FC Manager: Pau Moral ; Kunisports Manager: Martín Posse ; Limon FC Manager: Burak Kaymak ; Los Aliens 1021 Manager: Efraín Velarde ; Los Troncos FC Manager: Èric Bartra ; Medallo City Manager: Jason Murray ; Muchachos FC Manager: Ricardo La Volpe ; Murash FC Manager: Tatsuro Inui ; Olimpo United Manager: Alejandro Castro ; Peluche Caligari Manager: Ángel Reyna ; Persas FC Manager: Víctor Chaires ; PIO FC Manager: Arnau Jariod ; Porcinos FC Manager: Nacho Castro ; Raniza FC Manager: Severo Meza ; Real Titán Manager: Pol Font ; Saiyans FC Manager: Daniel Romo ; Stallions Manager: Luca Diddi ; SXB FC Manager: Abdullah Al-Shehri ; UA Steel Manager: Valeriy Fedorchuk ; Ultimate Móstoles Manager: Álex Martínez ; West Santos FC Manager: Gabriel España ; xBuyer Team Manager: Víctor González ; Youniors FC Manager: Damir Agovic ==Broadcasting rights==

Aside from the usual livestreams on Twitch and YouTube, both from the official Kings League channels and the teams' chairpersons, the Kings World Cup will also be airing on the following channels and platforms: ==Tournament staff==

The Redemption Game was a play-in contested on 25 May, the day before the official start of the tournament, onsite in Mexico City. The four Kings League teams and the four Américas Kings League teams that did not qualify directly (9th through 12th place in both leagues' most recent splits) played each other for the last remaining four spots in the tournament, with a Spanish team facing an Américas Kings League team in each instance. ;Teams in the Redemption Game ;Matches ==First Stage==

First round The first round was contested from 26 to 28 May 2024. Second round Winners' Bracket The Winners' Bracket teams who win their second-round match will advance to the knockout stage; the losing teams will go to the last-chance round. Losers' Bracket The Losers' Bracket teams who win their second-round match will go to the last-chance round; the losing teams will be eliminated from the World Cup. Last-chance round Winning teams advance to the knockout stage, losing teams are eliminated from the World Cup. ==Knockout stage==

;Qualified teams ;Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ==References==