Nth Music World Cup
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 21st - March 11th, 2023
Teams24-32
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (2nd title)
Runners-up  England
Third place  Republic of Ireland
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored777 (14.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Sweden (60 points)

Participating teams

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Continent Team Classification Date (Order) Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
Africa   Cameroon February 21st, 2022 (22) 1 1 Newcomer
  South Africa February 21st, 2022 (15) 7 2 #8 Quarter-finals (#1)
Americas   Brazil February 19th, 2022 (3) 9 9 #8 Champion (#2)
  Canada February 19th, 2022 (4) 9 9 #8 Third place (#7)
  Colombia February 20th, 2022 (6) 6 2 #8 Quarter-finals (#4)
  Jamaica February 21st, 2022 (23) 8 8 #8 Fourth place (#4, #6)
  United States February 19th, 2022 (1) 9 9 #8 Runner up (#1)
  Uruguay February 20th, 2022 (7) 1 1 Newcomer
Asia   Japan February 21st, 2022 (20) 9 9 #8 Champion (#8)
  South Korea February 21st, 2022 (13) 9 9 #8 Fourth place (#5)
Europe   Belgium February 21st, 2022 (11) 5 3 #8 Quarter-finals (#8)
  England February 19th, 2022 (2) 9 9 #8 Champion (#4, #6)
  Finland February 21st, 2022 (14) 7 3 #8 Round of 16 (#3, #7)
  France February 21st, 2022 (10) 9 9 #8 Third place (#2)
  Germany February 21st, 2022 (9) 9 9 #8 Champion (#1)
  Hungary February 21st, 2022 (24) 1 1 Newcomer
  Iceland February 21st, 2022 (18) 6 2 #8 Quarter-finals (#3, #6)
  Ireland February 21st, 2022 (17) 9 9 #8 Champion (#5)
  Italy February 21st, 2022 (19) 7 5 #8 Runner up (#6)
  Norway February 21st, 2022 (12) 8 4 #8 Third place (#6)
  Scotland February 21st, 2022 (16) 9 9 #8 Champion (#7)
  Sweden February 21st, 2022 (8) 9 9 #8 Champion (#3)
Oceania   Australia February 19th, 2022 (5) 9 9 #8 Fourth place (#2)
  New Zealand February 21st, 2022 (21) 5 2 #8 Round of 16 (#2)

Draw

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Seeding and drawing

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Pot 1

Top 6 teams

Pot 2

Top 12 teams

Pot 3

Top 16 teams

Pot 4

Top 24 teams

Results of the draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
  Australia   Scotland   England   Canada   Brazil   United States
  Sweden   France   Ireland   Germany   Japan   South Korea
  Italy   South Africa   Jamaica   New Zealand   Norway   Iceland
  Cameroon   Uruguay   Colombia   Hungary   Finland   Belgium

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 1 0 26 22 4 7
  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 21 22 -1 4
  Australia 3 1 0 2 23 25 -2 3
  Italy 3 0 2 1 24 25 -1 2
Round 1
(The Go-Betweens - "Streets of Our Town")   Australia 9 – 8   Italy (Lacuna Coil - "Heaven's a Lie")
(The Cardigans - "Your New Cuckoo")   Sweden 8 – 6   Cameroon (Jovi - "Sok Sok")
Round 2
(The Drones - "How to See Through Fog")   Australia 7 – 9   Sweden (Graveyard - "Hisingen Blues")
(Stanley Enow - "My Way")   Cameroon 7 – 7   Italy (Premiata Forneria Marconi - "Generale")
Round 3
(AC/DC - "Who Made Who")   Australia 7 – 8   Cameroon (Irma - "I Know")
(Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy")   Italy 9 – 9   Sweden (ABBA - "Waterloo")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Scotland 3 3 0 0 24 18 6 9
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 22 23 -1 6
  France 3 1 0 2 23 25 -2 3
  South Africa 3 0 0 3 22 25 -3 0
Round 1
(Nazareth - "Love Hurts")   Scotland 8 – 7   South Africa (Johnny Dyani - "Radebe")
(Kid Loco - "A Grand Love Theme")   France 8 – 9   Uruguay (Eduardo Mateo - "Jacinta")
Round 2
(Calvin Harris - "Feels")   Scotland 8 – 6   France (DJ Cam - "Friends and Ennemies")
(El Quarteto de Nos - "Enamorado Tuyo")   Uruguay 8 – 7   South Africa (Alice Phoebe Lou - "Dusk")
Round 3
(Travis - "Sing")   Scotland 8 – 5   Uruguay (Alfredo Zitarrosa - "Zamba por Vos")
(Orville Peck - "Daytona Sand")   South Africa 8 – 9   France (Alain Bashung - "La Nuit Je Mens")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 26 19 7 9
  Ireland 3 2 0 1 22 21 1 6
  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 23 24 -1 3
  Colombia 3 0 0 3 17 24 -7 0
Round 1
(The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black")   England 9 – 8   Jamaica (Koffee - "Pull Up")
(The Divine Comedy - "Something for the Weekend")   Ireland 8 – 5   Colombia (J Balvin - "Que Más Pues?")
Round 2
(Radiohead - "High and Dry")   England 9 – 6   Ireland (Aphex Twin - "#20")
(Elia y Elizabeth - "Alegria")   Colombia 7 – 8   Jamaica (Black Uhuru - "Utterance")
Round 3
(Steven Wilson - "12 Things I Forgot")   England 8 – 5   Colombia (Filmmaker - "Hostile Environment")
(Ini Kamoze - "World-a-Reggae")   Jamaica 7 – 8   Ireland (Hozier - "Would That I")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 2 1 0 26 22 4 7
  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 19 18 1 4
  Hungary 3 1 1 1 20 20 0 4
  Germany 3 0 1 2 16 21 -5 1
Round 1
(Leonard Cohen - "Famous Blue Raincoat")   Canada 8 – 8   New Zealand (Yumi Zouma - "In Camera")
(Jan Jelinek - "Tendency")   Germany 6 – 6   Hungary (Solaris - "Marsbéli Krónikák: I")
Round 2
(Esthero - "Heaven Sent")   Canada 9 – 7   Germany (Alice Merton - "Vertigo")
(Black Hill - "Hidden Valley")   Hungary 7 – 5   New Zealand (Fat Freddy's Drop - "Ernie")
Round 3
(Nelly Furtado - "Promiscuous")   Canada 9 – 7   Hungary (Suhov - "Csele")
(The Chills - "Pink Frost")   New Zealand 6 – 3   Germany (Embryo - "A Place to Go")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 1 2 0 23 20 3 5
  Norway 3 1 2 0 22 20 2 5
  Japan 3 1 1 1 22 23 -1 4
  Finland 3 0 1 2 20 24 -4 1
Round 1
(Cássia Eller - "As Coisas São Tão Mais Lindas")   Brazil 7 – 7   Norway (Ylvis - "The Trucker's Hitch")
(Sheena Ringo - "Marunouchi Sadistic")   Japan 9 – 7   Finland (Thunderstone - "Forth Into the Black")
Round 2
(Pato Fu - "Mesmo Que Seja Eu")   Brazil 9 – 6   Japan (Melt-Banana - "Shield for Your Eyes")
(Tuomas Salmela - "The Piece")   Finland 6 – 8   Norway (Jordsjø - "Stifinner")
Round 3
(Passo Torto - "Faria Lima Pra Cá")   Brazil 7 – 7   Finland (CMX - "Palvelemaan Konetta")
(Blood Command - "(The World Covered In) Purple Shrouds")   Norway 7 – 7   Japan (Haru Nemuri - "Never Let You Go")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 2 1 0 26 21 5 7
  United States 3 1 2 0 22 20 2 5
  Iceland 3 0 2 1 23 25 -2 2
  Belgium 3 0 1 2 20 25 -5 1
Round 1
(Derek and the Dominos - "Layla")   United States 7 – 7   Iceland (Kiasmos - "Looped")
(Yukika - "Insomnia")   South Korea 9 – 6   Belgium (Melanie de Biaso - "The Flow")
Round 2
(Katy Perry - "Last Friday Night")   United States 8 – 8   South Korea (Kwon Eun Bi - "Underwater")
(Black Mirrors - "Günther Kimmich")   Belgium 9 – 9   Iceland (Björk - "Joga")
Round 3
(St. Vincent - "The Party")   United States 7 – 5   Belgium (Univers Zero - "Parade")
(The Vintage Caravan - "Expand Your Mind")   Iceland 7 – 9   South Korea (Parannoul - "Imagination")

Third placing teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
D   Hungary 3 1 1 1 20 20 0 4
E   Japan 3 1 1 1 22 23 -1 4
C   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 23 24 -1 3
B   France 3 1 0 2 23 25 -2 3
A   Australia 3 1 0 2 23 25 -2 3
F   Iceland 3 0 2 1 23 25 -2 2
Third-placed teams

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1C

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1D

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A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E
Tiebreaker
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To break the tie between Australia and France, both teams played an extra match, with the following Result:

  Australia7–9  France
"Who Made Who" by AC/DC . "La Nuit Je Mens" by Alain Bashung
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Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Sweden9
 
 
 
  Jamaica8
 
  Sweden8 (4)
 
 
 
  United States8 (3)
 
  United States8
 
 
 
  Uruguay5
 
  Sweden9
 
 
 
  Norway8
 
  South Korea7
 
 
 
  Norway8
 
  Norway9
 
 
 
  Scotland7
 
  Scotland8
 
 
 
  Hungary7
 
  Sweden8
 
 
 
  England7
 
  Brazil9
 
 
 
  New Zealand7
 
  Brazil7 (3)
 
 
 
  England7 (4)
 
  England8
 
 
 
  France6
 
  England8 (5)
 
 
 
  Ireland8 (3)Third place
 
  Canada10
 
  
 
  Japan6
 
  Canada7  Norway7
 
 
 
  Ireland8  Ireland8
 
  Ireland8 (4)
 
 
  Cameroon8 (3)
 

Round of 16

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  Sweden9–8  Jamaica
"Out of Gas" by Grande Royale . "Mystery Lady" by Masego
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  United States8–5  Uruguay
"Mirror" by Porter Robinson . "Pasarla Bien" by Juan Wauters
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  South Korea7–8  Norway
"Smiley" by Yena . "Winter is Never" by Gazpacho
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  Scotland8–7  Hungary
"What You Do To Me" by Teenage Fanclub . "Pabadam" by Yonderboi
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  Brazil9–7  New Zealand
"O Calibre" by Paralamas do Sucesso . "Drawing to a Whole" by The Clean
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  England8–6  France
"El Mañana" by Gorillaz . "Huit Octobre 1971" by Cortex
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  Canada10–6  Japan
"Losing Grip" by Avril Lavigne . "Nee" by Perfume
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  Ireland(4) 8–8 (3)  Cameroon
"Roman Holiday" by Fontaines D.C.
TB: "Would That I" by Hozier
. "Alane" by Wes
TB: "Sok Sok" by Jovi
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Quarter-finals

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  Sweden(4) 8–8 (3)  United States
"Which Way to the Mob" by Troubled Horse . "Breakdown" by Tantric
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  Norway9–7  Scotland
"Half the World Away" by Aurora . "Aquarius" by Boards of Canada
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  Brazil(3) 7–7 (4)  England
"El Diablo" by Republica
TB: "As Coisas São Tão Mais Lindas" by Cássia Eller
. "Dirge" by Death in Vegas
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  Canada7–8  Ireland
"Rule of Nines" by Spiritbox . "With or Without You" by U2
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Semifinals

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  Sweden9–8  Norway
"Outlander" by Siena Root . "Russian Doll" by Ulver
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  England(5) 8–8 (3)  Ireland
"Higher Power" by Coldplay
TB: "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
. "The Hunchback of San Francisco" by Perry Blake
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Third place match

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  Norway7–8  Ireland
"The Bomb-Proof Roll and Beyond" by Motorpsycho . "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
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Final

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  Sweden8–7  England
"Electrical" by Horisont . "Parasite Eve" by Bring Me the Horizon
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Results

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9th Music World Cup Champion
 
Sweden
(2nd title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Sweden A 7 6 1 0 60 53 7 19
2   England C 7 4 2 1 56 48 8 14
Third-place play-off
3   Ireland C 7 4 2 1 54 51 3 14
4   Norway E 7 3 2 2 54 51 3 11
Quarter-finals eliminations
5   Scotland B 5 4 0 1 39 32 7 12
6   Canada D 5 3 1 1 43 36 7 10
7   Brazil E 5 2 3 0 39 34 5 9
8   United States F 5 2 3 0 38 33 5 9
Round of 16 eliminations
9   South Korea F 4 2 1 1 33 29 4 7
10   Uruguay B 4 2 0 2 27 31 -4 6
11   Cameroon A 4 1 2 1 29 30 -1 5
12   Hungary D 4 1 1 2 27 28 -1 4
13   New Zealand D 4 1 1 2 26 27 -1 4
14   Japan E 4 1 1 2 28 33 -5 4
15   Jamaica C 4 1 0 3 31 33 -2 3
16   France B 4 1 0 3 29 33 -4 3
Group stage eliminations
17   Australia A 3 1 0 2 23 25 -2 3
18   Italy A 3 0 2 1 24 25 -1 2
19   Iceland F 3 0 2 1 23 25 -2 2
20   Finland E 3 0 1 2 20 24 -4 1
21   Belgium F 3 0 1 2 20 25 -5 1
22   Germany D 3 0 1 2 16 21 -5 1
23   South Africa B 3 0 0 3 22 25 -3 0
24   Colombia C 3 0 0 3 17 24 -7 0

Awards

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Categories Team Credit
Best songs 1   Canada Avril Lavigne's "Losing Grip"
2   Brazil Paralamas do Sucesso's "O Calibre"
3   England The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black"
4   France Alain Bashung's "La Nuit Je Mens"
5   Sweden Grande Royale's "Out of Gas"
Best newcomer   Uruguay Itself
Best match   South Africa vs.   France Orville Peck's "Daytona Sand" vs. Alain Bashung's "La Nuit Je Mens"
Best underdog   Cameroon Itself