Tenth Music World Cup

Tenth Music World Cup
Tournament details
Dates	March 13th - March 14th, 2023
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	England (3rd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Goals scored	1,006 (16.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Germany (62 points)

Participating teams

Continent	Team	Classification Date (Order)	Participation			Best Performance
Continent	Team	Classification Date (Order)	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Africa	Mali	March 12th, 2023 (21)	5	1	#8	Third place (#5)
	Senegal	March 12th, 2023 (16)	2	1	#8	Third place (#8)
	South Africa	March 12th, 2023 (23)	8	3	#9	Quarter-finals (#1)
	Uganda	March 12th, 2023 (24)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Zambia	March 12th, 2023 (15)	5	1	#8	Runner-up (#5)
Americas	Brazil	March 10th, 2023 (3)	10	10	#9	Champion (#2)
	Canada	March 10th, 2023 (4)	10	10	#9	Third place (#7)
	Chile	March 11th, 2023 (6)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	Colombia	March 12th, 2023 (11)	7	3	#9	Quarter-finals (#4)
	Haiti	March 12th, 2023 (25)	2	1	#3	Group stage (#3)
	United States	March 10th, 2023 (1)	10	10	#9	Runner-up (#1)
Asia	China	March 13th, 2023 (30)	2	1	#8	Round of 16 (#8)
	Japan	March 12th, 2023 (17)	10	10	#9	Champion (#8)
	Philippines	March 11th, 2023 (7)	1	1	–	Newcomer
	South Korea	March 12th, 2023 (18)	10	10	#9	Fourth place (#5)
Europe	Belgium	March 13th, 2023 (31)	6	4	#9	Quarter-finals (#8)
	Denmark	March 12th, 2023 (28)	4	1	#6	Round of 16 (#2)
	England	March 10th, 2023 (2)	10	10	#9	Champion (#4, #6)
	Finland	March 12th, 2023 (12)	8	4	#9	Round of 16 (#3, #7)
	France	March 12th, 2023 (19)	10	10	#9	Third place (#2)
	Germany	March 12th, 2023 (14)	10	10	#9	Champion (#1)
	Greece	March 11th, 2023 (8)	2	1	#5	Group stage (#5)
	Hungary	March 12th, 2023 (13)	2	2	#9	Round of 16 (#9)
	Iceland	March 12th, 2023 (27)	7	3	#9	Quarter-finals (#3, #6)
	Ireland	March 12th, 2023 (20)	10	10	#9	Champion (#5)
	Italy	March 11th, 2023 (10)	8	6	#9	Runner-up (#6)
	Norway	March 12th, 2023 (26)	9	5	#9	Third place (#6)
	Portugal	March 13th, 2023 (32)	2	1	#4	Round of 16 (#4)
	Scotland	March 12th, 2023 (22)	10	10	#9	Champion (#7)
	Sweden	March 11th, 2023 (9)	10	10	#9	Champion (#3, #9)
	Switzerland	March 13th, 2023 (29)	1	1	–	Newcomer
Oceania	Australia	March 10th, 2023 (5)	10	10	#9	TBA

Draw

Seeding and drawing

Pot 1 Top 8 teams	Pot 2 Top 16 teams	Pot 3 Top 24 teams	Pot 4 Top 32 teams
Brazil Canada England Ireland Japan Scotland Sweden United States	Australia France Germany Iceland Italy Norway South Africa South Korea	Belgium China Colombia Denmark Finland Mali Senegal Zambia	Chile Haiti Hungary Greece Philippines Portugal Switzerland Uganda

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Canada	Sweden	United States	Ireland	Scotland	Brazil	Japan	England
South Korea	Italy	South Africa	France	Australia	Iceland	Norway	Germany
Zambia	Colombia	Denmark	Senegal	Belgium	Finland	Mali	China
Switzerland	Uganda	Chile	Hungary	Portugal	Philippines	Greece	Haiti

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	25	21	4	7
Canada	3	2	0	1	23	21	2	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	22	24	-2	3
South Korea	3	0	1	2	21	25	-4	1


Round 1
(Simple Plan - "Welcome to My Life") Canada	6 – 7	Zambia (Musi-O-Tunya - "Mpondolo")
(Parannoul - "Arrival") South Korea	6 – 8	Switzerland (Fifty Foot Mama - "Helicopter")
Round 2
(Sum 41 - "In Too Deep") Canada	9 – 7	South Korea (Yukari - "Am I Dreaming")
(Aisha Devi - "Dislocation of the Alpha") Switzerland	7 - 10	Zambia (Sampa the Great - "Bona")
Round 3
(Nelly Furtado - "All Good Things") Canada	8 – 7	Switzerland (Celtic Frost - "Mexican Radio")
(Witch - "Strange Dream") Zambia	8 – 8	South Korea (Meaningful Stone - "A Call from My Dream")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	26	20	6	7
Italy	3	1	1	1	22	25	-3	4
Uganda	3	1	0	2	22	24	-2	3
Colombia	3	0	2	1	24	25	-1	2


Round 1
(Hypnos - "Caught in the Night") Sweden	8 – 8	Colombia (Shakira - "Dare (La La La)")
(Lucio Dalla - "Anna e Marco") Italy	8 – 7	Uganda (Don Zilla - "Full Moon")
Round 2
(The Riven - "Far Beyond") Sweden	10 – 6	Italy (Jovanotti - "I Love You Baby")
(Nihiloxica - "Endongo") Uganda	9 – 8	Colombia (Ondatropica - "Hummingbird")
Round 3
(ABBA - "Head Over Heels") Sweden	8 – 6	Uganda (Afrorack - "Osc")
(Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - "Undelivered Letter") Colombia	8 – 8	Italy (Stephan F. - "Astronomia 2K19")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	29	25	4	9
Denmark	3	2	1	25	24	1	6
South Africa	3	1	2	24	25	-1	3
Chile	3	0	3	23	27	-4	0


Round 1
(Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "I Love Rock N' Roll") United States	10 – 9	Denmark (Of the Wand and the Moon - "Sunspot")
(Springbok Nude Girls - "Bubblegum on My Boots") South Africa	9 – 8	Chile (Javiera Mena - "Yo No Te Pido la Luna")
Round 2
(Versus the World - "Forgive Me") United States	9 – 8	South Africa (Petite Noir - "Chess")
(Niños Del Cerro - "Povidona") Chile	7 – 8	Denmark (Volbeat - "Heaven Nor Hell")
Round 3
(Kiss - "I Was Made for Lovin' You") United States	10 – 8	Chile (Rubio - "Hacia el Fondo")
(Secret Oyster - "Oyster Jungle") Denmark	8 – 7	South Africa (Gregory Alan Isakov - "Amsterdam")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	27	23	4	9
Hungary	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
Senegal	3	0	2	1	24	26	-2	2
Ireland	3	0	1	2	23	25	-2	1


Round 1
(Róisín Murphy - "Dear Miami") Ireland	8 – 8	Senegal (Didier Awadi - "Ndaanane")
(Justice - "New Lands") France	8 – 7	Hungary (Locomotiv GT - "Egy Elfelejtett Szó")
Round 2
(Orla Gartland - "Zombie!") Ireland	8 – 9	France (Perturbator - "Excess")
(The Moon & the Nightspirit - "Pagan") Hungary	8 – 8	Senegal (Fatou - "Gucci")
Round 3
(U2 - "One") Ireland	7 – 8	Hungary (Omega - "Pearls in Her Hair")
(Baaba Maal - "Dunya Salam") Senegal	8 – 10	France (Daft Punk - "Get Lucky")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	3	0	24	21	3	9
Australia	3	1	2	24	20	4	3
Belgium	3	1	2	22	24	-2	3
Portugal	3	1	2	18	23	-5	3


Round 1
(Mark Knopfler - "What It Is") Scotland	8 – 7	Belgium (Front 242 - "Welcome to Paradise")
(Pond - "America's Cup") Australia	9 – 3	Portugal (Nídia - "Puro Tarraxo")
Round 2
(Primal Scream - "Country Girl") Scotland	8 – 7	Australia (Nick Cave - "Hand of God")
(Bruno Pernadas - "Anywhere in Spacetime") Portugal	8 – 6	Belgium (Stars of the Lid - "Dungtitled (In a Major)")
Round 3
(Darius - "Colourblind") Scotland	8 – 7	Portugal (José Mario Branco - "Inquietação")
(Hooverphonic - "2 Wicky") Belgium	9 - 8	Australia (AC/DC - "Problem Child")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	2	0	1	21	21	0	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	22	20	2	4
Philippines	3	1	1	1	22	21	1	4
Iceland	3	1	0	2	19	22	-3	3


Round 1
(Legião Urbana - "Quando o Sol Bater na Janela do Teu Quarto") Brazil	7 – 8	Finland (The Rasmus - "In the Shadows")
(Dead Skeletons - "Kingdom of God") Iceland	8 – 7	Philippines (Kolateral - "Boy")
Round 2
(Angra - "Reaching Horizons") Brazil	8 – 5	Iceland (Mum - "If I Were a Fish")
(The Dawn - "Salamat") Philippines	8 – 6	Finland (Tomppabeats - "Monday Loop")
Round 3
(Scalene - "Febril") Brazil	7 – 7	Philippines (Eraserheads - "Ang Huling El Bimbo")
(Him - "Join Me in Death") Finland	7 – 6	Iceland (Valdimar - "Yfir Borgina")

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	1	2	0	25	23	2	5
Mali	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	22	22	0	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	23	25	-2	3


Round 1
(Tricot - "Pool") Japan	8 – 8	Mali (Amadou & Mariam - "M'Bifé")
(Susanne Sundfør - "White Foxes") Norway	8 – 7	Greece (Naxatras - "Space Tunnel")
Round 2
(DJ Krush - "On the Dub-ble") Japan	7 – 7	Norway (Wardruna - "Helvegen")
(Psycada - "Halal") Greece	8 – 7	Mali (Tom Diakité - "Klé")
Round 3
(Rina Sawayama - "STFU!") Japan	10 – 8	Greece (RSN - "Lucky Old You")
(Fatoumata Diawara - "Kanou") Mali	8 – 7	Norway (Váli - "Dypt Inne i Skogen")

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	26	21	5	9
England	3	1	1	1	23	22	1	4
Haiti	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
China	3	0	0	3	20	26	-6	0


Round 1
(Oasis - "Gas Panic!") England	8 – 6	China (Omnipotent Youth Society - "杀死那个石家庄人")
(Popol Vuh - "Morgengruß") Germany	8 – 7	Haiti (Vertø - "Krig")
Round 2
(Bad Company - "Ready for Love") England	7 – 8	Germany (Scorpions - "Make It Real")
(Wyclef Jean - "911") Haiti	8 – 7	China (Hiperson - "Spring Breeze")
Round 3
(Muse - "Reapers") England	8 – 8	Haiti (Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers - "Move Tan")
(Organ Tapes - "Di Qiu") China	7 – 10	Germany (Alice Merton - "No Roots")

Final stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Zambia	8

Italy	7
		Zambia	8 (8)

		United States	8 (10)
United States	8 (10)

Hungary	8 (8)
				United States	7

				England	8
Scotland	8

Brazil	10
		Brazil	9

		England	10
Japan	5

England	8
						England	10

						Canada	8
Sweden	7

Canada	9
		Canada	8

		Denmark	6
France	8

Denmark	10
				Canada	10

				Germany	9	Third place
Finland	9

Australia	10
		Australia	7			United States	8

		Germany	9			Germany	9
Germany	9

Mali	8

Round of 16

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Zambia	8–7	Italy
"Fwe Bena Zambia" by 5 Revolutions	.	"Parlami per Sempre" by Sick Tamburro

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United States	(10) 8–8 (8)	Hungary
"Forty Six & 2" by Tool TB: "I Love Rock N' Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	.	"La Baletta No. 2" by Gabor Presser TB: "Pearls in Her Hair" by Omega

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Scotland	8–10	Brazil
"Dignity" by Deacon Blue	.	"Senhor do Tempo" by Charlie Brown Jr.

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Japan	5–8	England
"In Summer Night" by Sheena Ringo	.	"Feet Don't Fail Me Now" by Joy Crookes

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Sweden	7–9	Canada
"Voluntary Slavery" by Beardfish	.	"Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne

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France	8–10	Denmark
"Too Young" by Phoenix	.	"Mountain Music Pt. 1" by Culpeper's Orchard

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Finland	9–10	Australia
"Jos Mulla Olisi Sydän" by Anna Eriksson	.	"Forgotten Years" by Midnight Oil

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Germany	9–8	Mali
"Abracadabra" by Lucifer	.	"Ka Moun Ké" by Rokia Traoré

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Quarter-finals

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Zambia	(8) 8–8 (10)	United States
"Day of Judgement" by Ngozi Family TB: "Fwe Bena Zambia" by 5 Revolutions	.	"If You Must" by Del the Funky Homosapien TB: "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by Kiss

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Brazil	9–10	England
"Só" by Kamau	.	"The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac

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Canada	8–6	Denmark
"Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morisette	.	"Against the Moon" by Iceage

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Australia	7–9	Germany
"Dimension" by Wolfmother	.	"Open Your Eyes" by Guano Apes

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Semifinals

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United States	7–8	England
"Any Way You Want Me" by Brockhampton	.	"Sunday Morning" by Hamzaa

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Canada	10–9	Germany
"The Spirit of Radio" by Rush	.	"Runnin' Wild" by Olivier St. Louis

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Third place match

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United States	8–9	Germany
"Mythsysizer Instinct" by R.A.P. Ferreira	.	"Doomsday Machine" by Kadavar

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Final

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England	10–8	Canada
"The Raven" by The Alan Parsons Project	.	"Constance" by Spiritbox

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Results

10th Music World Cup Champion
England (3rd title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	England	H	7	5	1	1	59	51	8	16
2	Canada	A	7	5	0	2	58	53	5	15
Third-place play-off
3	Germany	H	7	6	0	1	62	54	8	18
4	United States	C	7	3	2	2	60	58	2	11
Quarter-finals eliminations
5	Zambia	A	5	3	2	0	41	36	5	11
6	Denmark	C	5	3	0	2	41	40	1	9
7	Brazil	F	5	2	1	2	41	38	3	7
8	Australia	E	5	2	0	3	41	38	3	6
Round of 16 eliminations
9	France	D	4	3	0	1	35	33	2	9
10	Scotland	E	4	3	0	1	32	31	1	9
11	Sweden	B	4	2	1	1	33	29	4	7
12	Finland	F	4	2	0	2	30	31	-1	6
13	Hungary	D	4	1	2	1	31	31	0	5
14	Japan	G	4	1	2	1	30	31	-1	5
15	Mali	G	4	1	1	2	31	32	-1	4
16	Italy	B	4	1	1	2	29	33	-4	4
Group stage eliminations
17	Philippines	F	3	1	1	1	22	21	1	4
18	Haiti	H	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
19	Norway	G	3	1	1	1	22	22	0	4
20	South Africa	C	3	1	0	2	24	25	-1	3
21	Greece	G	3	1	0	2	23	25	-2	3
22	Belgium	E	3	1	0	2	22	24	-2	3
23	Uganda	B	3	1	0	2	22	24	-2	3
24	Switzerland	A	3	1	0	2	22	24	-2	3
25	Iceland	F	3	1	0	2	19	22	-3	3
26	Portugal	E	3	1	0	2	18	23	-5	3
27	Colombia	B	3	0	2	1	24	25	-1	2
28	Senegal	D	3	0	2	1	24	26	-2	2
29	Ireland	D	3	0	1	2	23	25	-2	1
30	South Korea	A	3	0	1	2	21	25	-4	1
31	Chile	C	3	0	0	3	23	27	-4	0
32	China	H	3	0	0	3	20	26	-6	0

Awards

Categories		Team	Credit
Best songs	1	Canada	"The Spirit of Radio" by Rush
	2	Zambia	"Bona" by Sampa the Great
	3	England	"The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac
	4	Denmark	"Mountain Music, Pt. 1" by Culpepper's Orchard
	5	Brazil	"Senhor do Tempo" by Charlie Brown Jr.
Best newcomer		Philippines	Itself
Best match		Canada vs. Germany	"The Spirit of Radio" by Rush vs. "Runnin' Wild" by Olivier St. Louis
Best underdog		Denmark	Itself