FANA World Cup 2020 • Final Match Day

The next two matches of the quarter-finals took place today in Arnheim and Cöhln. These two games would determine the last two qualifiers to the semi-finals.

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MATCH 99
Freyhurst (ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ) vs Niolskiaj (alexeh )



The penultimate quarter-final match took place today in the Arnheim International Park in Arnheim between recent powerhouse Freyhurst and former champions Niolskiaj. Going into this match, neither side were able to predict what was about to happen, but everything was at stake here and both teams gave it their all to secure a spot in the semi-finals.This match would prove to be quite exciting - as Freyhurst managed to take an early lead over Niolskiaj, getting their first goal at the 20th minute. This lead would be short-lived, as the Niol team managed to score their first goal at the 26th minute, levelling out the scores. Freyhurst managed to score their second goal at the 42nd minute. In the second half, Freyhurst scored a third goal at the 68th minute, while time was ticking for Niolskiaj to make a move. However, the game would ultimately become closer after the Niol team managed to surprise the Freyhurstians and score 2 additional goals, which would mean that the two would tie at the last minute. As neither team managed to gain a lead in overtime, the match went to penalties. Although close, Niolskiaj sadly missed a penalty against Freyhurst, which meant that Freyhurst got 3 penalties against their 2. This means that Niolskiaj is eliminated from the tournament.

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MATCH 100
Evergreen (Eke ) vs Hansaaria (kacper )



The last match of the quarter-finals took place today in the Theinenergiestadion in Cöhln between Evergreen and debutants Hansaaria. Hansaaria has proven to be a strong opponent in recent rounds, as the country has managed to win every game up until now, despite only coming 3rd in the group stage. This is the second time that the two countries would face off, and Hansaaria was eager for revenge. The game kicked off with some good moves from both the Everish and Hansaarian sides, but no goals were scored until the 33rd minute, when Evergreen scored their first goal. Undeterred, Hansaaria bypassed the Everish defense and scored their first goal at the 41st minute. The second half started off quite boring, with neither team getting a goal, until Evergreen scored their 2nd goal at the 74th minute - only for Hansaaria to equalize the score at the 83rd minute. The game went into extra time, with neither team managing to score, and this would continue into overtime where despite some good moves from Evergreen, they didn't manage to score a 3rd goal and win. This meant that the match also went into penalties. Evergreen missed one penalty against Hansaaria, who had 4. After Evergreen missed a second time, the match was over. Evergreen is now eliminated from the tournament, while Hansaaria will play against Freyhurst in the semi-finals.

Today was the very last match day of the 2020 FANA World Cup. Freyhurst and Sincuerello played the 3rd place match.

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MATCH 103
Freyhurst (ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ) vs Sincuerello (Ｊａｋｕｂ)



The third place match was played in Norfort. Both teams only lost their semi finals due to bad luck in the penalties. Now it was time to find out who was better. Freyhurst won the match with 2-1 despite Sincuerello being the bookmarker's favorite. When the first goal was scored in the 31st minute Sincuerello's team already played significantly worse which led to the second goal in the 35th minute. The second half was shaped by numerous chances from Sincuerello's team but resulted in only one goal in the 78th minute. Thus Frehurst officially is the third place of the tournament. Congratulations!

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MATCH 104 (FINAL MATCH)
Hansaaria (kacper) vs Drevona (Dominykas)

Krono, Fordia - It is time for the very last match of the tournament which is also the most important one. We are about to find out who the 2020 champion of the FANA World Cup is. Two underdogs managed to get into the final match.

Hansaaria started the tournament as one of the weakest teams according to the FANA World Ranking in Group J which had very strong opponents in it, Fordia, Evergreen and Flirskmasto. Their first match resulted in a 3-0 victory against Fordia, what probably increased the team's motivation immensely. In their remaining two group games they lost with 0-1 and 0-4 against Flirskmasto and Evergreen respectively. They however managed to qualify to the Round of 32 as the 7th best third place. From here every defeat means elimination. In a very exciting game against Lidonia, the world's second best team at that time, Hansaaria qualified with a 6-4 victory to the Round of 16. Here, they once again managed to defeat their opponent Jarea with 6-1. Now it was time to play against a country they already lost to this tournament. While Evergreen won with 4 goals against Hansaaria in the group stage, it now lost to Hansaaria on penalties. In the semi-final Hansaaria had to defeat Freyhurst, their weakest opponent in the tournament so far. Here they once again won on penalties. Their final opponent now is Drevona.

Drevona wasn't a favourite at the beginning of the tournament. However, it proved that it was underrated as it won two of its group matches with 3-0, while one game, against Sincuerello was lost by just one goal. Thus Drevona had to play against one of the hosts, Decoria which they defeated with 4-1. Their next opponent was Hwaesonna which lost in the extra time by 0-1. The remaining games weren't really clear neither. In the quarter final they had to prove theirselves against Ximbala who played a sensational tournament too. After a very exciting game Drevona won penalties with 3-1. Just like Hansaaria, Drevona had to face their group's winner again in the semi-final and just like Hansaaria they only won after the penalties.

Now both teams, which barely got attention at the beginning of the tournament are here to play for Fantasia's most important football title. Are you excited?

The closing ceremony in Fordia kicked off right after the third place match ended. Astonavia welcomed 85,000 spectators from around the globe in Fordia's capital Krono. The majority of fans of course came from Fordia. Mainly because Drevona is one of Fordia's closest neighbours but also because Hansaaria defeated Fordia in the group stage with 3-0, the majority of Fordian fans supported Drevona today. Sofi Tukker and IMLÉ kicked off the ceremony with a calm mash-up of their songs which slowly developed to a real party banger. The spectators were now hyped for the game. Fordian president Frances Drosel quickly spoke a few words about the tournament and thanked everyone helped this tournament so great. The remaining host country leaders and the leaders of Drevona and Hansaaria were present too. It was time to play. It was time to find out who won the 2020 FANA World Cup.