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WCP VIII - Country Qualifiers
How to Qualify for WCP 8
Stage 1 - Team Selection
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7
Group 1: Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras.
Group 2: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama.
| Buy-In | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Free | August 20 | 17:00 ET |
| $1.10 | 19:00 ET | |
| $11 | August 21 | 17:00 ET |
| N/A - TLB only | 19:00 ET |
Group 3: Romania, United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Ireland, Slovakia, Serbia, Rest of the world*.
Group 4: Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria.
Group 5: Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Estonia.
| Buy-In | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Free | August 20 | 12:00 ET |
| $1.10 | 14:00 ET | |
| $11 | August 21 | 12:00 ET |
| N/A - TLB only | 14:00 ET |
Group 6: Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, India, Tajikistan.
| Buy-In | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Free | August 20 | 10:00 ET |
| $1.10 | 12:00 ET | |
| $11 | August 21 | 11:00 ET |
| N/A - TLB only | 12:00 ET |
Group 7: Australia, New Zealand, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia.
| Buy-In | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Free | August 20 | 04:00 ET |
| $1.10 | 06:00 ET | |
| $11 | August 21 | 04:00 ET |
| N/A - TLB only | 06:00 ET |
*The ‘Rest of the World’ team includes players from any specific country not-listed in the groups.
Stage 2 - Knockout Round
Stage 2 tournaments run as listed below. After all four tournaments for each country have played out, the country from each league with best results overall advances to the live final (seven countries in total).
August 27
| Groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 1/2 | 3/4/5 | 6 | 7 |
| Goalkeeper | 17:00 ET | 12:00 ET | 10:00 ET | 04:00 ET |
| Defender | 19:00 ET | 14:00 ET | 12:00 ET | 06:00 ET |
August 28
| Groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 1/2 | 3/4/5 | 6 | 7 |
| Midfielder | 17:00 ET | 12:00 ET | 10:00 ET | 04:00 ET |
| Striker | 19:00 ET | 14:00 ET | 12:00 ET | 06:00 ET |
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