The Kings World Cup 2024, a media football championship, is set to take place from May 26th to June 8th in Mexico. The tournament will feature 32 teams, with representatives each from the Kings League and Kings League Americas, alongside 12 invited teams worldwide.
The format of the Kings World Cup 2024 consists of two stages: the Swiss Stage and the Knockout Stage. Each team will need to field seven players per match. Participants will compete under the unconventional rules of the media league, with the tournament winner receiving a million-dollar prize. The Kings World Cup 2024 final matches will be held at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey.
Each team in the Kings World Cup 2024 will be represented by ambassadors, including popular content creators, streamers, bloggers, and stars of the global football scene. Currently, there is no precise information on whether the latter will play for their teams as footballers, but such an option is possible.
Kings World Cup 2024 Teams
Participants from Kings League
Team
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Country
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President
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Guest players
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1K FC
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Spain
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David Barral, Marc Torrejón, Iván Mateo
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Aniquiladores FC
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Spain
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Hugo Fraile, Gerard Vergé, Javier Espinosa
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Jijantes FC
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Spain
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Fernando Quesada, Sergio Juste, Diego Díaz
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Kunisports
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Spain
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Nicolás Gaitán, Nico Pareja, Jordi Gómez
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Los Troncos FC
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Spain
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Carles Planas, Joan Verdú, Max Marcet
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Porcinos FC
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Spain
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Nadir Louah, Pablo Hernández, Mateo Musacchio
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Saiyans FC
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Spain
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Martín Mantovani, Augusto Fernández, David López
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Ultimate Móstoles
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Spain
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Ferran Corominas (Coro), Alberto de la Bella, Diego de la Mata
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El Barrio
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Spain
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Adri Contreras
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TBD
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PIO FC
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Spain
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Rivers_gg
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TBD
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Rayo de Barcelona
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Spain
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Spursito
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TBD
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xBuyer Team
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Spain
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Hnos. Buyer
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TBD
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Participants from Kings League Americas
Team
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Country
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President
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Guest players
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Galácticos del Caribe
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Dominican Republic
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Los Futbolitos and Alofoke
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Leandro Gomez, Daviz Junco, Gabriel Penalba
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Olimpo United
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Mexico
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Javier Hernández
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Rodolfo Salinas, Marco Bueno, Mario Osuna
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Peluche Caligari
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Mexico
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Escorpión Dorado and Werevertumorro
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Luis Lozoya, José Joaquín Martínez, Mauricio Campos
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Persas FC
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Peru
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ElZeein
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Antonio Monterde, Juan Peña, Juan Carlos López
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Raniza FC
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Uruguay
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BarcaGamer and AlanaLaRana
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Osvaldo Martinez, Obed Martinez, Walter Ayovi
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Real Titán
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Chile
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Germán Garmendia
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Fran Hernandez, Alberto Garcia, Carlos Calvo
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West Santos FC
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Colombia
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WestCol and Arcángel
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Jhon Monsalve, Francisco Estrada, Fredy Rodriguez
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Atletico Parceros PC
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Colombia
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James Rodriguez and Pelicanger
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TBD
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Club de Cuervos
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Mexico
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Mercedes Roa
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TBD
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Los Aliens FC
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USA
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Castro_1021
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TBD
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Los Chamos FC
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Argentina
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TheDonato and Yolo
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TBD
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Muchachos FC
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Argentina
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Jero Freixas
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Diego Martínez
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Wildcard
Team
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Country
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President
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Guest players
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Deptostra FC
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Belgium
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Céline Dept and Eden Hazard
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Eden Hazard, Ethan Hazard, Nabil Jaadi
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FIVE FC
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United Kingdom
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Rio Ferdinand and Jeremy Lynch
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Anton Ferdinand, Jermaine Pennant, Jack Downer
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Foot2Rue
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France
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AmineMaTue and Samir Nasri
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Samir Nasri, Jérémy Ménez
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Furia FC
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Brazil
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O Estagiário, Falcão and Neymar jr
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Matheus Nunes (Negrete), Alessandro Rosa Vieira (Falcão), Marcelinho da Silva Junior
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G3X FC
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Brazil
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Bruno Agnello, Andreas Vaz, Kelvin Nunes
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Limon FC
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Turkey
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Muhammet Sözer, Mete Kaan Demir, Serhat Kot
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Murash FC
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Japan
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Junichi Kato
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Daisuke Nasu, Shohei Moriyasu, Itsuki Yamada
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Stallions
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Italy
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Tumblurr + Francesco Totti
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Francesco Totti, Radja Nainggolan, Emiliano Viviano
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SXB FC
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Saudi Arabia
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Yasser Al-Qahtani, Williams 'Vassoura' Oliveira, Elton 'Arabia' José Xavier Gomes
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UA Steel
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Ukraine
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Leb1ga and Andriy Shevchenko
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Valeriy Fedorchuk, Artem Fedetskyi, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Andriy Pyatov, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Junior Moraes, Darijo Srna, Andriy Voronin, Valery Fedorchuk, Artem Fedetskyi, Mykola Morozyuk, Marlos Romero, Edmar Lacerda
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Youniors FC
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Germany
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Younes Zarou and Mario Götze
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Julien Vercauteren, Besar Halimi, Daniel Brosinski
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Medallo City
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Colombia
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Maluma
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Sergi Monsalve, Bernat Burguera, Jonathan Sánchez
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As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players.
Kings League World Cup 2024 Format
Kings League World Cup 2024 tournament will be held in two stages — Swiss system and Knockout stage. A total of 32 teams will play in the World Cup 2024:
- 8 top teams of Kings League Spain;
- 8 top teams from Kings League Americas;
- 12 invited Wildcard teams from around the world;
- 4 teams that will go through the Redemption Game preliminary stage. In this stage, the quota will be played by those members of Kings League Spain and Kings League Americas who did not receive invitations directly.
Schedule of Redemption Game (all games will be played on May 25):
- Game 1: Club de Cuervos vs El Barrio;
- Game 2: Los Chamos FC vs PIO FC;
- Game 3: Los Aliens FC vs Rayo de Barcelona;
- Game 4: Atlético Parceros vs xBuyer Team.
Schedule for the first round of the Swiss Stage:
- First round A: Olimpo United vs Furia FC (May 26);
- First round B: Stallions vs Medallo City (May 26);
- First round C: UA Steel vs G3X FC (May 26);
- First round D: Murash FC vs Raniza FC (May 26);
- First round E: Los Troncos FC vs Real Titan (May 28);
- First round F: Ultimate Móstoles vs Redemption Game 3 winner (May 28);
- First round G: Porcinos FC vs Muchachos FC (May 27);
- First round H: Youniors FC vs Saiyans FC (May 26);
- First round I: Peluche Caligari vs Deptostra FC (May 26);
- First round J: Foot2Rue vs Redemption Game 2 winner (May 27);
- First round K: 1K FC vs Redemption Game 1 winner (May 27);
- First round L: West Santos FC vs Aniquiladores FC (May 26);
- First round M: Jijantes FC vs Limon FC (May 28);
- First round N: FIVE FC vs Kunisports (May 27);
- First round O: SXB FC vs Persas FC (May 26);
- First round P: Galácticos del Caribe vs Redemption Game 4 winner (May 28).
The full schedule and match results can be found on the official Kings League World Cup website.
The Kings World Cup 2024 organizers have not yet announced what format the championship will be covered in. Most likely, content creators from among the ambassadors will be able to broadcast matches of their teams on their personal channels.