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=== Group 1 ===
Ahitereira went into the group as the host and one of the best (if not the best) national teams in the world. Peryzium was a High Kingdom team and had experience with going against Ahitereira, most recently in a friendly in January 2450 where they lost 0–2, and thought it could do well to come second. Knowing full well that Peryzium could not beat Ahitereira, the very first match at the world cup was seen primarily as a performance of some of the finest football resulting in a penalty to Ahitereira in the closing minutes of the first half, and then two back to back goals in the 67th and 69th minute. Peryzium decided to use some of the lesser known members of it's squad to give them some experience and save the better players to be much more prepared for the Lunidor game. The match ended as a win for Ahitereira, 3–0.
Lunidor had little to no experience against either teams in the group and while it scared the Lunidor squad as they had no preparation, it gave them an advantage as being rather mysterious of it's playstyle to the Ahitereiran team. Lunidor had it's own semi-professional league at home full of imports, mainly Ceironian managers, and a completely different style of football to the home nations of the High Kingdoms. The match began early with a Lunidor lead to the surprise of the Ahitereiran audience. However, the Ahitereiran striker managed to get a hat trick just after a pep talk at half time to bag goals at the 47th, 49th, and 55th minute consecutively. Believing security, the manager was cocky and sent off two players to rest before the knockout stages in the following week. The main striker remained although suffering an injury to be subbed in the 56th minute. This put into doubt whether he would be available to continue his top scoring run onto the knockouts. Following the injury, the shock allowed Lunidor to bag a second goal in the 58th minute. They were constantly on the offensive throughout the second half tiring out the Ahitereiran side and this eventually saw Lunidor score again two minutes into injury time. The match ended as a draw, 3–3.
The final match was between Peryzium and Lunidor. With Peryzium on zero points and Lunidor on one, this match would decide the other qualifier alongside Ahitereira at four points. A win by either side would guarantee them the qualification, while a draw would give advantage to Lunidor. Seeing Peryzium's poor showing to Ahitereira prior, Lunidor believed it'd be an easy ride and so left out a key defender and key striker in their starting eleven to rest for the soon approaching knockout stages. Being cocky, this led to Peryzium scoring a sneaky goal in the 21st minute. They failed to equalise throughout the rest of the first half. In the second half, things started slow. Lunidor tried instead to look for set pieces and to control the ball calmly to avoid further concessions. Peryzium's goal at the 70th minute to lead by 2 goals came out of a wonderous corner kick by their midfielder. Subbing on their main striker in the 71st minute, Lunidor began now in the final twenty minutes to throw everything they had at trying to clamour at least a draw. This striker did wonders, bagging a goal at the 73rd minute to make it 2–1 to Peryzium. With just a minute left on the clock, Peryzi players slowed down trying to waste time on the clock and ensure they'd win with the current standings. However, Lunidor's main striker exploited the safe passing and intercepted a defender's touch and scored at the 89th minute to produce a draw, and thus a Lunidor qualification. The match ended as a draw, 2–2.
Ahitereira and Lunidor qualified to the knockouts, placing first and second respectively. Peryzium came crashing out of the World Cup without any victories and a failure - their manager was promptly sacked.
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===Group 2===
The first match was between Ceironia and the United Republic. It is one of the most famous World Cup matches purely because of the score line it produced. Ceironia's primary striker scored eight goals while their secondary striker also managed to secure his own hat trick. Even two defenders scored a goal each from corner kicks in the second half. There was some controversary as an Empheri referee was allegedly sympathetic to the Ceironian side and extended injury time beyond necessary in order to see the match end 20–3 instead of 18–3, ensuring a lovely round number. The United Republic still managed to score three goals despite being the worst team at the World Cup, two of which came from penalties. Ceironian defenders played aggressively and panicked whenever the 'inferior team' got near the goal. United Republic's second goal came from complacency and slight confusion from the Ceironian side after just starting the second half. While not guaranteeing victory, the harsh goal difference essentially made Ceironia break any tiebreak possible. The match ended as a Ceironian victory, 20–3.
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===Group 3===
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