World Cup 86

World Cup 86 is an international football tournament being held in Drawkland and Newmanistan. By winning the final, Banija won its first World Cup title and dealt Nephara a second successive final defeat. Incredibly Farfadillis, known for its all-out-attack style of play, was involved in two 7-6 matches, defeating Eura by that scoreline in the group stage and losing by the same score to Banija in the semifinals. Free Republics, the defending World Cup winners, did not participate due to a nuclear incident.

Host selection
The selection process was notable for the variety of competition formats and schedules proposed by bidders, following widespread discussions among football associations about the need to examine a range of options to deal with fixture congestion. This came as a reaction to the length of the World Cup 85 qualifiers, which had the longest qualifying period involving the most matches in the World Cup's history. The vote required three rounds to obtain a majority for the winning bid, held according to a ranked-ballot voting system. Eliminated options' votes were reallocated among the other candidates according to voter preferences specified on the ballot.

Four bids were submitted to host the tournament. Krytenia submitted two bids, one with Delaclava and another with Legalese. A Vilitan plan bid was also proposed, with Taeshan and Eastfield Lodge as primary hosts and Tequilo and Reçueçn as assistants. After several rounds of instant-runoff voting, Newmanistan and Drawkland were selected as hosts. Their bid featured double-matchday scorination and a slight decaying penalty for late rosters.

Qualification
The 180 teams entering the qualifying phase were drawn into 18 groups of ten teams, each contested as a home-and-away double round-robin. The winners of each qualifying group and the six runners-up with the best records directly qualified for the final tournament. The twelve remaining runners-up were paired into six, with the winners of each tie qualifying for the finals.

Draw
Teams were allocated to four pots on the basis of their KPB world ranking at the end of qualification. As hosts, Drawkland and Newmanistan were placed in pot one.

Bracket
All dates OOC.