World Football Championship

The 'World Cup of Micronations, often simply the Micronations, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of micronations. The championship has been awarded every four years since 1964, though there were two preceding tournaments in 1952 and 1954.

The current format of the tournament involves 16 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month this phase is often called the Micronations finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding year is used to determine the finalists.

Early history
FIFA had founded the World Cup in 1930 and the best nations in the world. There were still many nations and small territories who were not able to compete at that level. Various small nations sent delegates to the Micronations Congress, first held in Paris (1950) and Koningstad (1951). The nations agreeing to participate were Brunant national football team, Netherlands Antilles, Saarland and Hong Kong. The inaugural tournament was held in France and was won by Saarland in the finals, with a 2-1 win over the Netherlands Antilles. In 1954 a new tournament was held in Saarland, which was won by the hosts after a 4-1 thrashing of Brunant.

Modern tournament
After a ten-year hiatus, the tournament was reinstated in 1964 and held biennially. In 1980 the tournament was made every four years.

2012 Micronations World Cup