Anarchist World Cup/Scenario 1

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Qualification

Automatic qualifiers

Teams who won their domestic championships (64) automatically qualify.

Automatic qualifiers in the Anarchist World Cup (Scenario 1)

Association	Team	Appearance (not)	Last bid (not)
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	12	1935
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
File:Flag of Ecuador.png Ecuador
File:Flag of Egypt.png Egypt
File:Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador
England	Liverpool	20th	2020
France	Paris Saint-Germain	13th	2024
Germany	FC Bayern München	34th	2023
File:Flag of Haiti.png Haiti
File:Flag of Honduras.png Honduras
Hungary
File:Flag of Iran.png Iran
File:Flag of Iraq.png Iraq
Italy	Napoli	4th	2023
File:Flag of Jamaica.png Jamaica
Japan
File:Flag of Jordan.png Jordan
File:Flag of Mali.png Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
File:Flag of New Caledonia.png New Caledonia
File:Flag of New Zealand.png New Zealand
File:Flag of Nigeria.png Nigeria
File:Flag of Oman.png Oman
File:Flag of Panama.png Panama
Paraguay
Peru
File:Flag of Poland.png Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
File:Flag of Serbia.png Serbia	Crvena zvezda	36th	2024
Senegal
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.png Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Korea
Spain	Barcelona	28th	2023
Sweden
Switzerland
File:Flag of French Polynesia.png Tahiti
File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia
Ukraine
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png United Arab Emirates
United States	Inter Miami	1st	Never
Uruguay
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.png Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Wales	Swansea City	N/A	N/A

Scenario 1A

Main article: Anarchist World Cup/Scenario 1A

This is a scenario where the 132 teams are seeded in a March Madness-style tournament.

Scenario 1B

Main article: Anarchist World Cup/Scenario 1B

This is a scenario where 128 of the 132 teams (assuming there is still the First Four) are put into 32 groups of 4, then 16 groups of 4, and then a 32-team knockout stage.