The Jmc World Cup France 2011 was the 12th edition of the Jmc World Cup, made by JCA1009 and played on FIFA 11. It was hosted by France.
31 teams along with the hosts, France qualified for the tournament. Brazil won their first Jmc World Cup by beating United States in final 2-0. Spain got third place after beating Mexico 1-0, which finished in fourth place. France were eliminated in quarter-finals by Mexico. The title holders, Argentina, were eliminated in the Group Stage.
It was the first Jmc World Cup to be broadcasted on JMC TV's YouTube channel. It's success led to the transmition of next jmc World Cup tournaments as well as other tournaments on JMC TV.
Shorty before the start of the tournament, a friendly match was celebrated between an all-star legends team called "Classic XI", and local team AJ Auxerre. The match was a pretext for showing some technical features, like the tournament logo and the TV scoreboards. The Adidas Liberté also makes its debut in this match, being revealed as the official match ball for this competition.
Despite the match being played at the generic "El Bombástico" stadium, this editor placed the match at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, in order to keep it in home soil due to its inaugural nature.
Pelé was named Man of the Match after scoring a hat-trick. Following the conclussion of the match, it was announced that the Opening Match of the cup will be France vs. Trinidad and Tobago.
Ronaldinho, who scored the first goal near half-time, was named Man of the Match.
With this victory, Brazil became the 8th national team to win the Jmc World Cup, and only the 2nd team from South America, after Argentina won the tournament 4 times. Brazil also qualified to the JMC Cup, un upcoming international tournament which was played in late 2011.
Awards[]
An awards ceremony was held on 5 October 2011, shortly after the conclussion of the World Cup.[1]
Top Scorer: Alexandre Pato (BRA), 10 goals.
Best Player: Karim Benzema (FRA), 9 goals.
Top Goalkeeper: Tim Howard (USA), 4 clean sheets.
Best Goal: Keisuke Honda (JPN), in the quarter-final match against Spain.
Final Results[]
Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
