First Confederations Musical Cup

First CMC
Tournament details
Dates	August 3 2023
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	412 (15.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brazil (51 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance	Qualification method
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance	Qualification method
Australia	1	1	–	Newcomer	Winner of the Eighteenth Musical World Cup
Brazil	1	1	–	Newcomer	Runner-up of the Eighteenth Musical World Cup
Canada	1	1	–	Newcomer	Runner-up of the Fourth Americas Musical Cup
Cuba	1	1	–	Newcomer	Fourth place of the Fourth Americas Musical Cup
Denmark	1	1	–	Newcomer	Third place of the Eighteenth Musical World Cup
England	1	1	–	Newcomer	Winner of the Fourth Euro Musical Cup
India	1	1	–	Newcomer	Runner-up of the Fourth Asia-Oceania Musical Cup
Japan	1	1	–	Newcomer	Winner of the Fourth Asia-Oceania Musical Cup
Mali	1	1	–	Newcomer	Winner of the Fourth African Musical Cup
Norway	1	1	–	Newcomer	Runner-up of the Fourth Euro Musical Cup
South Africa	1	1	–	Newcomer	Runner-up of the Fourth African Musical Cup
United States	1	1	–	Newcomer	Winner of the Fourth Americas Musical Cup

Draw

Seeding and drawing

Pot 1 Top 3 teams		Pot 2 Top 6 teams		Pot 3 Top 9 teams		Pot 4 Top 12 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
Brazil	#2	Japan	#6	Norway	#12	South Africa	#24
England	#3	Australia	#7	Mali	#13	India	#30
Canada	#4	United States	#10	Denmark	#15	Cuba	#34

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C
Canada	England	Brazil
Australia	Japan	United States
Mali	Norway	Denmark
India	South Africa	Cuba

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	24	23	1	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	23	22	1	6
Mali	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
India	3	0	1	2	21	23	-2	1


Round 1
(Leonard Cohen - "Famous Blue Raincoat") Canada	7 – 8	Mali (Fatoumata Diawara - "Sowa")
(Crowded House - "Weather With You") Australia	8 – 7	India (Rupa - "East West Shuffle")
Round 2
(Nelly Furtado - "Powerless") Canada	8 – 7	Australia (Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - "The Way It Shatters")
(Bloodywood - "Aaj") India	7 – 7	Mali (Boubacar Traoré - "Hona")
Round 3
(Metric - "Black Sheep") Canada	8 – 7	India (Sarathy Korwar - "Mumbay")
(Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - "Ruby") Mali	8 – 9	Australia (Hatchie - "This Enchanted")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	1	0	24	19	5	7
Norway	3	1	1	1	23	22	1	4
England	3	1	1	1	26	28	-2	4
Japan	3	0	1	2	21	25	-4	1


Round 1
(Radiohead - "There There") England	9 – 8	Norway (Jenny Hval - "Lions")
(Melt-Banana - "Zero") Japan	5 – 7	South Africa (St. Lucia - "Elevate")
Round 2
(Kaiser Chiefs - "Little Shocks") England	10 – 10	Japan (Rina Sawayama - "XS")
(Miriam Makeba - "Hapo Zamani") South Africa	7 – 7	Norway (Fjorden Baby! - "Rendezvous")
Round 3
(Jessie Ware - "Adore You") England	7 – 10	South Africa (Seether - "Fake It")
(Spidergawd - "Oceanchild") Norway	8 – 6	Japan (Fishmans - "Night Cruising")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	27	25	2	7
Denmark	3	1	2	0	28	25	3	5
United States	3	0	2	1	24	25	-1	2
Cuba	3	0	1	1	22	26	-4	1


Round 1
(Angra - "Lisbon") Brazil	9 – 9	Denmark (Volbeat - "Still Counting")
(Lizzo - "Stayin' Alive") United States	7 – 7	Cuba (Ruben Gonzaléz - "Siboney")
Round 2
(Leila Maria - "Seca") Brazil	9 – 8	United States (Carpenters - "Superstar")
(Celia & Johnny - "Lo Tuyo Es Mental") Cuba	7 – 10	Denmark (Junior Senior - "Move Your Feet")
Round 3
(Lô Borges - "Nada Será Como Antes") Brazil	9 – 8	Cuba (Camila Cabello - "Never Be the Same")
(Of the Wand and the Moon - "Sunspot") Denmark	9 – 9	United States (Journey - "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)")

Third placing teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Mali	3	1	1	1	23	23	0	4
B	England	3	1	1	1	26	28	-2	4
C	United States	3	0	2	1	24	25	-1	2

Third-placed teams qualify from groups			1A vs	1B vs
A	B		3B	3A
A		C	3C	3A
	B	C	3B	3C

Final stage

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Australia	9

England	8
		Australia	8+

		Brazil	8
Brazil	9

Norway	8
				Australia	7

				Canada	8
South Africa	8 (7)

Mali	8 (8)
		Mali	6

		Canada	8	Third place
Canada	8

Denmark	7
				Brazil	7

				Mali	9

Quarter-finals

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Australia	9–8	England
"You're the Voice" by John Farnham	.	"Controllah" by Gorillaz

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Brazil	9–8	Norway
"Meu Erro" by Paralamas do Sucesso	.	"All My Friends are Dead" by Turbonegro

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South Africa	(7) 8–8 (8)	Mali
"Sea Horse" by Freedom's Children TB: "Elevate" by St. Lucia	.	"Mogoya" by Oumou Sangaré TB: "Sowa" by Fatoumata Diawara

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Canada	8–7	Denmark
"Starlight Brigade" by TWRP	.	"Against the Moon" by Iceage

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Semifinals

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Australia	8+–8	Brazil
"Gadigal Land" by Midnight Oil	.	"Dias De Luta, Dias de Glória" by Charlie Brown Jr.

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Mali	6–8	Canada
"Manitoumani" by Toumani, Sidiki Diabaté & M	.	"In a World Possessed by the Human Mind" by The Tragically Hip

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Third place match

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Brazil	7–9	Mali
"Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" by CSS	.	"Soubour" by Songhoy Blues

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Final

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Australia	7–8	Canada
"White Unicorn" by Wolfmother	.	"Emotion" by Carly Rae Jepsen

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Results

1st Confederations Music Cup Champion
Canada (1st title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Canada	A	6	5	0	1	47	42	5	6
2	Australia	A	6	3	1	2	48	47	1	6
Third-place play-off
3	Mali	A	6	2	2	2	46	46	0	8
4	Brazil	C	6	3	2	1	51	50	1	11
Quarter-finals eliminations
5	South Africa	B	4	2	2	0	32	27	5	8
6	Denmark	C	4	1	2	1	35	33	2	5
7	Norway	B	4	1	1	2	31	31	0	4
8	England	B	4	1	1	2	34	37	-3	4
Group stage eliminations
9	United States	C	3	0	2	1	24	25	-1	2
10	India	A	3	0	1	2	21	23	-2	1
11	Cuba	C	3	0	1	1	22	26	-4	1
12	Japan	B	3	0	1	2	21	25	-4	1