The iFVPA are pleased to announce the iFVPA FIFA 12 World Cup consisting of 50 International Pro Club Teams organised via their respective communities.  The iFVPA send out a Massive thanks to all Community Staff who get behind this great project and make it possible to bring such a great tournament to Fifa 12 Pro Clubs!

Here is the Diary for the World Cup – The iFVPA ask all managers to take into consideration time differences between nations and do their very best to organise a time and date suitable to both teams. You should do this via the iFVPA Forums. If you run into any issues please contact your community co-ordinator in the first instance.

Thursday 24th May - Live Groups Draw
Monday 28th May - Group Stage KO (2 weeks )
Monday 11th June - last 16 Knockout (1 week )
Monday 18th June - Quarter final (1 week )
Monday 25th June - Semi Final (1 Week )
Monday 2nd July - Final (1 Week )

Does your team stream? Let the iFVPA know KO time and channel URL and they’ll post it across their Social Media networking.

Teams have been placed into pots based on their current Ranking – Teams will be picked per group from Pots starting at 1 - Example: PS3 6 Groups – Select from Pot 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc until all groups are populated.

Playstation 3 Lineup

5 groups with 4 teams (drawn from pots)
1 group with 5 team (drawn from pots)
1 R.O.W group 
29 teams in total

pot 1

• France
• Ireland
• Italy
• England
• Belgium
• Spain

pot 2

• Norway
• Argentina
• Wales
• USA
• Denmark
• Venezuela

pot 3

• Peru
• Portugal
• Mexico
• Honduras
• El Salvador
• Costarica

pot 4

• Scotland
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• Colombia
• Egypt
• Russia
• Algeria

R.O.W group

• New Zealand
• Australia
• Malaysia
• Singapore

First and second in Each Group = 14 teams
3rd from group with 5 teams
1 Best Third from Other groups (points/goal difference)

Xbox 360 Lineup

7 groups with 4 teams

Pot 1

• Ireland
• Mexico
• England
• France
• Wales
• USA
• Scotland

Pot 2

• Italy
• Honduras
• Peru
• Russia
• North Ireland
• Belgium
• Denmark

Pot 3

• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Spain
• Argentina
• El Salvador
• Australia
• Venezuela

Pot 4

• Portugal
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Chile
• Austria
• New Zealand
• Cuba

First and second each group will pass to the ko stage = 14
2 Best Third places (points/goal difference)

We wish all of our Hosted Nations the best of luck in this tournament and may the best Teams win !

Many Thanks

FVPA Staff