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The 2018 Walt Disney World Showcase was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams and took place between 7 and 23 February 2020 in the United States. It was the 1st Walt Disney World Showcase, a worldwide football tournament held once every year.

The tournament involved 32 teams. 64 matches were played in 5 venues across 3 cities. Host nation United States were eliminated in the Quarter-finals by Belgium. In the final, Brazil beat Belgium on 9 March at the Stadium of Magic in Bay Lake to claim their first title.

The event featured a number of accolades. Belgium player Eden Hazard was voted the tournament's best player winning the Golden Ball. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo scored the most goals during the tournament with ten. Thibaut Courtois of Belgium won the Golden Glove awarded to the best goalkeeper.

AFC (2)

 * 🇦🇺 australia (36)
 * 🇨🇳 china (68)

CAF (3)

 * 🇨🇲 cameroon (51)
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (43)
 * (77)

CONCACAF (2)

 * 🇨🇦 canada (89)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (24)

CONMEBOL (5)

 * 🇧🇷 brazil (2)
 * (10)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (13)
 * 🇵🇪 peru (11)
 * (22)

OFC (1)

 * (121)

UEFA (19)

 * 🇦🇹 austria (27)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (1)
 * (14)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (4)
 * 🇫🇷 france (2)
 * 🇩🇪 germany (16)
 * (60)
 * 🇮🇸 iceland (41)
 * (28)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (15)
 * (13)
 * (33)
 * 🇳🇴 norway (47)
 * (5)
 * (31)
 * 🇷🇺 russia (42)
 * (52)
 * (7)
 * 🇸🇪 sweden (18)
 * 🇹🇷 turkey (36)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales (23)

🇨🇳 china was originally selected to compete in the tournament, but were replaced by 🇮🇳 india amid fears of the coronavirus.

Officiating
On 1 February 2020, the CSA released the list of 7 referees and 14 assistant referees selected to oversee matches.

Group stage
Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another on a round-robin basis, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

All times listed below are local time.

Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:


 * 1) Points obtained in all group matches;
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) Number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 5) Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 6) Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 7) Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
 * 8) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, a golden goal extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.

Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) awards were all sponsored by The Walt Disney Company and Adidas.

Disney Dream Team
Coaches and captains from each participating team voted for the Disney Dream Team.

Official song
The official song of the tournament was "Swing", which features Sofi Tukker, a musical duo based in Florida consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. The song was released before the tournament on January 20, 2020.