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The 2022 Walt Disney World Showcase was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams and took place between 22 March and 13 April 2022 in the United States. It was the 4th Walt Disney World Showcase, a worldwide football tournament held once every year.

The 2022 tournament was the first to be held since the 2020 edition. The 2021 edition was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.

For the first time, the tournament involved 48 teams. 64 matches were played in 4 venues across 3 cities. France, the defending champions, were eliminated in the ____________ by ____________. Host nation United States was eliminated in the ____________. In the final, ____________ played ____________ on 10 April at the Stadium of Magic in Bay Lake. ____________ won the match ____________ to claim their ____________ title.

The event featured a number of accolades. ____________ player ____________ was voted the tournament's best player winning the Golden Ball. ____________'s ____________ scored the most goals during the tournament with ____________. ____________ won the Golden Glove awarded to the best goalkeeper.

AFC (8)

 * 🇦🇺 australia (37)
 * 🇨🇳 china (75)
 * 🇮🇷 iran (21)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (23)
 * 🇶🇦 qatar (52)
 * 🇸🇦 saudi arabia (53)
 * 🇰🇷 south korea (29)
 * (69)

CAF (5)

 * 🇨🇲 cameroon (31)
 * 🇲🇱 mali (48)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (24)
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria (32)
 * (68)

CONCACAF (5)

 * 🇨🇦 canada (33)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (62)
 * 🇲🇽 mexico (12)
 * 🇵🇦 panama (63)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (25)

CONMEBOL (5)

 * 🇦🇷 argentina (4)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (3)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (19)
 * 🇪🇨 ecuador (44)
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela (58)

OFC (1)

 * (111)

UEFA (24)
🇺🇦 ukraine withdrew from the tournament on 17 March 2022 and were replaced by 🇸🇦 saudi arabia.
 * 🇦🇹 austria (30)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (1)
 * (15)
 * 🇨🇿 czech republic (31)
 * (9)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (5)
 * 🇫🇮 finland (57)
 * 🇫🇷 france (3)
 * 🇩🇪 germany (11)
 * (55)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary (41)
 * 🇮🇸 iceland (60)
 * (49)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (6)
 * (10)
 * (54)
 * 🇳🇴 norway (45)
 * (8)
 * 🇵🇱 poland (28)
 * (47)
 * (40)
 * (7)
 * 🇸🇪 sweden (17)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales (20)

Officiating
On 1 March 2022, the CSA released the list of 27 referees and 54 assistant referees selected to oversee matches.

Referee Mariam Peñarrieta of Bolivia became the first female referee to take charge of a Walt Disney World Showcase match when she refereed the United Arab Emirates vs Wales on 27 March 2022.

Team resorts
Resort hotels were used throughout Walt Disney World by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the tournament. On 6 March 2022, the CSA announced the base camps for each participating team.

Schedule
The full schedule was announced by the CSA on 21 March 2022.

The United States was placed in position A1 in the group stage and played in the opening match at the Stadium of Magic in Bay Lake on 22 March against Hungary. The Stadium of Magic also hosted the final on 10 April.

Group stage
Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. If matches were level after 90 minutes, a golden goal extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If the match was (Ten European teams and four South American teams progressed to the knockout stage, together with Japan and Mexico.

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.

Discipline
In total, only ____________ players were sent off in the entire tournament.

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:


 * Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
 * Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

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 Adidas. The Best Young Player award was awarded to the tournament's best player that was under 23 years of age and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The Fair Play Award was awarded to the team that exerted the most sportsmanship throughout the tournament. This award is presented by Chiquita.

Additionally, D23.com shortlisted 10 goals for users to vote on as the tournaments' best. The poll closed on 15 April. The award was sponsored by Chevrolet.

McDonald's All-Tournament Team
Coaches and captains from each participating team voted for the All-Tournament Team.

D23 Dream Team
D23 Gold Members and fans elected their Fan Dream Team on the D23 website.

Official song
The official song of the tournament was "Never Say Never", which features country singers Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson, and was released in 2021.