2025 Kings World Cup Nations

2025 Kings World Cup Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	1 January 2025–; 12 January 2025
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2025 Kings World Cup Nations is an upcoming international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos. Unlike the Kings World Cup launched in 2024, which is a club competition, this tournament will see players from the different versions of the Kings League forming teams to represent their respective nations, similar to the FIFA World Cup.

During the launch event for the Kings League Italy on 18 November 2024, it was confirmed that Italy would be hosting the tournament, which is slated to be held from 1 to 12 January 2025, with the finals taking place in Turin's Juventus Stadium.^[1]

Competing teams

As usual in the Kings League, each national team is expected to be chaired by a streamer or a personality related to football. Spain and Mexico, the countries that host the Kings League and the Américas Kings League, were the first two national teams confirmed.^[2]

Nation	Chairperson(s)
Argentina	Sergio Agüero, Jero Freixas, Jose de Cabo, Jo Valicenti and Martín Pérez (Coscu)^[3]
Colombia	James Rodríguez, Juan Guarnizo, Luis Villa (WestCol), Angerson García (Pelicanger) and La Parce^[3]
Italy	Various
Japan	Junichi Kato^[4]
Mexico	Various
Morocco	Ilyas El Maliki^[5]^[6]
Saudi Arabia	Ahmed Alqahtani (SHoNgxBoNg)^[3]
Spain	Various
8 more teams TBA

Preliminary squads

Team squads

Note: Since this is the first tournament held with national teams under the Kings format, every player is considered as starting over with zero caps regardless of any prior association football or futsal career.

Argentina

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Franco Colagrossi	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Free agent
1GK	Ariel Pérez	(1987-10-06) 6 October 1987 (age 37)	0	0	Free agent

2DF	Nicolás Jalil	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Free agent
2DF	Martín Mantovani	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Saiyans FC
2DF	Leandro Marín	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Free agent
2DF	Mateo Musacchio	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Free agent
2DF	Nico Pareja	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Rayo de Barcelona
2DF	Rubens Sambueza	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Free agent
2DF	Pablo Zabaleta	(1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Free agent

3MF	Damián Álvarez	(1979-05-21) 21 May 1979 (age 45)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Emiliano Armenteros	(1986-01-18) 18 January 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Octavio Benavídez	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Walter Erviti	(1980-06-12) 12 June 1980 (age 44)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Augusto Fernández	(1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Saiyans FC
3MF	Mauro Formica	(1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Nicolás Gaitán	(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Walter Montillo	(1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Juan Paolini	Unknown	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Gabriel Peñalba	(1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 40)	0	0	Free agent
3MF	Leandro Torres	(1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Muchachos FC

4FW	Sergio Agüero	(1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Kunisports
4FW	Braian Argento	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Muchachos FC
4FW	Mauro Boselli	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Martín Bravo	(1986-09-19) 19 September 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Mauricio del Castillo	(1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Alexander Gastón	(1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Kunisports
4FW	Pablo Gómez	(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Muchachos FC
4FW	Lautaro Nicolás	Unknown	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Javier Saviola	(1981-12-11) 11 December 1981 (age 42)	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Damián Scarinci	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Free agent
4FW	Emanuel Villa	(1982-02-24) 24 February 1982 (age 42)	0	0	Free agent

Colombia

Manager: Sergio Verdirame

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Italy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Japan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Mexico

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Moisés Dabbah	(1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)	0	0	West Santos FC
1GK	Antonio Monterde	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Persas FC

2DF	Pato Arias	(2003-11-25) 25 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Parceros
2DF	César Bernal	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Galácticos del Caribe
2DF	Tona Mejía	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Los Chamos FC
2DF	Érik Vera	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Muchachos FC

3MF	Brayan Hernández	(2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Galácticos del Caribe
3MF	Diego Martínez	(1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Muchachos FC
3MF	Obed Martínez	(1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Persas FC
3MF	Jesús Pérez	(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Olimpo United
3MF	Martín Rodríguez	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Real Titán

4FW	José Azkenazi	(2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Club de Cuervos
4FW	Genaro Castillo	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Club de Cuervos
4FW	Alberto García	(1993-09-26) 26 September 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Real Titán
4FW	Jacob Morales	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Olimpo United
4FW	Miguel Rebollo	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Los Aliens FC
4FW	José Rochín	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Raniza FC
4FW	Josecarlos Van Rankin	(1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Peluche Caligari

Morocco

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

2DF	Nadir Louah	(2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Porcinos FC

3MF	Fouad El Amrani	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 22)	0	0	xBuyer Team

Saudi Arabia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Spain

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Alberto Arnalot	(1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 (age 34)	0	0	1K FC
1GK	Dani Pérez	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Saiyans FC
1GK	José Segovia	(1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Jijantes FC
1GK	Víctor Vidal	(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Ultimate Móstoles

2DF	Alberto de la Bella	(1985-12-02) 2 December 1985 (age 38)	0	0	Ultimate Móstoles
2DF	Marc Granero	(2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 23)	0	0	1K FC
2DF	Àlex Gutiérrez	(1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Porcinos FC
2DF	Diego de la Mata	(1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Ultimate Móstoles
2DF	Daniel Pérez	(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 27)	0	0	xBuyer Team
2DF	David Soriano	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Porcinos FC
2DF	Carlos Val	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Kunisports

3MF	Roger Carbó	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)	0	0	xBuyer Team
3MF	Javier Espinosa	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Aniquiladores FC
3MF	Dani Liñares	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Saiyans FC
3MF	Marc Pelaz	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Jijantes FC
3MF	Cristian Ubón	(2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Ultimate Móstoles
3MF	Joan Verdú	(1983-05-05) 5 May 1983 (age 41)	0	0	Los Troncos FC
3MF	Gilles Vidal	(2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 (age 22)	0	0	El Barrio

4FW	Pablo Beguer	(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Jijantes FC
4FW	Aridai Cabrera	(1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 36)	0	0	PIO FC
4FW	Coro	(1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41)	0	0	Ultimate Móstoles
4FW	Nico Santos	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Porcinos FC

References

^ Blázquez Gil, Mario (18 November 2024). "Kings World Cup Nations: El Juventus Stadium será la sede de la final del primer Mundial de Selecciones de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ Calvo, Daniel (7 October 2024). "Kings World Cup Nations: Estas son las selecciones que disputarán el Mundial de naciones de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ayora, Víctor (21 October 2024). "Arabia Saudí, Argentina y Colombia jugarán la Kings World Cup Nations". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ Ayora, Víctor (12 November 2024). "Japón, nueva selección para la Kings World Cup Nations". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "Ilyas Elmaliki presidirá a Marruecos, la tercera selección de la Kings World Cup Nations". Kings League (in Spanish). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
^ Delgado, Jordi (8 October 2024). "La Kings World Cup confirma una nueva selección en un SuperLunes dominado por la Mostoleta". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[1] Blázquez Gil, Mario (18 November 2024). "Kings World Cup Nations: El Juventus Stadium será la sede de la final del primer Mundial de Selecciones de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2024.

[2] Calvo, Daniel (7 October 2024). "Kings World Cup Nations: Estas son las selecciones que disputarán el Mundial de naciones de la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[KSA_ARG_COL-3] Ayora, Víctor (21 October 2024). "Arabia Saudí, Argentina y Colombia jugarán la Kings World Cup Nations". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[4] Ayora, Víctor (12 November 2024). "Japón, nueva selección para la Kings World Cup Nations". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[5] "Ilyas Elmaliki presidirá a Marruecos, la tercera selección de la Kings World Cup Nations". Kings League (in Spanish). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[6] Delgado, Jordi (8 October 2024). "La Kings World Cup confirma una nueva selección en un SuperLunes dominado por la Mostoleta". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.

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