
Date: November 9 & 10, 2024
Place: Nottingham, England
The Kick Off 2 World Cup
returned to its birthplace, England, for the 5th time. This
time the players traveled more to the north, to the city of
Nottingham. 35 players from 11 countries competed in the
most prominent competition of the Kick Off Association. They
witnessed for the sixth time two compatriots -Italians, to
be exact- in a sine missione fight for the title in the final, Fabio against
Gianni for the third time in 10 years. And just like their
previous encounter in Bournemouth, Fabio was victorious
after beating the goal difference he had lost with in the
first leg. Along with this second gold medal -10th for
Italy-, he collected the top scorer trophy. The level of gameplay displayed in the final was so high, we half
expected to see a "These stunts are performed by trained
professionals, don't try this at home" message on the big
screen.
Gianni
Torchio added another silver medal to his considerable
collection. The winner of the 3rd place final was the Polish
newcomer Blazej Urbanek, who stormed his way to the
semi-finals after soundly beating many seasoned Kick Off 2
players. Christopher Durrans won the best defense trophy,
the second Norwegian to get it since Klaus Loite in 2002.
Steve Baker kept the Silver Cup trophy in England. Two
players from Turkey joined the World Cup for the first time,
and one of them, Taner Goren, wore the Shirt of Shame. Finally, the KOA honoured
Rodolfo Martin with the Lifetime Achievement
Award.

Note: 35 players were divided
into three groups of 9 and one group of 8. The top four players from each group
qualified to the World Cup Groups, while the rest would compete in the Silver
Cup.
























Goals in the finals (Click to enlarge):

