345 It Is
The World Battle could conclude with the local II.2 345th of 418 participating leagues, on just two wins and four draws from ten rounds. The champions would be the Czech Republic's První liga, who hit a perfect record by defeating Greece's A´ Ethniki 2-1 on aggregate.
This final round would be split between II.2 and Sri Lanka's II.1, after The Sing Tigers were crushed 0-4 by diese Strunzlis, alongside newbies are newbies' 4-1 victory over Mensch ist der United FC that had Chen Meng Heng open and close the scoring - and moreover had newbies match the Birds' 5-1-3 individual record in the tourney.
Grilled head coach
Tian Yonghang thanked newbies, Glory Paradiso and The Sing Tigers for their participation, in his post-game comments. "What is important is not the winning or losing, but the taking part. Until there are real prizes on offer, that is."