2022 Balloon World Cup

2022 Balloon World Cup
2022 Balloon World Cup
Venue	PortAventura Convention Centre
Location	Vila-seca, Tarragona, Spain
Date	27 October 2022
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 2021

The 2022 Balloon World Cup is the second edition of the Balloon World Cup, a sporting event organized by Ibai Llanos and Gerard Piqué, based on a game of keep-up with a balloon that went viral on social media.^[1] This was the first edition for which national qualifying tournaments were held.

The tournament was held on 27 October 2022, at the PortAventura Convention Centre in Vila-seca, Tarragona, the same venue that had hosted the first World Cup the year prior. The number of entering countries was reduced from 32 to 16, with defending champion Francesco de la Cruz being the only returning player. Spain's Miguel Imbroda was crowned world champion defeating Brazil's Claudio Lassance in the final.^[2]^[3]

Participants[edit]

2021 World Cup champion Francesco de la Cruz was announced as a participant during the Spanish qualifier.^[4] In September 2022, national qualifiers for multiple Latin American countries were announced as well.^[5]

Competitor	Country
Lautaro Maqueda	Argentina
Claudio Lassance	Brazil
Monte Doebel-Hickok	Canada
Gabriela Amaro Salazar	Chile
Jorge Alba Ortiz	Colombia
Clément Dumais	France
Vanessa Klein	Germany
Joseph Romano	Italy
Gerardo Nocedal	Mexico
Dion de Brouwer	Netherlands
Francesco de la Cruz	Peru
Gustavo Cardoso	Portugal
Miguel Imbroda	Spain
Ogeday Girișken	Turkey
Thomas Hughes	United Kingdom
Keem Kim	United States

National qualifiers[edit]

Spain[edit]

The Spanish national qualifier was held on 3 July 2022 at Fira de Barcelona in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, as part of the third and final day of the 2022 U-Beat Live Fest. Jan Franquesa, who won the bronze medal for Spain at the 2021 World Cup, took part in the tournament, but was eliminated in the first round.^[4]^[6]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final

Pere Marquès	3
David Palanques	2	Pere Marquès	4
Ricard Brufau	4	Ricard Brufau	7
Cristina Homet	1			Ricard Brufau	3
Yeray Veróniz	1			Adrián Pérez	4
Hugo Ramírez	3	Hugo Ramírez	1
Adrián Pérez	4	Adrián Pérez	2
Joel Gafarot	2					Adrián Pérez	2
Evilmoon	2					Miguel Imbroda	7
Javi Domingo	9	Javi Domingo	0
Miguel Imbroda	4	Miguel Imbroda	2
Marc Páez	2			Miguel Imbroda	4
Jan Franquesa	0			Alex Aymerich	3
Àlex Pérez	4	Àlex Pérez	0
Alex Aymerich	5	Alex Aymerich	2
Judith Pelejero	4

Latin America[edit]

National qualifiers for Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia were held concurrently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 17 and 18 September 2022.^[7]

Chile[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Matheo Jara Ziller	2
Gonzalo Pauchard Silva	3	Gonzalo Pauchard Silva	4
Mario Espinoza	4	Olavia Paz Campos	0
Olavia Paz Campos	5			Gonzalo Pauchard Silva	4
Gabriela Amaro Salazar	2			Gabriela Amaro Salazar	6
Lorena Castillo Bordón	0	Gabriela Amaro Salazar	4
Manuel Raggio Tocol	5	Manuel Raggio Tocol	0
Yasna Leiva Cortés	1

Argentina[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Lautaro Maqueda Channame	3
Santiago Rodríguez Zahn	0	Lautaro Maqueda Channame	1
Milagros Mansilla	3	Milagros Mansilla	0
Anabella Gamboa	2			Lautaro Maqueda Channame	5
Luca Prezioso	1			Juanfrancisco Suárez	4
Facundo Sgro	2	Facundo Sgro	0
Juanfrancisco Suárez	1	Juanfrancisco Suárez	2
Martiniano Fontanelle	0

Colombia[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Víctor Fabián Aldana	4
Braian Ramírez Masmela	0	Víctor Fabián Aldana	2
Robert Mendoza Ospina	3	Robert Mendoza Ospina	4
Fabián Vera	2			Robert Mendoza Ospina	1
Wilder Portocarrero González	4			Jorge Alba Ortiz	6
Johan Bermúdez Viasus	1	Wilder Portocarrero González	1
Jorge Alba Ortiz	1	Jorge Alba Ortiz	3
Yisel Morales	0

Mexico[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Luis Fernando Montoya	1
Estefanía Yvonne Farias	2	Estefanía Yvonne Farias	0
María Fernanda Rayna	0	José Daniel Trejo	1
José Daniel Trejo	1			José Daniel Trejo	0
Luis Gerardo Ortega Nocedal	2			Luis Gerardo Ortega Nocedal	2
Silvio Miguel Suárez	1	Luis Gerardo Ortega Nocedal	2
José Miguel Caro	1	José Miguel Caro	1
Jorge Mandujano	0

Brazil[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Cléber Francisco dos Santos	0
Agda Balestra	1	Agda Balestra	2
Isla Montalier Queiroz	1	Isla Montalier Queiroz	1
Natalí de Andrae Oliveira	0			Agda Balestra	3
Daiane Alves Villaboes	3			Claudio Lassance	4
Alexander Souza do Nascimento	1	Daiane Alves Villaboes	0
Lucas Rubín	0	Claudio Lassance	2
Claudio Lassance	4

North America[edit]

National qualifiers for the United States and Canada took place on 7 October 2022 as part of the first day of the TwitchCon event in San Diego, California, United States.^[8]

United States[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Alixxa	1
MeesterKeem	3	MeesterKeem	2
CookSux	1	JoeyKaotyk	1
JoeyKaotyk	6			MeesterKeem	6
Smirky	0			Nesua	0
Nesua	2	Nesua	2
Britanny	0	DailyDasher	0
DailyDasher	1

Canada[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

P1kapeach	0
Coco_chm	4	Coco_chm	0
TheWildLatina	1	MDee14	4
MDee14	2			MDee14	4
GuhRL	1			Dreads	9
Zummmers^{[note 1]}	0	GuhRL	1
ParkenHarbor	2	Dreads	2
Dreads	3

^ The match was abandoned after the first point due to an injury sustained by Zummmers.

Tournament staff[edit]

Person	Role
Ibai Llanos	Announcers
José Riobó
Ander Cortés
Suzyroxx	Pre-show interviewers
Sekiam	Pre-show interviewers
Rafa Guerrero	Referees
Sandra Adell
Franc Tormo
Nacho Tellado	Assistant referee

Tournament bracket[edit]

The draw to determine the first-round matchups and the tournament bracket was held on 26 October 2022.^[9]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final

Gabriela Amaro	2
Vanessa Klein	3	Vanessa Klein	1
Claudio Lassance	3	Claudio Lassance	2
Thomas Hughes	2			Claudio Lassance	3
Monte Doebel-Hickok	3			Lautaro Maqueda	0
Francesco de la Cruz	0	Monte Doebel-Hickok	1
Lautaro Maqueda	3	Lautaro Maqueda	2
Gerardo Nocedal	0					Claudio Lassance	2
Ogeday Girişken	0					Miguel Imbroda	4
Dion de Brouwer	1	Dion de Brouwer	0
Miguel Imbroda	3	Miguel Imbroda	2
Jorge Alba	2			Miguel Imbroda	3	Bronze medal match
Joseph Romano	1			Clément Dumais	2
Gustavo Cardoso	3	Gustavo Cardoso	1			Lautaro Maqueda	3
Clément Dumais	4	Clément Dumais	3			Clément Dumais	2
Keem Kim	1

References[edit]

^ de Paz, Javier (3 July 2022). "Balloon World Cup 2022: qué es, dónde y cómo ver y participantes del Mundial de Globos de Ibai". DAZN España (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ Tejedor, Óscar (28 October 2022). "Mundial de Globos 2022: Miguel Imbroda (España) gana la Balloon World Cup". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Aguilar, Bernat (28 October 2022). "Nuevo éxito del Mundial de Globos de Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué: España, campeona". El Nacional .Cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Llanos, Ibai (3 July 2022). "CLASIFICATORIO ESPAÑOL MUNDIAL DE GLOBOS 2022". Twitch (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ @ballooncuplatam (September 2, 2022). "¡EL BALLOON WORLD CUP LLEGA A LATINOAMÉRICA!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
^ Tejedor, Óscar (3 July 2022). "Miguel Imbroda representará a España en el Mundial de Globos de Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué: Así lo hemos vivido". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ Iglesias, Agustina (15 September 2022). "El mundial de globos ideado por Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué llega a la Argentina este fin de semana de la mano de Coscu y Momo". Cultura Geek (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Schedule - TwitchCon San Diego 2022". TwitchCon. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ Llanos, Ibai. "El sorteo de la Balloon World Cup". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[9] The match was abandoned after the first point due to an injury sustained by Zummmers.

[1] Paz, Javier (3 July 2022). "Balloon World Cup 2022: qué es, dónde y cómo ver y participantes del Mundial de Globos de Ibai". DAZN España (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[2] Tejedor, Óscar (28 October 2022). "Mundial de Globos 2022: Miguel Imbroda (España) gana la Balloon World Cup". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[3] Aguilar, Bernat (28 October 2022). "Nuevo éxito del Mundial de Globos de Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué: España, campeona". El Nacional .Cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[BWCSpain-4] Llanos, Ibai (3 July 2022). "CLASIFICATORIO ESPAÑOL MUNDIAL DE GLOBOS 2022". Twitch (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[BWC22LatAm-5] @ballooncuplatam (September 2, 2022). "¡EL BALLOON WORLD CUP LLEGA A LATINOAMÉRICA!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.

[6] Tejedor, Óscar (3 July 2022). "Miguel Imbroda representará a España en el Mundial de Globos de Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué: Así lo hemos vivido". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[7] Iglesias, Agustina (15 September 2022). "El mundial de globos ideado por Ibai Llanos y Gerard Piqué llega a la Argentina este fin de semana de la mano de Coscu y Momo". Cultura Geek (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[8] "Schedule - TwitchCon San Diego 2022". TwitchCon. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[10] Llanos, Ibai. "El sorteo de la Balloon World Cup". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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