Voting begins!

Unlike the HWC, we won't subject your eyes repeated rounds. Pictures are below in case you needed reminding. Voting will take one week.

Meet your Fuggliest XI - WARNING, not for the faint-hearted

Carles Puyol

Barcelona/Spain

Ronaldinho
AC Milan/Brazil

Franck Ribery
Bayern Munich/France

Arjen Robben
Real Madrid/Netherlands

Carlos Tevez
Manchester United/Argentina

Landon Donovan
LA Galaxy/USA

Ivica Olic
Hamburger SV/Croatia

Marco Materazzi
Internazionale/Itay

Wayne Rooney
Manchester United/England

Sotiris Kyrgiakos
AEK Athens/Greece

Tom Starke
MSV Duisberg/Germany

You voted for the hottest, now decide the fugliest!

The fugs are coming...

Team of the Tournament

Based on wins in the HWC.

GK: Iker Casillas (Spain A - 4 wins)
Defenders: Raul Albiol (Spain A - 3), Paolo Maldini (Italy B - 2)
Midfielders: Steve Gerrard (England - 3), Mathieu Flamini (France - 2), Xabi Alonso (Spain A - 4), David Beckham (England - 2), Masoud Shojaei (ROW - 2), Mark Gonzalez (ROW - 2)
Strikers: Fernando Torres (Spain A - 4), David Villa (Spain A - 4)

Bench: Danny Agger (ROW - 2), Cesc (Spain B - 2), David Silva (Spain B - 2), Frank Lampard (England - 2), Yoann Gourcuff (France - 2)

Some of the committee chose to form their own XI.

Caramel Bear

Vanilla Bear

Mallymoodle

CAMPEONES SPAIN A!!!

Well after many weeks of hard voting, it's official - There is no one hotter than El Capitán. Iker Casillas of Spain A led his troops into battle and annihilated the Rest Of the World Team 5-0 with an average winning score of 75.8%. And winning another major trophy so close to winning Euro 08 led to more scenes of jubilation on the pitch from the Spanish boys.

So thank you all for participating in the inaugural Hottie World Cup. Iker would like to dedicate this trophy to everyone who knew that this was serious.

Stay tuned for more madness coming soon....

The Final- Rest of World vs. Spain A

Rest of World vs. Spain ARoque Santa Cruz vs. Iker Casillas

Daniel Agger vs. Fernando Torres

Masoud Shojaei vs. Xabi Alonso

Mark Gonzalez vs. David Villa

Emmanuel Adebayor vs. Raul Albiol

Sugalumps

The Final Is Coming...

Semi Final: Spain A vs Spain B

Iker Casillas vs. Raul Gonzalez

Fernando Torres vs. Sergio Ramos

Xabi Alonso vs. Cesc Fabregas

David Villa vs. David Silva

Raul Albiol vs. Bojan Krkic

Semi Final: ROW vs England

Roque Santa Cruz vs. David Beckham

Daniel Agger vs. Theo Walcott

Masoud Shojaei vs. Frank Lampard

Mark Gonzalez vs. Michael Owen

Emanuel Adebayor vs. Steve Gerrard

Semifinals!

On to the Semis!

The quarterfinals were heated! Check out the results:

Ok well…Spain A dominated Brazil 5-0

But the Germans put in a good fight despite Spain B eventually taking them down 4-1.

ROW proved just a little to strong for Le French winning 3-2

And England made a strong run against Italy B winning 4-1.


The results leave us with two very exciting semi-final matchups!

1. Spain A vs. Spain B
Countryman vs. countryman! Can the legend that is Raul take on Saint Iker and his magical profile? Will Sernando and the Davids ever be the same after facing off in direct competition?

2. ROW vs. England
In the other semifinal, the mixed conglomerate of world hotties will take on England. Roque has been dominant, but how will he stand next to a pair of Golden Balls? Only you can decide.

Voting starts on Thursday 5 March at 12.01 GMT and will close Sunday at 12:01 GMT.

Thank you again for voting and doing your part in beautifying the game. Cantona salutes you.

xoxo
Chocolate Bear!

Quarterfinals!

Well, here are your Round of 16 results:

England defeated Australia 4-1.

Italy B narrowly defeated the USA 3-2.

Rest of the world took down the Netherlands 3-2.

Argentina took the loss against France 3-2.

Spain B thrashed Croatia 5-0.

Germany defeated Sweden 4-1.

Portugal lost to Brazil 3-2.

and lastly, in a much closer than it appeared matchup, Spain A dominated Italy A winning 4-1.

This now gives us our Quarterfinal matchups!

1. England takes on Italy B. Italy B had a narrow win over the USA with just 1% making them the victor. England comfortably defeated Australia, I hope however that this matchup won't be so close and much more exciting!
2. The dominating Spain B takes on Germany. This doesn't seem like such a challenge, but in the HWC, anything can happen.
3. The rest of the world led an easy defeat under the direction of hottie captain Roque Santa Cruz. They face a much tougher task of taking on Thierry Henry and his army of les beaux hommes. Let the battle of pretty begin.
4. Brazil took down Cron and Nuno Gomes but Spain A took down Fabio Cannavaro. I sense a Spain A/Spain B semifinal...

Voting Starts on Saturday at 12:01 AM GMT and will close Tuesday at 12:01 AM GMT.

Support your hotties and again, thanks for participating in our quest to beautify the beautiful game.

xoxo
Caramel Bear!

The Hottie World Cup - Welcome!

There is skill and then there is 'skill'. Denied of a major international competition for the year, we've decided to hold our very own version of the World Cup.

It's very simple - 16 nations, the teams consisting of five hotties who have played at international level. These ballers were selected by committee so don't complain about the inclusion/exclusion of a player.

The draw and team match ups will be up as soon as the committee reconvenes. Most pictures, you can click to embiggen.

Polling will begin on the 23rd of Feb. Feel free to post comments, but don't vote in the comments section.

And with that introduction, Welcome to the World Cup!

Meet the Team - Croatia

Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth)


Vedran 'Charlie' Corluka (Tottenham)

Eduardo 'Dudu' (Arsenal)

Niko Kovac (Salzburg)

Mladen Petric (HSV)

Meet the Team - Italy A

Fabio 'Il Bello/Canna' Cannavaro (Real Madrid)

Paolo Cannavaro (Napoli)

Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)

Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)

Marco Borriello (AC Milan)