as far as matches to determine the unofficial world champions go, it could not get any bigger than france vs brazil in paris on thursday night the unofficial world cup final is a repeat of the meeting at the same stade de france venue  in 1998 when france were crowned world champions by beating brazil 3 0 the current unofficial world cup title holders are brazil but france will try to pry that casual title from them, even if it is just a friendly in the french capital brazil will try to win the unofficial world cup title on thursday night when they face france in paris  brazil are on the mend following an embarrassing 2014 world cup showing on home soil  there are three rules to determine the unofficial world champions:  brazil are on the mend following an embarrassing 2014 world cup showing on home soil, and will take all they can get revenge may even be a factor, too, after their defeat in 1998 when two goals from zinedine zidane and a third from emmanuel petit sealed the world cup title for france the way the unofficial world cup final works is not unlike a game of conkers, where winner takes all until your next match in an all or nothing scenario brazil have held the unofficial title since october 11, when they beat argentina 2 0 in beijing, china, and have a chance to chase scotland at the top of the unofficial world cup ranking table they have some way to go, however, as scotland sit top with 86 points, ahead of england on 73 real madrid and france striker karim benzema may have something to say about the unofficial title  benzema chats with patrice evra during france's training session ahead of the friendly  nov 18   australia 1 2 brazil, vienna  nov 12   turkey 0 4 brazil, istanbul  oct 14, brazil 4 0 japan, singapore  oct 11, brazil 2 0 argentina, beijing, china  sep 3, germany 2 4 argentina, dusseldorf  july 13, germany 1 0 argentina, brazil  july 9, holland 0 0 argentina, brazil  july 5, holland 0 0 costa rica, brazil  june 29, greece 1 1 costa rica, brazil  june 24, england 0 0 costa rica, brazil  if a team draws, they retain the ufwc title  86   scotland  73   england  59   argentina  50   holland  41   russia  33   brazil  28   germany  28   sweden  27   italy  25   france  one point is awarded per ufwc match win 
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the unofficial world cup final will be between france and brazil in paris . the way the ufwc works is like conkers where winner takes all . brazil have held the unofficial title since october 11, when they beat argentina 2 0 in beijing, china 