Below you will find the Group Draw, Schedule, Friendlies Information, Venues, and Other Information. If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please post them in The Discussion Thread or check My Host Bid.
Groups
Rankings can be found here
Group 1
Matches played at Cinnamon Beach Arena
Vulshain
Prince Bartholomew Islands
Sarrbia
Malta and Gozo
Spitfyred1
Carmadin
Thatius
Demersvien
Group 2
Matches played at SampoTech Stadium
Eastfield Lodge
Malakula
Kazzoria
Syvorji
Altimarus
Warova
Chuckio
Arsenolia
Group 3
Matches played at Milo Sanders Oceanside Sportsplex
Mapletish
Carasatoga
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Delaclava
Zoobians
Western Cuba
Ipeland
Mangolana
Group 4
Matches played at Sapphire Stadium
Civil Citizenry
St. Rosa
Megadia
Krumbia
Hossaim
Cakistan
Darmen
Homelands our
Schedule
There are four groups of eight teams each. The top four teams in each group, a total of sixteen teams, will advance to the tournament after a double round-robin. From there, it is basic single-elimination. There will be a 3rd place game. To see the fixtures for each individual matchday, look below.
MD1: 8v1, 7v2, 6v3, 5v4 (Nov.11)
MD2: 1v7, 8v6, 2v5, 3v4 (Nov.12)
MD3: 6v1, 5v7, 4v8, 3v2 (Nov. 13)
MD4: 1v5, 6v4, 7v3, 8v2 (Nov. 14)
MD5: 4v1, 3v5, 2v6, 8v7 (Nov. 15)
MD6: 1v3, 4v2, 5v8, 6v7 (Nov. 16)
MD7: 2v1, 8v3, 7v4, 6v5 (Nov. 17)
Friendlies (Nov. 18)
MD8: 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 (Nov. 19)
MD9: 7v1, 6v8, 5v2, 4v3 (Nov. 20)
MD10: 1v6, 7v5, 8v4, 2v3 (Nov. 21)
MD11: 5v1, 4v6, 3v7, 2v8 (Nov. 22)
MD12: 1v4, 5v3, 6v2, 7v8 (Nov. 23)
MD13: 3v1, 2v4, 8v5, 7v6 (Nov. 24)
MD14: 1v2, 3v8, 4v7, 5v6 (Nov. 25)
Round of 16 (Nov. 27)
Quarterfinals (Nov. 28)
Semifinals (Nov. 29)
Championship and 3rd Place Game (Nov. 30)
Friendlies
There is a day set aside for friendly matches halfway through the group stage, as seen in the schedule above. Each team may have no more than 2 host-scorinated friendlies, although you are welcome to use a 3rd party scorinator for other friendlies. Friendlies may be discussed and planned in The discussion thread. A list of all confirmed friendlies will be updated below.
Venues
Sarrbia, being a tropical archipelago, has an abundance of pristine beaches. The geography of Sarrbia, in addition the people's love of football, results in a wide selection of beach soccer arenas. The best of Sarrbia's beach soccer locations have been selected to serve as venues for the fifth Beach Cup. Three of these four successfully hosted games in Beach Cup 2. They are listed in deatil below.
Other Information
The baseball mode of NSFS 3 will be used in Beach Cup V as it has in every other Beach Cup. Both rankings and RP Bonus will be a utilized, however, RP Bonus is emphasized. Any team can succeed with consisted roleplay. RPs are judged on a scale of 1-5 based on quality, originality, cooperation, accuracy, and to a lesser degree - length. When you post your roster, include a style modifier ranging from -5 to +5. Remember that -5 is the most defensive and +5 is the most offensive.
Cutoff times will typically be around 11:00 p.m. CST (5 a.m. GMT)
Beach Soccer Rules
Map of Sarrbia
Sign-up/Host bid Thread
Discussion Thread
Rankings
As the schedule shows, the first matchday is set for November 11! That gives everybody five days to get rosters and initial RPs up. Start posting!