Thirty-eight seasons of Whirl Islands Premier League action have already come and gone, so let's have a quick look at what happened this last season...
Standings
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 FC Atlantis 33 19 3 11 37 29 +8 60 CC
2 Eastburg United 33 16 6 11 40 28 +12 54 CC
3 Navel Sharks 33 15 9 9 44 34 +10 54 GC
4 Navel FC 33 14 11 8 45 28 +17 53 GC
5 FC Terranova 33 12 9 12 28 37 −9 45 GC
6 Vieux-Port FC 33 11 11 11 26 28 −2 44
7 Halcones de Maracaibo 33 10 12 11 28 29 −1 42
8 Lagoon Red Diamonds 33 10 10 13 26 32 −6 40
9 Athletic Victoria 33 11 7 15 35 41 −6 40
10 Racing de Terranova 33 10 8 15 29 37 −8 38
11 Portland Greencaps 33 9 10 14 29 34 −5 37
12 Arica FC 33 8 10 15 30 40 −10 34 REL
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Sparta Navel 33 19 8 6 51 22 +29 65 CH/P - SBCC
2 Deportivo Maracaibo 33 17 5 11 46 33 +13 56 SBCC
3 Lagoon Crocodiles 33 16 6 11 34 30 +4 54 SBCC
4 Náutico 33 16 6 11 45 35 +10 54
5 Union FC 33 14 10 9 33 25 +8 52
6 Sporting Ayacucho 33 15 3 15 37 43 −6 48
7 Narissa Dolphins 33 13 5 15 32 32 0 44
8 FC Moncton 33 12 6 15 26 38 −12 42
9 Atlético Narissa 33 9 11 13 27 31 −4 38
10 Hoxvathor Seahawks 33 10 8 15 21 30 −9 38
11 CCD Eastburg 33 8 8 17 33 44 −11 32
12 Olimpia 33 8 6 19 30 52 −22 30
With the return of the Whirl Islands Premier League as the highest tier of Whirl-Islander professional football, the Islander Championship now gives a single berth for the Cygnus Cup.
First Round
Athletic Victoria 2-0 Olimpia
Racing de Terranova 1-3 CCD Eastburg
Portland Greencaps 1-0 Hoxvathor Seahawks
Arica FC 3-2 Atlético Narissa
Sparta Navel 3-0 FC Moncton
Deportivo Maracaibo 0-0 Narissa Dolphins (0-2 AET)
Lagoon Crocodiles 3-1 Sporting Ayacucho
Náutico 1-2 Union FC
Round of Sixteen
FC Atlantis 1-1 Athletic Victoria (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Eastburg United 6-5 CCD Eastburg
Navel Sharks 4-2 Portland Greencaps
Navel FC 2-1 Arica FC
FC Terranova 0-0 Sparta Navel (0-1 AET)
Vieux-Port FC 3-3 Narissa Dolphins (3-3 AET, 4-2 PKs)
Halcones de Maracaibo 0-1 Lagoon Crocodiles
Lagoon Red Diamonds 2-1 Union FC
Quarter-Finals
FC Atlantis 3-2 Lagoon Red Diamonds
Eastburg United 7-1 Lagoon Crocodiles
Navel Sharks 0-2 Vieux-Port FC
Navel FC 1-1 Sparta Navel (1-1 AET, 5-3 PKs)
Semi-Finals
FC Atlantis 0-1 Navel FC
Eastburg United 0-0 Vieux-Port FC (0-1 AET)
Final @ Portomar Field, Portomar, Navel Island (Attendance: 27,408)
Navel FC 4-3 Vieux-Port FC
Congratulations to Navel FC, who won the thirty-fifth Islander Championship and qualified for the next Cygnus Cup!
North Group
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Atlético Narissa 22 11 7 4 39 28 +11 40
2 FC Terranova 22 12 4 6 38 30 +8 40
3 Academia Fontanar 22 12 2 8 31 31 0 38
4 Lagoon Red Diamonds 22 10 3 9 38 32 +6 33
5 Racing de Terranova 22 9 6 7 36 31 +5 33
6 Náutico 22 8 6 8 33 29 +4 30
7 Athletic Victoria 22 8 5 9 26 22 +4 29
8 FC Atlantis 22 9 1 12 30 38 −8 28
9 CCD Eastburg 22 6 9 7 28 32 −4 27
10 Narissa Dolphins 22 6 5 11 34 41 −7 23
11 Eastburg United 22 6 5 11 30 37 −7 23
12 Vieux-Port FC 22 6 5 11 31 43 −12 23
South Group
Team P W D L For Ag +/- Pts
1 Sparta Navel 22 12 5 5 38 22 +16 41
2 NFC Academy 22 10 5 7 32 27 +5 35
3 Deportivo Maracaibo 22 9 7 6 30 23 +7 34
4 Sporting Ayacucho 22 10 4 8 35 36 −1 34
5 Sharks Academy 22 9 6 7 30 28 +2 33
6 Rising Stars AFC 22 9 5 8 34 32 +2 32
7 Union FC 22 8 7 7 30 29 +1 31
8 Olimpia 22 7 7 8 20 20 0 28
9 Halcones de Maracaibo 22 8 4 10 30 33 −3 28
10 Arica FC 22 7 4 11 31 40 −9 25
11 Hoxvathor Seahawks 22 8 1 13 25 37 −12 25
12 FC Moncton 22 5 5 12 34 42 −8 20
Finals
Atlético Narissa 1-1 Sparta Navel
Sparta Navel 2-0 Atlético Narissa (3-1 agg)
Congratulations to Sparta Navel, who won the second Development League edition and qualified for the next Youth Cup!
Whirl Islands (WRL) qualifiers
Puppet of Valladares
Champions’ Cup 65: FC Atlantis, Eastburg United
Globe Cup 62: Navel Sharks, Navel FC, FC Terranova
Series B Champions’ Cup 62: Sparta Navel, Deportivo Maracaibo, Lagoon Crocodiles
Youth Cup 17: Sparta Navel
Cygnus Cup qualifier: Navel FC
Rushmori Copa de Campeones qualifier: FC Atlantis