Welcome one and all the 8th edition of the International FireStorm Cup, hosted in the glorious nation of Olastor! 66 club teams of varying prestige from 33 nations across the multiverse will battle it out for an international club title!
With 66 teams signed up for this, the tournament will proceed as follows. We have 11 groups of 6, who will play each other once. The top two of each group are guaranteed to go through, and the 9 best third placed teams will advance automatically as well. The remaining two teams will unfortunately have to face-off for the last spot in the next round. That leaves us with 32 teams for straight knockouts to the final.
Round of 16
Grimsby Town FC vs. Bayern Hautbregen (Blake Valley Stadium)
Persepur Bhagawanta vs. Riverside City (National Stadium)
Marlowes City FC vs. P.S.K.S. Senadwipa (Capitol Stadium)
Kortu Dunamo vs. Leavesden Rovers FC (Battle Hill Stadium)
Grafonil HQFC vs. Empilot United FC (Great Park Arena)
Tamabad Strikers FC vs. Guard FC (Cavecla Complex)
Beden FC vs. Tachi FC (Southgate Arena)
Jelle vs. Peeto Gordost (Chansair Park)
Schedule (currently provisional):
23/08: Group Draw
25/08: MD1 (1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, 3 vs 4)
26/08: MD2 (5 vs 1, 4 vs 6, 3 vs 2)
27/08: MD3 (1 vs 4, 5 vs 3, 6 vs 2)
28/08: MD4 (3 vs 1, 2 vs 4, 6 vs 5)
29/08: MD5 (1 vs 2, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5)
30/08: Playoff (Note: this two day period between scorinations for most people is just one RP bonus)
31/08: Round of 32
01/09: Round of 16
02/09: Quarter-Finals
03/09: Semi-Finals
04/09: Third Place Playoff and Final
Cutoff time will anywhere from 6pm to 10pm BST (or maybe even later). However, I will try to stick to 6pm to 8pm BST as much as possible, which translates to 1700 to 1900 UTC.
Links: Signups Thread/OOC thread, Rankings, Bid Post