The 4th CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup
Melayu Archipelago Cup is the regional football competition contested by men's national football team in the region of Melayu Archipelago. The competition is organized by Confederation de Melayu Football Association (CMFA), the regional football governing body in Melayu Archipelago. This time the competition is held for its fourth edition and for this edition, Soracana Islands is selected to host the competition.
Host Selection
During the bidding process for hosting rights, 2 nations came up with their bids. They are Pemecutan and Soracana Islands. The voting were commenced for 3 days before the result was announce by the organizer. Soracana Islands gain larger votes than Pemecutan and the organizer awarding the hosting rights to Soracana Islands.
Teams
Sign ups
As the competition is held in the region of Melayu Archipelago, so all nations within the region are eligible to enter the competition. After the end of sign ups time, 12 national teams were expressed their desire and commitment to join in the competition. Most of the entrants have been in the competition before with the longest comeback have to be by Sharktail. The nation only joined the first edition before join back in this edition. There are also newcomer or first timer in this edition. They are Havynwilde, North Quadana and Reksonegoro. The 12 participants are as follows (numbers in parentheses indicate positions in CMFA National Rankings at the time of the tournament);
1. Havynwilde (UR)
2. Ziwana (3)
3. Pemecutan (8)
4. Soracana Islands (4)
5. South East United (29)
6. Southern Palm Islands (27)
7. Sandhora (12)
8. Samudera Darussalam (18)
9. North Quadana (UR)
10. Labuan and Cempaka (11)
11. Sharktail (21)
12. Reksonegoro (UR)
Group Draw
The 12 teams are draw into 4 groups of 3, by selecting one team from the 3 ranked pots. For the draw, teams are allocated into 3 pots based on the CMFA National Rankings. Pot one contain the host, Soracana Islands (which automatically assigned to pot A1) and the best 4 teams. Pot two contained the next best 4 teams and so on. The unranked teams are automatically grouped into Pot 4.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Soracana Islands (host)
Ziwana (3)
Pemecutan (8)
Labuan and Cempaka (11)Sandhora (12)
Samudera Darussalam (18)
Sharktail (21)
Southern Palm Islands (27)South East United (29)
Havynwilde (UR)
North Quadana (UR)
Reksonegoro (UR)
Group Stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D Soracana Islands
Sandhora
North QuadanaLabuan and Cempaka
Samudera Darussalam
ReksonegoroPemecutan
Southern Palm Islands
South East UnitedZiwana
Sharktail
Havynwilde
Venues and Schedule
Venues
Soracana Islands Football Association has proposed 6 cities and stadiums as the venues of the 4th Melayu Archipelago Cup. The host cities are; Gato Uyuri, Nilayam, Calu Humang, Halangnehu, Ruacalu and Pasahiranta. For the Group Stage, each Group will be assigned 2 venues for their matches. Opening and Closing ceremony will be held in Gato Uyuri, the capital of Soracana Islands.
Schedule
Group Stage
Group A
MD 1 Monday, April 13th 2020 Soracana Islands vs Sandhora (Gato City Stadium, Gato Uyuri)
MD 2 Wednesday, April 15th 2020 Sandhora vs North Quadana (Pasahi Arena, Pasahiranta)
MD 3 Friday, April 17th 2020 North Quadana vs Soracana Islands (Gato City Stadium, Gato Uyuri)
Group B
MD 1 Monday, April 13th 2020 Labuan and Cempaka vs Samudera Darussalam (Nilayam Arena, Nilayam)
MD 2 Wednesday, April 15th 2020 Samudera Darussalam vs Reksonegoro (Calu Humang Stadium, Calu Humang)
MD 3 Friday, April 17th 2020 Reksonegoro vs Labuan and Cempaka (Nilayam Arena, Nilayam)
Group C
MD 1 Tuesday, April 14th 2020 Pemecutan vs Southern Palm Islands (Calu Humang Stadium, Calu Humang)
MD 2 Thursday, April 16th 2020 Southern Palm Islands vs South East United (Halangnehu Municipal Arena, Halangnehu)
MD 3 Saturday, April 18th 2020 South East United vs Pemecutan (Calu Humang Stadium, Calu Humang)
Group D
MD 1 Tuesday, April 14th 2020 Ziwana vs Sharktail (Ruacalu Aksa Stadium, Ruacalu)
MD 2 Thursday, April 16th 2020 Sharktail vs Havynwilde (Pasahi Arena, Pasahiranta)
MD 3 Saturday, April 18th 2020 Havynwilde vs Ziwana (Ruacalu Aksa Stadium, Ruacalu)
Knockout Stage
Quarter Final
QF 1 Monday, April 20th 2020 Soracana Islands vs Samudera Darussalam (Gato City Stadium, Gato Uyuri)
QF 2 Monday, April 20th 2020 Reksonegoro vs North Quadana (Nilayam Arena, Nilayam)
QF 3 Tuesday, April 21st 2020 Pemecutan vs Sharktail (Ruacalu Aksa Stadium, Ruacalu)
QF 4 Tuesday, April 21st 2020 Ziwana vs Southern Palm Islands (Calu Humang Stadium, Calu Humang)
Semi Final
SF 1 Thursday, April 23rd 2020 Soracana Islands vs Reksonegoro (Nilayam Arena, Nilayam)
SF 2 Thursday, April 23rd 2020 Pemecutan vs Ziwana (Ruacalu Aksa Stadium, Ruacalu)
Third Place Final
Saturday, April 25th 2020 Reksonegoro vs Pemecutan (Nilayam Arena, Nilayam)
Final
Sunday, April 26th 2020 Soracana Islands vs Ziwana (Gato City Stadium, Gato Uyuri)