International University Challenge Championship 27
Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of the IUCC, the premier tournament for university football teams around the multiverse!
A total of 28 institutions from nine nations were entered into this year's tournament. The top-seeded team from each nation, in addition to defending champions Van Prooijen University, will receive a bye to the group stage. The remaining 18 teams will first participate in the qualifying stage. They will be drawn into six groups of three playing a double round robin; the winner of each group will proceed to the tournament proper, giving us a total of 16 teams. The group stage will consist of four groups of four playing a double round robin. The top two finishers in each group will proceed to the knockout stages.
Please note that there has been a minor adjustment to the ranking formula to accommodate the fact that not all group stages consist of the same number of matches.
Rankings by association prior to IUCC27 (bold = founding member; blue = IUCC27 participant; numbers in parentheses indicate change from previous edition (position, then points)):
- Candelaria And Marquez - 142 (0/-2)
- Academy Sporting Association [Paripana] - 138 (0/+8)
- Vephrall - 115 (+2/-4)
- Dancougar - 110 (0/-14)
- Sorthern Northland - 78 (+2/+10)
- Ad'ihan - 57 (0/-59)
- West Zirconia - 47 (-4/-78)
- Taeshan - 31 (0/+3)
- The Babbage Islands - 6 (0/-16)
- Unreal229 - 4 (0/-3)
- Daehanjeiguk - 1.3 (0/-0.6)
- Balida - 0.9 (0/-0.9)
- Liventia - 0.05 (0/+0.09)
The qualifying group draw is as follows, with the highest-ranked teams at the top:
Group 1
University of Konila [ASA]
Markham University [WZI]
Saverhampton [TAE]
Group 2
University of Calamen [VPH]
Stanley University [WZI]
Mount Ceabring [TAE]
Group 3
National Maritime Warfare School [CAM]
Technical Institute at Dalinn [ADN]
Folenisa University [LEN]
Group 4
Arrigo Harbour, Universidad Isabela González de Arrigo [CAM]
Universität Heltzburg [SNO]
Sungsan Academy [HAN]
Group 5
Novaria Technical Institute [ASA]
Háskóllin í Vatnajavik [SNO]
Yongsan Academy [HAN]
Group 6
Bektys Technological Institute [VPH]
Stanley College [ADN]
Dover University [LEN]
The following teams have been granted byes to the group stage:
Gifton College, Albrecht University [CAM]
Woodruff Culinary Institute [ASA]
Sumbobor State University [VPH]
Van Prooijen University [ASA] (as defending champions)
Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious [SNO]
Technical Institute at Hatton [ADN]
Bradley University [WZI]
Air Force [TAE]
Yeonsei University [HAN]
Pardbo University [LEN]
Qualifying results will be posted Sunday; group stage and knockout results will be posted Monday.