INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Welcome
Welcome to the Boreal Islands and the inaugural Independent Associations Cup. This is your IC thread for rosters and role-playing, and the thread where results will be posted. The OOC discussion thread is here. Details on the host nations and venues will be in the following post, here.
The… Boreal Islands?
Bonesea is the official scorinating host of the first IAC, but we are a small nation and most of the stadia are wholly inadeqaute for a tournament of 24 visiting nations. Therefore, we have called on our friends and neighbours across the Allied States of The Boreal Islands, and several small island nations (OOC: puppets) will take their share of matches, ensuring each match is played in a stadium of reasonable proportion and quality. Further details are provided in the following post, but essentially, the burden of hosting will be shared between Bonesea, Sceálta Ginn, Skoppa, Portsea, Suumna, Vættr, and Taxhavn. Island hopping will be kept to a minimum during the competition with teams mostly being based in a single country for the knockout stages.
Format & Schedule
Confirmed
18 DEC}
20 DEC} Group Matches
22 DEC}
27 DECRound of Sixteen
29 DECQuarter-finals
31 DECSemi-finals*
2 JANFinal & Third Place Play-Off
Cut-off time is likely to be 21:00-22:00 UTC; *except on NYE 31 December when it will be around six hours earlier to allow for the hosts' outrageous social commitments.
RP Bonus & Rankings
The tournament will be scorinated by way of xkoranate 0.3.3 SQIS formula us XK additive style modifiers. WCC ranks will be used to provide a general continuity within NS football, but RP bonus amounts will be sizeable to potentially allow new and consistently high quality RPers a good shot at the title.
Group tie-breakers will be as follows;
1. Points
2. Overall GD
3. H2H Points
4. H2H GD
5. RP Bonus (IC: Fair play measure of rule infractions, free kicks & cards shown)
6. Coin toss via random.org
Rankings draw from the WCC rankings using KPB although of course this tournament is neither a WCC-endorsed competition nor does it affect future KPB. It is important to note that KPB points will not come into effect until a roster is posted, to encourage RP and support others who are keen to RP. Bonuses are heavily weighted to quality RP so that unranked WCC nations who contribute well at every stage of the tournament have a genuine shot at the title.
The Draw
Venue details are provided in the next post. The seeded draw was conducted using random.org list randomiser.
GROUP A - Bonesea
1. Veldgouwen
2. Bonesea
3. United States of Devonta
4. Averyickan City
GROUP B - Vættr
1. Savalen
2. Cossakastal
3. Garifunya
4. Equatorial Zeldaen
GROUP C - Scéalta Grinn
1. Prusy Krolewskie
2. Abanhfleft
3. Kaboomlandia
4. Nordernious
GROUP D - Skoppa
1. Amazonesta
2. Flardania
3. Space
4. Juvencus
GROUP E - Portsea & Suumna
1. Drawkland
2. Greater Vakolicci Haven
3. Revolutionary Nordskania
4. Schottia
GROUP F - Taxhavn
1. Kalumba
2. Barunia
3. Hicaña
4. Mercedini
Knock-Out Stages
Six group winners, six group runners-up and the four best third placed teams will proceed into the knock-out rounds. The draw will be arranged after the group stage.