Imperan League Sports Newswire

[Imperan Olympic Association]

This is the topic for all sports competitions of the Imperan League nations, brought to you by Imperan Olympic Association and Union of Sports Associations of Imperan League, UNISA.

Rugby Codes are not currently part of this newswire, please go to Imperan Rugby Newswire.

If you are not a member of the Imperan League, an invited nation or an on-duty moderator, please refrain from posting here.

The Imperan Nations: Alice Bay, Ariannin, Aristian Republic, Grand Merina, Kikunomi, Lisander, Lorenthia, Rhaecia, Saint Ianina, Vassiya.

A note on gender policies:
Imperan League athletes are separated by gender when it comes to some sports, a practice that is frowned upon in most nations.

Sports are physical activities in which one depends on body skills. Since Lisander has no sentient animals, hybrid or robot populations, sports are practised only by humans. Males and females are clearly different. Males are taller, have thicker bones and higher lungs capacity than females. Cross-hormone treatment cannot fully suppress all these biological competitive advantages. Have in mind that Imperan League is a MT region.

There's also a series of problematic cases involving intersex sports, like the transgender fighter who broke her opponent skull, or the transgender powerlifter who set a new world record after completing only 11 months of hormone treatment.

Male and female athletes do not play together in territorial games (like football codes, rugby, basketball, hockey codes) and combat sports (except for selected fencing events). For these sports, unless clearly stated otherwise, the leagues on these sports already posted are all male.

Male and female athletes are allowed to compete together in Sailing, Equestrian sports (including Horse Polo), Motorsports and selected fencing events.

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As a newswire, this thread is a constant WIP. Thanks for your patience.

[Lisander]

Lisander

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The Principality of Lisander is the oldest of the nations in Imperan League, and one of its founders. Located in the Atlantic Ocean, is the home of 11 million people. Lisander National Sport is Rugby Union. Association Football is also popular, as well as Field Hockey, Basketball and Motorsports. Just in case you are interested to know where some team or arena is located, in the spoiler you will find a map of Lisander cities.

The growth of the economy has provided opportunities for many sports, and from the moment that the communities of these sports organize to form a federation and a national team, they receive generous financial support from the sports ministry.

The nation is by far the most cultured of Imperan League, and this contributed to the resurgence or popularization of sports that were once considered "sports only for rich people", like Cricket, Fencing, Horse Polo, Sailing, Tennis and even some categories of Motorsports.

Lisanderian national sports teams are usually called "Ermines" or "Stoats", after the national animal, Mustela erminea; "Lys" or "Lises" or "Irises" for the national symbol, the Fleur-de-lis, and its natural counterpart and national plant, Iris pseudacorus. They usually wear shades of green or white uniforms as uniforms, but with the advent of new technologies and trends in sports apparel, National Teams of Lisander can be seen wearing teal (Cricket T20), gold (Ice Hockey) or shades of monochrome (Rugby Union).

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Rankings (at 2019/02/22):

Ranking		Sport		Pos	Points
NSRB Sevens	Rugby Union	1	32.600
RUCT		Rugby Union	4	38.67
IBC		Basketball	9	17.250
IUBC		Basketball	11	15.500
WBC		Baseball	15	2.42
GCF T20		Cricket		16	20.183
GCF Test	Cricket		18	86.79
World Bowl	Gridiron	32	4.25
IFCF		Football	68	5.00
KPB		Football	83	9.00

Leagues:

Association Football




Basketball | Field Hockey | Ice Hockey | Gridiron Football



College

[Alice Bay]

Alice Bay

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The Commonwealth of Alice Bay is a small nation in the Pacific. A former Lisanderian Colony, is currently the home of 1.8 million people. Rugby Union, Cricket and Footy are the most popular sports. There's a growing female field hockey scene since Aliceans hosted the last Imperan Championship of the sport. Association Football is somewhat popular, in special Beach Soccer, although a Professional League does not exist.

Being a former colony of Lisander, the nation is seen as the main rival of the Principality in the Rugby Union scene. The Crux, as they're called, is a NationStates Rugby Board full-member, ranking around Top 15. On the other hand, Alice Bay Cricket Board merged itself with Lisanderian Cricket Board, to form the Lisander and Alice Bay Cricket Board (LCB).

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Leagues:

Rugby Union
Division 1: AMI Unions Cup - Premiership
Division 2: AMI Unions Cup - Championship

Footy (Australian Rules Football)
One-Tier League: The Bay League

Field Hockey
(F)One-Tier League: National Championship

[Imperan Olympic Association]

Lorenthia

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The Kingdom of Lorenthia is an archipelago state monarchy in the Nothern Sea. Is currently the home of 3.2 million people, who loves Ice Hockey. They're, in fact, the Ice Hockey strongest nation in Imperan League, easily overpowering the lisanderians. Winter sports like Curling, Speed Skating and Bobsleigh are also common. Yet not an Olympic sport, Regatta is popular, with competitions around the two islands of the nation being very common.

There is a keen interest in Motorsports. Rugby are slowly growing, backed by Imperan Rugby initiatives, as well as Fencing. Association Football is not that common, but there are some amateurs playing it.

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Leagues:

Ice Hockey
Elitserien

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Ariannin

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Ariannin is a cosmopolitan city-state in South Atlantic Coast, home of a half million of expats from world centers, attracted by the nation being a Tax Haven. Football and Rugby share the attention of practitioners. Because of the modest size of the country, there are not many fields. Local rugby remains amateur, away from the reality of the big centers, but football is professional and is expanding. The ABk Uwch Gynghrair (Premier League, sponsored by the ABk (Ariannin Bank) started in 2011 and brings together teams sponsored by local and transnational companies from various countries.The league still has a second semiprofessional division, the National League, but this struggle to keep. Being home for a lot of rich people, there's a lot of speculation about new sports appearing in Ariannin. Alyn Terfel, a local driver, has already competed in WGP2.

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Leagues:

Association Football
ABk Uwch Gynghrair (D1)
National League (D2)

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Rhaecia

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Rhaecia is the smaller of Imperan Nations, with only near 500,000 inhabitants. For long a Grand-Duchy, it turned into a Republic after the death of the last Grand Duke. Due to its modest dimensions, only have fourteen federated male football teams, all of them semi-professional, while only twelve semi-pro teams play in the ladies Eccelenza/Hoofdklasse Hockey. Yet, the nation has a strong community of individual and amateur sports. Approximately 77% of Rhaecians declare themselves as sportsmen/sportswomen, many of them playing more than one sport.

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Leagues:

Association Football
Tele+R Liga

Field Hockey
Eccelenza/Hoofdklasse

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[Imperan Olympic Association]

Vassiya

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The Republic of Vassiya is a nation in eastern Europe. After the fall of Communism, the nation grew as a modest center of Professional Association Football, Rugby League and some professional motorsport. The rest of sports are amateur.

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Leagues:

Association Football
Division 1: Liga A

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Aristian Republic

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Aristian Republic is a nation in love with basketball, also learning to love rugby and other sports. Yet, its national sports are more like the individual ones. Shooting and Motorcycling, especially.

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Leagues:

Basketball
Division 1: Liga Aristiana Saskibaloi

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Grand Merina

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Grand Merina is a nation on the Indian Ocean. They entered Imperan League via sport. This nation is in development and the sports are mainly amateur. Imperan Rugby was the first one to support the nation and currently, the nation has two semi-pro rugby teams. Merina Province joined Super 8 and Toa Rugby joined Alice Bay AMI Cup in the lower division.

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Leagues:

No Professional Leagues.

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[Imperan Olympic Association]

Imperan League Multinational Competitions

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Apart from Imperan Rugby,that has its own newswire for Rugby Union and Rugby League, the other international competitions of Imperan League are all here.

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Leagues:

Association Football
Imperan Nations League
IFA Super League

Cricket*
The Alliance T20 League

Motorsport, Open-wheel
WGP3 Alpha League

Motorsport, Superbikes
Imperan Superbike Series

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Notes:
* Lisander and Alice Bay Cricket Board (LCB) controls the game of Cricket in both nations.

[Lisander]

The Premiership (Tristarbank Premiership for sponsoring reasons) is the First Division of Lisander. The Premiership emerged from a club initiative, supported by Tristarbank, to replace the championship of the former Union des Associations de Football de Principauté de Lisander, later Federação Lisandena de Futebol, Confederação Nacional de Desportos and now back to Federação Lisandena de Futebol.

List of First Division Association Football Champions
1 (UAFPL)	Universitário (1)
2 (UAFPL)	Universitário (2)
3 (UAFPL)	Universitário (3)
4 (UAFPL)	Casterwill (1)
5 (UAFPL)	Sparta (1)
6 (UAFPL)	Casterwill (2)
7 (UAFPL)	Sparta (2)
8 (UAFPL)	Racing (1)
9 (UAFPL)	Shamrocks (1)
10 (UAFPL)	Shamrocks (2)
11 (UAFPL)	Sparta (3)
12 (UAFPL)	Casterwill (3)
13 (UAFPL)	Casterwill (4)
14 (UAFPL)	Shamrocks (3)
15 (UAFPL)	Dawson (1)
16 (UAFPL)	Racing (2)
17 (UAFPL)	Racing (3)
18 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (1)
19 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (2)
20 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (3)
21 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (4)
22 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (5)
23 (UAFPL)	AS Virtus 1904 (6)
24 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (7)
25 (FLF)	Sparta (4)
26 (FLF)	Sparta (5)
27 (FLF)	Racing (4)
28 (FLF)	Shamrocks (4)
29 (FLF)	Shamrocks (5)
30 (FLF)	Dawson (2)
31 (FLF)	Sparta (6)
32 (FLF)	Sparta (7)
33 (FLF)	Casterwill (6)
34 (FLF)	Shamrocks (6)
35 (FLF)	Dawson (3)
36 (FLF)	Racing (5)
37 (FLF)	Racing (6)
38 (FLF)	Racing (7)
39 (FLF)	Casterwill (7)
40 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (1)
41 (FLF)	Racing (9)
42 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (1)
43 (FLF)	Sparta (8)
44 (FLF)	Sparta (9)
45 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (3)
46 (FLF)	Sparta (10)
47 (FLF)	Sparta (11)
48 (FLF)	Racing (10)
49 (FLF)	Racing (11)
50 (FLF)	Shamrocks (7)
51 (FLF)	Shamrocks (8)
52 (FLF)	Sparta (12)
53 (FLF)	Oeste (1)
54 (FLF)	Atlético de Kasandora (1)
55 (FLF)	Pines Athletic (1)
56 (FLF)	Atlético de Kasandora (2)
57 (FLF)	Pines Athletic (2)
58 (FLF)	Casterwill (8)
59 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (10)
60 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (4)
61 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (11)
62 (FLF)	Shamrocks (10)
63 (FLF)	Dawson (4)
64 (FLF)	Sparta (13)
65 (FLF)	Racing (12)
66 (FLF)	Racing (13)
67 (FLF)	Sparta (14)
68 (FLF)	Sparta (15)
69 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (12)
70 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (5)
71 (FLF)	Racing (14)
72 (FLF)	Shamrocks (11)
73 (FLF)	Atlético de Kasandora (3)
74 (FLF)	Atlético de Kasandora (4)
75 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (6)
76 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (7)
77 (FLF)	Sparta (16)
78 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (13)
79 (FLF)	Shamrocks (12)
80 (FLF)	AS Virtus 1904 (14)
81 (FLF)	Shamrocks (13)
82 (FLF)	Atlético de Kasandora (5)
83 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (8)
84 (FLF)	Racing (15)
85 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (9)
86 (FLF)	Sparta (17) 
87 (FLF)	Liath Cuain (10)
88 (FLF)	Shamrocks (14) 
89 (CND)	Racing (16)
90 (Prem)	AS Virtus 1904 (15)
91 (Prem)	Stellar Kasandora (1)
92 (Prem)	Dawson FC (5)
93 (Prem)	Sparta (18)
94 (Prem)	Sparta (19)
95 (Prem)	AS Virtus 1904

[Lisander]

Lisander Basketball SuperLiga

The Lisander Basketball SuperLiga is the main competition of Lisanderian Basketball, starting as a professional league thanks to the joint work of Lisander Basketball Federation, Ministry of Sport, Sponsors and Local Governments.

List of Superliga Champions	
1	BC Olympia Lerna
2	BC Olympia Lerna
3	BC Olympia Lerna
4	BC Olympia Lerna
5	Casterwill Roses

League Map

Team Profiles

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Northern Division

Uniforms

Location: Lerna, Misty Coast
Colors: Teal and White; Orange.
Arena: Gymnasium Lernae (cap. 4000)
Info: BC Olympia is one of the most traditional basketball teams in Lisander. They took to Lerna, one of the biggest cities in western Lisander, lots of relevant titles in Amateur Basketball. They are currently sponsored by K-Star, the biggest supermarket chain of Western Lisander. K-Star is property of Armando Castar, who played basketball for Olympia between 1955-1957, so he was the first contacted by team to assume as sponsor. Much is expected from this team.

Starters:
PG #27 Athanasios Moran
SG #4 Raphael Alion
SF #
PF #34 Josep Lavin
C #9 Guiherme Savin

Uniforms

Location: Isny, Eastern Province
Colors: Dark Blue and Red.
Arena: Isny Communal Sports Park (cap. 1000)
Info: Isny Valliant is a traditional rugby team in Eastern Province, currently searching new sponsors and opportunities. Basketball was a low-risk investment, considering Isny is a city in the region called "The Shield", they could count with players not contracted by bigger teams in the area. They don't have many expectations in being accepted by FLB, but with the acceptance, came a lot of interest from supporters and sponsoring from public sector.

Starters:
PG #5 Rodrigo Gatti
SG #9 Leonardo Aseri
SF #33 Kyle Ingers
PF #14 Lucas Heinrich
C #

Uniforms

Location: Portes, Eastern Province
Colors: Black and white
Arena: Portia University Arena (cap. 4000)
Info: The Portia University Basketball team is a reference in College Basketball. Its Alumni team, formed independently 70 years ago, is now a professional side, thanks to the efforts of "The Class of 04'", National College Basketball Champion , who interceded with the university, allowing the club to use the arena, in exchange for giving opportunities to college players who want to become professionals.

Starters:
PG #39 Kevan Ellis
SG #6 Daniel Heitgen
SF #
PF #13 Bruno Loyola
C #34 Bruno Varden
SG #2 Marion Zimmer

Uniforms

Location: Mirtylis, Eastern Province
Colors: Green and Blue
Arena: Myrtilis Pavillion (cap. 5100)
Info: They also are a team of the region called Shield. "Our production keeps the nation safe like a shield", the people usually say. Cities from Mid-north were mainly agricultural before the digital revolution. Since they had no permanent Ice and "green fields for production shouldn't be wasted", wood floors were common, and then basketball turned popular. Myrtilis BC is the oldest basketball team of the region, founded in 1935. The Communal Chamber funds the team itself, Making Myrtilis BC a 100% public team.
Starters:
PG #9 Serge Lorandi
SG #23 Silvestre Brandet
SF #20 Antonio Castellani
PF #
C #12 Firmin Fox

Uniforms

Location: Montecorvo, Eastern Province
Colors: Dark Blue
Arena: The Crow Nest, Oficially Ginásio da Associação Atlética Montecorvina (cap. 7000)
Info: Dark colors, a discret logo slick and cool uniforms turned the Crows in the favourite team of all hipsters in Lisander. Montecorvo is a small city, and one of the highest, reaching nearly 1000 meter high. The crows are common. The team itself is not that good, but the club have an awesome structure. The Montecorvina is a private club, but nearly 70% of the 9,000 citizens living in Montecorvo are members. Can surprise in long-term.

Starters:
PG #32 Edward Sevres
SG #
SF #4 Tássio Vins
PF #9 Selesius Lynn
C #5 Matias Bridi

Uniforms

Location: Orissa, Eastern Province
Colors: Brick Red, White.
Arena: Stars Garden, (cap. 4100)
Info: Myrtilis had wooden floor for its team. When Orissa, their eastern neighbours, founded their team, one year after, they couldn't afford that floor, so they used to play and train in a red clay bricks floor. Later, they decided to honor the pioneers of the basketball who stood against the Myrtilian bullying, the club adopted the "Brick Red" as its main colour. Orissa and Myrtilis still have a strong rivalry in basketball, if not the strongest of them.

Starters:
PG #4 Jácome Lunardon
SG #
SF #17 Augusto Vieira
PF #77 Kendall Guerrero
C #46 Vicente Ancona

Uniforms

Location: Sunion, North
Colors: Sky Blue, Navy, White.
Arena: Arena Comunal de Sunion, (cap. 980) or Lesport Olympique Arena (cap. 6000)
Info: From its foundation to two years ago, they were part of Lesport Olympique, but when the Commune (Municipality) of Sunion was founded, they decided to relocate, attracted by investment and added a nickname. The Dragons are probaly the weakest of the SuperLiga teams, but they have a solid budget and two arenas to play: The ultra-modern but small Sunion Arena, or their former home, Olympique Arena, bigger, but older.

Starters:
PG #11 Wesley Mora
SG #
SF #27 Patricio Ferri
PF #
C #44 Alan Pontius
C #12 Laurent Centier

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Southern Division

Uniforms

Location: Despina, Western Province
Colors: Dark Green, White.
Arena: Pavilhão dos Arminhos (cap. 5500)
Info: Undoubtedly one of the greatest powers of the national sport, AS Virtus 1904 also have pro teams in Premiership (football) and LNH (Hockey), with all of them being nicknamed Arminhos (Stoats). AS Virtus 1904 have a successful team, gathering the best players of the St. Michael Archangel University (Virtus was founded by USMA alumni in 1904). Hermine Airlines secured a sponsorship with them, so the team ACTUALLY have a stoat in the jersey (the airline logo).

Starters:
PG #6 Danilo Dreyfus
SG #
SF #24 Guistavo Pircio
PF #7 Laurent Oyon
C #41 Conrado Villar
C #7 Atila Porter

Uniforms

Location: Despina, Western Province
Colors: Red, White.
Arena: Despina Arena (cap. 1800)
Info: Oeste is the "ugly daughter" of Despina. While Virtus have its own structure, Clube Atlético Oeste started as a workers club and just jumped in the bandwagon of basketball because of the investment of a foreign enterprise. They will try to secure at least a spot on playoffs for start, but don't expect that much of them.

Starters:
PG #11 Xavier Moran
SG #
SF #43 Domingos Baroni
PF #9 Galiano Holstein
C #17 Jonas Mertens
C #44 Vili Tomasi

Uniforms Previous

Location: Casterwill City, Eastern Province
Colors: Gold, Blue, Green, Burgundy
Arena: Parc des Sports Countess Tarsila (cap. 8000)
Info: Contrary to what the name says, Casterwill Roses isn't a club, but a Public Limited Sports Company, where the Countess of Casterwill have 67% of the actions and the Casterwill Cricket Club retains the other 33%. Roses are another team founded exclusively for the SuperLiga, and have good players, but will probably lack in teamwork, since they're coming from colleges and teams around the nation.

Starters:
PG #5 Henrique Conti
SG #44 Zane Mott
SF #26 Filipe Negromonte
PF #
C #4 Lisandro Montagne
G #9 Oliver Skye

Uniforms

Location: Soria, Eastern Province
Colors: Purple, Gold
Arena: Nordland Metropolitano (cap. 10000)
Info: Libertas Basketball is the oldest basketball-only club in Lisander. And recently they moved from their small club court, to the modern Nordland Metropolitano. Libertas also secured the biggest sponsoring contract of Lisander Basketball, having nearly the double of the highest budget of Northern Division (Olympia). They're expected to make a great season, since they contracted the best semi-pro and alumni basketball players in the Capital City of Soria. They are also the only team with a foreigner, the Aristian Asier Laso.

Starters:
PG #4 Damian Michaelichen
SG #12 Mateo Mastrangelo
SF #27 Filipe Frièse
PF #34 Herald Delagardelle
C #9 Asier Laso (ARS)

Uniforms

Location: Sirenia, Suncoast
Colors: Red and Black.
Arena: Palaestra (cap. 9000)
Info: The Old Lady of Lisanderian sports, Club Sparta have the most successful team in Lisanderian Football, having also teams in Rugby and Ice Hockey. Basketball in Sparta is an old sport, the fourth one in order of inception (after Rugby, Football and Swimming), and the team, composed mainly of Sainte-Justine University alumni, will host its opponents in Palaestra, a great arena built side by side with Estadio Sparta, in the estate of Lutz Family, owner of the club.

Starters:
PG #
SG #14 Eric Seller
SF #6 Cassius Mavros
PF #10 Arthur Scasso
C #7 Patricio Siren

Uniforms

Location: Kasandora, Suncoast
Colors:White, Blue, Red and Black.
Arena: The Box (cap. 10000), ACK Arena (cap. 32000)
Info: Atlético Clube de Kasandora is the pop team of our days, mainly by being prestiged by digital influencers, like the lisanderian DJ and "Girl of the year", a.m.i., as well as pop singers like Eric Mino and Roz Morian, all based in Kasandora. The team itself isn't top tier and should content itself with reaching playoffs. They are playing in ACK Arena while The Box (a 10k-seat arena ACK will share with LNH Kasandora Blues) isn't completed.

Starters:
PG #
SG #11 Tiago Howells
SF #7 Gulherme Artidoro
PF #4 Lauro Sordi
C #20 Martin Lytz
F #30 Alessandro Hartins

Uniforms

Location: Cidade de Lisander, Azhaar
Colors:White, Blue, Red and Black.
Arena: Azhaar Communal Arena (cap. 1000)
Info: Azhaar, or The Islands, were the first settlement of Lisanderian founders. Cidade de Lisander currently have a population of only 20,000 inhabitants, due to the small size of the island (smaller than every other commune in Lisander). Azhaar team is a prospect, thought to generate interest and media attention to islands. The group is composed by amateur players and college alumni born in the islands or with families living here.
Starters:
PG #4 Magno Nunes
SG #60 Orian Natel
SF #24 Ryan Solier
PF #36 Alexandre Martins
C #

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Format
In the season, teams face every other team in a triple round-robin. The first and third legs are played home and away games, while the second leg, in between, will have matches played in a neutral venue. The top four of each division advance to playoffs. Postseason phases are played in series of five matches and the first team to win 3 matches advances to the following round. This applies to Quarterfinals, Semifinals and International Playoff. The Superliga Finals will be played in a series of seven matches. The table is fixed, so Northern and Southern Division champions can't play in the postseason otherwise than in Finals. Between the Finalists, the team with most a better performance in the regular season plays the matches 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

Quarterfinals (series of 5)
Quarterfinal 1 - North 1 v South 4
Quarterfinal 2 - South 2 v North 3
Quarterfinal 3 - South 1 v North 4
Quarterfinal 4 - North 2 v South 3

Semifinals (series of 5)
Semifinal 1 - Winner of QF1 v Winner of QF2
Semifinal 2 - Winner of QF3 v Winner of QF4

International Playoff (series of 5), 3rd place final. Winner earns a spot to IUBC Trophy
Loser of SF1 v Loser of SF2

The Finals (series of 7)
Winner of SF1 v Winner of SF2

[Lisander]

The Metropolitan Hockey Championship (in portuguese Metropolitano de Hóquei), currently addressed Hellebank League by sponsorship reasons, is the main tournament of Field Hockey in Lisander. It's a Semi-Pro league, completely managed by MetroLeague SAD, a private company in which the shareholders are the clubs themselves. The official statement says it's a league made from, by and for women, that usually had restricted time and audience in team sports.

The history of Lisanderian Field Hockey in brief lines:
During the last century, sports in Lisander were social facts. In a way, niche fun. There was a specific audience for each sport. For the residents of Soria who could afford to join one of the big clubs (The Victorian Club, Linville Athletic Club, St. Helen's Club, Club d'Escrime and Elysium Club), the most interesting sports were Rugby for boys and Field Hockey for the girls. Thus, Field Hockey evolved in Lisander as an exclusively female sport.

List of Hellebank League Champions	
1	Club d'Escrime de Soria
2	Hellenian Hockey

The teams of the Metropolitan Hockey League come from most traditional and prominent clubs in Soria Metropolitan Region and Southern Lisander, the traditional centre of Lisanderian Field Hockey.

Linville Leonessa HC
Female Field Hockey Club of Linville Athletic
Bio: The Leonessa are the most successful team in Female Field Hockey in the nation. Exactly like its four siblings (Linville Lions, Linville Cricket, Linville Athletic FC and Linville Athletic FC Leonessa), it's part of Linville Athletic Club.
Uniforms: Sky and White hooped jerseys, Navy skirts
Titles:

Club d'Escrime de Soria
Uniforms: White jerseys with a diagonal stripe of black and pink, white skirts
Bio: The oldest of the hockey clubs in the nation, also the oldest hockey department, with more than 100 years of Hockey. Recognized by its combination of pink and black.
Titles:

HC Victorian
Female Field Hockey Team of The Victorian Club
Uniforms: Maroon jerseys, white skirts
Bio: The Female Hockey team of Victorian Club is the main team of Victorian Club itself, since Victorian Rugby is managed separately from club matters.
Titles:

St. Helen's Hockey
Female Field Hockey Team of St. Helens Club
Uniforms: Black and white hooped jerseys, Black skirts.
Bio: The Female Hockey team of St. Helens Club, also known by rugby and football team.
Titles:

Elysium Club
Uniforms: Sky blue jerseys and skirts.
Bio: The youngest of the oldest clubs in the nation.
Titles:

Hellenian Hockey
Uniforms: Black and blue jerseys, White skirts
Bio: Hellenian Hockey formed from a split in St. Helens female hockey, eighteen years ago.
Titles:

Trinity College Hockey
Female Field Hockey Team of Trinity College
Uniforms: White and navy Jerseys, Dark Red skirts
Bio: Since there isn't a College Field Hockey Championship, Trinity College supports its girls in the Metropolitan League
Titles:

Club Sparta
Female Field Hockey Team of Club Sparta
Uniforms: Red and black hooped Jerseys, white Skirts
Bio: Club Sparta is a multi-sport team based in Sirenia. Known by its multi-champion Association Football Team,
Titles:

HC Porto Gris
Female Field Hockey Team of Liath Cuain CP
Uniforms: White jerseys, maroon skirts
Bio: Porto Gris is a city known by its football, while Rugby does not have that success there. Hockey Club is affiliated to Football Team Liath Cuain instead of being affiliated to a multi-sport club.
Titles:

Casterwill Duchesses
Uniforms: Golden jerseys and skirts.
Bio:A team supported by Countess Tarsila Casterwill, a sports-loving woman, daughter of Adrian, current Duke of Casterwill. The Duchesses select their female players between Women's Colleges and Charity Associations that care for girls who are orphaned or come from needy families. The team adopted the same colours of its sister teams of Cricket, Basketball and Gridiron Football.
Titles:

HC Stella Salacia-Kasandora
Uniforms: White and light orange jerseys, white shorts
Bio: Another unaffiliated team, is the result of the merger of the Hockey project of AC Kasandora with most prominent amateur hockey team in Southern Lisander, Stella Salacia (from the neighbouring commune of Salacia). Together with AD Brax, joined the league in last expansion.
Titles:

AD Brax
Uniforms: Mint and brown jerseys, mint shorts.
Bio:AD Brax is a multi-sport association established by alumni of various universities, born and/or living in Brax. The association was created to initially work on the founding of a football team that would compete in the National Arena League. However, the league folded before it even started, and the female members took over the association, which took advantage of the expansion of the Metropolitan League and applied for a spot.
Titles:

[Lisander]

Rugby in summer, Hockey in Winter. These are the national sports, between males, of Lisander. And the same financial crisis that hit lisanderian rugby also hit the Hockey League. The professional impulse came from the early 2000s with the emergence of clubs as businesses, the restoration of the Harmin Cup paid by the government and the revival of LNH (for three seasons branded nLNH due to image rights issues), glorious, now divided between Northern and South Conference.

LNH Champions
nLNH 1: Sendas Wolves
nLNH 2: Kasandora Blues
LNH 3: Kasandora Blues
LNH 4: AS Virtus Hockey
LNH 5: Kasandora Blues

League Map (Season 6 expansion)

Teams

North Conference

Formerly Sendas Wolves, re-named after Beaumont (then a borough in the city of Sendas, Northern Lisander) emancipated itself.
Location: Beaumont
Colors: Black and White
Titles: 1

Despite being a Principality, Grandeville has the title of a Royal City, so the team is named after this title.
Location: Grandeville
Colors: Blue, Black and Gold
Titles: 0

A team for the twin cities of Dalena do Lago and Dalena do Mar. This city guards an old legend, that evolved with the centuries and strenghtened the region
Location: Dalena do Lago/Dalena do Mar
Colors: Blue and Red
Titles: 0

Formed by Universidade de Salinas Alumni, the team represents the College and the City. It has a Association Football sister team.
Location: Salinas
Colors: Red and White
Titles: 0

An expansion team, joining in Season 6. It's another of the Multi-sports teams.
Location: Lesport
Colors: Blue and Gold
Titles: 0

South Conference

Three-times national champions, the Blues are from Kasandora, the most southern city in Lisander, ironically famous for its beaches. They're the most hated team.
Location: Kasandora
Colors: Sky Blue and Navy Blue
Titles: 3

Another alumni team, it predates the colors and the coat of arms of Soria University.
Location: Soria
Colors: Purple, Black and White
Titles: 0

Ice Hockey team of Club Sparta. Sparta is a national sport powerhouse, founded 1899 by textile industrialist Juliano Lutz, and kept by Lutz Textiles.
Location: Sirenia
Colors: Red and Black
Titles: 0

Virtus Hockey, as well as Sparta and Universitario, have an Association Football counterpart. For this season, Virtus "temporarily merged" with Despina Tigers, the third proposed expansion for season 6, that was blocked by Northern teams.
Location: Despina
Colors: Green and Orange
Titles: Virtus 1, Tigers 0.

An expansion team, joining in Season 6. Heavily backed by Nordland Group, promised to have a team of rookies and foreigners to battle for the title from the very first season.
Location: Sirenia
Colors: Sea Green and Ultramarine Blue
Titles: 0

[Aristian Republic]

Liga Aristiana Saskibaloi

Basketball is maybe the most popular team sport in Aristian Republic. The first division of pro basketball is the Liga Aristiana Saskibaloi. Usually, companies buy the naming rights of teams, since the costs of a league are somewhat big to clubs without a big sponsor. Basketball Club Laviania can be or not addressed as Aristia Telecom Basketball, its commercial name, depending on which medium is broadcasting the game. Channel 4 is controlled by a company competing with Aristian Telecom, so the team is called ATB Laviania by broadcasters when Channel 4 broadcasts the games.

Club Name			Sponsor					Team Name
Syr Basketball			Avila Holdings				Syr Avila
SC Santastella Basketball	Astra Motors				Astra Santastella
The Gast Basketball Club	Gast Municipality			Gast Lions
Laviania Basketball Club	Aristia Telecom				Aristia Telecom Laviania
Saskibaloi Hercules Laviania	Banco Nacional de Aristia		BNA Hercules
Saskibaloi Lila-Espino		Union Capital				Saski Union
Basketball Club Castell		Zeta					Zeta BKT Castell
Nortmer FC Basketball		Banque Argentaire			Argentaire Nortmer
Serdie Basketball SAD		Herrera					Herrera Serdie
Easport Basketball SAD		EAS/Merino Herinatra			EAS Energie
BC Marina Hierbella		Tropika Esmeralda Casino and Betting	TEBets Hierbella

[Aristian Republic]

Liga Aristiana Saskibaloi
Season 1

Season 1                     Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD    Win %                                                              
 1 EAS Energie                   22   15   7  1786 1620 +166    0.682  —   98–96  72–79  66–69  78–69  80–78  93–73  84–92  79–73  75–78  60–67  102–65
 2 Syr Avila                     22   14   8  1705 1617  +88    0.636 59–73   —   77–59  69–64  76–82  74–68  62–80  79–72  84–61  70–81  71–66  85–84
 3 TEBets Hierbella              22   14   8  1808 1754  +54    0.636 71–79  75–78   —   76–97  75–76  83–74  102–93  82–75  97–87  69–58  84–80  84–104
 4 Gast Lions                    22   13   9  1781 1719  +62    0.591 76–72  86–82  96–84   —   74–82  74–80  99–86  66–81  70–79  97–80  81–68  87–76
 5 Aristia Telecom Laviania      22   13   9  1707 1699   +8    0.591 70–80  71–81  79–93  89–69   —   58–82  58–73  84–83  78–92  75–66  95–80  98–83
 6 BNA Hercules                  22   10  12  1680 1708  −28    0.455 61–83  64–77  58–99  67–86  96–97   —   69–74  97–64  79–70  68–83  79–77  84–70
 7 Zeta BKT Castell              22    9  13  1694 1736  −42    0.409 64–79  77–92  70–80  75–90  72–65  67–101   —   68–79  88–91  68–65  90–73  96–80
 8 Herrera Serdie                22    9  13  1723 1769  −46    0.409 76–90  68–77  91–67  83–87  58–81  89–69  78–66   —   96–67  69–84  84–86  80–98
 9 Astra Santastella             22    9  13  1672 1721  −49    0.409 58–65  83–81  92–94  70–65  70–79  66–75  58–92  89–59   —   88–74  93–70  59–71
10 Saski Union                   22    9  13  1698 1755  −57    0.409 89–82  74–79  91–95  83–103  71–84  89–77  65–77  73–74  84–79   —   79–89  91–72
11 Nordland Santaros             22    9  13  1668 1731  −63    0.409 85–102  70–55  57–80  91–75  69–73  66–71  77–73  96–79  74–73  76–79   —   69–78
12 Argentaire Nortmer            22    8  14  1716 1809  −93    0.364 72–94  61–101  70–80  80–70  78–64  82–83  80–72  79–93  67–74  89–61  77–82   —

Quarterfinals

EAS Energie 94–78 Herrera Serdie
EAS Pavillion, Easport
Syr Avila 94–69 Zeta BKT Castell
Arena Syrlina XXI, Syr
TEBets Hierbella 80–61 BNA Hercules
Marina Garden, Hierbella
Gast Lions 55–81 Aristia Telecom Laviania
Parc Gasteiz Saskibaloi, Gast

Final Four at Arena Alba, Larès, Aristian Republic

Semifinals
Syr Avila 72–80 Aristia Telecom Laviania
EAS Energie 70–73 TEBets Hierbella

Third Place
Syr Avila 82–69 EAS Energie

Final
Aristia Telecom Laviania 85–75 TEBets Hierbella

Aristian Republic (ARS) qualifiers
Puppet of Lisander
Aristia Telecom Laviania
TEBets Hierbella
Syr Avila

[Lisander]

Liga Nacional (National League) is the second division of Lisanderian Football. Before the Premiership, it was a semi-pro tournament, but with the boost of professionalism that the experience of a new first division generated in the lower leagues, The National League had its first edition completely pro already in the second season of Premiership, so the calendar starts from 2. Currently, the National League is sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Remington.

List of Professional Second Division Association Football Champions
2	Pines Athletic
3	Liath Cuain CP
4	FC Stellar Kasandora
5	Racing Club de Soria

[Lisander]

Season 4

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REGULAR SEASON

Northern Division          Pld    W   L    Win % 
 1 BC Olympia Lerna         39   27  12    0.692
 2 Montecorvina AA          39   22  17    0.564
 3 Orissa Basketball 1936   39   22  17    0.564
 4 Isny Valliant            39   19  20    0.487
 5 Academica AP             39   17  22    0.436
 6 Myrtilis BC              39   17  22    0.436
 7 Sunion BC                39   15  24    0.385

Southern Division          Pld    W   L    Win % 
 1 Casterwill Roses         39   28  11    0.718
 2 AC Kasandora             39   23  16    0.590
 3 Libertas Basketball      39   23  16    0.590
 4 AS Virtus 1904           39   20  19    0.513
 5 Club Sparta              39   17  22    0.436
 6 CA Oeste                 39   12  27    0.308
 7 Azhaar BC                39   11  28    0.282

QUARTER FINALS

BC Olympia Lerna 3-0 AS Virtus 1904

BC Olympia Lerna 100–63 AS Virtus 1904
AS Virtus 1904 76–95 BC Olympia Lerna
BC Olympia Lerna 77–57 AS Virtus 1904

AC Kasandora 3-1 Orissa Basketball 1936

AC Kasandora 82–61 Orissa Basketball 1936
Orissa Basketball 1936 80–77 AC Kasandora
AC Kasandora 84–61 Orissa Basketball 1936
Orissa Basketball 1936 58–93 AC Kasandora

Casterwill Roses 3-0 Isny Valliant

Casterwill Roses 111–91 Isny Valliant
Isny Valliant 84–90 Casterwill Roses
Casterwill Roses 93–77 Isny Valliants

AA Montecorvina 2-3 Libertas Basketball

Montecorvina AA 86–82 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball 93–85 Montecorvina AA
Montecorvina AA 77–74 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball 82–70 Montecorvina AA
Montecorvina AA 84–91 Libertas Basketball

SEMI FINALS

BC Olympia Lerna 3-1 AC Kasandora

BC Olympia Lerna 100–79 AC Kasandora
AC Kasandora 78–67 BC Olympia Lerna
BC Olympia Lerna 92–56 AC Kasandora
AC Kasandora 72–94 BC Olympia Lerna
BC Olympia Lerna qualified for IUBC XVI

Casterwill Roses 3–1 Libertas Basketball

Casterwill Roses 64–77 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball 74–103 Casterwill Roses
Casterwill Roses 83–73 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball 66–79 Casterwill Roses
Casterwill Roses qualified for IUBC XVI

INTERNATIONAL PLAYOFF

AC Kasandora 0-3 Libertas Basketball

AC Kasandora 68–90 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball 74–66 AC Kasandora
AC Kasandora 63–66 Libertas Basketball
Libertas Basketball qualified for IUBC XVI

THE FINALS

Casterwill Roses 1-4 BC Olympia Lerna

Casterwill Roses 93–77 BC Olympia Lerna
BC Olympia Lerna 77–67 Casterwill Roses
Casterwill Roses 70–88 BC Olympia Lerna
BC Olympia Lerna 79–69 Casterwill Roses
Casterwill Roses 71–97 BC Olympia Lerna

SUPERLIGA CHAMPIONS

Basketball Club OLYMPIA LERNA
(4th title)

[Lisander]

Season 1

Regular Season                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 HC Victorian                  22   11  10   1    50   27  +23    32
 2 Linville Leonessa HC          22   14   2   6    52   37  +15    30
 3 Club d'Escrime de Soria       22   10   9   3    51   32  +19    29
 4 Trinity College Hockey        22    9   5   8    41   38   +3    23
 5 Club Sparta                   22    8   7   7    38   39   −1    23
 6 St. Helens Hockey             22    9   4   9    38   36   +2    22
 7 Elysium Club                  22    7   8   7    39   40   −1    22
 8 Hellenian Hockey              22    9   3  10    48   43   +5    21
 9 Casterwill Duchesses          22    6   5  11    37   48  −11    17
10 HC Porto Gris                 22    7   3  12    30   48  −18    17
11 AD Brax                       22    6   4  12    40   51  −11    16
12 HC Stella Salacia-Kasandora   22    3   6  13    35   60  −25    12

Qualified to Semifinals
Qualified to Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals
Club d'Escrime de Soria 3–1 St. Helens Hockey
Trinity College Hockey 2–1 Club Sparta

Semifinals
HC Victorian 5–1 Trinity College Hockey
Linville Leonessa HC 1–3 Club d'Escrime de Soria


Final Match
HC Victorian 1–2 Club d'Escrime de Soria

Champion
Club d'Escrime de Soria

[Rhaecia]

Rhaecia it is a country so small that in half an hour you cross it between its most distant points. However, it is the country with more hockey fields per square kilometer. There are 4 in total: One in San Giovanni, one in the capital, Alania. The last two are in Winterburg, the national hockey center and the city with the most teams in the country.

Since Rhaecia is a multi-language nation, the first division is named Hoofdklasse or Eccellenza, depending on what city/team is hosting the game.

Eccellenza.Hoofdklasse              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                              
 1 HC Winterburger '97                  22   16   3   3    59   35  +24    35    —   4–2  3–1  4–3  3–1  3–1  3–1  3–3  4–2  4–1  2–1  3–1
 2 HC Graafsepoort                      22   11   8   3    50   32  +18    30   2–2   —   3–3  1–2  2–1  1–1  2–1  4–1  3–1  2–1  3–0  3–2
 3 SS Aquila San Giovani                22   11   6   5    57   44  +13    28   1–1  1–1   —   5–1  2–3  3–1  3–2  2–0  2–2  0–2  4–3  0–2
 4 Royal Racing Club de Winterburg      22   10   7   5    62   50  +12    27   3–1  0–0  6–3   —   2–2  2–2  1–1  3–4  2–2  1–1  5–2  2–1
 5 Alanien Hockey Bond                  22   11   5   6    43   39   +4    27   3–1  0–2  2–3  4–2   —   2–1  2–0  1–0  2–0  1–1  3–2  1–0
 6 Groene Adelaars Hockey Club          22    9   7   6    60   35  +25    25   5–0  1–1  3–3  4–5  5–1   —   3–0  2–1  0–2  6–0  1–1  6–1
 7 Ragazza D'Inferno                    22    8   4  10    46   46    0    20   1–3  1–5  2–3  2–2  1–1  1–1   —   6–2  4–2  1–3  3–1  3–0
 8 HC Excelsior                         22    7   4  11    41   49   −8    18   0–1  3–0  1–2  4–3  2–4  1–3  1–2   —   3–2  2–2  1–0  2–2
 9 SV Fortuna Retsburg                  22    7   3  12    50   55   −5    17   1–3  3–3  1–6  3–4  1–3  2–1  7–1  1–3   —   5–2  2–0  1–2
10 Rosen Amazzoni                       22    6   5  11    33   54  −21    17   0–1  1–2  0–2  2–7  2–2  2–5  1–4  3–2  0–2   —   1–0  2–1
11 Api Stelvoor HC                      22    3   5  14    37   62  −25    11   0–7  3–3  3–6  1–3  5–2  2–2  0–4  1–3  4–2  2–2   —   4–1
12 HC La Razza                          22    2   5  15    30   67  −37     9   2–3  0–5  2–2  1–3  2–2  1–6  0–5  2–2  3–6  2–4  2–2   —

[Lisander]

Continental Cup

Continental Cup - After presentation of "economic and ecologic" yatch specifications, four yatch clubs had already applied to Challenge the Sea Ermine.

Prototype of the Continental-18 Class presented on the coast of Newport, Alice Bay, site of the next edition of the Continental Cup

The most charming sailing competition in Imperan League has already known challengers. In the first week after the announcement of the specifications for the Yachts that will sail the coast of Newport, Alice Bay, four syndicates declared their interest in challenging the Sea Ermine III, Team Hermine Airlines and Quarto Clube de Oficiais da Armada boat.

"Those who dare to defy the vessel skipped by His Highness, the Prince of Lisander," are:

Team R.E.D. (Alice Bay Yacht Clubs Union, Alice Bay): Former champions were defeated in the penultimate edition by the Hermine Airlines team. This time the Team R.E.D. has the advantage of sailing in their own waters.

Spirit Ariannin (The Crown Yatch Club, Ariannin): Returning to his second challenge, the Spirit Ariannin team has strong sponsors and has promised to bring a high-level skipper to reach the finals.

Team Nordland (Eisenport Royal Yatch Club, Lorenthia): If the Principality sets its royalty to captain a racing sailboat, why would not Lorenthia do it? King Andreas, ruler of the Nordic archipelago, does not sail. But his nephew Claus does it perfectly. And with the support of Nordland, the airline that sponsors all sports teams passing in front of it, this team can go far.

Northern Star (Clube Naval de Sendas, Lisander): The most daring of the teams, based entirely on the wealthy members of the Sendas Naval Club, decided to rekindle a historic rivalry between the northern and southern Lisander sailors. Using an old loophole in the old sailing laws, they are the official representatives of Lisander, while the Hermine Airlines team will compete defending the colours of Azhaar (the small archipelago on the coast of Lisander which is the historic seat of the Lisanderian monarchy, and by laws written in 1737, a "constituent country" of the Principality).

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[Lisander]

Field Hockey | Hellebank Metropolitan League
PIA ST. MARIE RETURNS AND HELLENIAN HOCKEY WINS THE HELLEBANK LEAGUE!

Returning after failing the Hellenians for a year to dedicate herself to the birth and the first months of her daughter Nicole, Pia St. Marie returned to play this season and was vital for the conquest of the blue and black team, which again wins the Metropolitan Championship after two years.

Pia St. Marie, Tássio Camden (pictured wearing a Hellenian HC black jersey) and little Nico.

The most memorable performance of the year for the Hellenians probably happened in the youngest Women's Hockey derby, Hellenian vs. St. Helens, in the semi-final.

Pia St. Marie made a hattrick in an electrifying game with plenty of contact and some yellow cards, the two teams ended up tied 3-3 before the extra time, then 4-4 on the extra time and the decision came only in the shoot-out, when all Hellenians scored, while Luíza Brun and Mila Virnes, of the Helens, missed their shots.

Helens vs. Hellenians
St. Helens against Hellenian Hockey is an extremely fierce rivalry in Lisander's hockey. The Helens (from St. Helen's Club) wear white and black stripes. But in 1999 the club decided to close the department of Women's Hockey, then seventeen times metropolitan champion. Disgruntled, some female players founded their own team, the Hellenian Hockey Club. The Hellenians, to differentiate, wear black, "mourning for the team they lost", and blue, in honor of the first uniform of the national lisander team, which was blue (or at least this is the official story).

The St. Helens team returned to the field four years later on the occasion of the centenary of the club, but in the meantime the women's team of the Hellenians had already established themselves as a strong team and had even won the metropolitan championship once, which in the last 20 years occurred six more times, including the last edition.

St. Helens vs. Hellenian uniform matchup

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Season 2

Regular Season                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                              
 1 HC Victorian                     22   15   3   4    62   37  +25    33    —   2–4  2–2  1–0  2–0  2–3  5–4  3–3  3–1  2–1  5–2  3–0
 2 Hellenian Hockey                 22   15   2   5    46   28  +18    32   1–5   —   0–2  4–2  0–0  2–1  2–1  2–0  1–1  1–2  2–1  1–0
 3 Club Sparta                      22   12   3   7    47   35  +12    27   1–2  1–5   —   2–1  1–2  1–0  1–0  4–1  1–2  5–0  2–4  3–3
 4 St. Helens Hockey                22   12   1   9    50   41   +9    25   1–3  1–4  1–0   —   4–2  5–3  3–2  3–1  3–0  2–1  0–1  3–2
 5 Linville Leonessa HC             22    9   6   7    40   33   +7    24  2–3  1–0  2–3  2–2   —   2–2  1–0  1–0  5–1  3–0  2–1  0–2
 6 Trinity College Hockey           22    9   3  10    44   44    0    21   3–2  1–2  1–2  2–4  2–1   —   2–4  1–3  3–2  3–3  4–2  0–0
 7 Elysium Club                     22    8   4  10    40   42   −2    20   1–0  1–4  2–1  1–0  1–1  0–3   —   1–1  0–1  3–4  0–3  3–1
 8 Club d'Escrime de Soria          22    7   6   9    44   47   −3    20   2–2  0–2  1–3  3–2  2–0  2–3  2–2   —   3–2  5–2  1–1  3–3
 9 Casterwill Duchesses             22    8   3  11    40   45   −5    19   0–3  1–2  2–2  5–3  1–1  1–0  2–3  3–5   —   4–1  3–1  4–0
10 AD Brax                          22    7   4  11    37   58  −21    18   3–4  3–2  2–4  0–3  1–1  1–3  0–5  2–1  2–0   —   2–2  2–2
11 HC Stella Salacia-Kasandora      22    6   2  14    38   58  −20    14   0–4  1–3  1–2  0–3  3–8  1–3  3–4  1–4  3–1  2–3   —   3–2
12 HC Porto Gris                    22    3   5  14    33   53  −20    11   3–4  1–2  1–4  2–4  2–3  2–1  2–2  4–1  0–3  1–2  0–2   — 

Qualified to Semifinals
Qualified to Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals
Club Sparta 2–3 Trinity College Hockey
St. Helens Hockey 1–1 Linville Leonessa HC (1–3 AET)

Semifinals

HC Victorian 1–1 Trinity College Hockey (1–2 AET)
Hellenian Hockey 3–3 St. Helens Hockey (4–4 AET) (4–2 pen.)

5th place playoff
Club Sparta 0–1 Linville Leonessa HC


Final Match
Hellenian Hockey 4–2 Trinity College Hockey

Champion

Hellenian Hockey

[Lisander]

Prologue:
A group chat on meepchat, the biggest online messenger in Imperan League.

@Lisko
Teams that can be formed anytime in Lisander:
Casterwill CC (They don't have a ODI/T20 Nickname) - Countess can support the development. A small oval is possible
Soria CC (The Roses) - Soria CC have a proper Oval, even if small.
Linville CC (The Lions) - They have a field that can be turned into an oval too. They just need money to keep the contracts.

@Lousy31
Teams that can be formed anytime in Alice Bay:
Alice Bay CC (The Nationals) - Probably the only full time team. Bay City oval ready to play.
Newport CC (The Dragons) - Investment funds may support the team. Park Oval only deserves a little reform.
Southport CC (The Mariners) - Southport is a cricket-loving city. The City government would completely support it, as well as Southport Oval reform.

@Lisko
So, we have six teams. We could start with that, but I'd prefer at least two more to start planning the league
Also, I believe the focus must be AB
More players, better ovals. Let's consider the ovals. Swanlakes have a good oval. Cap Navarre's La Sang Stadium Oval is the newest and best in nation

@DeclanHill
If a company could join and support Cap Navarre (The Reds), it would be great

@TheRealPorteous
These six would be great for a start.
IMO, just Alicean teams should be considered from now on. We must avoid Despina Cricket again.

@DeclanHill
Agree. They had nothing more than one roster. We should enforce Club ties and Academy rules.

@Lisko
Now, talking about money.
We can settle with this being a paid league, and the LCB Contracts will be finished. Once we manage the control of the Board, we'll divert the funds for the league.
Not being harsh, but it's obvious we won't keep that long-term contracts if we want to invest in the league.
Also, forget about the test-only team.
We still have the Ministry for Sports support if we plan a coherent season, and maybe for the future, we can try it again.
We need to do something to gather attention.

@TheRealPorteous
I'm okay with this. LCB income is my "Occasional savings"

@Hery_90
In fact, I don't even worry about this money. This isn't my first income. You know I'm a policeman. I always used it to buy cricket apparel and beer.

@Lisko
What a bunch of pros we have

@SCC_1881
Count on us. I'm 99% sure that SCC joins. At least if we're having Clubs and not Franchises. #prez

@TheRealPorteous
Edellion confirmed me they're interested to join. They invested the CLT20 in the team. If Cape Navarre is joining too, we'll have a 8-team league

@Lisko
Sounds great.
Soria
Casterwill
Linville

Bay City (ABCC)
Southport
Newport
Cap Navarre
Edellion
Mr. Horner (@SCC_1881) would you please get in contact with other clubs? Maybe some expansion interest or possible replacements?

@SCC_1881
I'll have some contacts, but nothing oficially. Most of the Lisanderian Clubs would try to expand to Cricket from Rugby. I'd hate those moneygrubbers.
If it were not for the establishment of the Linville Commune, I would probably have to oppose LACC entry on behalf of the SCC
after all they were members of our team until a few years ago.
#prez

@Lisko
Well, I believe it's very difficult to manage the oldest cricket club in Lisander, with a lot of pride and interests involved. Ass all of you know, before turning Manager, I had my time batting for the Roses.

@DeclanHill
I saw @Lisko playing in Bay City Oval. 2003 ODI. Now, just asking, Why Lisko? Why don't you use your proper name, Mr. Andreas Lisen Korman?

@Lisko
Lisko is a old family nickname. Our grandma was called Lisen. When I was a kid, I didn't like the name because it looked female.
So in every place I had to write my name in school, like in tests, I always signed like Andreas Lisko.
When you retire and come to visit your old parents, old nicknames return.
And now I'm Lisko permanently.

@TheRealPorteous
Boring. Back to cricket and governance stuff. Have you presented your candidature, Korman? Nothing of this will happen if you forget it.

@Lisko
Already sent to the LCB.

[Lisander]

Cricket

Andreas Lisen-Korman is the new president of LCB!

Former Soria Cricket Club all-rounder Andreas Lisen-Korman won the presidential election of the Lisander and Alice Bay Cricket Board, where he was the only candidate. Korman, supported by most of the member clubs and extremely popular among the affiliated members because of his playing time, had 100% of the valid votes in a poll that beat a record of abstentions: 43% of members, only 7% below the minimum quorum necessary to validate the lawsuit.

The new president has two major missions ahead: Restoring interest in Lisander sports after many decades, and making the game become financially sustainable in both nations. Korman, who also an investment mogul, has said that he has no problem in putting money from his own pocket in the national sport. "I applied for an election that nobody wanted to win. I really want to do my best here. If I had not been taken by my uncle, Alan Korman, to watch a Cricket game at Soria Park, I would never have lived the life I lived to this day, and would not have known the people who helped me make my money. I want to thank Cricket for all he allowed me to conquer and all the doors that opened me." he said, in his first interview as new LCB president.

Lisen-Korman promises to turn the Cricket of the two nations into a lucrative sport, but without departing from the origins. Among promises to his management are establishing three new competitions (see below), and regularizing the situation of the union before GCF, to participate in all international tournaments during the five years provided for his mandate.

THE LISEN-KORMAN THREE COMPETITIONS:

1. First Class Cricket with Lisander, Alice Bay and Ariannin:
The new president has money to spend, but he knows he can not afford it all by himself, so he goes straight to the safest source, the cricket-loving bankers of Ariannin, the safest tax haven of Imperan League, and another country with Britannian-Lisanderian roots. Lisen-Korman had already stated that he had the desire to bring the rich clubs of Ariannin to the LCB competitions, albeit only as associates. Bringing one or two Ariannin clubs (Probably the Ariannin Cricket Club and the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club) to the First-Class championship, in addition to being a source of money for the LCB, is also a heater for the rivalry among the nations.

2. A new T20 League, club-based:
Andreas Lisen-Korman was one of the biggest critics of ProHit and its franchise system. He said that the format was too commercial: "Lots of money for players and advertising, no money for structure and future, it's canned cricket, it will not last five seasons." If it was a plague he launched, we do not know, but we know ProHit did not even have a second season. Lisen-Korman has been in contact with the clubs since the time before his election, and should probably also be in contact with sponsors, mediating possible contracts to enable professional teams. We know that the problems will not end in a snap and that Lisander's Cricket will not turn power overnight, but we want to believe that with the right phone calls to the right people, Lisander is able to field a capable T20 of rivalling against teams from strong nations like Darmen, Damukuni and Apox, without going money-palooza.

2. A short-form league, to gather public attention:
The Ever-Ever Concern Since the Emergence of Television: How do people understand the game the fast way the media asks? There are a few possibilities here when it comes to short forms of Cricket. T10, 100-Ball cricket and Sixes are the most practical. The latter also makes a lot of success in the Soria, for its connections with Rugby. Another doubt that was left is: Who will compete in this championship? Usually, short sports tournaments (such as Rugby Sevens ones), take advantage of the brevity of the competition to encompass a large number of teams. Can we have a tournament with 60, 70 or even 80 teams, from weekend teams to capped pros?

More from TOPSPORT:
> Anders Michaelichen talks about Independents Cup and about the responsibility of being the Captain of National Team.
> The return of the Lisander Regional Rugby Teams and the new Imperan Unions Cup!
> WGP2: Juliano Lemos deviates from mass media and offers an exclusive interview to a fan blog!
> FEATURED: Will Arena Bowl come back? The National Arena League's suicidal bet.

[Lisander]

Arena Football

The story of Arena Football in Lisander so far: Looks like it's finally gonna happen

In other countries, Arena Leagues are usually for two groups of players: First, the group who played in college but didn't get a place in full-size professional leagues. And second, full-size professional league veterans who are either laid off by the teams or are about to retire.

In Lisander, the story is being kind of different. Football is not a very popular sport in the country. There are many youth groups, influenced by foreign TV, playing the sport on beaches, and small beach football championships are common, especially in summer. However, the massive popularity of rugby and football drives most people away from the brown ball game, which is considered by some to be an "overprotected rugby league". The average number of people interested in sports at home is estimated at between 400,000 and 500,000, approximately 3.3% of the population, and this number is a clear increase to the previous result, of approximately 1.2%, eight years ago.

In recent years, the National Academic League has conducted experiments, creating university teams. The result was even satisfactory, and national teams formed by college and former college students representing Lisander in various editions of the World Bowl and Arena Bowl, under the seal of the AFPA (American Football Players Association), founded by these same players. However, the project was discontinued due to low attendance, and constant complaints about "damage to the lawn" of public parks and rented fields for sports ended up weakening the country's sports scene. The high costs of a full-pad league are another factor that keeps the game on the beach, but AFPA found Arena Football a practical and cheaper solution. The team that played and was champion of the last Arena Bowl was formed by the founders of AFPA. Some of them are still active.

In fact, they started to pave the road. But the money to keep paving was scarce, and now the road is near fully closed.

However, the necessary financial investment for the start of the League was lacking, and it came from Leighton Mills and Otis Hamilton. The investor brothers and founders of Ultrabet, one of the most famous and profitable internet betting services in the nation already had a connection with Gridiron (they tried, unsuccessfully, to start a team at prestigious Trinity College), decided to buy the idea of ​​the National Arena League from AFPA and make it a league made up of franchises to be bought by people, companies or associations at reasonably low prices.

Ultra Sports entered the initial investment and agreed to take 50% of the league, leaving the other half to the clubs in exchange for exclusive rights and preference in contracts: As agreed, Ultra Sports may, for example, veto competing sponsorships. in teams; It will take precedence in receiving its share of league income before the franchises; You will be able to define which games will be broadcast on pay TV and the internet, as well as being the official merchandising licensor for all teams.

More from TOPSPORT:
> Anders Michaelichen talks about Independents Cup and about the responsibility of being the Captain of National Team.
> The return of the Lisander Regional Rugby Teams and the new Imperan Unions Cup!
> WGP2: Juliano Lemos deviates from mass media and offers an exclusive interview to a fan blog!
> FEATURED: Will Arena Bowl come back? The National Arena League's suicidal bet.

[Lisander]

Football

BREAKING NEWS: Alfred Delmas presents his resign of FLF presidency


Lisander football supporters were anxious for the start of the World Cup. But their hopes were crushed this afternoon when Lisander hasn't appeared in the signups list before the draw. Hundreds of e-mails, social media messages and phone calls to FLF (Lisander Football Federation) were not responded. People were angry and disappointed until the official announcement of Mr. Alfred Delmas, FLF president:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we will miss the 83rd World Cup, and I heavily apologize for it.

Our signup was ready, double-checked and had copies sent to each major media vehicle of Imperan League. But a problem in our e-mail system made the copy destined to World Cup Committee return. One of our interns, who kept control of the system, forgot to double-check the sending to the WCC. This employee was fired as soon as we, as well as you, heard about it on TV. This is an unforgivable failure that will cause damage to the federation, our athletes, our sponsors and our fans. No plausible justification, it was a joint failure of the entire Federation that was unable to confirm a simple message.

I therefore come before you to announce that I am delivering my resignation. I am extremely ashamed and shaken by what has happened, I admit that I am not in a position to answer this more properly than you have heard.

Once again, I apologize.

Thank you and good night."

People keep angry and disappointed, and the FLF Board has called an emergency meeting tonight to find a way to remedy the lost season.

[Rhaecia]

Season 2

Once again, Winterburg teams dominated the competition. This time the championship winners were RRC Winterburg, who dominated the competition throughout the season, although closely followed by HC Graafseport's golden girls. Aquila San Giovanni and HC Winterburger '97 complete the four places for the Champions League.

Forward Pauline Groen (HC Graafseport) was the top scorer of the competition, scoring 21 goals out of 60 that the team has managed over 22 games. Midfielder Laura Seidl (RRC Winterburg) was named best player of the season.

Eccellenza.Hoofdklasse                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                              
 1 Royal Racing Club de Winterburg      22   15   3   4    58   30  +28    33    —   2–2  4–2  3–0  2–1  1–3  4–0  3–1  5–1  1–1  3–2  4–2
 2 HC Graafsepoort                      22   13   5   4    60   36  +24    31   0–2   —   1–2  2–2  1–2  2–1  2–1  2–0  4–2  6–4  1–1  6–0
 3 SS Aquila San Giovani                22   14   2   6    56   34  +22    30   1–2  2–3   —   1–0  1–4  3–1  5–2  3–2  2–0  2–2  5–0  2–3
 4 HC Winterburger '97                  22   11   4   7    46   32  +14    26   2–3  3–1  1–0   —   0–2  2–2  3–0  1–2  1–1  4–2  3–3  3–0
 5 Groene Adelaars Hockey Club          22    9   5   8    47   33  +14    23   0–1  0–3  1–1  0–1   —   3–0  3–2  3–0  2–4  2–2  1–1  4–1
 6 SV Fortuna Retsburg                  22    8   7   7    38   43   −5    23   3–2  0–2  2–4  3–1  2–2   —   2–7  2–2  2–2  3–3  3–0  1–0
 7 HC Excelsior                         22    8   4  10    52   57   −5    20   3–2  4–4  1–4  1–4  3–2  1–4   —   4–2  3–3  4–0  2–2  4–1
 8 Ragazza D'Inferno                    22    8   3  11    37   47  −10    19   0–2  1–3  2–3  3–2  1–7  0–0  4–1   —   2–2  2–3  2–1  1–2
 9 Api Stelvoor HC                      22    5   7  10    38   55  −17    17   2–2  1–4  1–3  1–3  0–3  1–2  2–4  0–4   —   4–2  3–1  2–1
10 Alanien Hockey Bond                  22    5   6  11    39   65  −26    16   1–6  2–5  0–4  0–4  2–1  1–2  3–2  0–1  2–2   —   1–1  4–3
11 Rosen Amazzoni                       22    3   7  12    33   50  −17    13   1–4  1–3  1–2  1–2  2–2  4–0  0–2  1–2  2–2  4–1   —   3–2
12 HC La Razza                          22    5   3  14    35   57  −22    13   2–0  3–3  1–4  1–4  3–2  0–0  1–1  2–3  1–2  2–3  4–1   —

[Lisander]

Association Football - Preseason
Little from the clubs, much from the league. The season 6 of Premiership starts with lots of news for the future!

With Racing Club de Soria returning to the top flight, Premiership has all its "starred" clubs back. Sparta, from the city of Sirenia, double successive champions, now have 19 national titles, being just one of the second star. Racing remains second in the title history with 16. Despina's Virtus has 15 and Porto Gris's Shamrocks has 14.

Team level balance has been a constant concern. Thanks to a FLF "jurassic" regulation that prohibits foreigners from outside the Imperan League at the Lisander Championships, neither team can stand out from the others. The championship is very even, which makes even big clubs being threatened of relegation. The Premiership, the National League and the FLF have been discussing the flexibility of this rule to allow more foreigners in the clubs of the country, as well as to expand the leagues. "What we can do to modernize Lisander football, we are doing," Premiership CEO Gabriel Juillerat said in an interview.

For this and the coming seasons, Premiership and the National League have agreed a series of commitments, signed on the presentation of the new unified branding under one Sponsor, Tristarbank, the nation's largest private bank.

New Premiership and National League Logos, based on Tristarbank new visual identity

These commitments include, but are not limited to:

1. Expand Premiership to 16 teams in Season 7, and to 18 teams in Season 8:
   In seasons 6 and 7, only one team will be relegated to Nacional, and three teams will be promoted to Premiership.
2. Expand National to 18 teams in Season 8:
   In season 6, only one team will be relegated to Nacional 2, and three teams will be promoted to Nacional. In season 7 there will be no relegation and 4 teams will be promoted from National 2.
3. Admit and provide support to professional and semiprofessional teams at National 2.
4. Keep developing and managing the system of licenses with the FLF, fulfilling Youth League and Female Football goals as set by the FLF

What is the FLF system of Licenses?
In the last year, every team in Premiership had to join the new system of licenses. For this year, the licensing is mandatory for all teams in Liga Nacional, as well as Racing Club de Soria and Soria Union, that played in the Liga Nacional for the last season but were promoted back to Premiership (Racing after 1 season, Union after 39). For the next season, it should be applied to Teams in Liga Nacional 2 too. There are lots of points of interest, but between them, the rules related to female and youth football are the most discussed.

The items 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of the new licensing criteria demands "that each and every team must establish, before the first day of the following season, a female team under the same system of the male one (Is also possible to merge with, buy or absorb a existent team); must establish, before the first day of the second following season, a female academy; and must provide them with suitable infrastructure to the game of women's football."

The item 3.3 of the same document demands "that each and every team must match, before the first day of the following season, their Academies to the international age standards applying to NSWC and UICA member nations, that is, in categories U211, U18 and U15, provided they have athletes under these categories,"

For this season: Racing Club de Soria and CF Thiéry sur-le-mer are the only Premiership teams that haven't yet presented their female teams, CF Thiéry must do it before the first matchday, or will be penalized with WO result in male football. Racing Soria still have one season to prepare its team. Soria Union was the first to start the female team, even before being able to join the Premiership.

FLF plans are to start at least two competitions: A U-21 league with teams from the three professional divisions and a proper Youth League to feed the UICA Youth Cup properly.

During the preseason, the country stopped to follow Lisander's path towards the 82nd World Cup, so local football didn't get much public interest. There were no major changes to the rosters, and everything was pretty much the same as it was at the end of the previous league. Defender Andreas Wagner, the national idol, retired, leaving goalkeeper Anders Michaelichen with the gigantic duty of sporting the armband in the defending champion and also in the national team. The only prominent transfers took place between the two main teams in the capital. Brothers Nicolas and Tristan Walker left Racing and joined rival, newly promoted and newly enriched Soria Union. Soria Union has hired the most, bringing in seven players, to make a squad that can stay in the top flight for next season.

Two teams have professionalized to join National League 2: Stade Lernaise and Alba FC.

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Trivia

Expectations for Premiership teams, according to bfootball.ls:

Dawson FC		Championship
Club Sparta		Championship
AS Virtus 1904		Championship
AC Kasandora		Championship
Shamrocks FC		Globe Cup
Solaris Sirenia		Globe Cup
Clube Naval		Globe Cup
Sporting Grandeville	Globe Cup
CF Thiéry-sur-le-mer	Globe Cup
CA Oeste		Globe Cup
Liath Cuain CP		Avoid relegation
Racing Club de Soria	Avoid relegation
Soria Union		Avoid relegation
Stellar Kasandora	Avoid relegation

Teams with potential to be promoted, according to bfootball.ls and 442.ls:
Pines Athletic, FC Styria, FC Victoria 03

Young players to keep eyes on:
Juno Moreira and Nico Thorn (AC Kasandora), Leo Artemon, Bruno Belard and Aureo Ingers (Club Sparta), Robert Leem (CF Thiéry), Lukas Hiltmann and Arjun Étienne (AS Virtus 1904), Julian Dorne (Dawson FC)

[Lisander]

Association Football - International Season

Lisander showed that still needs to improve a lot in the organization. The disastrous management that left the country out of the last World Cup also made the road to clubs very difficult.

The Champions Cup
Second Preliminary Round
Premiership Champions Club Sparta had trouble traveling to Baker Park for the Second Preliminary Round, where they faced St. Warren City and lost 2-1. In the home match the 1-1 result was not enough, Sparta was eliminated, and went to the Globe Cup.

(CBP)         St Warren City FC    3–2    Club Sparta               (LIS)   2–1   1–1

Globe Cup
Second Preliminary Round
In the second preliminary round of the Globe Cup, the results looked promising for Liath. A win against Ararat of Mytanija in Porto Gris gave the hibernians the courage needed, but the away defeat finished the team's dreams. CF Thiéry had more luck. Playing Olympia, then 5th in Eastfield Lodge's ICEL Premier League, they won 2-0 at home, and with a goal at 83' in the away match, they made it to the next round. Solaris Sirenia were another of the teams that made it through the first round with a 2-0 home win (or better at the Sparta Stadium, on loan), and a 2-2 away draw against Apox FC Endeavor.

(LIS)            Liath Cuain CP    5–6    Ararat                    (MYT)   3–2   2–4
(LIS)      CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer  a 3–3    Olympia FC                (EFL)   2–0   1–3
(LIS)           Solaris Sirenia    4–2    FC Endeavour              (APX)   2–0   2–2

Third Preliminary Round
In the Globe Cup Third Preliminary Round, once again, the lisanderian hopes got in the way. Club Sparta drew 1-1 draw against Cassandra City in Cosumar. But lacking Tássio Camden, lost 2-1 at home. Another sad setback for the other team of Sirenia. Solaris beat Dinamo Bender 3-2 at Trans-Dniesters but failed to repeat the good result, losing 2-0 at Sparta Stadium. The crowd said playing at their biggest rival's stadium was unlucky, and demanded the immediate reopening of Communale Stadium, which was then closed for renovations. The heaviest defeat was CF Thiéry. Against Farfadilis's Dí Maozöxê were two major defeats, 0-3 and 1-3.

(COS)            Cassandra City    3–2    Club Sparta               (LIS)   1–1   2–1
(PDN)             Dinamo Bender    4–3    Solaris Sirenia           (LIS)   2–3   2–0
(FFD)                Dí Maozöxê    6–1    CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer      (LIS)   3–0   3–1

Series B Champions Cup
Second Preliminary Round
Soria Union, the new national football fever after two consecutive promotions, started the season with two convincing wins against Valanoran side Kareen FC, both by 2-1.

(LIS)               Soria Union    4–2    Kareen FC                 (VAL)   2–1   2–1

Series B Champions Cup, Third Preliminary Round
In the next round, however, Union failed to repeat the good results, losing twice to Turoki United de Vilita, both by 1-0.

(VIL)             Turoki United    2–0    Soria Union               (LIS)   1–0   1–0

Series B Champions Cup, Play-off Round
Given a direct bye to Play-off Round, Racing won the first match of the season in front of their fans in the reunion after the second division national title. However, visiting Oberour Ar Moro, the Confessor showed his power and turned the score in his favor, ending the campaign of Lisander's teams in UICA competitions one step from the group stage.

(OAM)                 Confessor    2–1    Racing Club de Soria      (LIS)   0–1   2–0