THE EIGHTH INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
Reçueçn
In order to celebrate its return to international football and its qualification for the World Cup during the most recent iteration of that competition, the small, alpine nation of Reçueçn is pleased to welcome teams from throughout the multiverse as it hosts a recognized international tournament for the first time. The IAC is home to teams from the most far-flung locales and the most diverse backgrounds; it is an exciting group which is sure to put on some displays not to be missed.
If your nation is one of the thirty-six listed below, you may now post your rosters and IC information in this thread. Please do not post here if you are not competing in the tournament. Please do not reserve posts. Please post any OOC comments or questions in the signup thread.
Format: Xkoranate 0.3.3 will be used, with the NSFS formula and additive style modifiers. Tiebreakers will be points, goal difference, head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, and lastly a coin flip, in that order. WCC ranks are being used, but in conjunction with a generous rp bonus. Space and Aaaaaa, who do not have WCC rankings, but who have participated in recent editions of the IAC, have a number of ranking points in correlation with their recent performance. Reçueçn will be receiving a ranking boost to simulate home-advantage. For any ranking to receive its ranking bonus, it must post a roster in this thread. Your roster post should include your rp permissions and your style modifier.
The group stage will be six groups of six teams. The top two teams from each group will advance, along with the top four third-place teams overall.
Schedule:
Matchday 1, October 19: 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Matchday 2, October 20: 6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2
Matchday 3, October 21: 2 v 6, 3 v 1, 4 v 5
Matchday 4, October 22: 6 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 5, October 23: 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 5 v 1
Round of Sixteen, October 24:
Ro16 1: Winners Group A v 3rd Group B / C / D
Ro16 2: Winners Group B v 3rd Group A / C / D
Ro16 3: Winners Group C v Runners-up Group A
Ro16 4: Runners-up Group B v Runners-up Group C
Ro16 5: Winners Group D v 3rd Group A / E / F
Ro16 6: Winners Group E v 3rd Group A / D / F
Ro16 7: Winners Group F v Runners-up Group D
Ro16 8: Runners-up Group E v Runners-up Group F
Quarterfinals, October 25:I: 1 v 4, II: 2 v 3, III: 5 v 8, IV: 6 v 7
Semifinals, October 26:I v II, III v IV
Third Place Playoff and Finals, October 27
Cutoff will aim for around 9 or 10pm my time--UTC+2. That's around 19:00 or 20:00 UTC, or 3 or 4pm on the East Coast.
Group Draw:
Group A:
Reçueçn, The West Pacific;
Abanhfleft, Antarctica;
Kavagrad, The Leftist Assembly;
Britonisea, Novapax;
The Andromeda Archipelago, Digable Planet;
Fujai, The West Pacific
Group B:
Drawkland, Sonnel;
Greater vakolicci haven, The Rejected Realms;
Terre Septentrionale, North Eurasia;
Aaaaaa, Selene;
Aquatic Mammal, SECFanatics;
Fleuronordicia, Sonnel
Group C:
Free Republics, Lunia;
Sajnur, The South Pacific;
Bliuji, American Federation of the East Atlantic;
The Penguinland, The Western Isles;
The People of the Cybyl Tribe, Wysteria;
The Dragons and Bronies, Greater Dienstad
Group D:
Juvencus, Sonnel;
Kelssek, The East Pacific;
Darkmania, Novapax;
Space, Real Places;
Widovia, Sonnel;
Plane of Possibility, Sonnel
Group E:
Omerica, Social Liberal Union;
HUElavia, The South Pacific;
Tamgu, The North Pacific;
Ouna, Africa;
Barsland, The North Pacific;
Monglechabagd, RussiaState
Group F:
Squornshelan Remnant States, The West Pacific;
New Lusitania and the Algarves, International Democratic Union;
Port Ember, Northern Ocean;
Lisander, Imperan League;
Silver Beach, Sonnel;
Kurovija, Kurovija
Good luck!