Lumineon-owned clubs continue their golden age, winning their third straight title. Though this time City of Light was able to put the younger sibling back in their place! There's no doubt the Lumineers were impacted by the first-ever outbound sale seeing their strike partnership off to Ethane. The replacements they brought in, however--a rare Quag targetman and the league's first Hawlucha player--proved to be enough to capture the second spot for the newly-founded FFI Liga dos Vencedores. Blasting Beach have remarkably brought their team together to shoot up into the IFCF spots, much to the chagrin of neighbors Shelldock who miss out entirely on goal difference. Perhaps the most aggrieved are Quaggen's fanbase, furious at yet another season where they don't even have a shot at the title down the stretch. Nevermind that they missed out the fancy new competition because they lost their final match to Sootopolis, of all teams! 3-0! The indignity! Sootopolis themselves, despite that impressive win, find themselves a point adrift of Weeping Willow to be the highest-placed Grove team and gain VCI entrance. It'll be interesting to see what the largest contingent of Grovyles to ever leave the quaglands can do.
This was a stunningly even season, all in all. Four different teams finishing on twenty-five points with only the top spot getting anything out of it. The Daunts' shell is hard to crack, but after the taste of international football--with even a little success--they had, they'll be left hungry this time around. And Mantyke... poor Mantyke Bay. At this point they're always the bridesmaid's maid.
. QSL Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 City of Light 22 12 6 4 49 37 +12 30 CL
2 Lumineers 22 10 7 5 53 39 +14 27 CC
3 Blasting Beach 22 10 7 5 56 51 +5 27 CC
4 Quaggen 22 11 3 8 32 17 +15 25 CC
5 Shelldock 22 10 5 7 46 38 +8 25
6 Mantyke Bay 22 9 7 6 48 45 +3 25
7 Daunt's Den 22 10 5 7 24 23 +1 25
8 Weeping Willow 22 7 6 9 32 37 −5 20 VCI
9 Sootopolis 22 8 3 11 28 31 −3 19
10 Bayou 22 6 5 11 18 28 −10 17
11 Ashmark 22 4 5 13 29 47 −18 13
12 Mudflats 22 3 5 14 17 39 −22 11
The Quagpire (QGP) qualifiers
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IFCF Champions League: City of Light
IFCF Challengers' Cup: Lumineers, Blasting Beach, Quaggen
FFI Liga Dos Vencedores: City of Light, Lumineers
FFI Copa das Confederações: Blasting Beach
VCIAPP: Weeping Willow (QGP)