The Squidroidian Sport Newswire
Squidroida's link to the NS Sports world
The nation of Squidroidia is one hellbent on the ways of sport. Whether one is kicking a ball around a grass rectangle for fun or learning the complexities of other sports in the military, sport is everywhere. If Squidroidia sends a national team the whole nation will root for them. Even in a perilous economic situation the sportsmen and women flying the flag can lift them up. That is why sport is loved in this tiny nation. We don't have any international experience, but the pride, the glory, the honor of representing Squidroidia at international competition is one that all the nation's people dream of. It's one of the few ways to get reputation under your belt in the nation.
Our national sport is football, and for good reason. Aside from the beautiful game, all other sports (Unless authorized by the Squidroidian government) are only playable in the military. Although Squidroidia has only existed for a fair bit as a national football team, the vibrant Squidroidian Super League and the 2nd division Challenge League have an expanding roster of clubs to root for no matter what your passion is. More information on these clubs can be found here. Aside from football, the Squidroidia Armed Forces also invest their time in "army teams" to compete in international competition. The first 2 times a Squidroidian national team in any sport have competed in were the 34th World Lacrosse Championships and World Bowl XXXIX, both exiting at the group phase. The ultimate aim for Squidroidian sports is for the national football team to lift the prestigious NationStates World Cup, but time will tell whether a national team can make it past the qualifiers.
Aside from any national team escapades, what everyone focuses their eyes on is the Squidroidia Cup. This is the nation's domestic football cup competition, and the Semi-finals and Final are held in one venue in the nation's capital of Inkopolis. There, all Squidroidian football clubs compete in a single elimination format to decide the Squidroidia Cup champion. The biggest underdog stories usually come from the Cup although they are few and far between. The Squidroidian Cup is a competition for those who want to see drama at every turn as the teams duke off in a domestic cup competition.
In more recent times Squidroidia has been seen expanding their horizons in terms of sports. After their courageous effort in the 34th World Lacrosse Championship, the Squidroidian national lacrosse team have kickstarted a sporting revolution, with domestic lacrosse, basketball, sepak takraw and open wheel racing (or WGP) series in the works or already gone ahead. This is primarily due to the popularity of other sports in Squidroidia and an economic boom in the area.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING COMPETITIONS
This does not include any international competitions that Squidroidia is in or competitions that have already been finished
Ongoing: Squidroidian Football Leagues Leagues Season 2, Squidroidia Sepak Takraw Champions Season 1
Upcoming: Squidroidia Lacrosse Premier League Season 2, Squidroidian Leisure Center Basketball Leagues Season 1, Squidroidia WGP3 Season 1
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Seeing Squidroidia Squidbreak having to go through preliminaries is amazing to be fair. If they lose against a Challenge League side in the opening round, we'll be partying all day!"