South Newlandia is proud and honoured to welcome you to the 28th Campionato Esportiva!
The Format:
Thirty-two participating teams will be grouped in eight groups of four, played in a single round-robin of three matchdays. The group winners and the second-placed teams will advance to the Round of 16. From there, a single knockout bracket will be played, without reseeding in between rounds. The tiebreakers will be, in this order: Group placement (only for seeding), points, H2H record, goal difference, RP Bonus (IC coinflip), OOC coinflip.
Groups:
GROUP A
South Newlandia (15, hosts)
Burgburgh (14)
Cyborg Cocoabo Islands (UR)
Copper Cuprum (26)
GROUP B
South Covello (22)
Ancherion (12)
Hallikshire (UR)
Xanneria (2)
GROUP C
Vdara (7)
Laahana (UR)
Ethane (20)
Ceyne Isles (31)
GROUP D
Nova Anglicana (AZE) (38)
Sylestone (30)
Fhulghamous Peninsula (21)
Racing (8)
GROUP E
Starcom Racing (27)
Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom (9)
Gergary (43)
Lisander (19)
GROUP F
Esportivan Darmen (10)
Cheetahs and Reptiles Coalison (36)
Newmanistan (3)
Summer Beach (UR)
GROUP G
Prinz-Eugens-Land (UR)
Damukuni (13)
The Golden Lotus (23)
Hampton Island (5)
GROUP H
Sangti (UR)
Brenecia (1)
The Grearish Union (24)
Natanians and Nosts (16)
Schedule:
3/11: Group draw
7/11: Matchday One (1v4, 2v3)
9/11: Matchday Two (4v3, 1-2)
12/11: Matchday Three (2-4, 3-1)
15/11: Round of 16
17/11: Quarterfinals
19/11: Semifinals
21/11: Final/3PPO
The cut-off times will be between 8 pm UTC and 9:30 pm UTC. Here is a count-down until the first cut-off window of the tournament.
The group draw will be conducted live on the NationStates Sports Discord server, starting around 8 pm UTC.
RP information:
You may begin posting Rosters and Roleplays now. (If you have signed up. I will not exclude any main nations that have signed up in the Signup Thread)
As the host of the tournament, I have a few rules about roleplays of the host nations that I hope you to follow. Namely, there are no current pandemics or zombie apocalypses in South Newlandia, and I would appreciate if you could keep it that way. Please also don’t kill anyone in my country without permission. Most things can be talked about; if you have an interesting idea, but aren’t sure if it would be okay for me, it never hurts to send me a telegram or a message on discord.
Please do include a Roleplay Permission Box, so your opponent knows what they can Roleplay about:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes/No
Godmod scoring events: Yes/No
RP injuries to my players: Yes/No
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes/No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes/No
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes/No
Godmod other events: Yes/No
If you have any questions, please feel to ask them! I am easily reachable by Telegram or on Discord, or you can answer your question in the signup/OOC thread for all to see.