For the past 56 years (OOC: Nearly 5 and-a-half years), we have had a tournament dedicated to the many teams that were not part of the Sporting Regions of the Multiverse. We have had fantastic tournaments filled with moments of joy, despair, and surprises, with many unique champions to claim the title of Independent Associations Championship.
Today, we reach to a historic edition of this now-prestigious competition: The 15th edition of the Independent Associations Championship. To commemorate this historic mark in a now staple Regional Tournament, we shall bring forward a tournament that truly represents the many nations of the IAC: A tournament held throughout multiple venues across multiple host nations.
16 nations will welcome the 48 participants in what may be one of the most passionate and entertaining tournament in the history of the IAC. For 48 teams, these 16 venues will be the roads for teams to seek the goal at the end of the tournament: To be Champion of the Independent Associations.
Welcome to Independent Associations Championship 15.
NOTE: Teams in Italic are the host nations for IAC 15.
Group Stage:
Group A: Poafmersia, New Zhengguo, Gyoric, Octapolis, Saterun, Adab
Group B: Magnecia, Trolleborg, Tjorl, East Slavona, Eshialand, Belnegau
Group C: Freeport Isles, Sudilia, The 14 Stars, HUElavia, Abanhfleft, The Republic of Dansen
Group D: Forbidden Territories, Muralos, StrayaRoos Barrier Islands, Squidroidia, Omerica, Quintessence of Dust
Group E: Britonisea, Macbon, Hebitaka, TJUN-ia, Valkyriah, Sannyamathland
Group F: United Adaikes, Space, Sajnur, Football Tiger, Reginalida, Kriegiersien
Group G: Almuzahara, Togonistan, Kencana, Hopal, Sixty-ninE X, Drawkland
Group H: Juvencus, Indusse, Montana Verde, Picksail Islands, Garifunya, Kyzhurkistan
Tiebreakers- Points, H2H Result, H2H Goal Difference, Goal Difference, Goals Scored, Goals Conceded, Coin Flip (RP Bonus)
Schedule for IAC 15:
Friday, March 18th: Group Stage Draw
Monday, March 21st: MD 1 (1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4)
Wednesday, March 23rd: MD 2 (6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2)
Friday, March 25th: MD 3 (2 v 6, 3 v 1, 4 v 5)
Monday, March 28th: MD 4 (6 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3)
Wednesday, March 30th: MD 5 (3 v 6, 4 vs 2, 5 v 1)
Friday, April 1st: Round-of-24/Wild Card (Teams ranked 9-24 will face off)
Monday, April 4th: Round-of 16 (Teams ranked 1-8 will face off winners of Round-of-24)
Wednesday, April 6th: Quarter-Finals
Friday, April 8th: Semi-Finals
Saturday, April 9th: 3rd Place Match
Sunday, April 10th: IAC 15 Final
Cutoffs are for 6 PM to 8 PM US EST (UTC-5)
Rosters:
All participants are strongly encouraged to post a roster. As stated in the host bid, any nation which does not post a roster prior to the RP cutoff for matchday 1 will not receive your skill points until you have posted a roster. You may name as many or as few players to your roster as you wish. The only major requirement for your roster is that you include a permissions box as follows:
RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent roleplays first, they may:
Choose my starting lineup: Y/N
Choose my goalscorers: Y/N
Godmod scoring events: Y/N
RP injuries to my players: Y/N
Godmod injuries to my players: Y/N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y/N
Hand out red cards to my players: Y/N
Godmod other events: Y/N
For those who don't know, Godmodding refers to RPing events that are beyond the bounds of what could realistically be expected to occur in a normal football match. If your star player scores all goals in absurdly talented fashion in a match, this is not godmodding. If there is an alien invasion that caused one team to leave the pitch and allowed your team to score the goals on an empty net, this is godmodding. You may also include a style modifier for your team. This is a value between -5 and 5 that indicates how your team plays. -5 is very defensive, while 5 is very attacking. Any nation whose roster that does not include a style modifier will be assumed to want a neutral style modifier of 0.