1st Tea Cup [IC] - Lower Bracket Finals @ 11Dec, 2pm AEDT

[TeaFarmers]

Tea Cup 1
hosted by TeaFarmers, with technical assistance from Poafmersia

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Signup Thread
Guide to Sports Roleplaying | Sports Roleplaying Questions Thread | World Cup Discussion Thread

Format:
The 22 teams will be split into 2 groups of 11 teams, randomised by sign-up order (Another Twist in this Tea Cup). In particular, the teams will play a single round-robin in TeaFarmers, with the top 4 teams advancing to the Upper Bracket, the next 4 teams advancing to the Lower Bracket, and the remaining 3 teams eliminated from the competition. From then on, it is a pretty-standard double knockout bracket, with the image of the detailed bracket to be released soon.

Tiebreakers
For the group stage, the default tiebreakers will be used:
1) Points (3 point for a win, 1 for a draw)
2) Head-to-head Points between tied teams
3) Head-to-head Goal Difference between tied teams
4) Goal Difference
5) Match Wins
6) Coin Flip (OOC: Scorinating draw-off match(es) between tied teams)

In all matches in the tournament, standard football rules apply. For all knockout games (except the Grand Finals), should the score be level after 90 minutes, teams will play 30 minutes of extra time, and if the score is still level, teams will play a penalty shoot out. For the Grand Finals, should the score be level after 90 minutes, teams will

Schedule:
(All times in AEDT, which is 4 hours later than the time in Chiang Rai, 10 hours later than the time in Stuttgart, 14 hours later than the time in Montevideo, and 19 hours later than the time in Reno.)
22nd Nov: MD1&2
24th Nov: MD3&4
26th Nov: MD5&6
28th Nov: MD7&8
30th Nov: MD9&10
^^ Cutoffs for above at 11pm AEDT

2nd Dec: MD11
4th Dec: Upper & Lower Bracket Round 1
6th Dec: Upper Bracket Semifinals, Lower Bracket Round 2 & Round 3 (double scorination for Lower Bracket)
9th Dec: Upper Bracket Finals, Lower Bracket Round 4 & Semifinals (double scorination for Lower Bracket)
11th Dec: Lower Bracket Finals
13th Dec: Grand Finals
^^ Cutoffs for second half at 2pm AEDT

Group Stage Groups:
Teams are split into 2 groups, the Potato Group, and the Tea Group.

Potato Group (Fixture List is here. If you play the team "12" that's a bye.)
Poafmersia
HUElavia
Sixty-ninE X
Canadian Dominion
Fort McKinley
Burikinia
Delaclava
New Al-Khabir
Loyo
Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles
Panerialand

Tea Group (Fixture List is here. If you play the team "12" that's a bye.)
Ziwana
Hopal
Amenria
Baker Park
Qasden
Saterun
Catalaonia
Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley
Busoga Islands
Sannyamathland
The Gothanita Isles

Knockout Brackets: (Click on the image to zoom in)


RP Information:
(selected portions from Host bid)
Teams who submit rosters will be given RP bonuses up to half the amount of RP bonus allowed for 1 matchday (0 to 4). In addition, such teams will be given an additional base bonus of 6 (regardless of quality of roster), to separate teams who roster from teams who don't roster.

Just like the recent World Cup, a form of degrading bonus will be used so that nations won't be obliged to RP every cutoff for the sake of doing so. From Cutoff 2, nations will be guaranteed a floor, determined by 35% of the average of the previous 2 RP bonuses (or 35% of cutoff 1's RP bonus for cutoff 2), rounded to the nearest 3 decimal place, as the bonus rank added for the cutoff. Should the RP bonus given be higher than the calculated bonus rank floor, the RP bonus will be added to your rank instead.

To assist in RPing, there will be additional prompts given in cutoff posts. These are prompts that can be related to anything, including a quirk about TeaFarmers, some differences between Poafmersia and TeaFarmers, as well as some additional IC information. There is no penalty/bonus for following such prompts.

For teams who change their style modifier after submission of the roster, they would be allowed to make one change in the style modifier in the tournament. To change the style modifier, you would need to make 1 IC post explaining the change, followed by a telegram to this nation (TeaFarmers) for us to note the change.

For the newcomers to NS Sports, participating in a tournament in this forums for the first time, do have a read at the Guide to Sports Roleplaying, linked above! For more info on how to start a football roster, I have linked some information in the spoiler below, explaining about RP permisions, style mods and all.

Before any tournament begins, it is common courtesy to post a roster. A roster may include: Background to your country; Information about your players; Sharing about your football playing style; How your fans interact with out fans in this nation; some of the special information others should know when roleplaying about the match between your team and their team.

In your roster post please include the ever useful RP permissions box to let your opponents know what you're okay with them doing in their post-match RPs. A common template is 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

You may also include a style modifier which reflects your national team's style of football in the roster. The modifier is a number (typically up to 3 decimal places), between -5 and +5. The most defensive of teams will use a style modifier of -5, while the most aggressive of teams will use a style modifier of +5. Teams who play a more balanced style may use a style modifier of 0. Do note that this will not affect your chances of victory/defeat, it only affects how the final scoreline may be. For instance, looking at a one-goal win, two really aggressive teams have a higher possibility of scoring 7 goals in a 4-3 victory for one; two really defensive teams are more likely to end up having a 1-0 scoreline instead.

Edit Log:

17th Nov, 1753 UTC: Corrected Potato Formatting
20th Nov, 0615 UTC: Added Knockout Stages Bracket
21st Nov, 1030 UTC: Added first list of rosters

[TeaFarmers]

IC Information about TeaFarmers

TeaFarmers is a futuristic nation, based in the region of Sonnel. Sonnel is on a different dimension as compared to the rest of the multiverse, and indeed, so is TeaFarmers. The nation is a futuristic anarchy, with civil rights at a sky high level, and only a people's council that is in charge of the entire country. The people's council is made up of 30 permanent members and 17 rotational members, with the 17 rotational members people picked from around TeaFarmers.

Some basic questions before we start:
- How do you call a person from TeaFarmers? A Teamer.
- What is the national language of TeaFarmers? Its called Teach. Yes, don't try to take it literally in English or whatever you are reading this in.
- What is the national animal of TeaFarmers? A Tea-kachu. Nope, we aren't trolling. If you have a mental image of what this may be, yes, you may be right.
- What are some of the sports Teamers like? Well, 7-ball is the most popular sport. Anything else? Sacrifical Chess. Duplicate Hearts. Athletics. Teaguessr. Protectors of Tea (A first-person shooter).
- Any laws we should be careful of? Nothing. It is an anarchy, you see? Apart from border control and security-related issues, anything typically goes.

Travelling to and from TeaFarmers
With no apprent direct path to the rest of the multiverse, people typically travel the Sonnel Portal to Drawkland or the other big nations in Sonnel. However, TeaFarmers actually has its own direct portal from Trimidau Island in Poafmersia. The thing is, the location doesn't advertise itself as the portal between Poafmersia and TeaFarmers, under a secret agreement between the foreign affairs of Poafmersia and the TeaFarmers' government. This location is known as the Poafmersian Museum of Magic. Of course, you need to prove (to the staff there) that you know that the portal exists in the location, and for a group of 30-35 people trying to enter such a portal, you are better off using your invite ticket (which your association can obtain via a written email to the PFFA). And given that exiting through the portal is considered as crossing an international border, custom checks need to occur on that side of the border. On the TeaFarmers side, however, it is less complicated. A simple biometric scan is all it takes to enter the nation and past the checkpoints (nope, no travel document whatsoever is required).

The PotatoFarmers-TeaFarmers portal in Trimidau (and the equivalent of Trimidau in TeaFarmers, but let us get to that later) has restricted hours. It is typically an one-way street, coming from PotatoFarmers into TeaFarmers. To gain access, a codeword would need to be said to the on-duty manager, and the on-duty manager would then bring you to the underground location. There, you would then get through. This path is only open during the operating hours of the museum. For the reverse path to occur, it needs to occur outside the operating hours of the museum. And prior permission needs to be obtained from the TeaFarmers authorities to access the portal. Teamers (people of TeaFarmers) typically encourage you to take flights to Drawkland and through the main Sonnel portal, as they pride themselves on their futuristic planes, created by the mega company Gnieob Aviation. Some other countries may possibly have direct portal flights operated by the Gnieob Airlines, so you may find that as a better (but longer alternative).

Travelling within TeaFarmers
The thing is this - cars don't exist in the country. Neither do buses. Travel within the country is via the National Portal System (NPS), a system of portals located all around the nation. The NPS is located in undergrounds of the townhalls in the nation, and some tourist hotspots. The portal system is very fast and straightforward, though because the portals have fixed destinations around the country, you might have to jump between various portals to get to the destination you are going to. A TeaFarmers quirk.

Also, one more thing. It is impossible to obtain a map of the country, as nobody in the right mind would be trying to map out the country without any reason. As such, you can't get such a map. While you consider your options if you can't travel properly, consider the fact that TeaFarmers is actually just Poafmersia in another dimension. So, what to do? Bring along this pamphlet of Poafmersia. You can consider the capital of TeaFarmers, Dokidaha, to be located around the current location of Fiskadaha; and the large population centres to be in Jamila (or Dalaris) and Transivistia (or Mancodas). Don't ask.

Stadium Locations
After the Tea Neutralisation Event of 178 A.T. (A.T. stands for After Tea, or 178 years after the formation of TeaFarmers), the weather of the country has been largely centrally controlled through the Weather Control Device (WCD). Meaning, the weather forecaster is 100% accurate in its predicitions. Temperatures largely remain at a cooling temperature of around 15-20 degrees Celsius across the entire nation. However, with the implementation of the WCD, this technology was generally downsized into smaller versions, and as such, multi-purpose sports stadiums are now the norm across the country (like these). With the modularity of buildings in the county, it is also very possible for the country to squeeze a football fields indoors. And yes, you would find that all the locations are indoors, at 2 centralised sports complex in the country.

Transivisita Sports Complex, Transivistia
Located in the second-largest city in the country, Transivistia is home the largest sports complex stack in the country, at 17 floors above ground and 6 under ground. In fact, being the widest sports stack, Building 1 of the Transitivita Complex can and should be resized to 4 football fields at Level 7 and Level 9 of the building. Yes, two side-by-side football fields which can accomodate around 30,000 watching fans each. The area is originally a large artifical grass patch (for the Level 9 stadiums) & real grass patch (for the Level 7 stadiums), so of course it can fit 4 matches. Together with the 2 standard-sized football field in Level 5 (which can accomodate 65,000 fans each), that is 5 stadiums for Group Potato, which includes the assistant host nation, Poafmersia.

Includes: (First listed match in first listed room)
Room Blue - Level 4 Football Stadium (Real Grass, cap. 65k)
Orange Alpha - Level 7 Multi-purpose Field (Real Grass, cap. 30k)
Orange Beta - Level 7 Multi-purpose Field (Real Grass, cap. 30k)
Cyan Alpha - Level 9 Multi-purpose Field (Artifical Grass, cap. 30k)
Cyan Beta - Level 9 Multi-purpose Field (Artifical Grass, cap. 30k)

Alice Bay Sports Complex, Jamila
Located by Alice Bay, the sports complex of the same name is a smaller building on its own. Since most people tend to explore 7ball & other grass-related sports in the city, the plan for the tournament was to convert the 3 existing 7ball fields into actual-sized football fields. And since that is only 3, the stadium's remaining plans will be to convert two multi-purpose halls into artificial turf football patches. A bit strange to the normal person, but Teamers would assure you this can't be noticed, and apart from the match being indoors, there is seriously no difference. This is 5 stadiums for Group Tea, the other group of the tournament.

Includes: (First listed match in first listed room)
Pitch 7 - Level 2 7-ball Pitch (Real Grass, cap. 47,777)
Pitch 77 - Level 4 7-ball Pitch (Real Grass, cap. 47,777)
Pitch 777 - Level 6 7-ball Pitch (Real Grass, cap. 47,777)
Johnson Hall - Level 8 Multi-purpose Hall (Artifical Grass, cap. 27k)
George Hall - Level 10 Multi-purpose Hall (Artifical Grass, cap. 27k)

[Panerialand]

Panerialand Roster post

Players in italics are currently injured or otherwise unavailable for the next match (post will be edited after each match to reflect current status).

Panerialand's national team plays in a 4-4-2 formation.

1 Hannes Tyson (GK)
2 Merlin Mullins (LB)
3 Valérian Van Dale (CB)
4 Eòghann O'Donnell (CB)
5 Brodie Napoli (RB)
6 Herminio Kane (LM)
7 Ethan Dries (CM)
8 Anselm Cummins (CM)
9 Carter Locatelli (RM)
10 Nelson Campo (ST)
11 Dilwyn Marchi (ST)
12 Carl Metz (GK)
13 Xander Armando (GK)
14 Alister Coughlan (CM)
15 Aubert Heppenheimer (CM)
16 Kylian Lang (CB)
17 Hubert Jardine (CB)
18 Kunibert Brooke (ST)
19 Terrance De Laurentis (LW)
20 Niek Siena (RB)

Team kit:


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

[Burikinia]

Formation: 3-4-3 Offensive

Number	Position	Name	Age	Club
1	GK	Sebastian Lamiroir	26	NBC Dragons
15	LB	Mikhail Efrenkov	33	Tsurumiya Phoenix
13	CB	Florian Nicolescu	23	NBC Dragons
14	RB	Zhang Liyuan	26	Yunhai FC
56	LM	Lucas Brown	25	NBC Dragons
17	CAM	Takeda Moriyama (C)	24	Tsurumiya Phoenix
14	CAM	Ramdan Tahir	26	Lanza Azzuri
3	RM	Marc Labarthe	23	NBC Dragons
9	LW	Thomas Kirchner	27	Neuburg FC
7	ST	Mitsuyama Aoto	25	NBC Dragons
10	RW	Luca Salvatore	25	München Vereint

Substitutes:
Seong Dae-Woo (ST) - 11
Ramdan Tahir (CAM) - 14
Nikolas Brzecki (GK) - 99
Markus Holger (RM) - 20
Erchig Batbayar (RB) - 16
Jen Pavel (GK) - 98
Mitsuru Kaneyama (CB) - 6
Marquez Alejandro (LW) - 21
Zhang Baihe (LM) - 19
Lukas Nilsson (CAM) - 26
Temer Yavin (CB) - 4
Marciel Lafrey (RW) - 27
Heydar Elif (RB) - 71

Kits:

Home	Away

RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent roleplays first, they may:
Choose my starting lineup: Y
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: N
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: Y
Modifier=+2.5

[Saterun]

Saterun National Team for the 1st Tea Cup

Nation Name: Saterun
Trigram: SAT
Demonyms: Saternalian
Nickname: The Claws

Staff
Head Coach: Abbas Yousafali
Assistant Coach: Lisa Lleget
Offensive Coordinator: Ahmed al-Takar
Defensive Coordinator: Sebastián Vecenes
Goalkeeping Coach: Ethan Treh

Starting XI
GK|Rahul Markovic #1
RB|Saveli Holst #4
CB|Alojzy Addams #22
CB|Timothy Shannon #3
LB|Avishai Demare #18
LM|Hans-Jürgen Becker #13
LCM|Andrei Coiro #8
RCM|Glenn Lundquist #15
RM|Kaka Sarabola #44 Captain
LF|Thiago Esparza #9
RF|Mitzinho #11

Substitutes
GK: Rajani Holgersson, Ralf Abiatti
DF: Claudio Pavic, Ozan Sźep, Ayaan Toole, Jonathan Post
MD: Gage Keegan, Ndidi Tamaro, Sergie Daniel
FR: Bjorn Dubicki, Yósef

Style Mod: +1.5

My Opponents, if they RP first. Can do the following:

Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes, but contact me first
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes, but contact me first for approval
Godmod other events: No

[Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles]

OFFICIAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE TEMBAGAN & TERJUNIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

About Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles

Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles, often shortened to just Punta Tembaga, Tembaga, Tembaga & Terjunia or The Terjunian Isles when referring to that archipelago, are a desolate island chain. Punta Tembaga, a dormant volcano, is the largest and most populous island and the only one accessible by air. Tourism is the largest industry on the island, but has dwindled in recent years due to dilapidated infrastructure. The island chain generated notoriety in recent years as the residence of several criminals, such as wanted tax dodgers and genocidal dictators, some of whom were wanted by West Barack and East Obama's Barack Bureau of Investigation. The remoteness of the island coupled with lax immigration controls (a result of local initiatives to boost population numbers due to low birth rate) made it perfect for criminal extractors to place their clients there.

The national sport of Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles is fly fishing, which has been popular for decades. However, in recent years, many youths have gotten into sports such as cricket and football. There are no professional football clubs on the islands, and the T&TFA receives little government funding, so the sport is at its most basic levels at the moment. However, there is hope that the nation could make it big on the international stage and gradually increase interest (and funding) for the sport, starting with participating in their first football tournament, the Tea Cup.

The Line-up

First team:

1. GK: Gabriel Tendang, 24
2. LB: Febri Azhar, 29
3. CB: Borja Diaz Mejia, 23
4. CB: Darwin Riyandi, 33
5. RB: Terence, 36
6. CM: Sandro Iglesias, 25
7. CM: Terja Grimaldo, 28
8. LW: Rembaga Yadi, 32
9. AM: Feja Sananta, 31
10. RW: Pablo Guiterrez, 18
11. ST: Pedro Guillermo, 25

Additional Information

Home Kit Colour: Dark Green with White Stripes
Away Kit Colour: Blue with Yellow Strips
Team Mascot: Marlon the Monkey
Trigramme: PTT
Style Mod: +3
RP Permissions: Whatever You Like

[Canadian Dominion]

Style mod: 2.2
Formation: 4-3-3
Manager: Nolan Cairns

Full Roster
Canadian Dominion Football Depth Chart - BoF 76

POS        STARTER	    2ND	             3RD	     4TH
G	Killian Woods	Ryder Morrison	Jayden Barry	Tanner Evans
RFB	Jonah Wood	Luke Hoffman    Jasper Logan	Jason Mayer
MLB	Hunter Menton	Aarav Dawson	Theodore Aceron	Gunner Irwin
LFB	Logan Wilson	Quinn Johnson	Julian Gesner	Kohen Lee
ROMF	William Adamou	Jaxson Till	Kian Molson	Mateo Mann
RDMF	Tristan Dawson	Lukas Jacks	Jesse Wiseman	Jake Russell
LDMF	Christ Irwin	Tristan Kingson	Lane Burt	Kaleb Point
LOMF	Joseph Staples	Jason Kane	Sawyer Russell	Winston Hill
RF	Alexander Brock	Zayn Point	Finn Mitchell	Blake Molson
CF	Jeremiah Symons	Walter George	Myles Burt	Michael Graham
LF	Lukas Irwin	Finn Mayer	Mark Park	Eric King

Home Kit


Away Kit

RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent roleplays first, they may:

Choose my starting lineup: Y
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y (Nothing to bad)
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: N

[Loyo]

The People’s Republic of Loyo | National Football Team

Manager: Han Tamada, 60
Captain: Tsujii Matashichi, 35, GK
Formation: 3-4-1-2
Style Modifier: +2

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Starting XI

•GK Tsujii Matashichi, 35
•LB Stephen Hutasuhut, 27
•CB Luka Devayne, 30
•RB Shinzo Liucci, 28
•DMF Fletcher Spadini, 29
•DMF Clint Cetti, 33
•LM Harrison Smithini, 29
•RM Joss Saturnalis, 31
•CAM Seth Lambosa, 28
•LST Cora Takeshi, 33
•RST King Blanche, 31

Bench/Reserve Players

•GK Soetanto Honghai, 30

•WB Woosan Julius, 27
•WB Matias Sastre, 23
•CB Arthur Kingly, 29
•CB Sebastian Bilbao, 24

•CAM Osuma Jinaowa, 32
•MF Wan Grant, 25
•MF Ali Cemal, 27
•MF Mo Guanyu, 27
•MF Jasper Celadon, 25

•ST Hakan Risamasu, 30
•ST Jeremi Argayagoyena, 29
•ST Ichinomiya Yoshiaga, 27

Loyo isn’t a nation known for football. Baseball was her first love, and the traditions of the ancients hold her citizens in a captivating grip. Still, the game has found a new popularity since the nation opened itself to the world again. Children play the game in the streets, kicking plastic bottles around in lieu of proper balls. Passionate fans crowd around fields that were once used for farming, but now host traveling groups of footballers that thrill locals with the foreign game. Small-town celebrities have been made overnight with stellar performances loudly applauded, and schools are abuzz with talk of domestic and international stars.

Many find in football a return to sport for sporting’s sake, allowing for men and women alike to participate in the joy of the beautiful game after a long week’s work. Yet more see opportunity in the social gatherings that accompany the game, with the more casual atmosphere more conducive to recreation and relaxation than the rabid energy of Loyo’s baseball league.

It is in this growing footballing culture that Loyo sends a team to this 1st Tea Cup. Manager Han Tamada has been the driving force behind the team’s appearance, and his connections within the Communist Party of Loyo have played a part in ensuring the national team will be supplied with the meager essentials to compete.

The team itself is a mixed bag of talent from the country’s touring semi-professional clubs. Captain Tsujii Matashichi, will lead the team in its debut, selected for his management skills on and off the pitch. He functions as Tamada’s right hand, carrying out the will of the manager, whom he has known for his entire life.

The best player on the pitch is likely to be creative attacking midfielder Osuma Jinaowa, who caught the eye of the manager while playing a pickup game only a month before the tournament. Jinaowa has a natural gift for the game, and has impressed manager and teammates alike with his crafty movements. He recently drew the ire of manager Tamada by suggesting that the team might not have deserved to make the Baptism of Fire final.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes, let me know the injury and how long they’ll be out for.
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
Godmod other events: Yes, no deaths please!

[HUElavia]

HUElavia National Football Team

Uniforms
Goal Song
Style: +2

Squad:
Goalkeepers-
#1: Ignacio Casillas
(30 Years Old) (1.83 m) (Real Curumba CF)
#12: Eva Petit
(28 Years Old) (1.82 m) (RCD San Rafael)
#23: Lucas Lettmann
(36 Years Old) (1.82 m) (Acuatico FC)
#27: Bianca Peirano
(19 Years Old) (1.84 m) (HUEsilia FC)

Defenders-
#2: Juan Domingo Lavezzi
(32 Years Old) (1.78 m) (CB) (Real Curumba CF)
#3: Julieta Higashi Fernandes
(30 Years Old) (1.79 m) (CB) (FC Portimao)
#4: Murilo Luz Vargas
(26 Years Old) (1.82 m) (RB-LB) (RCD San Rafael)
#5: Gabriela Rosado
(27 Years Old) (1.67 m) (LB-RB) (FC Santiago)
#12: Damian Sharapov
(20 Years Old) (1.85 m) (LB-RB) (RCD San Rafael)
#15: Cíntia Couto Chagas
(19 Years Old) (1.70 m) (RB-LB) (Real Curumba CF)
#16: Llanke Pillpe Amaru
(28 Years Old) (1.72 m) (CB) (Real Curumba CF)
#18: Patrizio Ardance
(22 Years Old) (1.84 m) (CB) (Athletic Club Itio)
#26: Mazzi Uzochukwu
(28 Years Old) (1.83 m) (CB) (SC Gikoji)

Midfielders-
#6: Teresa Font
(34 Years Old) (1.62 m) (DM-CM) (International Curumba)
#8: Elena Bellerose
(28 Years Old) (1.70 m) (CM-AM) (Olympique de Lourdes)
#10: David Navarro-Hamada
(24 Years Old) (1.70 m) (CM-AM) (Real Curumba CF)
#14: Rafael Mayordomo
(25 Years Old) (1.86 m) (DM-CM) (International Curumba)
#19: Philippe Brousseau
(19 Years Old) (1.79 m) (DM-CM-AM) (Olympique de Lourdes)
#22: Lourdes Simsuangco Duarte
(27 Years Old) (1.60 m) (DM-CM-AM) (RCD San Rafael)
#25: Gabriela Yamada Kanashiro
(20 Years Old) (1.68 m) (DM-CM) (Real Curumba CF)


Attackers-
#7: Ringo Honda
(35 Years Old) (1.64 m) (LW-RW) (Real Curumba CF)
#9: Raul Nascimento Jardim
(31 Years Old) (1.82 m) (ST-CF) (FC Santos)
#11: Gonzalo Balderas
(25 Years Old) (1.75 m) (LW-RW) (RCD San Rafael)
#17: Cristiano Aveiro Junior
(22 Years Old) (1.80 m) (LW-RW) (Real Curumba CF)
#20: Rafaela Nascimento Lópes
(30 Years Old) (1.61 m) (CF-ST) (FC Santos)
#21: Iskay Chanca Caipa
(30 Years Old) (1.60 m) (RW-LW) (FC Santos)
#24: Milia Amezcua
(18 Years Old) (1.70 m) (CF-ST) (Athletic Club Itio)


Head Coach:
Cristiano Aveiro Lima (57 Years Old)

Assistant Coaches:
Jose Antonio Lobato (49 Years Old), Kayla Tangkiang Cayetano (43 Years Old)


(For B-Team squad, switch all players with their back up counterpart. C-Team would be 3rd set of players per position, D-Team would be the last set of players)

Starting XI:
1 Casillas
4 Vargas, 3 Higashi, 2 Lavezzi, 5 Rosado
6 Font, 8 Bellerose
17 Aveiro, 10 Navarro-Hamada, 7 Honda
9 Nascimento

Roles-
Captain: Honda
Vice-Captain: Lavezzi, Casillas
Free-Kicks: Navarro-Hamada, Aveiro, Font
Penalties: Honda, Nascimento
Corners: Font, Bellerose


(Please view my Stadiums Factbook to take a look at where you will be playing)

Use this to know where you will play while in HUElavia

RP Permissions
Choose my goal scorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but nothing severe
Godmod Injuries to my players: Yes, but nothing severe
Suspend my players: Yes, but be reasonable
Godmod suspension events: Yes, but be reasonable
Godmod other events: Yes

[Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley]

1. Edmund Swanson - goalkeeper
2. Stephen Hobbs - right fullback
3. Frank Lambert - left fullback
4. Algernon Rochester-Smythe-Fancrest-St. Clair - right fullback, captain
5. Harry Zoomtwat - centre halfback
6. Mansfield Frinton-Smith-Upon-Thames - left halfback
7. Friedrich von Schurburg - right winger
8. Jack Dence - right inside forward
9. Jimmy Lawrence - centre forward
10. Bill Caldwell - left inside forward
11. David Stanton - left winger

Reserves:
Harold Marriott
Stewart Hibben
Jasper Lamb
Anthony Hermon

Penalties: Dence, Zoomtwat
Free-kicks: Dence, Caldwell
Corners: Stanton, Caldwell
Throw-ins: Hobbs, Stanton

Most likely to...
Score from open play: Lawrence, Dence, von Schurburg
Score a header: Lawrence, Zoomtwat, Stanton
Score from distance: Dence, Zoomtwat, Caldwell
Do a good run: Stanton, von Schurburg, Lawrence
Do a good pass: Stanton, Caldwell, St. Clair
Do a good tackle: Zoomtwat, Lawrence, Frinton-Smith
Do a bad tackle: Zoomtwat, Hobbs, Dence
Annex the Sudetenland: von Schurburg

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[Hopal]

The Hopalian National Team
at the 1st Tea Cup

Kits

Nation Name: Hopal
Trigram: HOP
Nickname: The Suns
Formation: 4-3-2-1
Style Mod: +1.8

Staff
Head Coach and General Manager: Tom Villiers 48 M
Manager Emeritus: David Stoyers 69 M
Goalkeeping Coach: Karin Bartos 40 F
Defensive Coach: Allison Woodville 45 F
Offensive Coach: David Horages 40 M
Head of the Medical Staff: Dr. Liam Samuelson 51 M

Starting 11
GK Alex Gargin 26 M
FB Kaylee Haboshinter 21 F
FB Allison Terrace 22 F
CB Kay Redford 32 F
CB Lucy Anderson 30 F
CM Kelly Hart 26 F
CM Peter Fikudal 28 M
CM Jake Gonchar 29 M
OM Harris Frey 23 M
OM Uma Frey 19 M
CF Tommy Sanchez 28 M

Reserves
GK Travis Durant 21 M
GK Joilee Parik 21 F
GK Helen Oburhabel 19 F
DF Hector Cruz 21 M
DF Karos Yamover 28 M
DF Brian Atwood 22 M
DF Kyle Barker 19 M
DF Hunter Dablohaber 21 M
MID Wendy Stein 25 F
MID Kaylee Marks 26 F
MID Lewis Archer 25 M
MID Dave Brettstrom 23 M
MID Kaylee Ulmyer 24 F
MID Will Crits 22 M
AT James Harker 23 M
AT Erin Tarter 21 F

Captain: Tommy Sanchez
Assistant Captains: Kay Redford, Peter Fikudal
Penalty Kick: Tommy Sanchez
Free Kick: Tommy Sanchez, Uma Frey
Corner Kick: Kelly Hart, Jake Gonchar

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About the Team

Tom Villiers hasn't had a very good tenure in his time of Head of the Hopalian National Program, poor performances seem to follow wherever he brings his team: at the Baptism of Fire, at the Independents' Cup, at the World Cup Qualifying. Tom Villiers has just not been able to shake off poor performances that seem to follow him wherever he goes, and while he did manage to avoid a firing after the last World Cup Qualifying, his job is far from safe. While Hopal's performance at the latest World Cup Qualifying was better than the disastrous showing that was Hopal's first and previous World Cup Qualifying, Team Hopal's performance was far from good. With 6 wins, 2 draws, and 12 losses for Team Hopal in World Cup Qualifying, racking up double the amounts of losses than wins. While it was better than it could have been, and definitely than Team Hopal's last showing of 2-2-16, Hopalian fans were not happy with that performance and many were calling for Tom Villiers to be held accountable. Villiers may have held on after that World Cup Qualifying, but he knows that he can only hold on for so long. So in entering this inaugural Tea Cup, he hopes that Team Hopal can get some more experience in a lower profile tournament after the World Cup, and hopefully get a much needed win. This team assembled for the Tea Cup has been criticized though, for being too similar to the one that started the World Cup Qualifying, with some arguing that roster needs a good shaking-up to change the direction of this team. Tom Villiers has not really made any adjustments to his staff, though one might have expected he might with his own job on the staff at stake. The only change he's made since the World Cup Qualifying is replacing John Ashcroft on staff, who was Tactician and "Special Assistant to the Manager", who's now starting up the U-18 National Program, something he'd long advocated for, and was finally granted permission for with David Stoyers the former Head of the National Program, who now rejoins the staff as Manager Emeritus with Villiers trying to bring in more expert advice and credibility. But other than that, the rest of the staff stays the same. Karin Bartos who was the longtime Goalkeeping Coach for the U-18 team, who brought up many good goalkeepers, 4 of which are on the team: Alex Gargin, Travis Durant, Joilee Parik, and Helen Oburhabel, were all once young promising new players, all of whom Bartos had worked with. But Bartos came under fire during the World Cup Qualifying as the Hopalian goal was not very well defended, with Hopal conceding 48 goals, only 1 less than Hopal's previous disastrous performance. Poor goalkeeping had actually been a bit of theme for Team Hopal over the past few tournaments, previous star goalkeeper Adrian Turcotte retired in disappointment after a poor showing at the Independent's Cup, and briefly served as Goalkeeping Coach during that first ill-fated World Cup Qualifying run, he now works with the U-18 team. Gargin was Turcotte's longtime backup, and widely viewed as his successor, but his stint in net hasn't been too good for Team Hopal, and during the World Cup Qualifying run he was subbed out of net on various occasions. But he and Bartos have their defenders, and many say they haven't been given much of a fair chance so far. The other staff staying on are Alison Woodville, the widely respected and longtime Defensive Coach and David Horages who Tom Villiers brought in as Offensive Coach. Tom Villiers is keeping his formation and style of play from the World Cup Qualifying, which he adopted to try to balance defensive needs with an offensive flair, which had varying degrees of success at the World Cup Qualifying. In the Starting 11 itself not much has changed, we mentioned Alex Gargin was staying on as Goalkeeper. The only two changes to the lineup from the Starting lineup of the World Cup Qualifying are Lucy Anderson, a 30-year-old veteran who spend a long frustrating stint on the benches, and who earned her return to the Starting lineup as a sub, replaces Karos Yamover as Centre Back. The other replacement is longtime veteran of the team Jake Gonchar replaces Wendy Stein to come back into the lineup at Centre Mid. The rest of the Starting 11 stays the same, the two youngsters Kaylee Haboshinter and Allison Terrace stay as Full Back, Assistant Captain and at 32, the oldest member of the team, respected Defender Kay Redford is the other Centre Back. Kelly Hart, Peter Fikudal, and the Frey brothers: Uma and Harris remain as midfielders, and Captain Tommy Sanchez is the team's only forward. The Reserves also mostly stay the same from the World Cup Qualifying, mostly youngsters hoping to make their way into the lineup, or more seasoned players in their prime hoping to make their way back. But it is interesting to note that there are a string of three new young midfielders making their way onto the team for the first time: Dave Brettstrom, Kaylee Ulmyer, and Will Critts, chosen by Villiers from the wider National Program to join the National Team for this tournament. Everyone's hoping that this is the team that can finally bring Team Hopal to accompish something.

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[Delaclava]

Delaclava national football team

The theme of this team is players with the letters "t", "e", and "a" in their names. As it turns out, those are three rather common letters, so the resulting team should be quite strong.

Demonym: Delaclava
Trigram: DEL
Nickname: Phoenixes
Style Modifier: +4

Manager: James Hochstetler, Jasmine Island Peacocks
Formation: 3-4-3

#	Pos	Player	           Age	Height	Weight	Team
Starters:
1	GK	Robert Alexander   25	6-0	150	Steckholl United
2	CB	Andrew Watson	   20	5-9	150	Sindsyge FC
3	RB	Albert-Jan Fikke   21	5-7	140	Stockton
4	RM	Francis St-Hilaire 21	6-2	160	Cavalry
5	LB	Minotauro Meñica   27	5-6	130	Raven River (NPH)
6	LM	Sawyer Rotan	   24	6-1	155	Stockton
7	LW	Mathias Gretler	   23	5-9	145	Aries Chariots (NPH)
8	CF	Alibek Khautov	   25	5-10	155	Creed United (NPH)
9	CM	Timur Zaitsev	   30	5-10	150	Workers Union (EUR)
10	CM	Kent Lindblad	   26	5-8	140	Farrenton Athletic (EUR)
11	RW	Amaury Racette	   28	6-0	150	Marinos Metropolis (VLD)

Reserves:
12	LW	Valentýn Pospíšil  23	5-10	160	Valhalla Vikings
13	CM	Mark Stone	   28	6-2	175	Cleopatrana SC
14	GK	Carter Moore	   25	6-0	165	Catherina FC
15	CM	Tristan Chicoine   26	5-8	145	Jasmine Island Peacocks
16	LB	Raymond Charest	   28	6-0	175	Catherina FC
17	CM	Evangelos Politelis19	5-11	160	Ossiana FC
18	ST	Antoine Carbonneau 21	5-9	135	AC Espene
19	ST	Fabien Bassot	   20	5-8	145	Manchester
20	RB	Jonathan O'Coffey  18	5-9	135	Juegas
21	GK	Donat Soler	   30	6-4	185	Southfell United (NPH)
22	RW	Seth Gallant	   19	5-7	135	First City
23	RM	Michael Roberts	   28	6-0	165	Catherina FC
24	LM	Steffan Mikines	   27	6-2	165	AC Espene
25	CB	Valentin Gusev	   34	6-3	185	ASK Landsmark (SVJ)
26	CM	Kade Ostell	   21	5-5	135	Metro Tirana

Current national team players: Lindblad (best player), Gretler, Zaitsev (frequent subs), Racette, Meñica, Khautov (subs). Former national team players: Rotan, Stone, Soler, Mikines, Gusev.

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

Football Association of the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth of Baker Park will look to begin revamping the National Team with the further introduction of the so-called "New Wave" of domestically produced talent under the FAC Development Charter. A 40 player roster will utilize a split squad approach overseen by NT Assistant Manager Darren Kirby and NT First Team Coach Tony Weiss, who will each take charge of one squad.


style--+2.25 The team will go back to basics, dialing back some of the more recent offensive focus, looking to build upon a solid foundation of primary tactical elements.
Formation--3-4-1-2
KPB Ranking--27.56 (25th)

GK
Beth Rossi		22	Llewellyn Turnpike Ladies FC	 
Shelly Duffy		22	Meadowdale Ladies FC	   
Geoff Cotterill		22	Learfield FC				
Ian Dickerson		23	Southend AC			

DEF
Megan Walker	 	24	Greenlea United Ladies
Heidi Jorgensen	        23	Clayton City Ladies FC	
Julie Morris		21	Greenlea United Ladies	
Stacy Milner		22	Leiderkranz Ladies FC		
Amy Hardwick		26	Royal Jam FC (EFL)		
Lucy Fallon		28	Lima City United FC	
Jerrol Allen		27	Real Atlantea (TAE)	
Carlton Frost		22	Shirley Metros FC			
Michael O'Connor	23	Delaris City FC (PFA)		
Antoine Jones		22	Learfield FC				
Samuel Obodime	        23	New Bremen FC	
Joe Finnegan		22	Asbury Park FC		

MID
Grace Douglas		22	Westwood Sprites Ladies FC					
Shonte Logan		22	Crusaders FC					
Edward Ogwumike	        22	Hillsborough FC					
Andrea Kirby		22	Bergholz Caledonian FC			
Rob D'Alessandro	22	Meadowdale FC		
Amber McFairlaine	24	Brentford Ladies FC		
Leanne Bryant		21	Hamilton Wanderers Ladies
Cyndi Garfield		21	Haskins Blues FC	
Alonzo Boyle		23	Southend AC			 
Luke Olivera		24	Korsbach (GRF)		
Kurt Taylor		26	Ellesmere Woods FC
April Syzmanski	        22	Broadview AFC

FWD
Phan My Kieu		23	Linden Ladies FC	
Fatima Khan		22	Great Northern RR FC			
David Coleman	        22	St Warren City FC				
Peter Obulundi	        23	Newmarket Saxons FC
Erika Riley		21	Clayton City Ladies FC
Shelby Engels		23	Greenlea United Ladies FC	 
Elena Diaz		23	Leiderkranz Ladies FC		 
Amy Knight		23	Hamilton Wanderers Ladies FC 
Ben Moorman		24	Carsby FC (EUR)	
James Hardison	        21	Clayton City FC			
Terrell London		21	Hillsborough FC		
Kyle Baum 		26	Bayern-Algaer (TAE)

Kits--Baker Park will break out the uniforms created for the XIV Summer Olympic Tournament.



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[Fort McKinley]

People's Republic of Fort McKinley

Following AOCAF 67, the Heroes of the Revolution underwent a period of re-education reorganization to rid the squad of subversives and capitalist sympathizers. They now return prepared to prove the superiority of our People's Republic over the decadent offspring of barnyard animals that will provide token opposition, as Comrade Dr Allen wills it to be.

All time record--16 wins, 13 defeats, 7 draws; 66 goals scored, 64 goals allowed.
Formation: 4-4-2
Style: +1
starters are in bold


20 Jimmy Dale Beard
1 Sammy Pete Davis

22 Bobby Ray Allen
3 Eddie Burt Miller
14 Steven Gary Smith
5 Mickey Joe Beard
2 Aaron Roy Morris
4 Davey Charles Young

7 John Hugh Davis
21 Peter Edward Miller
11 Ernie Clyde Beard
8 Simon Jay Allen
12 Lee Myron Clark
6 Willie Tom Clark
16 Marty Neal Gray

17 Larry Doug Jones
9 Dennis Gene Young
13 Joe Willy Morris
10 Steve Wayne Smith
15 Tony Chuck Miller

Manager: Harry Fred Gray
Coaches: Mel Bob Miller, Darryl David Smith

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[Ziwana]

THE ZIWANI FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESENTS:

THE ZIWANI NATIONAL TEAM SQUAD TO THE 84^th CUP OF HARMONY

Ungwazi wa Ziwana is a country located in West Mandalanusa. The country over the years has been quite successful, winning 3 regional titles, reaching the Baptism of Fire Quarter-Final and finishing in 3^rd place in the 84^th World Cup Qualifiers, narrowly missing qualification to the World Cup Finals in their first attempt. However, the national affectionately called the Akambuku (Leopards) or Scorchers has struggled since the 84^th WCQs due to corruption and absences from regional and international football. This has led to the Akambuku dropping down the rankings. Matters where made worse during the Ziwani Civil War when a lot of football players where killed in the war, the worst being when the legendary Ziwani National Team who had won 3 regional cups and finished 3rd in the 84^th WCQ where shot down by insurgents whilst flying back home from the 10^th CMFA Mandalanusan Cup.

The Akambuku have been in a rebuild since the deaths of its footballing heroes. The new Ziwani Football Federation President, Nicolas Bayaram himself a former player who once played for the national team has promised all Ziwani football fans that in his term the Akambuku will return to their previous best rank which was 68. Bayaram's theme in his election manifesto was 'Raising the bar' which suggested that Ziwanis would have to expect reforms which would aim at taking Ziwani football to the next level. Some of the reforms are ; the commercialisation of football, training of managers and focus on grassroots football. Bayaram in an effort to commercilize Ziwani football, was integral in the founding of the Balabet Ngwaziliga. He had connected the 14 clubs of the top tier with the CEO of Ziwana Sports Group. Bayaram believes that if by televising domestic football, Ziwani talents can be uncovered by foreign agents giving them a chance to compete in more competitive leagues thus raising the standards or should we say raise the bar of the Ziwani national team. In an effort to raise the bar Bayaram has hired 3 joint managers to manage the Ziwani national football team. The managers are; former Pesetih Titih manager Agus Putra Yudana, former Western United manager Thokozani Tembo and former Amangwazi Birnin manager Feston Muhiwani. These 3 managers have quickly been dubbed the '3 wise men' by the media. The 3 managers have been quite successful, Yudana led Pesetih Titih to 4 CMFA Champions League and 2 Kasa League titles, Tembo led Western United to its 28^th league title whilst Muhiwani led Birnin Amangwazi to their first ever ZFF Cup Final. With all this success and experience it is expected that Ziwana will do quite well in achieving Bayaram's dream of Ziwana returning to its best rank.

The '3 wisemen ' had been given the objective of raising the Ziwani national team rank from 146 to 100. The '3 wisemen' have not disspointed, under them the national team has not only played beautiful and exciting football but they have also managed to raise the Scorchers rank from 146 to 92, surpassing the previous expectation. Furthermore, Ziwana almost qualified for the playoffs for the World Cup Qualifiers.

General Information
Full Name: Ungwazi wa Ziwana
Nickname: Akambuku/Scorchers/Flares
Triagramme: ZIW
Formation: 4-4-2
Style Modifier: +3.17
Managers: Agus Putra Yudana, Thokozani Tembo, Feston Muhiwa
Assistant Manager: Chisomo Alinafe

Ranking
KPB Ranking
Current: 92 (Mid-WC 92)
Highest: 68 (Pre-WCQs 85)
Lowest: 233 (Post-WC 90)

World Cup Match Records
Biggest Wins
Mustardy 2 - 6 Ziwana
(WCQ 84)
Ziwana 4 - 0 Res Publica Nova Roma
(WCQ 85)
Ziwana 5 - 0 Pius Desurongcrandis
(WCQ 88)
Ziwana 5 - 0 Kyhun
(WCQ 91)

Biggest Defeats
South Covello 5–1 Ziwana
(WCQ 84)
Ziwana 1–4 Sargossa
(WCQ 85)
Ziwana 1–4 Graintfjall
(WCQ 88)
Ziwana 0–4 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom
(WCQ 88)
Ziwana 1–5 Tikariot
(WCQ 91)

Players


Starting 11

Position	Name	Age	Club
GK	William Tembo	29	Birnin Select
RB	Anuiha Mikil	21	Western United
CB	James Kaunda	25	Western United
CB	James Chirwa	26	Western United
LB	Apekaloma Aneko	29	Western United
RM	Klaus Klose	27	Ainheim Dynamos
CM	George Rooney	21	Western United
LM	Brandon Payen	17	Ainheim Dynamos
ST	Richard Mumba	26	Ainsworth Barracks
ST	Andrew Gondwe	39	Mansanduni United

BENCH
GK: Amiri Karaka, 22yrs, Tamaria Strikas
GK: Exildah Munsaka, 24yrs, Black Leopards
RB: Liswaniso Zimba, 26yrs, Black Leopards
CB: Francis Shaba, 27yrs, Amangwazi Birnin
CB: Joshua Mlotha,25yrs, Black Leopards
LB: Luwai Wabha, 29yrs, Red Falcons
RM: Ashraf Ismail, 29yrs, Al Quasim Athletic
CM: Thokozani Banda, 28yrs, ECOA FC
LM: Paul Nkhata, 23yrs, ECOA FC
ST: Kiwini Mano, 24yrs, Western United
ST: Kai Lahm, 22yrs, Ainheim Dynamos

Kits

Ziwani kits are made by local and world renowned kit makers, Zsports.

Stadium Name: Ziwanicell National Stadium
Location: Birnin-Likulu (Capital City)
Capacity: 85000

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[PotatoFarmers]

Poafmersia's squad for 1st Tea Cup

Other name: The Red Panjias (Panjia is the Poafmerian equivalant of a horse)
Kit Colours: Red, Orange

Poafmersia will present the following 26 players for the 1st Tea Cup Friendly.

Num  Player Name         Age Pos(s)  Sex  Current Club           Caps        Goals   Assists
1    Shirou Amatore      33  GK      F    Kistina Galaxy         14 (1)         0       0
12   Jessica Ardens      27  GK      F    Mancodas Athletic FC   0 (0)          0       0
23   Aleksandar Malloye  21  GK      M    Dalaris City           0 (0)          0       0

2    Kilikina Lee        27  LB/LWB  M    Dury FC                17 (0)         5       0
3    Xenophon Robson     28  RB/RWB  M    Fiskadaha FC           7 (4)          0       1
4    Cindy Oriol         25  CB      F    Tihon (CMT)            10 (2)         0       0
5    Nikkita Alfaro      23  CB      M    Sarim Potato FC        1 (3)          0       0
13   Jimmy Couch         23  LB      M    FC United of Mancodas  1 (0)          0       0
14   Kathryn Woolley     23  RB      M    Dury FC                0 (0)          0       0
15   Gioia Tyson         21  CB      M    Mancodas City          0 (0)          0       0
16   Quispe Nordström    21  CB      M    Mancodas City          0 (0)          0       0

6    Erle Sartini        26  CM      M    Adab United (ADB)      5 (15)         1       2
8    Sylvia Fusco        27  CM, DM  M    Fiskadaha FC           3 (6)          0       0
10   Aapeli Shea         28  CM, AM  M    Dalaris City           29 (8)         0       0
17   Ruthie Magee        22  CM      M    Bikarish               0 (0)          0       0
19   Tate Maynard        21  CM/DM   M    Dalaris City           0 (0)          0       0
21   Stephen May         19  CM/AM   M    Mancodas Athletic FC   0 (0)          0       0
24   Padrig Dürr         28  LM      M    Sarim Potato FC        0 (2)          0       0
25   Verbena Zoltánfi    27  RM      M    Mancodas City          1 (2)          0       0

7    Tessa Bjarnesen     25  LW      F    Barossia United (NPH)  7 (12)         0       1
9    Dagur Lawrence      27  CF/AM   M    Serrapince FC (TMB)    7 (3)          2       3
11   Leontiy Seet        29  RW      M    FC United of Mancodas  39 (2)         13      13
18   Taliah Alcock       23  LW      M    Kistina Galaxy         1 (3)          1       0
20   Iris Díaz           23  CF      M    Bikarish               0 (0)          0       0
22   Bolívar Tamura      27  CF/RW   M    Dury FC                4 (7)          0       2
26   Trena Post          23  CF      M    Bikarish               0 (0)          0       0

Note:
*While WCQ92 stats are up, there are some missing stats from WCQ91, tail-end of WCQ89/90, as well as CoH81/CoH84
*Player ages are as though the matches are held before the 14th IFCF cycle, as it is in our calendar.

Captain: Aapeli Shea
Vice-Captain: Erle Sartini
Penalty Taker: Dagur Lawrence
Free Kick Taker: Leontiy Seet; Taliah Alcock
Corner Takers: The prevailing LB/RB (in the case of a 4-3-3) or LM/RM (in the case of a 3-4-3)

Head Coach: Adnan Suliaha, 65
Assistant Head Coach: Katiri Hedge, 71
General Playing Style: Being a nation which emphasises fast-paced attacking football, Poafmersia would prefer to attack rather than defend. The players can be quite aggressive in getting back the ball, yet they do not keep high amounts of possession and are very good at making mistakes by the opposition team to punish the opponents. Although this team is weak in defending set pieces, they are more fond of scoring through set pieces. Another way of scoring is often pressuring opponents through high defensive lines. Counter-attack is key for this squad in scoring goals.

Formations: 4-3-3 (Primary), 3-5-2 (Secondary), 4-4-2/3-4-3 (Alternates)
Style Modifier: +1.2345

Recent International Records
Overall Record: 351 games played. 198W, 70D, 83L. 844GF/582GA.
Cup of Harmony 81: Quarterfinals. 3W, 2D, 2L. 9GF/6GA.
IAC14: Group Stage. 2W, 0D, 3L. 10GF/12GA.
World Cup Qualifiers 90: 2nd in Group 14, PO Losers. 9W, 3D, 4L. 39GF/29GA.
Cup of Harmony 82: Quarterfinals. 4W, 1D, 1L. 17GF/11GA.
IAC15: Ro16, skip Ro24. 4W, 1D, 1L. 24GF/17GA.
World Cup Qualifiers 91: 4th in Group 1. 12W, 6D, 2L. 48GF/27GA.
Cup of Harmony 83: Ro32. 2W, 2D, 2L. 12GF/10GA.
IAC16: QF, skip Ro24. 3W, 1D, 2L. 9GF/8GA.
World Cup Qualifiers 92: 2nd in Group 5, PO Loser. 11W, 6D, 5L. 54GF/38GA.

First Match: Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
First Win: Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
Biggest Win:
(Only WCC-sanctioned) Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
(All) Poafmersia 8-0 North Alezia, IAC 12 @ Almuzahara
Heaviest Defeat:
(Only WCC-sanctioned)
Farfadillis 5-0 Poafmersia, WCQ 87 @ Farfadillis
Pasarga 5-0 Poafmersia, WCQ 90 @ Pasarga
(All)
Poafmersia 2-8 Commonwealth of Baker Park, International Friendly @ Poafmersia
Baker Park 6-0 Poafmersia, International Friendly @ Baker Park
Highest Scoring:
(Only WCC-sanctioned)
Poafmersia 8-2 Barfleur, BoF 71 Group Stage @ Zwangzug
Shokpos 3-7 Poafmersia, WCQ 85 @ Shokpos
Muralos 4-4 Poafmersia (5-5 aet, 2-3 pen.), CoH 82 Ro32 @ Estadio Deportivo Cyprien Portillo Serrato, Rocalaro, Montaña Verde
Delaclava 5-5 Poafmersia, WCQ 91 @ The Colosseum (66,000), Athens, Delaclava
(Everything else)
Poafmersia 2-8 Commonwealth of Baker Park, International Friendly @ Poafmersia
Qasden 4-6 Poafmersia, International Friendly @ Qasden

Fans
Poafmersian fans are crazy about football, and their loud cheers ring about in the stadiums they visit. They are very willing to disturb the peace in the area to celebrate their win after matches, so matches are best held in the afternoon or early evenings. You can spot Poafmers booking large meeting rooms in hotels, going to bars in groups. Apart from that, they do pick up after themselves, and prevent causing much trouble apart from celebrating. You can be assured, however, that they would be travelling around to support their team, so do reserve half the spots in stadiums for them because they would pack it to the brim.

Home Stadium
For the entire duration of the qualifiers, Poafmersia will be playing their home games at the Libira National Stadium. To accommodate a rising interest in football, there was a slight layout change and stand refurbishment being done prior to the qualifiers, and as such, the stadium capacity has been increased to 70 thousand seated pax. The stadium is located in Fiskadaha City, capital of Poafmersia. To travel to the city, direct flights are provided from many major capital cities around the world. Within Poafmersia, however, public transport, such as trains and buses, are the preferred mode of transport, and there are rail lines available between Fiskadaha and many major cities in the country.

RP Permissions
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers - Yes
Godmod scoring events - Yes (Realistic events only, such as long range shots)
Roleplay injuries to my players - Yes (You determine what happened, I decide the severity.)
Godmod injuries to my players - Yes (As above)
Hand out yellow cards to my players - Yes
Hand out red cards to my players - Yes (1 more than what you give yourself)
RP any pandemic-related events - No pandemic exists in Poafmersia, or on Poafmers.
Godmod any other events - Yes (TG/Inform me before hand)
Note: If your RP permissions are more restrictive than mine, then I will take your RP permissions. (With the exception about the pandemic events)
I am very open to cooperative RPs, such as joint press conferences, match-side drama, out-of field events, etc. Do drop me a Telegram in-game (to this account or Poafmersia) or a DM on Discord (You can find me on the NS Sports Discord - Freg#0420).

[TeaFarmers]

Cutoff.

Prompt: Here is a Video About Tea. What is the Tea culture in your country?

Potato - Matchday 1
HUElavia 2–1 Panerialand
Sixty-ninE X 0–1 Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles
Canadian Dominion 2–0 Loyo
Fort McKinley 2–0 New Al-Khabir
Burikinia 0–1 Delaclava

Potato - Matchday 2
New Al-Khabir 2–3 Burikinia
Loyo 0–3 Fort McKinley
Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles 4–1 Canadian Dominion
Panerialand 2–0 Sixty-ninE X
Poafmersia 4–4 HUElavia

 # Potato                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fort McKinley                            2    2   0   0     5    0   +5     6
 2 Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles    2    2   0   0     5    1   +4     6
 3 HUElavia                                 2    1   1   0     6    5   +1     4
 4 Delaclava                                1    1   0   0     1    0   +1     3*
 5 Panerialand                              2    1   0   1     3    2   +1     3*
 6 Burikinia                                2    1   0   1     3    3    0     3*
 7 Canadian Dominion                        2    1   0   1     3    4   −1     3*
 8 Poafmersia                               1    0   1   0     4    4    0     1
 9 New Al-Khabir                            2    0   0   2     2    5   −3     0
   Sixty-ninE X                             2    0   0   2     0    3   −3     0
11 Loyo                                     2    0   0   2     0    5   −5     0
*Head-to-head Points: Delaclava 3, Panerialand 0, Burikinia 0, Canadian Dominion 0

Tea - Matchday 1
Hopal 3–2 The Gothanita Isles
Amenria 1–2 Sannyamathland
Baker Park 2–3 Busoga Islands
Qasden 1–3 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley
Saterun 1–0 Catalaonia

Tea - Matchday 2
Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley 2–1 Saterun
Busoga Islands 0–2 Qasden
Sannyamathland 1–3 Baker Park
The Gothanita Isles 2–3 Amenria
Ziwana 1–1 Hopal

 # Tea                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley           2    2   0   0     5    2   +3     6
 2 Hopal                                    2    1   1   0     4    3   +1     4
 3 Qasden                                   2    1   0   1     3    3    0     3*
 4 Baker Park                               2    1   0   1     5    4   +1     3*
 5 Busoga Islands                           2    1   0   1     3    4   −1     3*
 6 Sannyamathland                           2    1   0   1     3    4   −1     3*
 7 Saterun                                  2    1   0   1     2    2    0     3*
 8 Amenria                                  2    1   0   1     4    4    0     3*
 9 Ziwana                                   1    0   1   0     1    1    0     1
10 Catalaonia                               1    0   0   1     0    1   −1     0
11 The Gothanita Isles                      2    0   0   2     4    6   −2     0
*Head-to-head Points: Qasden 3, Baker Park 3, Busoga Islands 3, Sannyamathland 0, Amenria 0, Saterun 0
i) Head-to-head Goal Difference: Qasden +2, Baker Park -1, Busoga Islands -1. Baker Park ahead of Busoga Islands on Goal Difference.
ii) Head-to-head Goal Difference: Sannyamathland +1, Saterun 0, Amenria -1.

[Sannyamathland]

Team Info
Head Coach: Sergey Kramnik
Assistant Coach: Henrikh Shangoyan
Captain: Vladimir Ivyich(V.I.) Mount
Trigram: USR
Nickname: Lions,White Lions
Sponsors: Magnung Mobiles(principal sponsors),Owayo Sports(kit sponsors) and several others

23 Men Squad for Tea Cup
Goalkeepers:
1.Dmitry Karjodov (30),club: Hepley United FC Sannyamathland
4.Ivan Zinchencko(26),club: Islandside FC Xanneria
23. Denis Safonov (33), club: Dynamo Kyiv Sannyamathland

Defenders:
5.Gennady 'Jeff' Chalov(29),club: Nottingham Furest United Murphtannia
3. Leon Vladinovich (28), club: East Rowling FC Sannyamathland
2.Savreck Javcherenko(37),club: East Rowling FC Sannyamathland
22. Alexei Putin(28),club: Wilkies Wonderers FCSannyamathland
13.Alexander Ostrovksy(23),club: Spartak Moscow Sannyamathland
33.Mikhail Karpov(29),club: Spartak Moscow Sannyamathland
6.Viktor Stepashin(26), club: Wilkies Wonderers FC Sannyamathland

Midfielders:
45. Sergey Tymchenko(20), club: West Rowling Albion Sannyamathland
11.Stepan Chubukov(29),club: East Rowling FC Sannyamathland
15.Lev Petrosian(32),club: Howardsburg Athletic Club Sannyamathland(vice captain)
18.Volodymyr Savchenko (28),club: Spartak Moscow Sannyamathland
22.Eldor Khamdamov(25),club: West Rowling Albion Sannyamathland
13.Joe Leck-Ngidi(22),club: Wilkes Wonderers FC Sannyamathland
17. Danil Cheryshyev(29),club: Greter Grad Sporting Club Sannyamathland

Forwards:
19.V.I.Mount (29),club: Hepley United FC Sannyamathland (captain)
10.Peter Philips(21),club: West Rowling Albion Sannyamathland
9.Ivan Sandiev(25),club: Oljestaden IF Audioslavia
17.Fydor Tchaivok(26),club: Spartak Moscow Sannyamathland
7. Joseph Antonov(22),club: East Rowling FC Sannyamathland
14.Eduard Yaremchuk(23), club: Dynamo Leningrad Sannyamathland

Starting 11
GK: Denis Safonov
LB: Gennady Chalov
CB: Savreck Javcherenko
CB: Mikhail Karpov
RB: Alexander Ostrovsky
CM: Lev Petrosian
CM: Stepan Chubukov
CM: Volodymyr Savchenko/Joe Leck-Ngidi
LW: Sergey Tymchenko
RW: Ivan Sandiev
CF: V.I.Mount

Formation:4-3-3
Style Modifier: +1

Home Stadium: The Big Bowl International Stadium, Rowling City(capacity:100,000)


RP Permissions: Anything, just don't kill the players. Do not cause any career ending injuries. TG me or reach me by discord before godmodding anything. Please do not change my starting 11 unless I personally TG or DM you and tell you to do so. You are free to do substitutes as you like, however. Also, TG me before RPing my players getting suspended.

[A m e n r i a]

The Empire of Amenria

About the team

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Captain: Jiang Baihu
Trigramme: AMN
Nickname: Black Dragons
Sponsors: Storm Energy Drink, TokoSebelah, Nike
Home stadium: Mutiara Stadium (formerly Dalian Stadium), pictured

About the country

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The Empire of Amenria is a federal absolute monarchy spanning its universe's Asia, from Kazakhstan in the west to Korea in the east, and from Siberia in the north to the Maldives in the south. While football has been a popular sport among the people for centuries, even founding what could be argued as its predecessor sport, the Tea Cup is its first multiversal football tournament, as the government has directed more manpower and resources to Quidditch in the past.

Starting lineup

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Jiang Baihu
Xu Pengfei
Hwang Changwoo
Go Mingyu
Song Yunsik
Rangga Hermawan
Syarif Rahmat
Harry Tan
Bhanu Palikhe
Peng Shuren
Guo Zhexian

Substitutes

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Feng Guiying
Lai Shuefeng
Jin Zhihao
Yang Zhelan
Kim Wonho

RP PERMISSIONS
If my opponent roleplays first, they may:
Choose my starting lineup: N
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Nothing life-threatening
Godmod injuries to my players: Ditto
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: Surprise me
Modifier=+3

[Panerialand]

This is the Panerial Broadcasting Service. Now we cross over to the land of the tea farmers, as we present, Soccer Roundup.

A bouncy jingle plays over images of players from around the nations involved in the Tea Cup

Hello and welcome to Soccer Roundup, with me Gernot Hedley,
And me, Michaela van der Stoep.
And we have a couple of cracking matches to bring you today, as we head over to the Tea Cup, where Panerialand have had somewhat mixed fortunes.
Yes, so far we've had a win and a loss, putting us in fifth in the table. Here's the highlight reel from the first match, against HUElavia, with commentary from Emilie O'Hara and Fergus Anker.

Match time: 04:35 And that's a fantastic pass from Bellerose, the ball finds its way through to Navarro-Hamada, the shot is on, and it comes off the leg of O'Donnell for a corner.
Yes, that was a fantastic shot, they're unlucky not to make that.
And Bellerose steps up to take the corner, it's a great cross, but Mullins gets a head to it and clears the ball.

Match time: 13:22 Now this attack shows some promise. Honda, passes to Nascimento, to Aveiro, back to Honda, AND IT'S A GOAL! HUElavia lead 1-0!

Match time: 34:45 Cummins, to Campo, to Dries, he's making a decent run, he passes it off to Marchi, ooooh! That looked painful!
Yeah, Higashi really went for that tackle, and I'm honestly not sure how the ref thinks he can get away without a booking, but here we are. Free kick for Panerialand, in a dangerous position. Locatelli steps up to take it, and it hits the wall of defenders. A scrabble for the ball results in a quick clearance by Vargas.

Half-time subs: Marchi > Brooke, Dries > Heppenheimer

Match time: 48:13 Campo, to Heppenheimer, to Brooke, Higashi with the tackle, Brooke goes down... He looks like he might be pretty badly hurt. The ref's coming over, looks like he's reaching into his pocket. Yes, that's a yellow card for Higashi, and the ref points to the spot. Let's have a look at the replay while they set things up.
That was difficult to see in real time, the ref did well to spot it, but that was a dangerous tackle. Not Higashi's fault entirely, which is why it's a yellow not a red, but Brooke is definitely not comfortable right now.
That might be an understatement Emilie. But he's back on his feet, the team medic seems happy for him to continue, and we have a penalty to take. Marchi steps up, and IT PASSES THE KEEPER! Panerialand equalise!

Match time: 89:14 And it's HUElavia making a last-ditch effort to win the match, a strong attack coming down the left hand side of the pitch. Honda has it, he crosses it in to Nascimento, the keeper's on the ground, NASCIMENTO SCORES in the dying seconds of the match! That's it, there's no more time for Panerialand to kick off again, it ends HUElavia 2, Panerialand 1.

Yes, that was quite the match. Losing your first match isn't always what you want, but I think we can come back from that, don't you?
Well if our second match was anything to go by, it's certainly a possibility. Now unfortunately, Panerial technology is not always capable of traversing the infinitudes of the multiverse, and given the extra-dimensional nature of the host nation, we didn't manage to get the feed through from the match against Sixty-ninE X, but we can tell you that it was a 2-0 victory for Panerialand, with goals from Campo and Cummins. The first goal came from a wonderful corner by Locatelli, headed in beautifully by the Panerial captain. The second goal came just a few minutes later, after a great run from a goal kick. It was 2-0 by half time, and 2-0 it stayed.
We'll be back with all the action from the Tea Cup, so stay tuned to PBS as we see how far Panerialand can go! We'll see you next time!

[Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles]

HEAVY RAINS IN THE TERJUNIAN ISLES WATERLOG LOCAL PITCH

Recently, the Terjunian Isles have been hit by heavy monsoon storms. While flooding during this time is not out of the ordinary, players at semi-professional side Rombanda Rovers were shocked to find that their stadium's pitch had been completely flooded ahead of their clash against Davi Dragons.

The stadium in question is Jernoga Stadium, located on Jernoga. With Jernoga and it's sister island Rombanda amongst the most remote islands in the Terjunian Isles, they have been facing the brunt of the torrent of rain. Several residents in parts of Rombanda and Jernoga have been evacuated due to flooding, so it's perhaps unsurprising that Jernoga Stadium was the one faced with this problem.

Rombanda Rovers defender Alvaro Vargas had this to say: "Yeah the flooding was really bad. It wasn't that late in the evening yet so we still wanted to play before going to the pub, but that pitch was like a bog. It was too difficult to wade in there and the ball couldn't move at all. So we all just went to the pub early."

The Davi Dragons may have been relieved to miss the match, as three of their key players (Gabriel Tendang, Terence and Terja Grimaldi) are currently playing in the Tea Cup tournament. The Tembaga and Terjunia National Team are unexpectedly occupying a 1st position in their group's table, following victories over Sixty-Nine X and Canadian Dominion.

[TeaFarmers]

Cutoff.

Prompt: In TeaFarmers, weather is centrally controlled, based on the futuristic invention where there is a "weather dome" over the country. How about your country? What is its weather & climate like?

Potato - Matchday 3
Sixty-ninE X 0–1 Poafmersia
Canadian Dominion 3–2 Panerialand
Fort McKinley 2–4 Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles
Burikinia 2–3 Loyo
Delaclava 3–1 New Al-Khabir

Potato - Matchday 4
Loyo 1–0 Delaclava
Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles 2–1 Burikinia
Panerialand 2–3 Fort McKinley
Poafmersia 2–1 Canadian Dominion
HUElavia 1–1 Sixty-ninE X

 # Potato                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles    4    4   0   0    11    4   +7    12
 2 Fort McKinley                            4    3   0   1    10    6   +4     9
 3 Poafmersia                               3    2   1   0     7    5   +2     7
 4 Canadian Dominion                        4    2   0   2     7    8   −1     6*
 5 Loyo                                     4    2   0   2     4    7   −3     6*
 6 Delaclava                                3    2   0   1     4    2   +2     6*
 7 HUElavia                                 3    1   2   0     7    6   +1     5
 8 Panerialand                              4    1   0   3     7    8   −1     3
 9 Burikinia                                4    1   0   3     6    8   −2     3
10 Sixty-ninE X                             4    0   1   3     1    5   −4     1
11 New Al-Khabir                            3    0   0   3     3    8   −5     0
*Head-to-head Points: Canadian Dominion 3, Loyo 3, Delaclava 0 (CD 2-0 Loyo MD1, Loyo 1-0 Dela MD4)
*Head-to-head GD: Canadian Dominion +2, Loyo -2.

Tea - Matchday 3
Amenria 1–0 Ziwana
Baker Park 2–1 The Gothanita Isles
Qasden 4–3 Sannyamathland
Saterun 1–1 Busoga Islands
Catalaonia 0–2 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley

Tea - Matchday 4
Busoga Islands 0–0 Catalaonia
Sannyamathland 1–1 Saterun
The Gothanita Isles 1–1 Qasden
Ziwana 2–3 Baker Park
Hopal 4–3 Amenria

 # Tea                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley           3    3   0   0     7    2   +5     9
 2 Baker Park                               4    3   0   1    10    7   +3     9
 3 Hopal                                    3    2   1   0     8    6   +2     7
 4 Qasden                                   4    2   1   1     8    7   +1     7
 5 Amenria                                  4    2   0   2     8    8    0     6
 6 Saterun                                  4    1   2   1     4    4    0     5*
 7 Busoga Islands                           4    1   2   1     4    5   −1     5*
 8 Sannyamathland                           4    1   1   2     7    9   −2     4
 9 Ziwana                                   3    0   1   2     3    5   −2     1
10 Catalaonia                               3    0   1   2     0    3   −3     1
   The Gothanita Isles                      4    0   1   3     6    9   −3     1
*Tied on Head-to-head Points & GD (Saterun 1-1 Busoga MD3)

[Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley]

Qasden 1–3 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley
Goals: McCracken 84’; von Schurburg 20’, 31’, Lawrence 88’

Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley 2–1 Saterun
Goals: Dence 80’, von Schurburg 86’; Shannon 13’

Catalaonia 0–2 Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley
Goals: Lawrence 31’, Zoomtwat 76’

“Excuse me, zurr. I’m moast ’umbly beggin’ your pardon.” Frank Lambert wrang his cap in his grubby hands as he half-bowed obsequiously to Mansfield Frinton-Smith-Upon-Thames, who was lounging insouciantly in the door to the library having just ducked in to check how to spell insouciantly in the dictionary.

“Hmm, yes, well, whatever it is, spit it out man,” said Frinton-Smith, frowning as his blonde whiskers dipped into the cup of tea he was drinking. Tea was the lifeblood of Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley: ensuring a steady supply of the stuff was half the reason the country had sailed off in search of empire and conquest. Everyone, from impoverished oiks like Lambert, to well-monied gentlemen of leisure like Frinton-Smith, drank tea.

Except for that Zoomtwat fellow, who swore by coffee, of all the damnable things. A jolly odd fellow and no mistake, though not bad at putting in a thumping tackle on the bally old soccer field, wot wot and tootle pip.

“Well zurr, if’n you’ll forgive me, we wuz just ah-wonderin’ if’n it moight be permitted ferr uz to make use of the hot shower in the Gen’ulmen’s changing rooms, only, the ones in the Players’ changing rooms have run-ou’-a ’ot water, zurr.”

“What? Absolutely not. Tosh and nonsense, my dear fellow. Absolute balderdash. Not bloody likely, should I say!”

The inequities of the changing room distributions – with three amateurs (“Gentlemen”) on the team and eight professionals (“Players”), plus another four in reserve – meant that the overcrowded Players’ showers had run out of hot water while great gusts of steam still issued from the showers currently being enjoyed by Algie St. Clair, the team’s captain, but if there was one thing Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley was built on, it was upholding the class system.

That and tea. If there were two things…

Dejected, Frank bowed and scraped again and trudged back to the Players’ changing rooms (which did not have a library wing attached, nor a Turkish bath, nor a billiards room). There he found Freddie von Schurburg and Jimmy Lawrence, both still caked in mud, in conversation. The two had been the team’s best players over the opening games in TeaFarmers, accounting for five of seven goals between them (Freddie’s best his second against Qasden, a curling strike making use of the fact that the balls at this tournament were not heavy leather lumps soaked in the heavy rain that was characteristic of the weather back home – though where exactly Freddie’s ‘home’ in Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley was, remained unclear, as he was prone to committing some rather startling geographical errors when making casual enquiries about the locations of munitions bases and airfields).

“…and zo, you are verking at the schipyardz how long?”

“Two bloody years mate,” grumped Jimmy, the crossbar no doubt still ringing from his thunderous volley in the most recent match, against Catalaonia.

“And you are havink acksess to the planz of the, hmm, heavy destroyers and…”

“Nah mate, I was shifting bulk cargo mate. Plans and all that, bit above my pay grade guv.” Jimmy looked up at Frank. “No look with the showers?”

Frank shook his head.

Jimmy phlegmed noisily into his sleeve and patted Freddie on the shoulder.

The blonde man winced and the pronounced duelling scar on his cheek seemed to glow red as he flushed.

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

After four matches of the inaugural Tea Cup, the Commonwealth of Baker Park find themselves tied atop their group with three victories against a single defeat. The expanded 40 player roster led jointly by Darren Kirby and Tony Weiss have all seen action in at least one of the matches under the split-squad format.

The tournament sees the return of the BPNT to Sonnel, where the host nation TeaFarmers is located; World Cup 86 was the last extended stay the NT had on the planet when it played in Drawkland.

The opener against the Busoga Islands at the Alice Bay Sports Complex in Jamilia marked the seventh all time meeting between the nations, and the Busogans earned their first ever victory in the series with a 3-2 win on matchday 1; the Bees notched the first of their three straight victories over Sannyamathland by a 3-1 scoreline on the second day, with The Gothinita Isles (2-1) and Ziwana (3-2) making up the second week doubleheader.

BP are tied for second in goals scored among the 22 nations competing, with eight players accounting for the offensive output; they will look to continue their current form against the four sides that occupy the third through sixth spots in the table--Hopal, Amenria, regional foes Qasden, and Saterun--in pursuit of one of the top four places advancing to the upper bracket of the championship knockout phase, where a double elimination bracket will determine the overall winner.

[Sannyamathland]

Soviet Times

A Draw For The Red Lions

By Yuri Popalov

Sandiev celebrates with teammates after scoring Sannyamathland's only goal of the match.

Sannyamathland: 1 - Saterun: 1

Sannyamathland's Tea Cup campaign began on a disappointing note as they drew against Saterun in their opening game of the tournament. Playing in a packed stadium, filled with cheering Lions fans, the Sannyamathland team was determined to get off to a good start. Even the coach had said in the pre-match interview that a win in their first ever match would be vital for the team's moral.

The starting 11 raised a few eyebrows, as Denis Safonov started instead of Dmitry Karjodov, and 20 year old Sergey Tymchenko was included in the sqaud as a replacement for injured Peter Philips. Nevertheless, the Red Lions played aggressive football from the very beginning. Kramnik decided to use a strategy of fast paced football through short passes, an unique strategy that the Red Lions never used earlier. There were a number of failed Sannyamathland attempts at scoring a first half goal. Lev Petrosian's 25th minute power shot hit the crossbar. Mount found the back of the net in the 32nd minute, but it was ruled out due to offside. The Saterun team was unable to mount any serious challenges in the first half, save a corner in the 41st minute, which was swiftly punched away by Safonov.

Things began to change in the second half. Sannyamathland's strategy of fast paced attacking football was dealt by several strong counter attacking measures by the Saterun national team. With the slowing down of its pace of attacks, the Lions lost some of their momentum. Still the match continued to be an exciting battle. It culminated in Ivan Sandiev scoring the first goal of the match in the 57th minute. A beautiful assist from Danil Cheryshyev placed Sandiev in a one to one position with Rahul Markovic, the Saterun goalkeeper. Sandiev made no mistake in converting such a beautiful attempt into a goal. The fans erupted in cheer and it appeared that the Red Lions will win the match. But conceding a goal almost changed Saterun's entire strategy. They pushed for more daring football, with several of their defenders abandoning their defense to join the midfielders in mounting a series of attempts at attack. Finally the Sannyamathland defense proved to unable to successfully counter such frequent attacks. Mitzinho was pulled down inside the penalty box by Mikhail Karpov in the 70th minute. Saterun skipper Kaka Sarabola scored an easy goal from the penalty to level the scoreline.

Kramnik introduced a series of substitutions in the last moments of the game to change the scoreline but all of that went in vain. The match ended in a draw. The scoreline puts the Red Lions in a difficult position. Kramnik, in the post match interview, said: " The scoreline isn't really the one we were anticipating. No doubt a draw is far far better than a loss, but it does puts the team in a difficult position." The Red Lions will surely be looking forward to winning the next match to improve their position in the table.

Since this the first match in the tournament that I've RPed, I am ICly considering this to be the first match that Sannyamathland played in the tournament. Other people, of course, are not required to consider this. This is just for my own RP purposes.