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[Buccaneers FC]

LIGA BĀRRĀKH- ROUND 1 OF 36

RESULTS

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Faraikh FC 3, FC Town of Caspury 1.
Al Qaspah 2, Jamestown Dynamo 2.
Baswa 4, Mospah FC 1.
Mortan FC 3, Wimpleton Wolverines 0.
Red Star of Devon 2, Al Verakh FC 2.

TABLE

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1. Baswa. 1-0-0, 3 pts., 4 GF, 1 GA.
2. Mortan FC. 1-0-0, 3 pts., 3 GF, 0 GA.
3. Faraikh FC. 1-0-0, 3 pts., 3 GF, 1 GA.
4. Al Verakh FC. 0-1-0, 1 pt., 2 GF, 2 GA.
5. Jamestown Dynamo. 0-1-0, 1 pt., 2 GF, 2 GA.
6. Red Star of Devon. 0-1-0, 1 pt., 2 GF, 2 GA.
7. Al Qaspah. 0-1-0, 1 pt., 2 GF, 2 GA.
8. FC Town of Caspury. 0-0-1, 0 pts., 1 GF, 3 GA.
9. Wimpleton Wolverines. 0-0-1, 0 pts., 0 GF, 3 GA.
10. Mospah FC. 0-0-1, 0 pts., 1 GF, 4 GA.

[Vephrall]

As a reminder, the entry deadline for the 21st International University Challenge Championship presented by Nakiti Corporation is Tuesday 27 October at 0400 UTC.

[The Babbage Islands]

As a reminder, the entry deadline for the 21st International University Challenge Championship presented by Nakiti Corporation is Tuesday 27 October at 0400 UTC.

After a good deal of politicking, the Babbage Colleges and Universities Athletic Alliance determined their first representatives to the IUCC. The top two teams from the Big Nine Conference (large schools) and the champions of the I-4A (small schools) were chosen:

Big Nine for IUCC 20

 Pos  Team                                           P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Universidad de Santa Catalina (los Marineros) 16   7   7   2   24   16    8   28
   2  Berkley University (Penguins)                 16   8   2   6   24   24    0   26
   3  Bloomfield University (Titans)                16   7   4   5   20   17    3   25
   4  University of Gernsback (Wildcats)            16   6   6   4   30   21    9   24
   5  Universitato de Zamenhof (Revantoj)           16   6   3   7   24   25   -1   21
   6  Windsor University (Rangers)                  16   5   5   6   18   21   -3   20
   7  University of Xianggang (Mandarins)           16   6   1   9   16   21   -5   19
   8  Southern University (Cougars)                 16   5   4   7   21   27   -6   19
   9  University of Verne (Explorers)               16   3   6   7   14   19   -5   15

I-4A for IUCC 20

 Pos  Team                                                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  David O. McKay College (Highlanders)                12   7   1   4   21   13    8   22
   2  St. Peter's College (Disciples)                     12   6   3   3   18   13    5   21
   3  Babbage Academy of Engineering (Gadgeteers)         12   6   2   4   12   10    2   20
   4  Dickinson College (Poets)                           12   5   2   5   13   17   -4   17
   5  Thomas Aquinas University (Saints)                  12   4   2   6   12   13   -1   14
   6  Thatcher-Powell International Institute (Diplomats) 12   3   3   6   10   12   -2   12
   7  Charleston School of Public Service (Knights)       12   3   3   6   12   20   -8   12

Universidad de Santa Catalina, Berkley University, and David O. McKay College will represent The Babbage Islands at IUCC 21.

[Vephrall]

Collegiate Sporting Alliance, 1777 season

Note on playoffs: The Big West Conference really sucked this year, but of course the rules state that all conference champions get into the postseason. So Big West champions Dettune are in, and #16 Fishbog are out.

Midland Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   5  Siellal             15   8   5   2   26   13   13   29
   8  Military            15   8   4   3   27   16   11   28
  12  Riestre             15   8   4   3   24   15    9   28
  13  Riestre State       15   8   4   3   22   13    9   28
      Riestre Tech        15   6   4   5   17   16    1   22
      Westlake            15   5   5   5   20   17    3   20
      Taeschand           15   5   4   6   21   19    2   19
      Shentarong Tech     15   4   4   7   14   18   -4   16
      NW Salle            15   4   3   8   18   24   -6   15
      North Shentarong    15   4   3   8   17   26   -9   15
      NE Riestre          15   2   5   8   14   25  -11   11
      Till State          15   2   1  12   12   36  -24    7

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Siellal University
Conquerors
(last season: Military)

Southern Crescent Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   6  Fekliir State       15   9   2   4   26   18    8   29
   9  Shentarong Southern 15   9   1   5   32   19   13   28
  14  Astenast State      15   8   4   3   27   20    7   28
  15  Shentarong          15   8   3   4   24   18    6   27
  24  Southwestern        15   7   4   4   22   20    2   25
      Sumbobor            15   6   5   4   15   12    3   23
      East Point          15   5   7   3   20   21   -1   22
      Nenbondle           15   4   5   6   22   30   -8   17
      Shentarong State    15   4   4   7   18   18    0   16
      Twin Cities         15   3   5   7   17   24   -7   14
      Darnai              15   4   1  10   23   35  -12   13
      Sumbobor State      15   3   4   8   17   30  -13   13

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Fekliir State University
Bulldogs
(last season: Shentarong Southern)

Lowland Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Jishmid             15  10   2   3   31   15   16   32
   3  Dettune State       14  10   0   4   26   20    6   30
  22  Middle Bektys       15   7   4   4   23   15    8   25
      NW Sumbobor         15   7   3   5   21   22   -1   24
      Chezlot             15   6   5   4   24   15    9   23
      Baseng              15   6   5   4   25   21    4   23
      Bayside             15   6   3   6   20   22   -2   21
      Speilers            14   5   5   4   19   19    0   20
      Narrows             15   4   3   8   14   20   -6   15
      Sumbobor Tech       15   3   3   9   18   28  -10   12
      Central Sumbobor    15   3   3   9   18   28  -10   12
      Mersira             15   1   1  13   13   40  -27    4

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Jishmid College
Cougars
(last season: Chezlot)

Isthmian Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   4  Scusenany           15   8   5   2   26   13   13   29
   7  BTI                 15   9   1   5   33   20   13   28
  17  Bektys Coastal      15   9   0   6   23   17    6   27
  16  Fishbog             15   7   5   3   23   14    9   26
  23  Bektys State        15   7   4   4   18   13    5   25
      Riestre-Clyddly     15   6   4   5   23   22    1   22
      Isthmian            15   5   5   5   20   23   -3   20
      North Bektys        15   6   1   8   15   23   -8   19
      South Bektys        15   5   2   8   13   20   -7   17
      Western Shentarong  15   3   5   7   17   24   -7   14
      Eastern Darnai      15   2   4   9   15   28  -13   10
      Flaarickug          15   0   8   7   15   24   -9    8

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Scusenany College
Snappers
(last season: Bektys State)

East Coast Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   2  Solonds             15   9   4   2   29   14   15   31
  11  Calamen             15   9   1   5   16   12    4   28
  10  Till                15   8   3   4   25   15   10   27
  19  Calamen-Petaki      15   8   2   5   28   19    9   26
  18  Salle               15   8   2   5   24   16    8   26
  20  Salle Southern      15   7   4   4   19   14    5   25
      Defae               15   6   4   5   21   18    3   22
      Rascenass           15   7   0   8   20   23   -3   21
      North Salle         15   5   4   6   18   21   -3   19
      Southeastern        15   5   3   7   25   31   -6   18
      Sheoron             15   4   3   8   19   27   -8   15
      Calamen-Custles     15   3   3   9   18   27   -9   12

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Solonds University
Bears
(last season: Salle)

Big West Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  21  Dettune             15   7   5   3   25   20    5   26
      Northern Darnai     15   7   4   4   21   19    2   25
  25  Anhenir             15   7   3   5   20   16    4   24
      Dettune Mtn         15   6   4   5   23   25   -2   22
      Sirinis             15   6   3   6   23   21    2   21
      Seibeng             15   6   3   6   19   17    2   21
      Highland            15   6   2   7   20   19    1   20
      Virdys              15   5   5   5   25   27   -2   20
      Western Dettune     15   5   3   7   21   23   -2   18
      South Sirinis       15   4   6   5   21   23   -2   18
      Sirinis Ag          15   3   5   7   17   19   -2   14
      Western Darnai      13   2   4   7   10   20  -10   10

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Dettune University
Spartans
(last season: Highland)

National Championship Tournament

First Round
(1) Jishmid 1-0 (21) Dettune
(8) Military 1-0 (9) Shentarong Southern
(5) Siellal 1-2 (12) Riestre
(4) Scusenany 1-0 (13) Riestre State
(6) Fekliir State 2-0 (11) Calamen
(3) Dettune State 0-1 (14) Astenast State
(7) BTI 2-2 (10) Till (2-3 AET)
(2) Solonds 3-1 (15) Shentarong

Quarterfinals
(1) Jishmid 3-1 (8) Military
(12) Riestre 1-0 (4) Scusenany
(6) Fekliir State 1-2 (14) Astenast State
(10) Till 1-0 (2) Solonds

Semifinals
(1) Jishmid 2-1 (12) Riestre
(14) Astenast State 0-2 (10) Till

Third Place Playoff
(12) Riestre 3-2 (14) Astenast State

Final
(1) Jishmid 4-1 (10) Till

The Jishmid College Cougars are the new national champions!

Joining the Cougars in the next IUCC are the Till College Broncos and the University of Riestre Bulls.

[West Zirconia]

In a desperate attempt to beat the IUCC deadline, here is the latest WZAL season:

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 Pos  Team                            P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  St. Mark's College, Mort Park 22  12   4   6   51   46    5   40
   2  St. Martin University         22  10   8   4   48   36   12   38
   3  St. Martin Medical Institute  22  10   6   6   37   32    5   36
   4  Moorcroft University          22  10   4   8   48   38   10   34
   5  Markham University            22   9   5   8   50   38   12   32
   6  Bradley University            22   7  10   5   43   39    4   31
   7  Redwood University            22   9   4   9   34   40   -6   31
   8  Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd  22   8   6   8   45   48   -3   30
   9  Stanley University            22   6   9   7   39   40   -1   27
  10  Banks Theological College     22   5   7  10   42   55  -13   22
  11  Snaith Maritime College       22   6   2  14   29   45  -16   20
  12  Eastham College of Technology 22   4   7  11   39   48   -9   19

So, as can be seen, it's a bit holy this time round.
St. Mark's College, Mort Park, St. Martin University and St. Martin Medical Institute are the IUCC qualifiers.

[Taeshan]

Taeshan Premiership

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  X Island Marauders        38  20   9   9   64   43   21   69
   2  Atlantea Hurricanes       38  19   8  11   68   41   27   65
   3  Ojian Orangemen           38  17  12   9   55   39   16   63
   4  AC Quarant Xa'virt        38  18   8  12   57   45   12   62
   5  Blacklake Blues           38  17  11  10   48   40    8   62
   6  Bayern Pheonix            38  17  10  11   53   46    7   61
   7  Los Riosas Monstas        38  17   9  12   59   45   14   60
   8  Real Chinchinhua          38  17   9  12   50   43    7   60
   9  New Capetown Falcons      38  17   9  12   50   44    6   60
  10  Yaton FC                  38  16   7  15   48   55   -7   55
  11  Wiechester FC             38  12  17   9   56   41   15   53
  12  Laketown Rangers          38  10  16  12   43   43    0   46
  13  Greenville Glory          38  10  15  13   46   52   -6   45
  14  North Taeshan Knights     38   9  17  12   38   51  -13   44
  15  Fadron Flight             38  10  11  17   40   59  -19   41
  16  Mierton Manatees          38   9  11  18   37   55  -18   38
  17  Diebert Colts             38   8  13  17   45   58  -13   37
  18  Gieron FC                 38   8  13  17   43   61  -18   37
  19  Calendara Kings           38   8  11  19   42   60  -18   35
  20  Loudon Lancers            38   9   8  21   36   57  -21   35

Taeshan Zuerst League

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Al Haxire                 38  24   6   8   62   37   25   78
   2  Docktown Deathdogs        38  23   3  12   69   48   21   72
   3  Loachen Yellow Jackets    38  19  11   8   59   40   19   68
   4  Iure Indians              38  17   8  13   55   43   12   59
   5  Tintown Terrapins         38  17   8  13   61   50   11   59
   6  Ying Jing Yankees         38  16  10  12   54   52    2   58
   7  Capetown Croc's           38  17   6  15   57   56    1   57
   8  Bayern-Algaer             38  15  11  12   54   44   10   56
   9  FC Cracken                38  14  13  11   54   48    6   55
  10  Pwux Panthers             38  14  12  12   47   45    2   54
  11  AC Algaer                 38  14  11  13   45   44    1   53
  12  Reynea Raptors            38  14  10  14   60   54    6   52
  13  South Taeshan Celtics     38  13  13  12   52   53   -1   52
  14  Taeshan City Miners       38  15   6  17   63   52   11   51
  15  Wolfville Whackers        38  13   5  20   44   58  -14   44
  16  Pariot Pythons            38  10  14  14   40   57  -17   44
  17  West Taeshan Titans       38  12   6  20   44   59  -15   42
  18  East Taeshan Eagles       38   6  14  18   29   54  -25   32
  19  Norton United             38   6  12  20   49   70  -21   30
  20  Wolfin Wolves             38   7   9  22   27   61  -34   30

Taeshan Zweite League

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Rapids                    22  12   6   4   27   16   11   42
   2  White Mountain Rovers     22  12   3   7   32   22   10   39
   3  Aroland United            22  10   6   6   21   22   -1   36
   4  Wiechester FC B Team      22   8   8   6   30   20   10   32
   5  Gee Gange United          22   8   7   7   31   29    2   31
   6  Atlantea Hurricanes B Team 22   8   7   7   27   25    2   31
   7  SK Ojian                  22   7   8   7   24   22    2   29
   8  Machrobat Monkeys         22   8   5   9   23   26   -3   29
   9  Real Atlantea             22   6   8   8   29   31   -2   26
  10  Petrinshier Whie Athletic 22   6   6  10   27   36   -9   24
  11  Whispir Hills             22   6   4  12   25   30   -5   22
  12  Crashew Campers           22   6   2  14   22   39  -17   20

Qualifiers

TQCC
X Island Marauders
Atlantea Hurricanes
Ojian Orangemen

Globe Cup
AC Quarant Xa'virt
Blacklake Blues
Bayern Phoenix

SBCC
Al Haxire
Docktown Deathdogs
Loachen Yellow Jackets
Rapids

Well things didn't exactly work out this season as many had hoped. But for the first time in a long time the Atlantea Hurricanes were knocked off their thrown by rivals X Island. In the end only 4 points would seperate them. At the bottom of the league the Calendara Kings fell back to the Zuerst Division, as did Loudon. Al Haxire won the Zuerst League, and will play their third seaosn in the top division, while the Deathdogs of Docktown stunned in their qualfication. At the bottom of the league Wolfin would fall out and will be replaced by Rapids. In another move the league has announced 3 new teams fro the next season in the Zweite League. The Reynea Rollers, Overlook Oracles, and the Bayern Battery.

[Vephrall]

(corrected edition; I had missed the posted entrants from the Academy Sporting Association)

International University Challenge Championship 21
presented by Nakiti Corporation

Welcome to the twenty-first edition of the IUCC, the premier tournament for university football teams around the multiverse.

A total of twenty-one twenty-four institutions from seven eight nations were entered into this year's tournament. However, we have recently received word that the University of Riestre (Vephrall) has decided to withdraw from the tournament due to previously-unforeseen financial issues, thus narrowing the field to an even twenty. Also of note, this is the first edition that does not feature all three of the tournament's founding nations, as Ad'ihan did not submit any entrants for this edition.

Since we have exactly twenty twenty-four teams, there will not be a qualifying round this time; instead, all twenty twenty-four entrants will go directly into the group stage.

The draw for the group stage is as follows (higher-seeded teams at the top):

Group A
Jishmid College [VPH]
St. Mark's College, Mort Park [WZI]
St. Martin Medical Institude [WZI]
Sieu Creative Thought Centre [UN#]
Neak University [UN#]
Université francophone de Beningrad [SNO]

Group B
Yuki State–Helmsley [DAN]
Hinamizawa College [DAN]
Great Northern University [ASA]
Strawberry Fields University [TAE]
229 Monks of the Assembled College [UN#]
Universidad de Santa Catalina [TBI]

Group C
Till College [VPH]
University of Riestre [VPH]
Paruvia Institute of Technology [ASA]
Uranus Hills [TAE]
Berkley University [TBI]
David O. McKay College [TBI]

Group D
Thane College [DAN]
St. Martin University [WZI]
Cecile Area University [TAE]
Van Prooijen University [ASA]
Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious [SNO]
Saint Patrick's University, Little Clotaire [SNO]

The top two finishers in each group will proceed to the quarterfinals. The group stage will take place on Wednesday and the knockout stages Thursday.

[Vephrall]

International University Challenge Championship 21
presented by Nakiti Corporation

Group stage

Group A

Matchday 1
Jishmid College [VPH] 3-0 U f'phone Beningrad [SNO]
St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI] 0-2 Neak University [UN#]
St. Martin Med Inst [WZI] 2-1 Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]

Matchday 2
St. Martin Med Inst [WZI] 2-4 Jishmid College [VPH]
U f'phone Beningrad [SNO] 1-3 St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI]
Neak University [UN#] 2-2 Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]

Matchday 3
Jishmid College [VPH] 4-0 Neak University [UN#]
St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI] 3-2 Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]
St. Martin Med Inst [WZI] 2-0 U f'phone Beningrad [SNO]

Matchday 4
St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI] 1-3 Jishmid College [VPH]
Neak University [UN#] 0-4 St. Martin Med Inst [WZI]
U f'phone Beningrad [SNO] 1-2 Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]

Matchday 5
Jishmid College [VPH] 3-0 Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]
St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI] 2-2 St. Martin Med Inst [WZI]
Neak University [UN#] 0-0 U f'phone Beningrad [SNO]

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Jishmid College     [VPH]  5   5   0   0   17    3   14   15  Q
   2  St. Martin Med Inst [WZI]  5   3   1   1   12    7    5   10  Q
   3  St Mark's-Mort Park [WZI]  5   2   1   2    9   10   -1    7
   4  Neak University     [UN#]  5   1   2   2    4   10   -6    5
   5  Sieu Cr Thought Ctr [UN#]  5   1   1   3    7   11   -4    4
   6  U f'phone Beningrad [SNO]  5   0   1   4    2   10   -8    1

Group B

Matchday 1
Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN] 6-0 U de Santa Catalina [TBI]
Hinamizawa College [DAN] 1-0 229 Monks Assembled [UN#]
Great Northern Univ [ASA] 2-3 Strawberry Fields U [TAE]

Matchday 2
Great Northern Univ [ASA] 0-4 Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN]
U de Santa Catalina [TBI] 0-4 Hinamizawa College [DAN]
229 Monks Assembled [UN#] 1-3 Strawberry Fields U [TAE]

Matchday 3
Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN] 1-0 229 Monks Assembled [UN#]
Hinamizawa College [DAN] 3-0 Strawberry Fields U [TAE]
Great Northern Univ [ASA] 2-2 U de Santa Catalina [TBI]

Matchday 4
Hinamizawa College [DAN] 0-3 Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN]
229 Monks Assembled [UN#] 3-0 Great Northern Univ [ASA]
U de Santa Catalina [TBI] 0-0 Strawberry Fields U [TAE]

Matchday 5
Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN] 1-1 Strawberry Fields U [TAE]
Hinamizawa College [DAN] 4-0 Great Northern Univ [ASA]
229 Monks Assembled [UN#] 1-0 U de Santa Catalina [TBI]

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN]  5   4   1   0   15    1   14   13  Q
   2  Hinamizawa College  [DAN]  5   4   0   1   12    3    9   12  Q
   3  Strawberry Fields U [TAE]  5   2   2   1    7    7    0    8
   4  229 Monks Assembled [UN#]  5   2   0   3    5    5    0    6
   5  U de Santa Catalina [TBI]  5   0   2   3    2   13  -11    2
   6  Great Northern Univ [ASA]  5   0   1   4    4   16  -12    1

Group C

Matchday 1
Till College [VPH] 5-0 David O. McKay Coll [TBI]
Univ of Riestre [VPH] 4-1 Berkley University [TBI]
Paruvia Inst Tech [ASA] 0-2 Uranus Hills [TAE]

Matchday 2
Paruvia Inst Tech [ASA] 2-0 Till College [VPH]
David O. McKay Coll [TBI] 1-3 Univ of Riestre [VPH]
Berkley University [TBI] 2-2 Uranus Hills [TAE]

Matchday 3
Till College [VPH] 6-0 Berkley University [TBI]
Univ of Riestre [VPH] 3-0 Uranus Hills [TAE]
Paruvia Inst Tech [ASA] 1-0 David O. McKay Coll [TBI]

Matchday 4
Univ of Riestre [VPH] 0-4 Till College [VPH]
Berkley University [TBI] 0-4 Paruvia Inst Tech [ASA]
David O. McKay Coll [TBI] 0-2 Uranus Hills [TAE]

Matchday 5
Till College [VPH] 2-0 Uranus Hills [TAE]
Univ of Riestre [VPH] 2-2 Paruvia Inst Tech [ASA]
Berkley University [TBI] 0-1 David O. McKay Coll [TBI]

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Till College        [VPH]  5   4   0   1   17    2   15   12  Q
   2  Paruvia Inst Tech   [ASA]  5   3   1   1    9    4    5   10  Q
   3  Univ of Riestre     [VPH]  5   3   1   1   12    8    4   10
   4  Uranus Hills        [TAE]  5   2   1   2    6    7   -1    7
   5  David O. McKay Coll [TBI]  5   1   0   4    2   11   -9    3
   6  Berkley University  [TBI]  5   0   1   4    3   17  -14    1

Group D

Matchday 1
Thane College [DAN] 7-0 St. Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO]
St. Martin Univ [WZI] 3-1 Beningrad UBO [SNO]
Cecile Area Univ [TAE] 0-1 Van Prooijen Univ [ASA]

Matchday 2
Cecile Area Univ [TAE] 0-0 Thane College [DAN]
St. Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO] 0-3 St. Martin Univ [WZI]
Beningrad UBO [SNO] 0-4 Van Prooijen Univ [ASA]

Matchday 3
Thane College [DAN] 2-0 Beningrad UBO [SNO]
St. Martin Univ [WZI] 0-1 Van Prooijen Univ [ASA]
Cecile Area Univ [TAE] 1-1 St. Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO]

Matchday 4
St. Martin Univ [WZI] 2-1 Thane College [DAN]
Beningrad UBO [SNO] 0-1 Cecile Area Univ [TAE]
St. Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO] 2-2 Van Prooijen Univ [ASA]

Matchday 5
Thane College [DAN] 4-3 Van Prooijen Univ [ASA]
St. Martin Univ [WZI] 2-1 Cecile Area Univ [TAE]
Beningrad UBO [SNO] 2-3 St. Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO]

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  St. Martin Univ     [WZI]  5   4   0   1   10    4    6   12  Q
   2  Thane College       [DAN]  5   3   1   1   14    5    9   10  Q
   3  Van Prooijen Univ   [ASA]  5   3   1   1   11    6    5   10
   4  Cecile Area Univ    [TAE]  5   1   2   2    3    4   -1    5
   5  St. Pat's-Li'l Clo  [SNO]  5   1   2   2    6   15   -9    5
   6  Beningrad UBO       [SNO]  5   0   0   5    3   13  -10    0

Knockout round matchups

Quarterfinals
1. [VPH] Jishmid College – Hinamizawa College [DAN]
2. [VPH] Till College – Thane College [DAN]
3. [WZI] St. Martin Medical Institute – Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN]
4. [ASA] Paruvia Institute of Technology – St. Martin University [WZI]

Semifinals
5. 1 winner – 2 winner
6. 3 winner – 4 winner

Final
7. 5 winner – 6 winner

The knockout rounds will take place tomorrow.

[Vephrall]

International University Challenge Championship 21
presented by Nakiti Corporation

Knockout rounds

Quarterfinals
Jishmid College [VPH] 0-2 Hinamizawa College [DAN]
Till College [VPH] 1-0 Thane College [DAN]
St. Martin Medical Institute [WZI] 1-1 Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN] (1-1 AET, 1-4 PKs)
Paruvia Institute of Technology [ASA] 0-0 St. Martin University [WZI] (1-0 AET)

Semifinals
Hinamizawa College [DAN] 1-1 Till College [VPH] (1-3 AET)
Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN] 3-1 Paruvia Institute of Technology [ASA]

Final
Till College [VPH] 4-3 Yuki State-Helmsley [DAN]

Till College have, at long last, brought the IUCC trophy back to Vephrall for the first time since the third edition. This also means that the IUCC22 finals will be held in Vephrall.

The entry deadline for IUCC22 is Thursday 19 November.

[Connar Republic]

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OOC: What do you think. I made the Uniforms for all 14 CSL Clubs


Obviuosly I used a JMC template (Thanks Kry!)

[The Babbage Islands]

FFB Premier League Season 22

Dover City win their sixth Premier League title, but first in over a decade, as Tegan Nash and Magnus Svoboda combine to stop Parisian's bid for a fourth consecutive title 1-0 away in the final match of the season. South Side AC and two-time champs FC Green Star are relegated.

Premier League Season 22

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Dover City                22  15   4   3   51   17   34   49
   2  Parisian                  22  13   7   2   48   27   21   46
   3  Four Towers               22   9  10   3   37   25   12   37
   4  Gernsback United          22   9   6   7   40   31    9   33
   5  Greenville Rovers         22   8   6   8   37   37    0   30
   6  Charleston FC             22   8   6   8   34   34    0   30
   7  Real Santa Catalina       22   7   6   9   30   40  -10   27
   8  North Fork FC             22   7   4  11   33   50  -17   25
   9  Cardiff FC                22   6   6  10   38   49  -11   24
  10  Southland FC              22   5   7  10   34   41   -7   22
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  11  South Side AC             22   5   5  12   22   35  -13   20
  12  FC Green Star             22   4   5  13   28   46  -18   17

FFB Championship Series Season 22

In the last season of the current format, Bloomfield National and Capital AC both return to the Premier League after several years away. Six teams relegate, and only two will be promoted in, as the series shrinks from 16 to 12 as part of a realignment to five divisions from four. OGC Nancy and The Orange are the unlucky ones, good enough to stay up in any prior year but not this time.

Championship Group A Season 22

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Bloomfield National       22  15   3   4   49   23   26   48
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   2  Forest Park Rangers       22  11   4   7   39   32    7   37
   3  West Scoville Athletic    22  11   3   8   44   34   10   36
   4  Viktoria Baden            22  11   2   9   43   38    5   35
   5  Centralia FC              22  11   0  11   31   47  -16   33
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   6  OGC Nancy                 22   7   4  11   36   44   -8   25
   7  Belgium FC                22   5   4  13   32   43  -11   19
   8  Fylkir                    22   3   5  14   19   41  -22   14

Championship Group B Season 22

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Capital AC                22  14   7   1   51   29   22   49
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   2  Handcarters               22  13   3   6   52   31   21   42
   3  Baden 98                  22   9   7   6   41   27   14   34
   4  Sporting Boulder          22   9   5   8   43   41    2   32
   5  Xianggang FK              22   8   6   8   41   33    8   30
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   6  The Orange                22   7   7   8   36   44   -8   28
   7  Cardston FC               22   5   3  14   31   55  -24   18
   8  Brigham City Pioneers     22   4   3  15   25   51  -26   15

Championship Final: Bloomfield National 3-0 Capital AC

Islands Cup XI

Bloomfield National win back-to-back Islands Cups as their renaissance continues. They defeated Parisian 2-0 in an all-Verne cup final, blocking the Paris eleven from their chance to add a first Islands Cup to their trophy case.

Code: Select all

Islands Cup XI (after season 22)

Opening Round
La Movado 1-1 Windsor FC (1-1 AET) (Windsor FC wins 4-2 on penalty kicks)
West Scoville Tigers 1-4 Sporting Boulder
FK Tesla 1-4 South Side AC
Forest Park Rangers 2-2 Baden 98 (2-2 AET) (Baden 98 wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
Moundsville AC 4-1 Real Valencia
Greenville Rovers 3-0 FC Urbana
Southland FC 5-0 FK Kabe
Xianggang FK 0-0 Capital AC (2-1 AET)
FK Verdurbo 0-3 Charleston United
Lehi FC 1-5 Gernsback United
Brigham City Pioneers 1-2 North Fork FC
The Orange 2-0 OGC Nancy
AC Santa Catalina 1-0 Hooligans
Gimnastic 3-1 Three Rivers Pilots
Fylkir 2-1 Real Santa Catalina
Handcarters 1-1 Belgium FC (1-4 AET)
Golden FC 0-3 Cardston FC
West Scoville Athletic 1-1 Dover FC (2-1 AET)
Great Falls Cymru 1-1 FK Waringhien (4-1 AET)
FK Maribor 3-0 Longview FC
Tardis FC 2-3 Charleston FC
Centralia FC 0-0 Wright FC (1-0 AET)
Atletico Valencia 1-0 Wye Celtic
Moroni White 1-0 Moroni Blue
Cardiff FC 6-1 AS Paris
Parisian 8-0 Red Devils FC
Viktoria Baden 4-4 Four Towers (5-5 AET) (Four Towers wins 4-1 on penalty kicks)
Futbalo-Libereco 1-0 FC Green Star

Round of 32
Far Point Islanders 1-3 Charleston FC
Atletico Valencia 2-1 Windsor FC
Moundsville AC 0-2 The Orange
Futbalo-Libereco 2-3 North Fork FC
Blue Ridge FC 3-0 Southland FC
West Scoville Athletic 1-1 Sporting Boulder (1-3 AET)
Dover City 4-1 Fylkir
Xianggang FK 1-4 Parisian
Moroni White 1-2 AC Santa Catalina
Baden 98 1-4 Cardston FC
Centralia FC 0-2 Four Towers
Bloomfield National 4-0 Gimnastic
Greenville Rovers 2-2 FK Maribor (3-2 AET)
Great Falls Cymru 0-3 Cardiff FC
Gernsback United 2-0 Charleston United
South Side AC 1-1 Belgium FC (1-1 AET) (Belgium FC wins 3-0 on penalty kicks)

Round of 16
Dover City 2-1 Gernsback United
Atletico Valencia 1-1 Charleston FC (2-1 AET)
Bloomfield National 4-1 Cardiff FC
Parisian 4-1 AC Santa Catalina
The Orange 2-1 Sporting Boulder
Four Towers 1-0 North Fork FC
Blue Ridge FC 3-3 Belgium FC (4-4 AET) (Blue Ridge FC wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
Cardston FC 4-3 Greenville Rovers

Quarterfinals
Parisian 2-2 The Orange (3-2 AET)
Dover City 2-1 Atletico Valencia
Blue Ridge FC 1-2 Cardston FC
Bloomfield National 1-0 Four Towers

Semifinals
Parisian 6-2 Dover City
Cardston FC 2-3 Bloomfield National

Final
Parisian 0-2 Bloomfield National

(OOC: Domestic league scheduling runs on a RL calendar not synced to the international season.)

[Candelaria And Marquez]

*ahem*

cont. from here

CMS Cup Semi-Finals… The semis did indeed brunged us yet another Albrecht derby – a messy affair on neutral ground over in Arrigo, with barely a few hundred tickets handed out for fans of either side and locals instead taking up the shortfall.

Albrecht FC duly had 90% of the crowd against them, but produced a much better showing after going ahead inside three minutes through Adam Kouakou Kouamé and ultimately dominating Turkish, their young midfield getting much the better of their arch-rivals’ more experienced foursome. Ultimately though, it went to pens – with Malan saving brilliantly from Gary, or possibly Greg, Innisvale and Xavier Tekeste slotting home to put the Scorpions into their third final in four seasons.

Fittingly, they shall taken on their slightly-less-arch, but still pretty-damn-arching, rivals Arrigo Portuguese – after Panadero’s heuva overcame Caires City to book a place in their first ever CMS Cup final. With both clubs looking to rescue their Clausuras with some silverware at the Solidarity a month from now, we really could be in for a bit of a cracker.

Caires City 2-4 Arrigo Portuguese (Lewis 9, Lloyd 56; Oughton 30 and 39, Macanás 65, Randjelovic 90+3)
@ Solidarity Stadium, Albrecht

Albrecht Turkish 1-1 Albrecht FC (1-1 AET) (Alexander 21; Kouakou Kouamé 2) (Albrecht FC wins 3-2 on penalty kicks)
@ Estadio Nacional, Arrigo

Matchday Thirty-Two… Ta, Brian. It’s been a blast.

One sacking from out Nethertopia way, then, although not necessarily the one we’d really expected. Safe as houses but going nowhere, the Tenderville chairman opted to wash his hands (gettit?) of old Brian Carson, tucking him into his longship and allowing him to drift off gracefully into the sunset. Or back to his retirement home in Newmanistan. Or to that bit of Jeruselem that pretends it’s a country even though it doesn’t appear to possess any of the remotest trappings of statehood, am I the only one who still finds that grating?

Anyway, he’s got nowt left to prove as a manager, but making that all-important step-up both domestically and internationally has simply been a step too far. He’ll be fondly remembered out on Ratos – a CMS Cup title and the third-place league finish of XXXIV might be par for the course, given the money the Dragons have splashed out since joining Candelariasian football, but the aged Newmanistanian’s overall record is still a highly enviable one – but it’s time to look to the future.

That future, by all accounts, comes in the form of Andrés García – not, perhaps, the most thrilling of appointments given his record as pre-Carson caretaker, and in Candelariasian parts at least he’s never going to escape the term ‘ping-pong’ – but for now assistant manager Marnix Huisman will take the final three games. Including this one just gone, a one-all draw with Portuguese – Tenderville’s fourteenth of the league season.

On an unrelated note, Marnix is an awesome name.

Many had expected Wildeman to get the chopping nod an’ all, but IJmuiden (s’all one letter in Dutch, y’know) appears to have made the right call in holding off. With everyone back fit and not on international duty or owt (don’t ask us about how all this fits in with the timing of the Copa Rushmori, never mind that… other thing), NAPPC gave a much improved performance in Rosasharn and came away with all three points – assisted, it must be said, by a nervy display from Cobus van Linschoten between the sticks, who palmed out a weak Van Dyke effort straight into González Rodríguez’s welcoming path late in the first half. Widely expected to replace Ryan Gonzaléz (Aaaagh! Too many Vans! Too many Gonzálezes!) full-time for the Spur next term, this display will have given Revault food for considerable thought over the young Nethertopian Candelariasian’s progress.

On an unrelated note, why would anyone migrate from Nethertopia to the Candelarias to rear their offspring anyway?

Meanwhile at the fatty-fatty bum-bum, Erik Visser – extremely quiet since formally leaving Ricky behind, which we really don’t think can be a coincidence – popped up deep into stoppage time at Harper Street to earn the Marbles a potentially massively important point. Catedral found their sixth win of the season (a wee bit late there, guys) at home to McDonald, MN Smith are back up to thirteenth with victory over seemingly doomed Allemali, and Gamboa remain stranded two points behind Marbles following a less-than shocking drubbing in Hoxton.

Albrecht FC, by the by, went down one-nil to Caires Sports, and are suddenly looking nervously behind at both Caires clubs in the race to snatch a consolation Globe Cup place.

AFC MN Smith 1-0 Candelaria-Allemali (Rogers 58)
Albrecht Turkish 4-0 Gamboa FC (Innisvale 21, Lori 45+1, Calabrese 71, Werner 84)
Caires Sports 1-0 Albrecht FC (Sinjinir 65)
Cathedral City 1-0 McDonald SC (García 2)
KT Hotspur 0-1 NAPPC (González Rodríguez 40)
Marquez-Onwere 1-1 Caires City (Rosenthal og 7; Villasenior og 14)
Mayo Valley 0-3 Green Island (Anwamanë 44, va Drake 50, Durosa 74)
Port of Clotaire 2-2 El din Marbles (Ham 32, Edwards 46; Erik Visser 26 and 90+3)
Tenderville United 1-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Night 49; Macanás 76)

Matchday Thirty-Three… And then, as far as the race against the drop goes, there were two.

Well alright, three. But that pesky goal difference thingy has pretty much confirmed McDonald SC’s place in the top-flight next term despite this weekend’s less than inspiring one-nil home defeat to Mayo Valley. Alvintzi now faces a considerable battle to hang onto Ryan Sheppard, a special striker who’ll surely be piquing the curiosity of some rather bigger clubs than the Saurin outfit, while the successful Jesseltonian trio also stand out as future targets for the wealthy. Still, the Dons supporters will rightly have faith in his ability to keep things on track with a new-look side, and chairman Chris McGovern will deservedly take considerable credit for sticking by his man all these years. A perfect illustration of why premature sackings are so often just that.

Of course, if they’d picked up one less victory this season we’d be singing from an entirely different song book. And we’ve said exactly the same about Ancil Liebeskind’s reign at Albrecht Independent FC in years past, and look how that ended up. But whatever.

With the Dons seemingly safe then, the focus fell on Gamboa – who’ve won two games during the Clausura ad plummeted from comfortable safety into the bottom three – and the Marbles, who’ve… also only won twice, actually. The only possible conclusion one can draw from the latter failure is that managers from anywhere east of Marquez are utterly cack. A thought to keep one warm at night, in these dark days for Candelariasian coaching at the highest level. We shall slip a hypothetical nightdress onto its metaphorical body and pretend that it is a real woman as a cold, lonely Winterval draws near.

Anyway, they both lost three-nil.

The match-ups were unfortunate, for Caires Sports – who blew away a really very poor Gamboa side at the Dome – are still desperately trying to grab a Globe Cup place, and Albrecht FC retain an outside shot at making the top four. It still took a fine showing from Jesse Nakatsuru to separate the two sides at the Marble Ground, with the C&M international saving his best performance of the season for its antepenultimate game, putting a brace past Raheem Kay and setting up Fahmi Hamizi, a striker who really doesn’t appear to realise just how well he’s doing…

The Marbles’ own midfield was controlled from the off by Go Songji, a lad who’s going to find himself showering in naturalisation papers before too long (and he doesn’t even have a cat!), while his yellow-hued homeland remains… off. And as a whole, the young Scorpions side (if you mentally strip out the left flank, of course, which most of us do try to) could be on the verge of what would amount to a bit of an achievement after a mediocre season, in snatching fourth place from under Marquezian noses. With the fourth huisman of the apocalypse leading Tenderville to victory in Onwere, Portuguese taking a point in Hoxton, and the Spur still in the hunt from seventh despite a home defeat to the PoC this weekend, we’re in for an exhilarating final sesh next Saturday.

Or would be, if MarquezOW weren’t at home to CandelariaAM and guaranteed three points. Can’t have everything, can we?

The big game, though, sees Gamboa host the Marbles. The winners stay up, the losers go down, and no-one has to work out any complicated maths. Not least because McDonald are guaranteed to stay up whatever happens. Contrary to what we said several paragraphs ago.

Mm-hm.

Albrecht Turkish 1-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Innisvale 22; Randjelovic 68)
Caires Sports 3-0 Gamboa FC (Belmore 54, Adirondu 67 and 88)
Candelaria-Allemali 0-1 Caires City (González 60)
El din Marbles 0-3 Albrecht FC (Hamizi 37, Nakatsuru 79 and 90+1)
KT Hotspur 1-2 Port of Clotaire (Rataran 84; Ham 7, Sánchez García 44)
Green Island 2-1 AFC MN Smith (Anwamanë 33, va Drake 58; Lockyer 35)
Marquez-Onwere 1-3 Tenderville United (Pappas 15; Kuypers 20, Lewis 24, Lilithian 75)
McDonald SC 0-1 Mayo Valley (Zoric 3)
NAPPC 0-1 Cathedral City (Paganel 90)

Matchday Thirty-Four… It was a road. A road next to a wall. A road next to a wall that surrounded a park. They called it Wallpark Road. No-one knows why.

And many decades later, in a stadium built upon the aforementioned park, Gamboa FC – with their journeymen Cafundelenses, random Secristanians and assorted Candelarian no-marks (and winger Kayben Nixon, who’s still quite good, but only quite) – lined up against the El din Marbles, with their Sargossans, Nethertopians and the odd Marquezian. On the surface, one could not hope to find two more different clubs from within the same land – the eternally well-to-do supporters of Gamboa against the slum-dwellers of the east, the former league champions against the neuaeveaeu riche. Gamboa have the history, the Marbles the soul. 4-3-3 versus 4-5-1, the quirky young Cafundelense coach against the bespectacled Sargossan veteran. One would survive, the other would be plungéd into anonymity. Everything was in place for a classic.

Sadly, dearest Ophelia, life is shite. And so are these two teams.

The game would ultimately hinge on two moments of genuine quality. Perhaps inevitably, one would come from Raheem Kay, the former Gamboa ‘keeper, who dove like some manner of columbidae to turn Simon Chinn’s penalty around the post with barely millimetres to spare, stopping the home side from going one-nil up after fifty minutes. Adrián Gallo was perhaps lucky to stay on the pitch for his tackle, although we’ve frankly never been entirely confident about the whole last man thing so won’t labour the point unduly, but Gamboa – to their credit – offered few complaints and knuckled down once more.

They continued to press, as they had done throughout the first half, knowing that they desperately needed all three points. For the Marbles, a point would be sufficient – and it all ultimately came thanks to Luis Pavoni. An El din local, Pavoni is hardly the player some once suspected he might be – but that’s no bad thing, in truth. Defensively minded but with a strong range of passing, it’s a real mystery why he and Thomas Schaak (and Erwin Visser, for that matter) have never struck up a game-controlling alliance, but Pavoni at least can still provide the odd moment of brilliance. Breaking past Chris Coventry and Daniel Stride on sixty-five, he picked out Erik Visser with a perfect ball – and no striker worth his salt would have missed the subsequent header offered on a plate. Old Bartolomeu – himself the former Marbles ‘keeper – couldn’t hope to stretch to keep it out, and Gamboa’s hopes were all but dashed in an instant.

Chinn and Potter had opportunities to equalise, but González and Gallo held firm enough to take the points. El din keep their top-flight club, then, and Abiodun lose theirs. No seats were torn up, no riots took place, no goats were set fire to – Gamboa residents are far too genteel for that – but Castelão was sacked soon after, the Cafundelense experiment was brought to a thudding close, the plushest stadium in the whole bloody country prepared itself for another season hosting Brayton Town and similar dross, and an orphan died of diphtheria.

Elsewhere, MarquezOW did indeed beat CandelariaAM in the national derby, rendering most other matches entirely moot by grabbing fourth place. Portuguese helped matters by taking but a point against Caires Sports, while a late, late winner for Robin Smith handed KT Hotspur a much-deserved victory at the MSS and underlining Juan Carlos Revault’s clear (if somewhat belated) potential as a manager of genuine quality.

And a word, if you please, for Green Island. A three-one win at the Bingo hall gave the GIZ eighty-one points – a record since the move to eighteen teams, with their Clausura haul of forty-three also setting a new standard for a half-season showing.

They’re really very good, y’know…

AFC MN Smith 1-2 McDonald SC (Rogers 79; Sheppard 25, Gantser 73)
Albrecht FC 1-2 KT Hotspur (Logan 16; Nilsson 22, Smith 90+3)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-1 Caires Sports (Macanás 75; Belmore 32)
Caires City 1-3 Green Island (González 20; Anwamanë 6 and 84, Aldren 25)
Cathedral City 1-1 Port of Clotaire (García 40; Ham 18)
Gamboa FC 0-1 El din Marbles (Erik Visser 65)
Marquez-Onwere 3-1 Candelaria-Allemali (Cincoski 27, Smit 47, Souto Maior 69; Silva 20)
Mayo Valley 1-1 NAPPC (Subudhi 67; Van Dyke 34)
Tenderville United 1-2 Albrecht Turkish (Night 34; Lilithian og 20, Calabrese 75)

CMSC1 XXXVI Final Standings
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Green Island              34  26   3   5   84   31   53   81  CHAMPIONS/TQCC
   2  Albrecht Turkish          34  20   6   8   60   33   27   66  TQCC
   3  Port of Clotaire          34  19   6   9   67   43   24   63  TQCC
   4  Marquez-Onwere            34  15  12   7   58   40   18   57  TQCC
   5  Arrigo Portuguese         34  14  13   7   50   36   14   55  GC
   6  KT Hotspur                34  15  10   9   36   27    9   55  GC
   7  Albrecht FC               34  13  13   8   51   37   14   52  GC
   8  Caires City               34  14   9  11   42   30   12   51
   9  Caires Sports             34  14   8  12   39   36    3   50
  10  Tenderville United        34  10  14  10   55   53    2   44
  11  Mayo Valley               34  10   9  15   33   42   -9   39
  12  McDonald SC               34   9   9  16   39   50  -11   36
  13  NAPPC                     34   9   9  16   33   50  -17   36
  14  AFC MN Smith              34   9   8  17   27   47  -20   35
  15  El din Marbles            34   8  11  15   31   53  -22   35
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  16  Gamboa FC                 34   8   6  20   33   69  -36   30  REL
  17  Candelaria-Allemali       34   7   6  21   27   52  -25   27  REL
  18  Cathedral City            34   7   6  21   26   62  -36   27  REL

Players of the Season

Golden Boot:

1st Lúthien Anwamanë, Green Island, 21 goals
2nd Ham Hyi-san, Port of Clotaire, 19 goals
3rd Souto Maior, Marquez-Onwere, 16 goals

Players’ Player of the Season:

1st Espy va Drake, Green Island
2nd Souto Maior, Marquez-Onwere
3rd Gabriel Macanás, Arrigo Portuguese

Sportswriters’ Player of the Season:

1st Lúthien Anwamanë, Green Island
2nd Darren Robinson, Albrecht Turkish
3rd Caleb Edwards, Port of Clotaire

Young Player of the Season:

1st Jameson Aldren, Green Island
2nd Fahmi Hamizi, Albrecht FC
3rd Ryan Sheppard, McDonald SC

Manager of the Season:

1st Daft Massimo, Green Island
2nd Winston Muscat, Port of Clotaire
3rd Juan Carlos Revault, KT Hotspur

Foreigner of the Season:

1st Caleb Edwards, Port of Clotaire
2nd Espy va Drake, Green Island
3rd Souto Maior, Marquez-Onwere

Keeper of the Season:

1st William Romero Fernández, Arrigo Portuguese
2nd Greg Tipping, Mayo Valley
3rd Harry Rosalia, Albrecht FC

Defender of the Season:

1st Cullen Maxwell, KT Hotspur
2nd Tuomas Hindenburg, Caires City
3rd Ladordren Dorack, Green Island

Midfielder of the Season:

1st Macario Oliveira Tavares, Marquez-Onwere
2nd Caleb Edwards, Port of Clotaire
3rd Darren Robinson, Albrecht Turkish

Forward of the Season:

1st Lúthien Anwamanë, Green Island
2nd Gabriel Macanás, Arrigo Portuguese
3rd Ham Hyi-san, Port of Clotaire

Woman of the Season:

1st Lúthien Anwamanë, Green Island
2nd Jhanna Young, Green Island
3rd Brittany Paxson, Albrecht Turkish

Candelariasian of the Season:

1st Macario Oliveira Tavares, Marquez-Onwere
2nd Toirdhealbharch O’Airmeadhaigh, Port of Clotaire
3rd Denny Alexander, Albrecht Turkish

Referee of the Season:

1st Benjamin Wasselueb, Gr Albrecht
2nd Adrian Edwards, Nr Clotaire
3rd Tom Henry, Talinger

CMS Cup Final Whatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhat? A cup final? Oh, gowon then.

And here’s the thing – it was a classic after all. Since there aren’t many furrunnuhs with a particular vested interest in either Portuguese nor the Scorpions any more we’ll gloss over the details, but the bare facts saw Albrecht FC dominate early on before the pre-match ‘underdogs’ fought back in a valiant fashion indeed. Panadero’s men, still a fine fusion of Candelariasian and Kura-Pellandi (with a bit of assorted Rushmori thrown in for the bargain) could well be inching towards something special despite their ultimately disappointing fifth-place league finish, with a display like this suggesting they’ll be real contenders for XXXVII.

Or for finishing second behind Green Island, anyway.

Arrigo Portuguese 3-1 Albrecht FC (De Woudt 36, Oughton 50, Lacamoire 85; Hamizi 11)
@ Solidarity Stadium, Albrecht

The T4S CMSC2

The T4S CMSC2 XXXVI Final Standings
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Ironside-Talinger         38  28   6   4   79   34   45   90  PROMOTED/SBCC
   2  Turks’ Club               38  21  12   5   69   36   33   75  PROMOTED/SBCC
   3  Radyukevich CSC           38  21   9   8   83   44   39   72  SBCC
   4  Brayton Town              38  19  10   9   61   47   14   67  SBCC
   5  Melin Professionals       38  16  10  12   49   39   10   58
   6  Albrecht Independent FC   38  17   6  15   61   45   16   57
   7  Castillo FC               38  15  12  11   48   44    4   57
   8  Khatib FC                 38  16   8  14   58   47   11   56
   9  Sloane Wanderers          38  15  10  13   61   53    8   55
  10  Webley Stadium            38  15   8  15   34   39   -5   53
  11  Riverton Olympic          38  14   9  15   33   43  -10   51
  12  Melin & Nader             38  14   8  16   52   58   -6   50
  13  Deportivo María           38  13   6  19   44   64  -20   45
  14  Castellano Hills FC       38  11  11  16   33   43  -10   44
  15  Candelaria Arsenal        38  10  13  15   36   46  -10   43
  16  Miranda FC                38  11   7  20   40   55  -15   40
  17  Abiodun North             38  10  10  18   36   51  -15   40
  18  Fallon United             38  10   6  22   36   64  -28   36
  19  Alvery Blades             38   7  10  21   20   48  -28   31
  20  Maidment SC               38   8   7  23   22   55  -33   31  REL

It’s been a goodly long while since any CMSC2 side has managed to notch up ninety points, with Ironside failing to lose a single game during the Clausura and achieving promotion with five games to spare. The ancient club from central Candelaria now has every opportunity to push on – bankrolled by Pocoan billionaire Deacon Farley, an influx of his nationals is guaranteed, and after sweeping up the best the CMSC2 had to offer last summer they could even trouble the Globe Cup positions with a sufficient cash injection.

The battle for t’other promotion place was rather more entertaining, with the two north-east giants from Khatib-Gassett and Clotaire swapping places until the season’s dying days. Matchday 37 saw Turks’ Club secure their first CMSC1 campaign since XXXII, with the Jukos’ adventures in the SBCC ultimately costing them dear.

A play-off place would be their fate, facing fellow XXXV relegation victims Albrecht Independent in their semi-final. In the other, two rather newer faces faced off for the right to travel to the Solidarity – Frank Merino’s Melin Professionals, who could complete a season to truly crow about by beating Melin & Nader to promotion, and Brayton Town – a youthful, entertaining side under former Caires Sports boss Matt Sampson, and the only other club to maintain an automatic promotion push throughout the Clausura.

At the other end, Maidment went down again, as is their wont. And Fallon United didn’t, meaning that there’s only one relegation place and the champions of the Marquez-and-Outliers-regional-division-thingy don’t get promoted. We still consider this crap as owt, but there you go.

CMSC2 Play-Offs

Albrecht Independent FC 0-2 Radyukevich CSC
Radyukevich CSC 1-0 Albrecht Independent FC
Aggregate: Albrecht Independent FC 0-3 Radyukevich CSC

Melin Professionals 4-1 Brayton Town
Brayton Town 1-2 Melin Professionals
Aggregate: Melin Professionals 6-2 Brayton Town

Radyukevich CSC 0-0 Melin Professionals (1-0 AET)
@ Solidarity Stadium, Albrecht

And they’re back, then. A sigh of relief all round, I’d say.

The Regional Divisions

 Patton-Carmichael Candelarian Premier League XXXVI
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Magnus United             33  14  14   5   46   31   15   56  PROMOTED
   2  Dyce FC                   33  16   7  10   43   33   10   55
   3  Thoth Town SC             33  13  13   7   46   34   12   52
   4  Liverpool Knights         33  14   9  10   42   33    9   51
   5  Dublynne Raiders          33  13   9  11   37   38   -1   48
   6  Caires FC                 33  13   8  12   53   46    7   47
   7  Saurin I.A.               33  12   8  13   40   40    0   44
   8  Di Alfonso Phoenix        33  11  10  12   33   44  -11   43
   9  Alber City Wasps          33   7  14  12   38   49  -11   35
  10  Starless City Nationals   33   8  10  15   37   45   -8   34
  11  The New Saints            33   6  15  12   34   38   -4   33
  12  Hanlon Warbirds           33   7  11  15   43   61  -18   32  RELEGATED

 The El Monstruo Verde Elite Championship XXXVI
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Onwere University         33  19   7   7   53   36   17   64
   2  Blackwell Island          33  17   8   8   52   40   12   59
   3  Newport Island            33  15   9   9   42   31   11   54
   4  Arrigo C.d.F.             33  14   8  11   37   27   10   50
   5  Club Marquez              33  13   9  11   39   36    3   48
   6  Condory Bantams           33  13   7  13   37   39   -2   46
   7  Club Atlético Lugar       33  13   4  16   41   50   -9   43
   8  C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T.        33  10  11  12   44   42    2   41
   9  Bass FC                   33  11   7  15   36   43   -7   40
  10  Chapon FC                 33   9  10  14   36   43   -7   37
  11  Swords of Bass            33   8  11  14   30   43  -13   35
  12  Guerreros de Agujero      33   7   7  19   32   49  -17   28  RELEGATED

 Cristal Chemical Stragetic Candelarian Second League XXXVI
 Pos  Team                          P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Exeter Trident               33  18  10   5   45   22   23   64  PROMOTED
   2  MSS Scorpions                33  18   7   8   52   36   16   61
   3  Abiodun South                33  15   9   9   42   29   13   54
   4  Preece Town                  33  13  12   8   40   31    9   51
   5  Scruggs Picking Sharks       33  11   9  13   31   33   -2   42
   6  Cleal Beck                   33  11   9  13   31   36   -5   42
   7  Sinjun City Alliance         33   7  17   9   43   53  -10   38
   8  Catherin FC                  33   8  13  12   35   47  -12   37
   9  Bulent GBC                   33   9  12  12   31   37   -6   36*
  10  Lesperance Knights           33   8  12  13   44   51   -7   36
  11  Lower Wessaxontown Magicians 33   7  13  13   44   48   -4   34
  12  Warne Cities                 33   7   9  17   28   43  -15   30  RELEGATED

*Deducted 3 points for fielding an inelligable player

 Campeonato de la Doble Vidriera de la Élite XXXVI
 Pos  Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Nader FC                   33  22   4   7   59   34   25   70  PROMOTED
   2  San Juan                   33  19   9   5   57   25   32   66
   3  Estrellas Brilliantes      33  16   9   8   44   34   10   57
   4  Gómez United               33  16   7  10   48   38   10   55
   5  Club Atlético Fasnia       33  15   9   9   52   42   10   54
   6  Fallon Town                33  14   9  10   41   35    6   51
   7  Pranschke Island Athletics 33  11  11  11   36   32    4   44
   8  Korslund                   33   8   9  16   24   35  -11   33
   9  Los Realejos Storks        33   7  11  15   26   35   -9   32
  10  New Taylor Road            33   8   8  17   34   54  -20   32
  11  Chapon United              33   8   8  17   28   48  -20   32
  12  Gustavo Sánchez            33   5   4  24   27   64  -37   19  RELEGATED

The Tropica CAMAFA League Trophy

Um. So. Yes. Um.

So, we’ve kind of been told… well, asked, requested politely, nudged gently towards, decided off our own bat, to mention a couple of other competitions running throughout the season at various levels, in order to provide a wider picture of the depth of activity in Candelariasian football, and to celebrate… it.

Equally, most of said tournaments and leagues and that are sponsored, and it’s been pointed out that it wouldn’t do us any harm if we, y’know, mentioned them a bit. So. Er, right. Yes. First off, the CAMAFA League Trophy – known for sponsorship reasons as the Tropica Trophy after the Sargossan company helpfully added their support to the competition, aren’t they just a set of bloody lovely blokes? – found its eighth winning side this season, following the final at the Estadio Nacional in Arrigo.

Established following the restructuring of pro and semi-pro football in C&M prior to the XXIX season; the League Tro… sorry, the Tropica Corporation Trophy involves the forty-eight clubs in the four regional divisions across the two levels of the pyramid below the CMSC2. Phew. It’s there really to give these tiddly little outfits something vaguely worthwhile to play for, a nice bit of pot to stick in the trophy cabinet, and to… well… provide the CAMAFA much needed funds via the aforementioned sponsorship deal. But that’s not the only reason we’re mentioning it. Dear me, perish the thought, no.

So, such that it matters, this time around the semi-finals saw Caleb Christmas’ Thoth Town SC – a near Bove side who some may vaguely recall from an extended CMS Cup run a few years back, although if you do you’re frankly as sad as owt, you loser – ousted 3-1 on aggregate by Shane Avdeev’s Condory Bantams, a Marquezian side featuring an undue number of players with names like Alejandro O’Shaughnessy and Pablo Flannagan and that, who you may also remember from an extended CMS Cup run a few years ago, although if you do etcetera and such forth.

T’other one saw the Alber City Wasps oust the fallen giants, Caires FC, over the two legs to qualify for their second tilt at the title – but ultimately fail, with Condory winning. Um.

Sorry, I can’t do this. Explain to me again why anyone should care wha… Ah, because of… With the cost-cutting and the job los… And if I don’t, you’ll send me back to the shack I was brought up in?

Arright, fine, fine. I was only asking.

XXIX: Alber City Wasps 1-1 Warne Cities (1-1 AET) (ACW wins 5-2 on penalties kicks)
XXX: Maidment SC 3-2 Saurin I.A.
XXXI: Newport Island 1-1 The New Saints (2-1 AET)
XXXII: Abiodun South 1-1 Maidment SC (1-1 AET) (AS wins 4-2 on penalty kicks)
XXXIII: Estrellas Brilliantes 2-0 Swords of Bass
XXXIV: Saurin I.A. 1-1 Newport Island (1-1 AET) (Saurin I.A. wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)
XXXV: Onwere University 3-2 Dyce FC
XXXVI: Condory Bantams 2-1 Alber City Wasps



LOCUST Football Championship

Oh, I don’t know. They were probably all off their head on pot noodle, or whatever it is these students do. Anyway, the top three who somehow contrived not to be entered into the IUCC were:

1) Universidad de Melin
2) Clotaire School of Arts & Science
3) Bove University

So there you go.

Domesthenous Safe ‘n’ Easy CAMAFA Women’s SuperLeague XXXVI

Look, it’s a range of feminine hygiene products for ladies with… particular needs. Alright? I don’t have to sing their bloody jingle, do I? No. NO! NO, David, I am not wearing the outfit, you’re not going to make me! I’ll write to my MP! This infringes so many rights, I… Thank you. No, thank you. You’re all heart.

So, this is the inaugural edition of this particular competition, reflecting a renewed attempt by the CAMAFA to take a firm grip on youth develop of the pink variety. Many of the older women’s clubs have folded, with CMSC sides petitioned to take responsibility instead and all current SuperLeague sides now attached – albeit extremely tenuously in some cases – to top clubs.

Their personnel range from teenagers, for whom the rough and tumble of the CMSC reserve league or regional divisions is deemed a tad to much for their dainty forms to handle, to tough old bints who’ve been terrorising both male and female amateur divisions for years. Professionals not quite managing to inch their way into their club’s first XIs have also been involved off and on, rather than play men’s reserve team football, with lasses at Caires City and Caires Sports in particular playing major roles throughout this first campaign.

As it was though, it was Albrecht Ladies’ Football Club who emerged victorious, principally through offering healthy contracts to veterans from across the Candelarias rather than nurturing inner-city girrils of their own, but who’s really taking notes, eh? They might have played in front of one woman and her dog most games, on grim industrial estates and school playing fields, but let anyone try and accuse us of not having a fully-fledged women’s football championship now, eh? Sisters are doing it for… Well alright, we’re doing it for them, even if they don’t actually necessarily want a sepera…

Whatever. Bunch of bloody monkeys.

Excellent line of… intimate… goods, though. The missus swears by ‘em.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Albrecht LFC              22  13   5   4   38   26   12   44  CHAMPIONS
   2  Caires City               22  10   6   6   40   30   10   36
   3  Turks’ Ladies Club        22   8   9   5   31   31    0   33
   4  Candelaria-Allemali       22   8   9   5   30   32   -2   33
   5  Port of Clotaire          22   9   5   8   30   29    1   32
   6  Castillo LFC              22   9   4   9   29   26    3   31
   7  Cathedral City            22   8   5   9   31   26    5   29
   8  Albrecht Turkish          22   7   7   8   23   27   -4   28
   9  KT Hotspur                22   6   9   7   30   29    1   27
  10  Arrigo Portuguese         22   7   5  10   24   25   -1   26
  11  Caires Women’s Sports     22   4  10   8   17   24   -7   22
  12  CAF Lugar                 22   2   8  12   17   35  -18   14  REL

At least the Scorpions won something though, eh?

Candelarias Communities World Cup (sponsored by Liberty Kitchens)



Yeah alright, but bear with us.

Established well over a decade ago, and contested annuallyish ever since in a variety of different forms, lovelifelovefootball.cam’s Candelarias Communities World Cup (sponsored by Liberty Kitchens) was this year part of a week long series of events celebrating the cultural and ethnic diversity of modern C&M through the mediums… media… means of music, art, food, comedy (*shudders*) and, naturally, sport. Principally, football; with tournaments for men, women, boys, girls, the interestingly disabled and big fairy pooftas played out at venues across inner-city Albrecht over the course of seven days.

The highlight, perhaps inevitably, was to be the Communities World Cup – the perfect opportunity to smash prejudices and promote tolerance, inclusiveness, integration, fair play and life-long friendships through the curious avenue of taking several hundred amateur footballers from across the country, dressing them up in the colours of their birth, or parents’ birth, or grandparents’ birth, or where they happened to go on holiday last summer, or where their wife’s from, or where the bloke who do the hedge every other Thursday is from, or where their breed of family cat originates from, or… Well, you get the idea with that.

What inevitably followed was seven days of head-high tackles, reopened wounds establishing bitter conflicts along racial lines, running street battles, flags being set fire to, cats being set fire to, minority food shops being set fire to, three confirmed fatalities, over eighty arrests, an unexpected by-election victory for the Alliance of Nationalist Parties candidate for the Kingston constituency on Albrecht City Council, accusations of rape, counter-accusations of child molestation, a general sense of fun, colour and friendship that will live long in the memory of those fortunate enough to witness it, and a widely expressed conviction that it should never be allowed to happen again.

Liberty Kitchens, however, are a fine firm with many excellent products.

Group A

The opening match of the tournament, played in front of four skiving schoolboys and a tree in the Capana district of the capital, saw something of an upset as the much-fancied Nethertopian team were held one apiece by Chesapeake Bay. The Continental Rushmori outfit were widely expected to be one of the CNCR’s more competitive sides – largely through dint of numbers, with a sizable community of the baseball-loving, burger-munching, democracy-proclaiming Catholics have settled in the Candelarias over the years – but the Nethertopian side drawn from Albrecht expats and Marquezian-raised Dutchies were most people’s tips to face Sorthern Northland in the final at the Millerman Sheppard Stadium.

Instead, the Chesapeakines clung on for the point, and the white-clad frogs from out east would continue to struggle – a goalless draw with the side representing the Arridian Isles setting up an all-important third match with the squad representing the White Minority Linguistic Communities of the Candelarias. Goalless at half-time, the Nethies opted to sack player-manager Lars Bartholds, an Arrigo milkman, and a turnaround in tactics saw Caires street sweeper Tim Peterson rise highest past badger engineer Pete Lunchev to take a one-nil victory.

A hat-trick from former Alber City Wasps star Pierre Jarre, his pro career cut short by a knee injury several years ago, saw Arridia comfortably on their way to a 4-1 win over Chesapeake Bay and a place in the last sixteen.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  The Ariddian Isles         3   2   1   0    6    1    5    7
   2  Nethertopia                3   1   2   0    2    1    1    5
   3  Chesapeake Bay             3   1   1   1    4    6   -2    4
   4  WMLC United                3   0   0   3    1    5   -4    0

Group B

Group B was an altogether more event affair – if one discounts Italia, the side representing Italian-speakers who happened to have turned up from various nations over the past forty years or so. They managed just a point, holding Paripana in their third group match before going home. In some cases, given that the game took place on a field in the district of Lindsay, this involved a journey of almost four feet.

Controversy had already abounded by then, with the Cafundelense coach – Greater Arrigo beauty therapist Wilson Castelo Branco – accusing the Paripanan squad of failing to possess a single player born in that neck of the woods between them, and petitioned the tournament organising committee to have them kicked out. Happily, said committee had already wisely spotted the way the worm was turning and had fled to pre-prepared safe houses dotted around the country, while the Koseli Cumhuriyetler side refused to join the Cafundelense protestations despite losing to Paripana on the opening day, in the hope that no-one would point out that barely more than five of their squad actually hailing from the Kosenic republics.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Paripana                   3   1   2   0    4    3    1    5
   2  Cafundéu                   3   1   2   0    4    3    1    5
   3  Koseli Cumhuriyetler       3   1   1   1    3    3    0    4
   4  Italia                     3   0   1   2    2    4   -2    1

Group C

An all-Rushmori affair in Group C, where a squad of Arrigo-based West Zirconia expats and the grandchildren of fisherman who’d washed ashore on the west coast of Candelaria (he was a very busy fisherman) took on some assorted Zoroastrians in the opening encounter – with Pasarga walking away with a 4-1 victory. The same morning saw a threadbare collection of Kyrinskayans twice throw away the lead against Vegaipala Steelworks an–

Yes, well, thing was… It was pointed out to the organisers that just about the only groups of people not represented in this here competition were Candelariasians who’d actually lived on the islands for more than three generations. This comment provoked a great many furrowed brows; a statement to the effect of ‘since when have they mattered?’; several op-ed pieces in the Daily News accusing the CCWC organising committee of being linked to the radical feminist agenda and the rise of feral youths; further furrowed brows; questions being raised in parliament; a campaign on twaddle which saw #whythefuckcanttherestofusplayinyourpoxylittlecompetition trend for half an hour; Liberty Kitchens threaten to pull their sponsorship; and the CCWCOC eventually succumbing to pressure, hastily cobbling together another contest involving amateur club sides from across the country competing for the right to represent Candelaria, Marquez or the Outlying Islands, and chucking out Lovisa, Sverige and the Pazhujeb Islands from the confirmed list of thirty-two competing teams.

Having played together for years, the village club from south Marquez duly eased to three victories against squads of more talented players who didn’t know each other from Adam. Ree-ally useful exercise, that.

 Pos  Team                            P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Vegaipala Steelworks (Marquez)  3   3   0   0    8    4    4    9
   2  Pasarga                         3   2   0   1    6    4    2    6
   3  West Zirconia                   3   1   0   2    3    6   -3    3
   4  Kyrinskaia                      3   0   0   3    4    7   -3    0

Group D

Meanwhile (or, indeed, that afternoon), the Korslund Millers – a group of glassy-eyed young men who just looked thankful to be allowed to travel to Albrecht and rapidly disappeared into the surrounding countryside as soon as the tournament was over – were having similar fun in Group D. Opening up with a 3-0 drubbing of the best the Candelarias’ Pocoan community had to offer, the side representing the Candelarias Outlying Islands won their group with seven points.

The other opening match saw a team representing the Candelarias’ Muslim community take on… er, Bettia – a one-nil victory for the nth-generation Auroras marred by protestors condemning the C&M MuslimYouth United organisation’s alleged links to the extremist Jebli Shai group. The disparate team had ultimately imploded by Wednesday, with three players sent off late on during their 1-0 defeat to Queer Poco el Mono Ara, following a mass brawl over whether the prophesied Guided One will be Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam returned from the Occultation, where he has been hidden by God since 874 CE or, in a more esoteric view confined to several members of the squad from the Thompsontown branch of Continental Concepts PLC, Ahmed from Accounts.

 Pos  Team                                             P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Korslund Millers (Candelarias Outlying Islands)  3   2   1   0    5    1    4    7
   2  Bettia                                           3   2   0   1    5    1    4    6
   3  Queer Poco el Mono Ara                           3   1   0   2    1    7   -6    3
   4  C&M MuslimYouth United                           3   0   1   2    1    3   -2    1

Group E

The second half of the draw opened with Imomotimi Adekunde’s African side going down 3-2 to Somewhereistonia, in a game that featured the emergence of a true potential star – sixteen year-old apprentice carpenter Tom Mazrocis, who soon had CMSC scouts lining up ahead of his matchday two encounter with Steroga the following day.

Despite being as utterly overworked as the rest of the CCWC’s stars (those who made the final were truly on their arses after seven games of sixty minutes in seven days, but the important thing was that everyone enjoyed themselves, wasn’t it? Wasn’t it!?), Mazrocis starred again with the winning goal but would come unstuck in the final game against Maccabi Candelarias, failing to break Solly Horowitz’s net. Indeed, the team predominately drawn from Bove were unlucky not to win the group, with two decent goals chalked off for offside. Maccabi Candelarias manager and local community leader David Fleischmann subsequently acknowledged that his side probably hadn’t done enough to warrant more than a point in any case, and declined to finger the referee on charges of anti-Semitism, prompting several members of his squad to take ill and retire to their hostel for lie down.

In the other match, nr Caires televangelist Kashka Ogaga’s late brace for Africa against Steroga failed to earn them a second round berth.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Somewhereistonia           3   2   1   0    4    2    2    7
   2  Maccabi Candelarias        3   1   2   0    1    0    1    5
   3  Africa                     3   1   0   2    4    5   -1    3
   4  Steroga                    3   0   1   2    1    3   -2    1

Group F

With a confident 2-0 win over Taeshan, the team representing the Han Empire entered the fray in Group F. Buoyed by the arrival of thousands of refugees and fielding a team including just about any half-decent player of a vaguely yellow complexion; Jo Sangdon’s Daehanjeiguk looked like having a real shot at ultimate victory – but their performances soon began to deteriorate. Nr Lavange side Ordway Town FC managed a 2-2 draw, a comeback result with greengrocer Michael Shaw scoring past civil servant Kim Cheolho from the half-way line, while the Han & Friends went down a goal to nil to Sargossa in the final game.

In a tight group, the Sargossans (and a few hopeful Valerians) emerged undefeated but were held to draws in both their earlier fixtures, while Clotaire gravedigger Zaiden oh my god we have a rugby team’s late winner over Ordway Town proved ultimately fruitless as Taeshan exited on goal difference.

 Pos  Team                         P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Sargossa                     3   1   2   0    3    2    1    5
   2  Daehanjeiguk                 3   1   1   1    4    3    1    4
   3  Taeshan                      3   1   1   1    2    3   -1    4
   4  Ordway Town FC (Candelaria)  3   0   2   1    3    4   -1    2

Group G

Commeth the hour, commeth Sorthern Northland. Overwhelming favourites to take the title, the Sortherners were able to call on a potential catchment area of at least 1% of the entire country, with their squad including Albrecht FC academy graduate Jonathan James in goal, as well as several CMSC1 youth drop-outs, and former semi-pro players Hernando Conway (once a striker at the Condory Bantams) and John Hill (formerly a left-back with Saurin I.A. and Magnus United). Playing in front of a packed crowd in Irish Street, Daigh Quaine’s men prepared themselves to dazzle. A goal up against Ransome-Bkyki Island inside three minutes, Sorthern Northland looked set to cruise to victory and continued to force the talented Bkyka ‘keeper and handyman Timothy o’ t’son o’ Matthew into a string of smart saves.

And then, I’m afraid to say, they got proper cocky. Show-boating followed, goals failed to come, and even Jesse t’Carter’s equaliser failed to provide a real wake-up call. The Sortherners duly fell to defeat in the competition’s biggest upset so far.

Following a brief interlude, during which the pitch was relayed and a donkey was rescued from a tree, those few hardy souls who had remained behind to watch the group’s second match were treated to a no less surprising affair. The Grand Democratic Duchy had Yaforites, Yaforites a-plenty: half-Yaforites, quarter-Yaforites, people who’d spent their gap year discovering themselves in Ajer; they all turned up to take on the VOICE AllStars – a team formed from the VOICE (Victims of Illegal Colonial Expansionism) pressure group and featuring refugees from the Macedonian empire, including Joel Sbaïz’s brother Jamie between the sticks – and promptly fell to a highly embarrassing 2-0 defeat.

The Yaforites failed to bounce back on Tuesday, with the Sortherners instead left to celebrate a 3-0 win – and celebrate they did, the pub in the Irish Street embassy drunk dry as the city shook to the sounds of traditional Snorthern ditties, the clattering shoes of hornpipe stepdance and, for some reason, a bit of bhangra. Still thoroughly sloshed come Wednesday lunchtime, the squad were in no position to take to the field against the AllStars; a brief community conflab decreeing that Irish Street eleven men, good and true, be dragged kicking and screaming into red shirts and onto the field of play.

Remarkably, these stand-ins contrived to lose 3-1 and were banished from the capital forever more, while Nilan Ramri’s late winner for the Yaforites availed them to naught – the two true footballing powers both exiting to their less heralded counterparts.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  VOICE AllStars             3   2   1   0    6    2    4    7
   2  Ransome-Bkyki Island       3   1   1   1    3    3    0    4
   3  Sorthern Northland         3   1   0   2    5    5    0    3
   4  Grand Democratic Duchy     3   1   0   2    1    5   -4    3

Group H

The final round of opening fixtures – played late on Monday evening after everyone had rather forgotten about them – saw the biggest margin of victory of all, with the squad of Squornshelan refugees beating a united western continental Rushmori outfit 7-1. Three braces and an own goal downed the combined team of former natives of Wigu, Lussolavizzovia, Delamawaria, West Kovanel, Switzalandian Kovanelles and Lake Ontario and their descendents; the game descending into farce by the fiftieth minute (an event utterly against the spirit, one feels, of amateur community football) with Wigu-born striker Tuahi Mano, a Fallon Town fishmonger, and defensive team-mate Alex Young, eldest son of the Delamawarian consul in Albrecht, were both sent off following a centre-circle set-to.

There was the potential for similar rambunctiousness in the other game, with a united Timonium team – forcing together refugees from Lower Timonium and their hated neighbours from Lower Timonium, along with a couple of bemused Upper Timonians down the flanks – threatening to dissolve into heated combat themselves. Instead, they produced a 3-2 win in a fine opening performance, the Songstress duo of Jacob Williams and Roberto Weber terrorising Brutland and Norden ‘keeper Camicio Varioria all evening.

Little was truly expecting of the side representing the Candelarias’ 40,000 strong Nord-Brutlandese community (we used a calculator an’ everything), but Rufo Borelliani’s team rallied impressively against Squornshelous in their second game while the Rushmori sides settled for a point apiece.

Timonium’s chances in their final game appeared to have taken a hit with the unexplained absence of star striker Williams, following (though obviously in no way connected to) earlier post-match comments querying why none of the ‘Gordon Bay City communities’ (whatever they are) had been permitted to take part. Roused by his disappearance however, and putting aside the fraught and fractured politics of their homelands, the Timonians pulled off the group’s third 3-2 result to finish top of the pile, ahead of the Nord-Brutlandese.

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Timonium                   3   2   1   0    7    5    2    7
   2  Brutland and Norden        3   2   0   1    6    5    1    6
   3  Squornshelous              3   1   0   2   11    7    4    3
   4  Wiludekolo                 3   0   1   2    2    9   -7    1

Second Round

Rather larger crowds were on hand throughout Thursday to enjoy the second stage, even in the absence of the Northlandish outfit. The opener saw Ariddia through against Cafundéu, but the second match failed to go to form – Marquez’s Steelworks, the only side with a nine-point record, going down 3-1 against the combined might of Thompsontown and Rose of Sharon.

The ties featuring some of the minority groups whose presence in the Candelarias makes a tad more sense, meanwhile, saw a series of ‘upsets’ for sides finishing second in their groups. The overall highlight saw a seven-goal… thriller – replete with twenty-two barely sentient corpses rising from the grave to lurch around the pitch for sixty minutes – for want of a better cliché, where the absence of Mazrocis (seemingly prohibited from playing by his as-yet unconfirmed professional club, proved Somewhereistonia’s undoing as they were unable to make the most of some laughable goalkeeping from Daehanjeiguk’s Kim. A hat-trick from laundry executive Rupert Choy (some of these flags-of-conveniences really are awfully dubious) saw the sons of the Empire and Other Assorted Yellow Bits through to face Brutland and Norden in the quarter-finals.

The local posse of Nethertopian expats came out in force later in the day (don’t these people have jobs, for heaven’s sake?) to give a new-look side the boost they need to overcome the probably-not-Bedistanis, while the Rushmori success continued into the wee small hours (funny, that). Pasarga’s well-drilled and tight-knit side inched past the Candelarias Outlying Islands representatives, continuing an impressive showing for the smallest Rushmori community in the Republic (apart from Logrians… and Illytrians… and Eagle Islanders… and YnosYnosi… and… oh, fudge). They were soon joined by Sargossa and Ransome-Bkyki Island, while every member of the ousted Korslund Millers squad soon vanished into the ether, apparently less than keen on returning to their Green Island home…

The Ariddian Isles 2-1 Cafundéu
Vegaipala Steelworks (Marquez) 1-3 Bettia
Somewhereistonia 3-4 Daehanjeiguk
VOICE AllStars 1-3 Brutland and Norden
Paripana 0-1 Nethertopia
Korslund Millers (Candelarias Outlying Islands) 0-1 Pasarga
Sargossa 2-1 Maccabi Candelarias
Timonium 1-4 Ransome-Bkyki Island

Quarter-Finals

It was never thought to be possible. But on Friday, at just around half past ten, for the first time in history – Albrecht was officially declared sick to the back teeth of football.

With locals refusing to skive off any longer, the four matches were played on deserted, windy moors (those members of the MuslimYouth United squad who, having been kicked out of the camp earlier in the week, had consoled themselves with cruciferous vegetables laced with psychostimulants) in front of several busloads of the unemployed, elderly and intellectually sub-normal. Whilst competition organisers were being dragged before a CAMAFA committee their fate; Ariddia continued their mildly inexplicable run into the semi-finals, an early strike from David Carozza-Johnson – the current chairman of the Young Modern Liberal Party, don’tchaknow – failed entirely to give the Nord-Brutlandese much of a headstart against the Han Empire as they fell behind inside fifteen minutes, and Sargossa and the Bkyka went to pens – San Juan taxi driver and left-back Ángel Luis Valle putting away the winning spot kick.

The Ariddian Isles 3-0 Bettia
Daehanjeiguk 2-1 Brutland and Norden
Nethertopia 3-1 Pasarga
Sargossa 1-1 Ransome-Bkyki Island (1-1 AET) (Sargossa wins 4-2 on penalty kicks)

Semi-Finals

You can’t expect even fit young men, with their bulging biceps and chiselled jaws, ooer, to still be playing at full whack come their sixth game in six days, so there were few amazed nor disgruntled faces when both semi-finals ended goalless after extra time. Granted, there were few neither resigned nor contented faces, either. Faces were at a general premium. Pity, ‘cos they missed some really sparkling penalty shoot-outs, so they did.

*sigh*…

The Ariddian Isles 0-0 Daehanjeiguk (0-0 AET) (Daehanjeiguk wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
Nethertopia 0-0 Sargossa (0-0 AET) (Sargossa wins 4-3 on penalty kicks)

Third-Place Play-Off

There was one, hastily arranged and played in the carpark outside the Millerman Sheppard Stadium. Yay.

The Ariddian Isles 1-0 Nethertopia

Grand Final

And so, as the Autumn sun set over Sunday, a handful of hardy ethnic supporters and assorted concessions huddled together for warmth in a lofty corner of the MSS like so many sheep/baby lemurs/emperor penguins as they watched the final of the first and last Candelarias Communities World Cup played out on the hated turf of the capital’s boxy little nightmare.

But, and at the risk of displaying any undue enthusiasm for this whole ghastly mess, the occasion was at least enlivened by the snippets of news filtering through from Hanhyeong; to whit, that at least some form of government appears to have popped back up in the Empire, meaning that half the squad and their supporters suddenly found themselves with the opportunity of packing up their stuff, waving goodbye to greasy uncle Dongwon and his all-you-can-eat noodles (12 Larkin Street, New Cockyard, opposite the specialist lingearry place), and getting the hell out of this inane little country once and for all.

No wonder they look so chuffed… particularly after Lee Sungjae spun round professional saxophonist Oliver Suárez and Valle to plant a perfect strike past Benjamín Collado shortly before the half-hour whistle to hand the Han a 1-0 lead and, ultimately, the title and the cup and medals and that. Bless.

Daehanjeiguk 1-0 Sargossa

[Krytenia]

O-LEAGUE SEASON IV PREVIEW

AVIDIA UNITED
Transfer Activity: Promising young Jesseltonian striker Zufriki Shari joins for a bargain €K400,000, whilst Mo Clinton is off to O-League Two newcomers Beckton. The experienced pair of Kevin Westleigh and Gordon Strathmore, meanwhile, both hang up their boots.
Likely First XI: Arian - S Richter, M Oncabro, D Volpe, M Hallensen - L Wassow, E Sorrab, M Tellesen, D Kolic - F Osterwald, R Kapromanowitz
Foreigners: Marco Oncabro, Emanuel Sorrab (both Uiri), Zufriki Shari (Jesselton)
Rami's View: A good strong core, but is there anything moving forward?
Key Man: Arian
Last Season: 6th
Prediction: 6th

BRADWELL SAINTS
Transfer Activity: Three million Credits were spent over the off season by the newly-promoted Saints; Craig Iordanescu cost €K1.8m of those, with €K1.3 million spent bringing Tim Di Stefano over from Wanderers Park.
Likely First XI: C Iordanescu - C Chivu, C Timar, M Doumbé, J Pedersen - M Corrighi, K Arroso, C Colari, C Duguid - S Donnelli, T Di Stefano
Foreigners: None
Rami's View: Good enough to stay up, but won't trouble the establishment.
Key Man: Tim Di Stefano
Last Season: 3rd (O-League Two)
Prediction: 11th

CALEDON SIMPSON
Transfer Activity: Big money brings Ben Villeneuve in from Ellisham, whilst Ricky Varadero and Paul Vojitek come in to strengthen the squad. Iordanescu's bailing to Bradwell could be a blow though.
Likely First XI: L Six - L Holden, A Antoneskis, S Manocz, R Varadero - J Morezzi, S Ayris, D May, S Marron - B Villeneuve, JA Cantona
Foreigners: Paul Vojitek (Jesselton)
Rami's View: Slowly getting on track; expect a slight improvement.
Key Man: David May
Last Season: 8th
Prediction: 7th

CASUALS OSTERIA
Transfer Activity: A couple of Jesseltonians in, Magrin and Riza out - otherwise it's as you were for Casuals.
Likely First XI: M Paignton - J Mickleson, A Glasscock, S Domenico, D Magrin - J Simpson, N Spim, C Darroch, S Presley - D Iuliano, M Tristan
Foreigners: Nicolau Spim (Uiri), Aqashah Wafiuddin, Third Son of Adam (both Jesselton)
Rami's View: Champions in with a genuine title shot...how will they fare?
Key Man: Marco Tristan
Last Season: 1st
Prediction: 2nd

CAVERSHAM
Transfer Activity: Daniel Castillo is the surprise "in"; veterans Ormondroyd and Shah retire though.
Likely First XI: A Muça - D Garcia, G Rangel, G Crespo, J Chickerell - J Verdescu, M Romanov, I Dupegne, D Castillo - L George, G Lewis
Foreigners: Alfonso Muça, Gonçalo Crespo (both Uiri); Robert Hinchcliffe (Queer Poco el Mono Ara); Daniel Castillo (Sorthern Northland)
Rami's View: May struggle amongst the bigger names.
Key Man: Johnny Verdescu
Last Season: 9th
Prediction: 9th

CF AVIDES
Transfer Activity: Avidia's "other" team bring in, amongst others, Calvin Howard.
Likely First XI: F Lopez - R Barros, J Romero, M Valdano, E Cresp - R Bernier, J Nekhoun, M Shoji, F Puyol - J Rodallega, C Howard
Foreigners: Eduardo Cresp (Uiri)
Rami's View: Could sneak into the top half.
Key Man: Roman Bernier
Last Season: 2nd (O-League Two)
Prediction: 8th

DEREAPOLIS CITY
Transfer Activity: Bob Caive is off to Notegia...but Ivan Jozef comes in to take his place.
Likely First XI: R Charles - P Connors, S Jordan, M Hanson, J Evans - C Lord, I Jozef, L Flitcroft - W Bradic - B Phillips, R Hall
Foreigners: Ivan Jozef (Jesselton)
Rami's View: Will struggle to stay in the top half with an ageing defence, but should be clear of the drop.
Key Man: Will Bradic
Last Season: 7th
Prediction: 10th

ELLISHAM
Transfer Activity: A lot of big names out (Di Stefano, Villeneuve, Tsang, Kopernik), and only Tavares in in their place.
Likely First XI: A Byron - D Andreasson, CO Tavares, G Shawcross, N Tipovic - R Hancher, N Xiang, K Beleiro - K Lloyd - J Johnson, J Campbell
Foreigners: Candelario Oliveira Tavares (Sorthern Northland)
Rami's View: Still seem to be missing that "X-factor".
Key Man: Kiefer Lloyd
Last Season: 12th
Prediction: 13th

EMBERTON REDS
Transfer Activity: May miss the retiring Cachado up front, but could have unearthed a talent in teenager Lewis Osmond, signed from Sandwell for a bargain €K750,000.
Likely First XI: CA Sun - T Robben, P Rove, L Smith, L Pageter - R Vinick, D Giacomelli, A Eagles, K Ickx - L Osmond, A Delft
Foreigners: Gareth Dixon (Starblaydia)
Rami's View: An improving side, and will be looking at a top six spot again. May miss out on the Champions' League though.
Key Man: Kevin Ickx
Last Season: 3th
Prediction: 4th

KRYTENIA EMBERTON
Transfer Activity: Veteran Gabrielle Johnson moves from Avidia City in the only major move.
Likely First XI: R Smeghurst - S Perez, G Morais, M Seyouche, J Bennington - G Johnson, Q Matthews, S Snow, G Lauble - M Nord, K Bianco
Foreigners: Matthijs Seyouche (Nethertopia); Riley Smeghurst (Jeruselem); Gabrielle Johnson (Starblaydia)
Rami's View: Prime relegation fodder. O, how the mighty hath fallen.
Key Man: Sean Snow
Last Season: 13th
Prediction: 15th

MERCIA BROMHAM
Transfer Activity: Krytenian international Trevor Griffiths may have retired, but Cafundéu's young winger, Nélio, could be the perfect replacement - and a snip at five million.
Likely First XI: D Kelly - P Roberts, M Crossley, M Belmont, C Nelson - Nélio, R Corrin, J Greene, P Teixeira - I Betts, S Miller
Foreigners: Max Belmont (Queer Poco el Mono Ara); Nélio (Cafundéu)
Rami's View: Will, of course, be in the end-of-season shake-up. Might just come away with the big one.
Key Man: Sam Miller
Last Season: 2nd
Prediction: 1st

NOTEGIA RANGERS
Transfer Activity: Ian Parker keeps faith in most of his squad, with just Bob Caive and Sancho Torres coming in (from Dereapolis and St Peter's respectively).
Likely First XI: R Oundle - M Edison, G Berger, J Tamacek, B Moreno - B Davis, B Caive, N Rooke, M Shaw - S Torres - H Lewis
Foreigners: None
Rami's View: Glad to be here...but may well not stay long.
Key Man: Sancho Torres
Last Season: 1st (O-League Two)
Prediction: 14th

OUSEVALE BOROUGH
Transfer Activity: The bottomless pit of cash produces €K11m for Shawn Hill of Sorthern club Snowspire. Maybe they should just call themselves "Sorthern FC Ousevale"?
Likely First XI: P Hean - D Miller, AJ Song, K Burrows, R Sissiki - L Chaddingley, S Lee, R Hoëdic - A Williamson, S Hill, S Roshanak
Foreigners: Piran Hean, Roparzh Hoëdic, Shawn Hill (all Sorthern Northland); Soraya Roshanak (Starblaydia); Song Ahn-Ji (Han Empire); Kyle Burrows (Bostopia).
Rami's View: Surely must come back to the Champions' League fold, right? Right?
Key Man: Soraya Roshanak
Last Season: 4th
Prediction: 3rd

SECKLOW
Transfer Activity: No major ins; Skordahl calls it a day though.
Likely First XI: G Ridgeon - B Müller, J Menizo, B Ridgewell, T Abbieri - J McCartney, O Tudor, K Saxon, S Aquileri - S Garrinov, B Stepanek
Foreigners: Gustavo Lima (Uiri)
Rami's View: Going down. Won't be pretty.
Key Man: Owen Tudor
Last Season: 11th
Prediction: 16th

STANTON TOWN
Transfer Activity: Stanton again show their ambition, signing striker Yoshiaki Soma from Leston for eight million. Simon Vuruyu also comes in, at a quarter of the cost.
Likely First XI: C Kuranec - T Levac, K Pedersen, Rodrigo - R Keris - J Fox, S Vuruyu, M Krofcky, S Yost - M Jansen, Y Soma
Foreigners: Sjakie Yost (Nethertopia); Marek Krofcky (Sorthern Northland); Rodrigo (Queer Poco el Mono Ara); Yoshiaki Soma (Dancougar)
Rami's View: A prediction of "same again" says more about the league's strengths than any weaknesses in the Dockers.
Key Man: Yoshiaki Soma
Last Season: 5th
Prediction: 5th[/quote]

STRATFORD ROVERS
Transfer Activity: Dai Sewell joins the defence from Ousevale; John Menizo leave for Secklow, and that's about it.
Likely First XI: D Usher - G McCartney, A Rios, D Sewell, P Barradez - J Hernu, J Malbranque, D Stead, R Curran - C Fraser, D Sciandri
Foreigners: Dai Sewell (Cambrow)
Rami's View: Good enough to be here, but not good enough to excel. Should stay up, but do little more.
Key Man: Cameron Fraser
Last Season: 10th
Prediction: 12th

[Albundania]

The first season of the Albundanian Major League Football (AMLF) is finally over, but specific stats from the season were lost (OOC: I actually scorinated this a month or two ago, but lost the page with the final standings. I only have these from a reference in another post I made.) in a horrible accident, however, these were the rankings from each of the two conferences.

(bolded teams made post-season)
Eastern Confrence:
1: Arskanskigrad United (an upset team)
2: Lemanskigrad United
3: Royal Egaigus
4: Illinopolis FC
5: Wellington SC
6: Hollandstile Athletic Club
7: Homestead Wolverines

Western Conference
1: Albundia City United
2: Chicago Nuevo Fuego
3: Albundania City Crew
4: Riesberg FC
5: FC Laciudad
6: Hartville Club
7: Mericana

Eastern Conference Championship
Arskanskigrad United VS Illinopolis FC 4-2
Lemanskigrad United VS Royal Egaigus 2-2 (2-3 AET)
Illinopolis FC and Lemanskigrad United move onto Globe Cup 3rd Spot play-offs, Arskanskigrad United and Royal Egaigus move onto Eastern Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Finals Match
Arskanskigrad United VS Royal Egaigus 2-4
Arskanskigrad United get a Globe Cup Spot as one of the semi-finalists, Royal Egaigus are East Conference Champions and will go onto the Takil Cup, and will get to play the Western Conference Champion for the AMLF Championship Game.
Western Conference Championship
Albundia City United VS Riesberg FC 5-2
Chicago Nuevo Fuego VS Albundania City Crew 3-1
Riesberg FC and Albundania City Crew move into the Globe Cup 3rd Spot Play-offs, Albundia City United and Chicago Nuevo Fuego move onto the Western Conference Finals Match.
Western Conference Finals Match
Albundia City United VS Chicago Nuevo Fuego 2-2 (2-2 AET, 3-4 on PK's)
Albundia City United grab a Globe Cup spot as one of the semi-finalists, and Chicago Nuevo Fuego grab a Takil Cup spot for Albundania and they move onto play Royal Egaigus as Western Conference Champions in the AMLF Championship game.
Globe Cup 3rd spot play-off
Lemanskigrad United VS Illinopolis FC 6-1
Albundania City Crew VS Riesberg FC 3-1
Lemanskigrad United and Albundania City Crew get to play each other for the last remaining Globe Cup Spot.
Lemanskigrad United VS Albundania City Crew 3-1
Lemanskigrad United now have the last Globe Cup spot.
AMLF Championship Game
Royal Egaigus VS Chicago Nuevo Fuego 3-2
Royal Egaigus are now the best club in Albundania, and have brought the Eastern Conference Home Field Advantage for the 2nd AMLF Championship Game.
TakilQuip Champions’ Cup teams:
Royal Egaigus
Chicago Nuevo Fuego
Globe Cup teams:
Arskanskigrad United
Albundia City United
Lemanskigrad United

[Queer Poco el Mono Ara]

The Prince's Shield

Yes, ladies and gentleman it’s that time of the year again when the locals of Khaldoon clamor to get a look at the foreign football talent on display and pack the little stadiums even though they should be at work. Free tickets for school children and nuns were the order of the day as 6 teams from overseas made the trip to join league champions Royal Khaldoon and Prince’s Shield n00bs Jonastown United.

Reigning Shield Holders Arrigo Portuguese returned from Candelaria and Marquez, Porto Lacruz appeared for Cafundeu, Tyrrin’s own Tyrrin Royale, Connar Republic’s Capital City SC and Rushmore neighbors Sargossa sent Deportivo Soluca while Atlantas Klaipaada made their fourth appearance at the competition.

As usual the teams were split into two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing to the elimination round.

Group Stage

Group A: Results and Table
Matchday 1
Royal Khaldoon 5-1 Tyrrin Royale
Porto Lacruz 2-0 Deportivo Soluca

Matchday 2
Deportivo Soluca 5-1 Tyrrin Royale
Royal Khaldoon 1-2 Porto Lacruz

Matchday 3
Tyrrin Royale 0-1 Porto Lacruz
Deportivo Soluca 3-0 Royal Khaldoon

Code: Select all

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Porto Lacruz               3   3   0   0    5    1    4    9
   2  Deportivo Soluca           3   2   0   1    8    3    5    6
   3  Royal Khaldoon             3   1   0   2    6    6    0    3
   4  Tyrrin Royale              3   0   0   3    2   11   -9    0

Group B: Results and Table
Matchday 1
Atlantas Klaipaada 0-1 Capital City SC
Jonastown United 1-3 Arrigo Portuguese

Matchday 2
Capital City SC 3-1 Jonastown United
Arrigo Portugese 5-1 Atlantas Klaipaada


Matchday 3
Jonastown United 0-3 Atlantas Klaipaada
Capital City SC 1-4 Arrigo Portugese

Code: Select all

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Arrigo Portugese           3   3   0   0   12    3    9    9
   2  Capital City SC            3   2   0   1    5    5    0    6
   3  Atlantas Klaipaada         3   1   0   2    4    6   -2    3
   4  Jonastown United           3   0   0   3    2    9   -7    0

Prince's Shield cherry-poppers J-Town United fell at the first stage as did Royal Khaldoon in front of their own fans. Fan favourite's Atlantas Klaipaada failed to reach the knockout round for the first time while reigning champions Arrigo Portuguese and Porto Lacruz eased into the semis with three straight wins. Unfancied Capital City SC grabbed a knockout berth while Deportivo Soluca took second spot in Group A. The Tyrrin Royale team fell apart and were sent home with the worst goal difference.

Knockout Round

Porto Lacruz 3-0 Capital City SC

Deportivo Soluca 1-4 Arrigo Portuguese

Group A winners Porto Lacruz racked up their biggest scoreline of the tournament to send home Capital City and set up a show piece finale against Arrigo Portuguese who looked to take their second shield in as many years after beating Sargossa's Deportivo Soluca.

The Final

Porto Lacruz 1-2 Arrigo Portuguese

The team from the CMSC would retain their title as fans were treated to the spectacle they had hoped for since the participants were announced. The two biggest teams in the competition faced off and the Candelaria and Marquez team overcame the opposition in front of a packed Royal Stadium.

So congratulations to Arrigo Portuguese and comiserations to everyone else. Thank you everyone for participating and here's to Prince's Shield V.

[for a smoother over view of the competition the wiki is here http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=The_Prince%27s_Shield... but is still under construction]

[Taeshan]

So uh yeah im copijng my way out for the next IUCC. The qualifiers will be

Air Force Aeros
Strawberry Fields University Red Storm
Cecile Area Blue Devils

[Candelaria And Marquez]

UICA Qualification Clarification

TQCC20 – Green Island, Albrecht Turkish, Port of Clotaire, Marquez-Onwere
TQCC20 Stadium – Solidarity Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 66,200]
GC17 – Arrigo Portuguese, KT Hotspur, Albrecht FC
GC17 Stadium – The White Palace, Rose of Sharon [cap. 41,472]
SBCC17 – Ironside-Talinger, Turks’ Club, Radyukevich CSC, Brayton FC
SBCC17 Stadium – New Sausages Arena, Allemali [cap. 46,208]



LOCUST Football Championship

Albrecht Conference

 Pos  Team                                   P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Bove University                       30  18   8   4   76   44   32   62*
   2  New Hall, Albrecht                    30  18   4   8   52   33   19   58*
   3  New College, Albrecht                 30  16   8   6   48   34   14   56*
   4  People’s College, Albrecht            30  15   8   7   52   35   17   53
   5  St. Mary’s College, Albrecht          30  15   6   9   50   36   14   51
   6  Rupert Haining College, Albrecht      30  11  11   8   35   27    8   44
   7  Gifton College, Albrecht              30  13   4  13   42   44   -2   43
   8  National College of Medicine          30  11   9  10   38   37    1   42
   9  University College, Albrecht          30  11   8  11   47   45    2   41
  10  University of Lexaton                 30  11   6  13   29   34   -5   39
  11  Mathieu’s College, Albrecht           30   9   9  12   36   36    0   36
  12  Liverpool Hills Girls Grammar School  30  10   6  14   39   48   -9   36
  13  McMillan Institute of Technology      30  10   5  15   30   55  -25   35
  14  Royal College of Albrecht             30   9   5  16   47   50   -3   32
  15  Hoxton University of Technology       30   4  10  16   22   43  -21   22
  16  Lippey University                     30   3   5  22   24   66  -42   14

Arrigo Conference

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Arrigo Polytechnic        20  12   5   3   42   25   17   41*
   2  Ciudad Española, UIGA     20  11   2   7   41   29   12   35*
   3  Arrigo Harbour, UIGA      20  11   2   7   43   32   11   35
   4  Rasgones del Ángel, UIGA  20   7   5   8   30   38   -8   26
   5  Lalla Bay University      20   5   4  11   32   47  -15   19
   6  El Matthews, UIGA         20   3   4  13   15   32  -17   13

Onwere Conference

 Pos  Team                                  P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Onwere University College of Arts    18   9   6   3   30   16   14   33*
   2  Onwere Johnson College               18   8   4   6   19   18    1   28*
   3  Onwere University Political College  18   7   3   8   16   20   -4   24
   4  Royal College, Onwere University     18   3   5  10   14   25  -11   14

North Candelaria Conference

 Pos  Team                                      P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Clotaire School of Arts & Science        18  11   6   1   33   13   20   39*
   2  Caires Metropolitan University           18  10   2   6   27   18    9   32*
   3  C&M Open University [Wikeley]            18   6   6   6   21   20    1   24*
   4  Thomas Perperna Dental College           18   6   6   6   21   24   -3   24
   5  Gassett College of Sports Development    18   6   5   7   18   23   -5   23
   6  Carpenter University-College             18   4  10   4   20   17    3   22
   7  University of Saurin                     18   6   4   8   19   22   -3   22
   8  University of Webley                     18   6   4   8   16   24   -8   22
   9  Candelarias College of Natural Medicine  18   6   3   9   24   29   -5   21
  10  Applied Arts & Technology (Arne)         18   5   2  11   24   33   -9   17

South Candelaria Conference

 Pos  Team                                          P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  National Maritime Warfare School             18  13   3   2   32   13   19   42*
   2  University of Vo                             18  12   2   4   35   20   15   38*
   3  Allemali University                          18  10   6   2   16    7    9   36*
   4  Orchard College of Learning                  18   7   4   7   19   18    1   25
   5  Abiodun College of Culinary Arts             18   4   7   7   19   24   -5   19
   6  Catherin College                             18   5   3  10   17   25   -8   18
   7  Portsmouth Institute of Higher Education     18   5   3  10   16   24   -8   18
   8  Brayton & Derby College of Higher Education  18   4   6   8   17   28  -11   18
   9  Hanlon Institute of Higher Education         18   3   8   7   16   21   -5   17
  10  Starless City City College                   18   3   6   9   16   23   -7   15

Marquez & the Outliers Conference

 Pos  Team                                   P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Universidad de Melin                  18  13   1   4   44   26   18   40*
   2  University of El din                  18  11   5   2   41   21   20   38*
   3  Rummery School of Cheese Studies      18   8   3   7   27   26    1   27*
   4  Fasnia College                        18   7   5   6   27   29   -2   26
   5  Zapata School of Tertiary Education   18   7   3   8   26   26    0   24
   6  Marquez College of Pharmacy           18   4  10   4   19   18    1   22
   7  Universidad de Castillo               18   5   6   7   24   31   -7   21
   8  University of Sloane                  18   5   5   8   25   28   -3   20
   9  Instituto Tecnológico de Nader        18   5   4   9   21   26   -5   19
  10  Universidad de la Basílica            18   2   4  12   15   38  -23   10

Knockout Rounds

First Round
Clotaire School of Arts & Science 0-0 New Hall, Albrecht (0-0 AET) (New Hall, Albrecht wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)
Bove University 4-0 C&M Open University [Wikeley]
Onwere University College of Arts 1-1 Ciudad Española, UIGA (2-1 AET)
National Maritime Warfare School 2-2 New College, Albrecht (2-3 AET)
University of Vo 1-1 Rummery School of Cheese Studies (1-1 AET) (University of Vo wins 4-1 on penalty kicks)
Universidad de Melin 0-0 Allemali University (2-0 AET)
University of El din 2-1 Onwere Johnson College
Arrigo Polytechnic 2-1 Caires Metropolitan University

Quarter-Finals
New College, Albrecht 1-2 Onwere University College of Arts
Onwere University College of Arts 0-1 New College, Albrecht (0-1 AET) (New College, Albrecht wins 3-2 on penalty kicks)
Aggregate: New College, Albrecht 2-2 Onwere University College of Arts

University of El din 1-0 Arrigo Polytechnic
Arrigo Polytechnic 1-0 University of El din (1-0 AET) (Arrigo Polytechnic wins 4-2 on penalty kicks)
Aggregate: University of El din 1-1 Arrigo Polytechnic

Bove University 4-0 New Hall, Albrecht
New Hall, Albrecht 0-0 Bove University
Aggregate: Bove University 4-0 New Hall, Albrecht

University of Vo 2-1 Universidad de Melin
Universidad de Melin 1-0 University of Vo (2-0 AET)
Aggregate: University of Vo 2-3 Universidad de Melin

Semi-Finals
Bove University 2-1 Universidad de Melin
Universidad de Melin 0-2 Bove University
Aggregate: Bove University 4-1 Universidad de Melin

New College, Albrecht 0-1 Arrigo Polytechnic
Arrigo Polytechnic 3-2 New College, Albrecht
Aggregate: New College, Albrecht 2-4 Arrigo Polytechnic

Grand Final

Bove University 0-2 Arrigo Polytechnic

Third-Place Play-Off

Universidad de Melin 1-0 New College, Albrecht

IUCC 22 Qualification

1) Arrigo Polytechnic
2) Bove University
3) Universidad de Melin

[Balida]

Can someone give me a working link to NSfootySIM please? Right now I score old fashion with a spreadsheet and dice formula.

Am I getting this right, that this is where I should post my Balida Futball League at?

[The Weegies]

Am I getting this right, that this is where I should post my Balida Futball League at?

Yep Yep

[The Babbage Islands]

The BCUAA again send the top two schools in the large-school Big Nine and the champions of the small-school I-4A to the IUCC: University of Gernsback (Gernsback, Tesla), Berkley University (Boulder, South Island), and Babbage Academy of Engineering (Kopavogur, Gibson).

Big Nine for IUCC 22

 Pos  Team                                           P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  University of Gernsback (Wildcats)            16  10   4   2   33   16   17   34
   2  Berkley University (Penguins)                 16   8   5   3   27   20    7   29
   3  Universitato de Zamenhof (Revantoj)           16   7   3   6   22   14    8   24
   4  Southern University (Cougars)                 16   6   3   7   19   21   -2   21
   5  Windsor University (Rangers)                  16   6   3   7   17   22   -5   21
   6  University of Verne (Explorers)               16   5   5   6   15   17   -2   20
   7  Bloomfield University (Titans)                16   5   3   8   13   22   -9   18
   8  Universidad de Santa Catalina (los Marineros) 16   5   2   9    9   16   -7   17
   9  University of Xianggang (Mandarins)           16   4   4   8   20   27   -7   16

I-4A for IUCC 22

 Pos  Team                                                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Babbage Academy of Engineering (Gadgeteers)         12   5   5   2   20   14    6   20
   2  St. Peter's College (Disciples)                     12   5   5   2   17   12    5   20
   3  Dickinson College (Poets)                           12   4   4   4   12   15   -3   16
   4  Thatcher-Powell International Institute (Diplomats) 12   3   6   3   12    9    3   15
   5  David O. McKay College (Highlanders)                12   4   3   5   14   14    0   15
   6  Charleston School of Public Service (Knights)       12   3   4   5   14   18   -4   13
   7  Thomas Aquinas University (Saints)                  12   2   5   5   10   17   -7   11

[A-Stan and The Yoro]

Antarctistan and The Yorozuya League System 0/1 Season

Off Season Transfers:

Bqueta Roberts to Southland FC (The Babbage Islands) for 1,150,000LD
Zazalane to Grasshoppers Turic (Osarius) for 3m OSM
Gonzalez to Grasshoppers Turic (Osarius) for 3m OSM
Cody Bolton to Highport Athletic (Osarius) for 700k OSM
Ridon to Burningham City (Osarius) for 2.5m OSM

Off-season Changes


Divisions Antarctistan and Yorozuya folded, and teams in those divisions moved up to League Beta, which is now the lowest division of Antarctistani Football.

New Teams

League Ultimate
Edo Steelers
A.S. Montreau
Ponhu Reefers
North South Pole
Pichu Wanderers

League Beta]
MacScott Rovers
Uptown Scott Football Club
Athanikos


League Ultimate 0/1 Table

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  De-Lis A.F.C.             50  31   6  13  184  140   44   99 TQCC
   2  Fuji F.C.                 50  26   7  17  177  154   23   85 GC
   3  Pichu Wanderers           50  27   3  20  169  154   15   84 GC
   4  Minaota                   50  24  10  16  166  162    4   82
   5  Tor City                  50  24   6  20  167  158    9   78
   6  Princess Elizabeth F.C.   50  24   6  20  167  161    6   78
   7  South Pole A.F.C.         50  21  13  16  158  154    4   76
   8  Esperanza Futbol          50  23   7  20  155  165  -10   76
   9  West Fuji                 50  22   8  20  175  152   23   74
  10  MacMurdo A.F.C.           50  22   8  20  163  146   17   74
  11  North South Pole          50  22   8  20  171  157   14   74
  12  Tor Lightning             50  23   5  22  161  164   -3   74
  13  A.S. Montreau             50  21  10  19  159  157    2   73
  14  F.C. South Pole           50  21   9  20  175  169    6   72
  15  Scott Mardaruers          50  20  10  20  171  164    7   70
  16  Ross Town                 50  20   6  24  176  174    2   66
  17  Xanhao                    50  20   6  24  147  164  -17   66
  18  Fuji City                 50  19   8  23  147  151   -4   65
  19  Byrd Fliers               50  19   7  24  156  175  -19   64
  20  Pichu F.C.                50  18   9  23  171  173   -2   63
  21  Princess F.C.             50  18   9  23  155  159   -4   63
  22  Kokohona Warriors         50  19   6  25  170  191  -21   63
  23  Ponhu Reefers             50  17   9  24  152  165  -13   60
  24  Edo Steelers              50  18   6  26  155  188  -33   60 
  25  Chinhu Zakjuri Utd.       50  15  11  24  167  185  -18   56 TQCC
  26  CSKA Salo                 50  17   5  28  138  170  -32   56

TakilQuip Champions Cup
Globe Cup
Relegated
Relegated/TQCC*

* Chinhu Zakjuri took the table last season, but due to some bureaucratic mishaps they did not enter the TQCC. As a result, they were granted entrance to this cup. Also as a result Minaota, who would normally enter into the Globe Cup, has been denied entrance into that cup. Since thety are not a second division club, they cant enter the SBCC. They will enter the Globe Cup, once League Ultimate gets more entrants.

League Beta Table 0/1 Season

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Fuji Mountainview         46  23   9  14  155  139   16   78 SBCC
   2  U.S.F.C.                  46  24   5  17  151  137   14   77 SBCC
   3  Advent City F.C.          46  23   6  17  157  135   22   75
   4  Dat Team                  46  23   6  17  147  133   14   75
   5  MacRoss Town              46  23   5  18  148  139    9   74
   6  Asatao F.c.               46  22   8  16  139  133    6   74
   7  Edo United                46  23   4  19  135  122   13   73
   8  Pichu Town                46  22   4  20  141  143   -2   70
   9  Zusan Islanders           46  21   6  19  142  145   -3   69
  10  The Polesters             46  21   5  20  154  142   12   68
  11  Kyota City                46  20   8  18  135  154  -19   68
  12  Yin-Yang Folao            46  20   6  20  134  149  -15   66
  13  Edo Samurai               46  19   8  19  138  138    0   65
  14  Mi-Hao                    46  19   7  20  144  131   13   64
  15  Athanikos                 46  19   5  22  141  133    8   62
  16  A.F.C. Little Edo         46  19   5  22  140  143   -3   62
  17  Department Up Wanderers   46  19   4  23  141  141    0   61
  18  MacScott Rovers           46  17   9  20  120  127   -7   60
  19  Itaka F.C.                46  17   8  21  144  148   -4   59
  20  Three Peaks Dragons       46  16  10  20  129  142  -13   58
  21  West MacMurdo Huskies     46  16   9  21  144  151   -7   57
  22  Byrd Town                 46  16   8  22  135  148  -13   56
  23  Base Camp Mountaineers    46  17   4  25  129  144  -15   55
  24  Mecca                     46  14   9  23  132  158  -26   51

Promoted/ Series' B Champions Cup
Promoted

[Balida]

The Balida Futball League is going on now. You can check the stats durring season at http://balidasports.weebly.com and sign up a team for next season if you wish. I'll be posting the final results hear in the IDSNW when the season is over.

[Dancougar]

Kingdom of Dancougar College Football
Season Capsules: 2051/52 Competition, 2052/53 Classification

2051/52 Competition

As soon as Yuki State at Helmsley ascended to the perilous heights of college football, here they were crashing back down. Tony Travers' team had a strong run at the IUCC -- and there will be more on that later -- but that, coupled with their appearance at the Series B Champions' Cup, put a lot of strain on a team known more for its stout defending than anything else. Or maybe it was just a rough year to be in the Coastal Plains, where five teams in the eight-team league finished with seven wins from fourteen matches. Helmsley found themselves in an incredible sixth place despite being only five points off the pace; needless to say, they wouldn't have a chance to defend their national title.

The Shinobu Valley produced two of the strongest teams in the nation, Callihan and Reyes, who both finished at 10-3-1 to be ranked No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, in the media poll. Reyes were flustered to be ranked behind a team they'd taken four points from during the regular season, and Shadow Cliffs wondered why they were ranked Callihan despite having a superior goal differential and an equally-impressive 10-4-2 record in what was arguably a tougher conference. Callihan and Reyes vied for the Shinobu Valley title and each finished with 33 points, roughly doubling third place Shinobu State. Shadow Cliffs had to tangle with 10-3-3 Concannon in the Gilderome River Conference, and there was a less insane gap of nine points between first and third.

Top 25
 1 Callihan College		10-3-1, 32/13, 1st Shinobu Valley
 2 Shadow Cliffs State College	10-4-2, 35/13, 1st Gilderome River
 3 Reyes Academy		10-3-1, 28/15, 2nd Shinobu Valley
 4 Big Mountain State College	 9-6-1, 30/20, 1st Nothern Plains
 5 Katya City College		 9-4-1, 29/16, 1st Igor Valley
 6 Concannon College		10-3-3, 33/19, 2nd Gilderome River
 7 Zane Island State College	10-2-2, 30/18, 1st Big Northeast
 8 Thane College		 9-3-2, 32/20, 1st Shiba Valley
 9 Kabuto University		 9-5-2, 34/21, 1st Big North
10 Wexford College		 9-5-2, 29/17, 1st Sullivan CPL
11 Granger Island College	 9-3-2, 27/15, 1st Helmut CPL
12 Takano University		10-1-3, 28/15, 1st Kotaru CPL
13 Morewood Technical Institute	11-0-4, 27/21, 1st Lunarossa CPL
14 Tetsuya State College	 8-6-2, 26/16, 2nd Big North
15 Dancougar Royal Academy	 8-4-2, 26/15, 1st Yuki CPL
16 Gabthley University		10-2-4, 34/19, 1st Kishin Delta CPL
17 Keats Island University	 9-4-3, 28/17, 1st Keats Island CPL
18 University of Shiba		 8-4-2, 23/15, 1st Kishin Plains
19 Chastain College		 9-3-4, 34/22, 2nd Northern Plains
20 Cyert Technical Institute	 9-2-3, 28/16, 1st Metro East
21 Alameda Academy		 8-5-3, 31/24, 2nd Keats Island CPL
22 Shiba State University	 8-2-4, 26/17, 2nd Shiba Valley
23 Hinamizawa College		 9-1-4, 23/12, 2nd Kotaru CPL
24 Pollock College		 7-4-3, 28/17, 1st Coastal Plains
25 Monagham State College	 8-2-4, 23/15, 1st Shikibu CPL

Ultimately, though, neither as really willing to lose sleep over what the media thought, since the No. 1 team had never won a title before. If anything, they'd done Shadow Cliffs and Reyes a favor by planting the kiss of death on Callihan. The attention going into the tournament then turned to the bubble. The biggest howl of disapproval came from Stanwix, who finished second in Lunarossa but somehow managed to come up with a -2 goal differential in the process. Wightman, a point behind them but at +8, got the only at-large bid from that conference. Negley Run, fourth in Lunarossa at 7-4-4, felt like it should have slipped into the 40th slot instead of 7-4-3 Pembrooke, a third bid from the Shiba Valley.

Both Pembrooke and Wightman justified their selections in the opening round, with the former taking both legs from Rizzi and the latter crushing defending finalist Hinamizawa 5-1 in the first leg en route to 7-4. Reyes were the highest casualty of the first round, going out to Bremley 4-2 on aggregate. Now they had a reason to complain loudly about the league tiebreakers which stressed overall goal differential over head-to-head results. Winning the conference would have been the difference between an at-large bid and a bye to the Conference Round, but analysts pointed out that Bremley, at 7-3-4 out of Shapiro, should have been easy pickings. But after Bremley downed Wightman 4-2 in the next round, nobody was willing to talk any more smack.

Hazuki State opened their tournament in unfamiliar territory - unranked. But they dismantled Gabthley 5-1 in the opening leg en route to 6-1, so no worries just yet. Callihan also rolled in its first leg, 4-0 away to Monagham State, and won the tie 5-0. Pundits merely stated they were stalling their inevitable collapse, but for now, they were in the Sweet Sixteen. The aforementioned Bremley joined them. Shadow Cliffs, however, were out after running into the Royal Academy. An away goal for the Royals was the difference in a 4-3 aggregate win. So after all that talk about avoiding the curse of No. 1, both Shadow Cliffs and Reyes had managed to exit early, anyway.

Callihan drew the Royal Academy in the Sweet Sixteen and fans were treated to a pair of dogfights. The home fans were bitterly disappointed, as the visitor won each leg, and Callihan's 2-0 offset the Royals' 1-0. Bremley continued to slice through the field, removing Zane Island from contention with a pair of 2-0 wins. And speaking of weak teams doing well, Pembrooke downed Cyert Tech 3-2 to make the quarterfinals. Former champions Keats Island won an entertaining tie against Hazuki State 6-3 on aggregate. Other big names exiting at this level were former world champions Thane, who needed penalties just to reach the Sweet Sixteen, and Chastain.

Bremley and Pembrooke were finally ousted, beaten by Kabuto and Callihan respectively. There was now some cautious optimism that Callihan's ranking truly was indicative of their quality, regardless of what beef Reyes had with them. Keats Island advanced comfortably over Wexford 4-1, and Concannon rounded out the semifinalists. That produced a field as strong as anyone could remember, and the ties lived up to expectations. Keats Island ground out a 2-1 road win against Kabuto and the teams drew 1-1 in the return leg. Things were even tenser in the other tie, where Callihan produced a thrilling come-from-behind 5-4 road win after the opening leg was drawn 1-1.

So the fans had some great storylines to choose from in the final. Would Keats Island become the first school to win three tournament titles, or could Callihan become the first No. 1 team to take it? Keats Island grabbed the lead on a first-half corner, but before halftime, Callihan leveled and seized the momentum. This was apparent when they scored the go-ahead goal not five minutes from the restart, and after some frantic defending a near-miss counter, the whistle blew and Callihan were crowned champions of Dancougar.

IUCC Roundup

Thane were granted the first slot for the 21st IUCC tournament, correctly this time, having been given the opportunity to defend their world title with a couple of extras on the line. Could they become the first school to threepeat? And if they couldn't, could one of the other schools win Dancougar's fourth straight and make it the first nation to do so? Having the tournament in Dancougar certainly helped, as the IUCC board had returned to the old system of holding the tournament in the nation of the previous winner.

Helmsley were a good bet with their responsible defense, and Hinamizawa were joining them, having turned down the SBCC slot reserved for the national runners-up. That deferral created a juicy matchup in the group stage of the IUCC, as Helmsley and Hinamizawa met up in a rematch of the national title game. Travers' squad once again put three in the net, but this time it was without reply. Fortunately for Hinamizawa, those were their only dropped points out of five matches, and both teams cruised into the quarterfinals.

Thane didn't have it nearly so easy, and when all was said and done, they needed tiebreakers to escape from their pool. It became clear early on that three teams were in contention - St. Martin, Van Prooijen, and Thane. Thane lost 2-1 against St. Martin but came back from a goal down to beat Van Prooijen 4-3 to secure three crucial points. Ten points were good for a second-place tie, and but their goal differential was superior to Van Prooijen's.

All three Dancougaran entrants in the quarters, then, but that number would be whittled down to two after play was finished. Thane were the victims, losing a close one to Vephrall's Till College, 1-0. There were complaints that the linesman had twice flagged Thane incorrectly for offside, but television replays didn't necessarily agree with those claims. Hinamizawa and Helmsley were through, though, even though the latter needed penalties to do it. But that seemed to give them the momentum they needed, as Helmsley cruised 3-1 over Paruvia for a place in the final.

Hinamizawa, though, ran into Till and did well to force overtime after playing to 1-1. During the extra half hour, though, their legs gave out and Till ran out 3-1 winners. The championship game thus presented Till with the unique opportunity to make it a perfect three-for-three against Dancougaran opposition. It was a back-and-forth game filled with vigor, aggressive runs, and goals. Oh, the goals. Till finally gained the advantage in the 73rd minute when a penalty gave them a 4-3 lead which they would carry to the final whistle.

SBCC Roundup

With each Series B tournament, it was becoming clearer and clearer that Dancougar's collegians were unable to compete with professional sides. There were plenty of explanations. Mostly, they came down to stability. Although some college programs had been able to distance themselves from their peers and remain competitive year to year, none had been able to monopolize Dancougar's developing talent. That way, no one had really taken command as a truly elite program which could have a legitimate shot at the title every season. And even though some said that the college system's lack of depth was reflected in the growth of the D-League, Dancougar's success at the international level proved that it was producing capable players. So once again, that argument boiled down to one of dispersal.

As for the results themselves, they didn't read favorably. Although Purnell had won its preliminary round tie, they were downed by SC Ianisle 3-1 in the playoff round. It was more of the same elsewhere: FC Nacional 5, Granger Island 3; Keto Lodilunaji 6, Alameda Academy 5; Turmondale United 3, Yuki State at Helmsley 1. That none of the schools had been whitewashed was certainly a positive, but they were lacking in crucial areas. When one came right down to it, any college team could be expected to have two or three players capable of playing at a professional level and little beyond that. Questions were being raised about the College Alliance's continued participation in the SBCC, although the Sports Ministry believed it was still a net positive despite the lack of results.

2052/53 Classification

Callihan's quest for a repeat started reasonably, but by the halfway point, they looked completely out of the Shinobu Valley race. With one win from their first seven games, Callihan looked nothing like the team which had stormed through the country a year before, owing in part to the loss of several key players to the D-League draft and a failure to convert their breakout year into recruiting success. They had to go 4-1-0 down the stretch to bring their record up to something respectable, but 6-4-4 was only good enough for third place and nowhere near what they needed to earn an at-large bid to the tournament.

The media's job of choosing a No. 1 team was easy, though, thanks to the exploits of the University of Dancougar. Despite being one of the nation's largest schools and rocking a prime location in the capital, the school had historically underachieved. Only once could it claim eight wins in the 14-game season played by the Yuki CPL, which made their stunning 11-3-0 season even more incredible. They were one of two unbeaten teams on the year, the other being 8-6-0 Frickstowne, which was ranked No. 7 after comfortably winning the Kishin Plains. Most curious was Lunarossa State's No. 6 ranking: 8-4-3 wasn't bad for the Lunarossa CPL, but it was hardly worth such accolades in many eyes. It was even more surprising that Bouquet and Aiken, which both finished 8-3-4, didn't even crack the Top 25. A spot in the tournament was all that really mattered, though...

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Regular season media ranking in parentheses.
Asterisk denotes tournament selection.

Yuki Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (1) Univ of Dancougar     14  11   3   0   30   15   15   36 *
   2  Carling College           14   7   4   3   23   18    5   25 *
   3  Dancougar Royal Academy   14   7   2   5   30   21    9   23
   4  Carling Military Inst     14   5   4   5   15   21   -6   19
   5  Dancougar Army Academy    14   4   6   4   24   27   -3   18
   6  Barclay State College     14   4   2   8   17   22   -5   14
   7  Kishin Academy            14   4   1   9   15   22   -7   13
   8  Yuki State University     14   2   2  10   16   24   -8    8

Kishin Delta Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (22) Dancougar Naval Aca  16   9   3   4   20   17    3   30 *
   2  Weston Technical Inst     16   8   2   6   25   21    4   26
   3  Nara College              16   7   3   6   25   20    5   24
   4  Eastport State University 16   8   0   8   23   27   -4   24
   5  Kildare Maritime Academy  16   6   5   5   28   25    3   23
   6  Gabthley University       16   7   2   7   24   23    1   23
   7  Fujiwara State College    16   6   3   7   23   27   -4   21
   8  Raizon College            16   5   4   7   25   23    2   19
   9  Port Royal University     16   4   2  10   20   30  -10   14

Shiba Valley Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (17) Thane College        14   8   3   3   28   20    8   27 *
   2  Pembrooke Academy         14   7   3   4   26   20    6   24 *
   3  Grandborough University   14   7   2   5   33   26    7   23
   4  Lansing College           14   6   3   5   26   23    3   21
   5  Ochoa City College        14   6   2   6   19   21   -2   20
   6  Shiba Technical College   14   4   3   7   19   24   -5   15
   7  Grandborough Tech         14   4   3   7   18   25   -7   15
   8  Shiba State University    14   4   1   9   17   27  -10   13

Coastal Plains Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (20) Hale University      14   9   2   3   20   15    5   29 *
   2  Pollock College           14   8   3   3   20   14    6   27 *
   3  Yuki State - Helmsley     14   6   3   5   20   22   -2   21
   4  Hinata Academy            14   5   3   6   24   20    4   18
   5  Mandrake City College     14   5   2   7   26   25    1   17
   6  Southport City College    14   3   5   6   24   25   -1   14
   7  Yuki Technical Institute  14   3   5   6   20   26   -6   14
   8  Kanata State College      14   3   5   6   18   25   -7   14

Hazuki Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (10) Chester Academy      16   9   5   2   25   13   12   32 *
   2  Mugen Bend State College  16   8   3   5   29   18   11   27 *
   3  Hazuki State University   16   8   3   5   28   22    6   27 *
   4  Kasai Academy             16   7   4   5   29   24    5   25
   5  Briggs College            16   6   4   6   24   27   -3   22
   6  Beresford College         16   5   4   7   24   26   -2   19
   7  University of Hazuki      16   5   3   8   15   18   -3   18
   8  Ouran College             16   3   6   7   23   31   -8   15
   9  Kimstown City College     16   4   2  10   19   37  -18   14

Big Northeast Football Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Foster College            14   8   1   5   27   20    7   25 *
   2  Koi Shores Technical Col  14   7   4   3   27   22    5   25
   3  Northeastern Masato Univ  14   7   1   6   25   18    7   22
   4  Zane Island State College 14   6   4   4   20   16    4   22
   5  Muddy Banks State College 14   5   6   3   20   16    4   21
   6  Port Vigilance City Col   14   5   4   5   21   25   -4   19
   7  Dyson College             14   3   2   9   16   23   -7   11
   8  Maribito University       14   3   2   9   18   34  -16   11

Shinobu Valley Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (21) Reyes Academy        14   8   3   3   20   13    7   27 *
   2  (24) Shinobu State Univ   14   8   2   4   28   19    9   26 *
   3  Callihan College          14   6   4   4   24   24    0   22
   4  Brackston College         14   5   5   4   25   23    2   20
   5  Deimon City College       14   5   2   7   16   23   -7   17
   6  Shapiro State - Dawes Pte 14   4   4   6   19   19    0   16
   7  Maehara University        14   4   3   7   19   21   -2   15
   8  Akiba College             14   4   1   9   15   24   -9   13

Helmut Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Granger Island College    14   7   5   2   23   13   10   26 *
   2  University of Helmut      14   5   7   2   22   16    6   22
   3  Branstein College         14   7   1   6   22   22    0   22
   4  Schwartzer College        14   5   5   4   27   19    8   20
   5  Jena College              14   6   2   6   16   17   -1   20
   6  Lake Gandor State Univ    14   6   1   7   19   28   -9   19
   7  Kimei Academy             14   4   4   6   14   19   -5   16
   8  Helmut State University   14   2   3   9   12   21   -9    9

South Central Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (9) Benton College        16  10   2   4   25   17    8   32 *
   2  (18) Shiratori University 16   9   3   4   24   15    9   30 *
   3  (25) US Grandborough      16   9   2   5   25   20    5   29 *
   4  Crane State College       16   7   2   7   20   18    2   23
   5  Kinnikun College          16   7   2   7   25   25    0   23
   6  Derry College             16   7   2   7   20   21   -1   23
   7  Leona College             16   6   3   7   25   30   -5   21
   8  Shikibu Northwestern      16   3   5   8   27   31   -4   14
   9  University of Shikibu     16   2   3  11   15   29  -14    9

Red River Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Seanor City College       14   6   4   4   19   13    6   22 *
   2  Rizzi College             14   6   4   4   19   18    1   22
   3  Meadowridge University    14   6   3   5   19   20   -1   21
   4  Hyland College            14   5   5   4   22   19    3   20
   5  Raymaley College          14   5   5   4   13   14   -1   20
   6  Regola University         14   5   4   5   17   19   -2   19
   7  Masato State University   14   3   5   6   18   18    0   14
   8  Waugaman City College     14   4   2   8   16   22   -6   14

Big West Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (8) Mount Fujiko St Coll  16  10   2   4   34   22   12   32 *
   2  (19) E Desugaia Univ      16   8   5   3   34   22   12   29 *
   3  Pine Bluffs State College 16   7   3   6   19   19    0   24
   4  Friedmann College         16   7   2   7   28   27    1   23
   5  Inbit College             16   5   6   5   23   25   -2   21
   6  Randall College           16   5   5   6   17   21   -4   20
   7  Air Force Academy         16   4   6   6   16   23   -7   18
   8  University of Desugaia    16   4   5   7   24   26   -2   17
   9  West Valley College       16   3   4   9   16   26  -10   13

Lunarossa Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (6) Lunarossa State Univ  15   8   4   3   29   17   12   28 *
   2  Bouquet College           15   8   3   4   25   17    8   27 *
   3  Aiken College             15   8   3   4   27   25    2   27 *
   4  Craig State College       15   7   5   3   23   17    6   26
   5  Stanwix College           15   6   7   2   24   18    6   25
   6  University of Lunarossa   15   7   2   6   22   19    3   23
   7  Shuuei Academy            15   5   6   4   25   17    8   21
   8  Neville Island St Coll    15   5   6   4   26   25    1   21
   9  Wightman College          15   5   4   6   24   23    1   19
  10  Bigelow University        15   5   4   6   23   25   -2   19
  11  Lakeport University       15   5   4   6   18   25   -7   19
  12  Baum State College        15   5   3   7   20   18    2   18
  13  Shadyside Academy         15   6   0   9   22   33  -11   18
  14  Negley Run Academy        15   4   3   8   19   24   -5   15
  15  Morewood Technical Inst   15   2   5   8   12   26  -14   11
  16  Forbes College            15   1   7   7   18   28  -10   10

Big North Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (2) Kabuto University     16  11   2   3   35   18   17   35 *
   2  (3) Baptista College      16  11   2   3   28   15   13   35 *
   3  Gotei College             16   7   5   4   25   20    5   26
   4  Kotetsu Tech              16   6   4   6   21   22   -1   22
   5  Hibiki University         16   4   6   6   23   21    2   18
   6  Tetsuya State College     16   4   6   6   20   25   -5   18
   7  University of Masato      16   5   3   8   18   25   -7   18
   8  Billick College           16   3   5   8   21   32  -11   14
   9  Wenger College            16   2   5   9   12   25  -13   11

Metro East Football Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Cyert Technical Institute 14   7   5   2   21   16    5   26 *
   2  Purnell College           14   6   6   2   34   23   11   24 *
   3  Doherty College           14   6   4   4   23   19    4   22
   4  Wean State College        14   6   3   5   15   17   -2   21
   5  Porter College            14   5   2   7   18   18    0   17
   6  Hornbostel University     14   3   6   5   17   23   -6   15
   7  Morrison College          14   3   4   7   20   24   -4   13
   8  Hamerschlag University    14   3   4   7   17   25   -8   13

Igor Valley Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Earlsburg College         14   8   1   5   21   19    2   25 *
   2  University of Igor        14   7   2   5   28   19    9   23
   3  Barynsk College           14   6   4   4   26   20    6   22
   4  Katya City College        14   7   1   6   16   14    2   22
   5  Pearson University        14   6   2   6   19   22   -3   20
   6  South Kotaru State Univ   14   4   4   6   24   36  -12   16
   7  Andrews College           14   4   3   7   20   21   -1   15
   8  Darrough University       14   4   3   7   19   22   -3   15

Big East Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (11) Seiei University     14   7   6   1   31   17   14   27 *
   2  (16) Univ of Fujiwara     14   8   3   3   26   18    8   27 *
   3  Vartla City College       14   8   2   4   25   21    4   26
   4  Mainstead City College    14   7   4   3   27   24    3   25
   5  Jefferson College         14   7   3   4   27   23    4   24
   6  University of Juusenkitai 14   8   0   6   23   22    1   24
   7  Chirico College           14   7   2   5   18   17    1   23
   8  Amesborough College       14   6   2   6   20   19    1   20
   9  Daikon Academy            14   5   3   6   19   20   -1   18
  10  Konoha Academy            14   5   2   7   21   19    2   17
  11  Marble Cliffs State Col   14   5   1   8   17   20   -3   16
  12  Sanders College           14   5   1   8   20   29   -9   16
  13  Amada University          14   4   2   8   18   27   -9   14
  14  Masaharu College          14   3   3   8   15   24   -9   12
  15  Moore-Worth College       14   1   4   9   21   28   -7    7

Shapiro Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Shapiro State University  14   8   2   4   30   20   10   26 *
   2  Karin Technical School    14   7   2   5   27   21    6   23
   3  Eimoto College            14   7   1   6   25   24    1   22
   4  Castillo University       14   6   3   5   19   19    0   21
   5  Canton College            14   6   2   6   28   27    1   20
   6  Bremley College           14   4   4   6   19   19    0   16
   7  Gekiban College           14   4   3   7   16   22   -6   15
   8  Souichiro City University 14   3   5   6   16   28  -12   14

Kishin Plains Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (7) Frickstowne College   14   8   6   0   25   10   15   30 *
   2  Clay Academy              14   6   5   3   24   23    1   23
   3  Bloomfield College        14   6   4   4   22   16    6   22
   4  Montefiore College        14   6   2   6   30   28    2   20
   5  Carnegie Technical Inst   14   4   5   5   19   19    0   17
   6  University of Shiba       14   3   6   5   15   18   -3   15
   7  Herron University         14   2   7   5   16   27  -11   13
   8  Buhlsborough City College 14   3   1  10   12   22  -10   10

Kotaru Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (15) Hinamizawa College   14   8   2   4   31   17   14   26 *
   2  (23) Okinomiya Academy    14   8   2   4   31   20   11   26 *
   3  Takano University         14   7   3   4   30   27    3   24
   4  Ryuugu Academy            14   6   3   5   18   18    0   21
   5  Akasaka University        14   6   1   7   26   21    5   19
   6  Furude College            14   5   3   6   21   30   -9   18
   7  Irie City College         14   4   3   7   16   21   -5   15
   8  Kotaru University         14   3   1  10   13   32  -19   10

Gilderome River Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (4) Univ of Gilderome     16   9   5   2   29   15   14   32 *
   2  Shadow Cliffs State Col   16   7   4   5   23   13   10   25
   3  Concannon College         16   6   6   4   23   18    5   24
   4  Pleasanton College        16   6   5   5   23   27   -4   23
   5  Murrieta University       16   5   6   5   22   20    2   21
   6  Portola City College      16   6   3   7   18   23   -5   21
   7  Stoneridge University     16   5   6   5   20   27   -7   21
   8  Vasco College             16   4   6   6   19   20   -1   18
   9  University of Zorbados    16   2   3  11   14   28  -14    9

Northern Plains Conference
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (14) Angel Grove St Coll  16   9   3   4   30   22    8   30 *
   2  Akatsuki University       16   6   6   4   29   26    3   24
   3  Chastain College          16   6   6   4   27   24    3   24
   4  Big Mountain State Col    16   6   5   5   23   24   -1   23
   5  Donovan Academy           16   5   5   6   25   24    1   20
   6  Stoneridge Technical Inst 16   5   5   6   20   20    0   20
   7  Gilderome State Univ      16   4   8   4   20   21   -1   20
   8  Misamaru College          16   4   5   7   25   28   -3   17
   9  Daigoji College           16   3   5   8   23   33  -10   14

Shikibu Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (12) Ledesma College      14  10   0   4   26   12   14   30 *
   2  Monagham State College    14   6   6   2   19   12    7   24
   3  Port Gintoki University   14   6   4   4   21   23   -2   22
   4  Nikkei Academy            14   7   0   7   26   28   -2   21
   5  Donneley College          14   6   2   6   26   22    4   20
   6  Ladsdburg College         14   5   4   5   19   19    0   19
   7  Ogasawara City College    14   3   3   8   14   24  -10   12
   8  Stoddart-McLean College   14   2   3   9   16   27  -11    9

Sullivan Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (5) Trafford Tech Inst    16  11   1   4   33   20   13   34 *
   2  Wexford College           16   8   4   4   29   23    6   28
   3  Glassport City College    16   8   3   5   24   20    4   27
   4  Coraopolis University     16   6   5   5   28   26    2   23
   5  University of Sullivan    16   6   4   6   21   19    2   22
   6  Kensington University     16   7   1   8   25   32   -7   22
   7  Monroeville College       16   5   3   8   20   24   -4   18
   8  Sullivan State University 16   3   6   7   20   24   -4   15
   9  Mifflin College           16   2   5   9   19   31  -12   11

Keats Island Collegiate Premier League
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  (13) Berkeley State Univ  16   9   3   4   38   27   11   30 *
   2  Keats Island University   16   7   5   4   35   29    6   26 *
   3  Millbrae University       16   7   4   5   23   21    2   25
   4  Fremont University        16   7   4   5   27   27    0   25
   5  Richmond College          16   7   2   7   28   31   -3   23
   6  Alameda Academy           16   6   3   7   21   21    0   21
   7  Mountain View State Col   16   5   5   6   23   26   -3   20
   8  Redwood City College      16   5   2   9   28   31   -3   17
   9  Hayward College           16   3   4   9   19   29  -10   13

Purnell College caused some consernation for sneaking into the tournament with a 6-6-2 record, mostly on the strength of their entertaining brand of football that saw them among the national leaders in offense. Wexford thought it deserved a look ahead of some five-loss teams that got a nod, notably Hazuki State. Pembrooke, Carling, and Pollock were also talking points for fellow bubble teams Glassport City, Vartla City, and Craig State. As usual, vindication would only come with a good showing in the spring tournament.

At-Large Round
(#3) Baptista College 2-4 (#18) Shiratori University
Mugen Bend State College 3-3p Aiken College
(#23) Okinomiya Academy 3-1 (#24) Shinobu State University
Carling College 3-1 Pembrooke Academy
Keats Island University 5-0 Purnell College
Hazuki State University 2-5 (#25) University of Shiba at Grandborough
Pollock College 3-0 (#16) University of Fujiwara
(#19) Eastern Desugaia University 2-1 Bouquet College

There was a familiar face... Shiratori University were back in the postseason after a ten-year absense, and their first opponents were Baptista. They were ranked third out of the Big North, level on points with second-ranked Kabuto and consigned to the at-large round on tiebreakers. Like Reyes the year before them, they faltered on the big stage, losing both legs by a combined 4-2. Pollock shook off the criticism by downing the University of Fujiwara with a pair of wins, while on the campus of Aiken College, the lack of an away-goals rule once again reared its ugly head. Both legs were drawn and even though Aiken had two away goals to Mugen Bend's one, overtime and penalties were needed to break the deadlock.

Conference Round
(#6) Lunarossa State University 7-3 (#14) Angel Grove State College
(#17) Thane College 9-5 (#20) Hale University
(#8) Mount Fujiko State College 3-3p (#23) Okinomiya Academy
Foster College 5-6 Granger Island College
(#5) Trafford Technical Institute 5-3 (#19) Eastern Desugaia University
(#11) Seiei University 5-4 (#2) Kabuto University
(#9) Benton College 1-7 Shapiro State University
Keats Island University 4-1 (#22) Dancougar Naval Academy
(#25) University of Shiba at Grandborough 1-2 Aiken College
Seanor City College 3-6 Pollock College
(#10) Chester Academy 2-2p (#12) Ledesma College
(#4) University of Gilderome 1-0 (#18) Shiratori University
(#1) University of Dancougar 0-2 Earlsburg College
(#13) Berkeley State University 3-2 Cyert Technical Institute
Carling College 3-0 (#15) Hinamizawa College
(#7) Frickstowne College 6-6p (#21) Reyes Academy

Some said the Curse of No. 1 had been lifted by Callihan. Others called it a statistical outlier. Whatever it was, the University of Dancougar would lend one theory credence based on what it did against Earlsburg, the unranked and unheralded champions of the Igor Valley. When Earlsburg won 2-0 on the road, analysts rolled out the "I told you so"s and kept them coming until the second leg finished scoreless. But even if that was a disappointment, there was plenty of excitement to be found elsewhere. Lunarossa State and Thane rained goals on their opponents to cruise into the next round, Seiei overcame a first-leg deficit with a 4-2 road win against No. 2 Kabuto, and Gilderome ground out a highly tactical 1-0 result against Shiratori. Reyes, in the meantime, staked their claim to the comeback of the season. Down 4-2 in the second leg of their tie with Frickstowne, and losing 6-3 on aggregate, Reyes scored three goals in the final twenty minutes to force a penalty shootout. It was Frickstowne's first, and only, loss of the year.

Sweet Sixteen
Earlsburg College 6-5 (#11) Seiei University
(#23) Okinomiya Academy 2-5 Aiken College
(#4) University of Gilderome 6-2 (#6) Lunarossa State University
Keats Island University 4-5 Pollock College
Shapiro State University 0-2 Granger Island College
(#5) Trafford Technical Institute 5-2 Carling College
(#12) Ledesma College 4-3 (#13) Berkeley State University
(#21) Reyes Academy 2-2p (#17) Thane College

Earlsburg proved their victory in the prevous round wasn't a fluke, holding Seiei 2-2 on the road to preserve a one-goal advantage. Lunarossa State were finally exposed by Gilderome, who rolled 5-2 in the home leg en route to a 6-2 aggregate victory. The Lunarossan champs never looked threatening, but the league marched onward anyway, couresty of Aiken. Thane used the aggregate scoring rules to their advantage in what was a textbook case of losing the battle but winning the war. A 2-1 home loss in the second leg against Reyes evened them up at 2-2. But because of the scoring rules, they went to a overtime instead of Reyes celebrating a comeback win. Thane eventually won in a shootout to make the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
Aiken College 4-2 (#5) Trafford Technical Institute
Granger Island College 3p-3 (#12) Ledesma College
(#17) Thane College 5-3 (#4) University of Gilderome
Pollock College 2-5 Earlsburg College

Pollock's great run was brought to an end by Earlsburg, who started to think they had a serious shot at the title. Chants of "Our name is Earlsburg!!" were following the team wherever they went, and morale on campus was high. But who would they have in the semis? Aiken was also looking good after polishing off Trafford Tech, and two former champions remained in the field. Granger Island needed penalties to down Ledesma, and Thane won both legs against Gilderome. So, while neither was in dominant form, both were bringing history and swagger to the field.

Semifinals
Earlsburg College 2-3 (#17) Thane College
Aiken College 0-3 Granger Island College

Thane's 1-0 victory at Earlsburg was the first sign that the Cinderalla run was coming to an end, but the Igor Valley champs still had some fight in them. The return leg finished 2-2, so they could at least exit the tournament with their heads held high. The winner awaited Granger Island, 3-0 winners over Aiken. Aiken was blanked in both legs. That created a matchup of two schools that were each vying to become the first to three titles. History would be made in the National Stadium.

Collegiate Grand Final
(#17) Thane College 1p-1 Granger Island College

Put ranking aside, and what do you have? Two schools which had claimed four of the previous nine Grand Finals. Needless to say, these were two programs that were capable of developing quality players, and by extension, playing quality matches. The game did not disappoint. And even though it required a penalty shootout to settle things and award Thane title number three, fans came away from the game satisfied. Both teams had played spirited football. Both had produced chances. And most importantly, both teams had left everything on the field, exactly how it should be in any tournament final.

International Qualifiers

Although Earlsburg had one of the more impressive runs in the tournament, they were unable to garner the fan vote needed to crach the SBCC list. That went to Pollock, who had more national recognition. Ignore, for a moment, their head-to-head loss to Earlsburg in the quarterfinals. Surely, then Earlsburg would at least play in the IUCC. But the College Alliance went with teams that were perceived to be stronger overall rather than beneficiaries of a strong run of form. Gilderome and Aiken, also quarterfinalists, were chosen to fill out Dancougar's IUCC allocation.

IUCC1: #17 Thane College (national champion)
IUCC2: #4 University of Gilderome (College Alliance selection)
IUCC3: Aiken College (College Alliance selection)

SBCC1: #17 Thane College (national champion)
SBCC2: Granger Islane College (national finalist)
SBCC3: #1 University of Dancougar (regular season #1)
SBCC4: Pollock College (fan voting)

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And so on to the 11th West Zirconian Academic League.
For those who forgot the previous ten:

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Season  Champions                  Runners-up               Third Place

1      Stanley University         Markham University       Banks Theological College
2      St. Martin Medical Inst.   Moorcroft University     Markham University
3      Prifysgol Gymraeg          Bradley University       Stanley University
4      Bradley University         Prifysgol Gymraeg        St. Martin Medical Inst.
5      Prifysgol Gymraeg          Snaith Maritime College  St. Martin Medical Inst.
6      Markham University         Prifysgol Gymraeg        St. Martin University
7      Moorcroft University       St. Martin Medical Inst. Snaith Maritime College
8      St. Mark's College         St. Martin University    Snaith Maritime College
9      St. Martin Medical Inst.   Moorcroft University     St. Marks' College
10     St. Mark's College         St. Martin University    St. Martin Medical Inst.

Not that you really wanted reminding, of course.

Once again, the league was a close affair - except for Redwood University, who struggled to win a match. But by half-time, the top six were separated by just three points, leaving the whole thing wide open.

And so it remained. Redwood finally got their victory, while Prifysgol Gymraeg finally pulled away from the pack.

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 Pos  Team                            P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd  22  12   7   3   56   38   18   43
   2  St. Martin Medical Institute  22  11   6   5   43   35    8   39
   3  Bradley University            22  10   6   6   45   34   11   36
   4  Moorcroft University          22  10   6   6   39   32    7   36
   5  Snaith Maritime College       22   9   7   6   33   32    1   34
   6  Markham University            22   9   6   7   50   38   12   33
   7  Stanley University            22   9   4   9   46   47   -1   31
   8  St. Mark's College, Mort Park 22   8   7   7   34   38   -4   31
   9  Banks Theological College     22   6   6  10   42   45   -3   24
  10  Eastham College of Technology 22   7   2  13   40   49   -9   23
  11  St. Martin University         22   4  10   8   39   46   -7   22
  12  Redwood University            22   1   5  16   20   53  -33    8


So, needless to say, the IUCC qualifiers are Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd, St. Martin Medical Institute and Bradley University.