
18th Independent Associations Championship (IAC)
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Hello one and all to the 13th edition of the Independent Associations Championship! A grand total of forty teams, not belonging to one of the big 4 sporting regions, will gather here in Poafmersia to fight to be the "Champion of the Rest". This would be the thread for the IC information only. Any OOC posts should either be made on the discussion thread, or on the Signup Thread as linked above.
Format
The tournament will begin with a Group Stage comprising 8 groups of 5 teams, playing in a single round-robin in Poafmersia. Top two teams will advance to the Dual Group Stage, which features an Opening/Placement Round, a Winners/Losers Round, and a Decider Round. The winners of the Opening Round play each other in the Winners Round for a spot in the Upper Bracket, while the losers of the Opening Round play each other in the Losers Round for a spot in the Decider Round. The winner of the Losers Round, as well as the loser of the Winners Round, then play each other in the Decider Round for a spot in the Lower Bracket.
The remaining 8 teams will play a double elimination bracket, with 4 teams in the Upper Bracket, and 4 teams in the Lower Bracket. The winner of the Upper Bracket finals will play the winner of the Lower Bracket finals in a 90 minute Grand Final to decide who takes the trophy.
Pots
Pot 1
Poafmersia (14)* - HOSTS
Trolleborg (1)
Drawkland (2)
HUElavia (3)
Squidroidia (4)
Juvencus (5)
Kriegiersien (6)
Indusse (7)
Pot 2
Geektopia (8)
Belnegau (9)
TJUN-ia (10)
Abanhfleft (12)
Adab (13)
Montaña Verde (15)
Eshialand (16)
Valentine Z (17)
Pot 3
Sannyamathland (19)
West Barack and East Obama (20)
Sudilia (25)
Cakranegara (26)
Saterun (27)
Space (28)
Srubnaya culture (30)
Delaclava (31)
Pot 4
Archalit (32)
Sajnur (33)
Hopal (34)
Harry Islands (35)
Stevencousin (35)
United Adaikes (42)
Ile de Richelieu (43)
The 14 Stars (60)
Pot 5
Aust Scor (62)
Toluiwa (70)
Muralos (75)
Germenia (UR)
Katten en Kittens van de Wereld (UR)
New Master (UR)
Snow And Ice Caps (UR)
The Spartan Dominion (UR)
*Poafmersia, as hosts, were placed into Pot 1 automatically.
Group Stage Draw
Group A
Trolleborg (1)
TJUN-ia (10)
Aust Scor (62)
West Barack and East Obama (20)
Hopal (34)
Group C
Abanhfleft (12)
Muralos (75)
Squidroidia (4)
Archalit (32)
Delaclava (31)
Group D
Indusse (7)
Montaña Verde (15)
Sajnur (33)
Germenia (UR)
Space (28)
Group E
The Spartan Dominion (UR)
Adab (13)
Poafmersia (14)
Srubnaya culture (30)
Harry Islands (35)
Group F
Saterun (27)
Geektopia (8)
Kriegiersien (6)
New Master (UR)
Stevencousin (35)
Group G
Eshialand (16)
Juvencus (5)
Ile de Richelieu (43)
Sannyamathland (19)
Katten en Kittens van de Wereld (UR)
Group Stage Tiebreakers
1. Points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw)
2. Head-to-head points among tied teams
3. Head-to-head goal difference among tied teams
4. Goal Difference
5. Wins
6. Coin Flip (Match scored using only RP bonus)
Stage 3 Bracket

Schedule
7th May (Sun) 1pm SST - Group Stage Draw
12th May (Fri) - Group Stage MD1/2 (1 bye, 2 v 5, 3 v 4; 4 bye, 5 v 3, 1 v 2)
14th May (Sun) - Group Stage MD3/4 (2 bye, 3 v 1, 4 v 5; 5 bye, 1 v 4, 2 v 3)
17th May (Wed) - Group Stage MD5 (3 bye, 4 v 2, 5 v 1)
19th May (Fri) - Dual Group Stage Opening Round (A1 vs B2, C1 vs D2; B1 vs A2, D1 vs C2; E1 vs F2, G1 vs H2; F1 vs E2, H1 vs G2)
23rd May (Tue) - Dual Group Stage Winners/Losers Round
25th May (Thur) - Dual Group Stage Decider Round
27th May (Sat) - Upper Bracket Semifinals; Lower Bracket Round 1
29th May (Mon) - Upper Bracket Finals; Lower Bracket Quarterfinals & Semifinals
31st May (Wed) - Lower Bracket Finals
2nd June (Fri) - Grand Finals
Cutoffs will be at 10pm SST (2pm UTC, 10am EDT), except for Monday/Tuesday cutoffs, which will be at 8pm SST (12 noon UTC, 8am EDT). Scorination will be done using xkoronate 0.3.3, with the SQIS formula, and additive modifiers between -5 and +5. Please indicate your modifier in a clear and obvious manner in your roster post.
RP, Roster Information
Rosters will be entitled up to 1x Matchday RP Bonus. Teams without roster will get a roster penalty of 50% of the max ranked team (ie. 50% * 16.933 = 8.467), with rank set to a floor of 0 if necessary.
Quality and effort of the RPs will be taken into account. Although this was not listed in the bid, the host will be posting a cumulative RP report at certain intervals, detailing the range of RPs bonuses given, as well as some additional statistical information. Users who are interested in their current RP progress may give me a TG for a rough estimate of their RP bonuses anytime during/after the tournament.
To assist in RPing, there will be additional prompts given in cutoff posts. These are prompts relating to worldbuilding and the football team, though there is no penalty/bonus for following such prompts.
You may start posting rosters/RPs in this thread now! Please do not reserve any posts/rosters, thank you.
For the newcomers to NS Sports, participating in a tournament in this forums for the first time, do have a read at the Guide to Sports Roleplaying, linked above! For more info on how to start a roster, I have linked some information in the spoiler below, explaining about RP permisions, style mods and all.
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