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=== North and East Qatesh qualification ===
Due to conflicts within IFP management over cost and organisation, no qualification round was held in North or East Qatesh. Therefore, the teams qualifying and those in the intercontinental playoffs were individually invited. The slots to fill were 3 spots in North Qatesh, 4 in East Qatesh, and another one from each for the intercontinental playoffs. Holy Tempest Empire, Cammel, Yasja-Kanusphra were the West Qatesh nations invited; while United Republic, Suton, Skuria, Ladros were the East Qatesh nations invited. Alsara and
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| date = 2 May 2456
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background-color:#BBF3BB" |Advance to the Knockout Round
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{Cfb|Koresa}}
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Lothern and Koresa had both played each in the same group of the Alaxian qualification round, with only one goal by Lothern allowing it to make it the only defeat Koresa had gotten, conceding its first place. As both teams arrived in the camps, tensions were at an all time high, teams from both sides wanted this win, almost as if a rivarly between the two had always existed. Many were very anxious for the result of this game, and the Koresans would respond to such cries, scoring a goal just 15 minutes in. The celebration afterwards being one of the most iconic parts of the cup, as the Koresan Striker who had scored it would direct it to the recent TV spectators blowing a kiss to the camera, becoming a worldwide sensation in the matter of minutes. As the game continued, Koresa filled with morale, would score another, this time by a relatively unknown midfielder, cementing the win by Koresa.
| date = 22 April 2456
| team1 = {{Cfbr|Lothern}}
| team2 = {{Cfb|Koresa}}
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 2
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MF A {{Goal|63}}
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From completely different leagues, and completely different types of play, this was one of the most unpredictable matches. The Holy Tempest Empire's team being mostly occupied by the Ruskvi super stars of West Alaxia, saw itself more confident than the Republican team, which was cautious in its play. Betting houses in Solan saw themselves putting completely different rates, with many considering the Tempest the superior team with rates of 69% chances of winning, while others gave the United Republic's team chances of 82%. As the starting whistle started, the Tempest team would see itself on the attack, with many of its defenses being able to push through, as possession was in the 59% for the Tempest, some were predicting that the win was assured for them already. In the 22nd minute, they would score. Just 5 minutes later, the United Republic would respond with one goal of their own. In the half-time overtime, Tempest would score another. The second part would begin, and just 2 minutes in, the United Republic would score a goal. By the 80th minute, the game was seemingly stalled, with a tie imminent. Tempest would substitute many of its Ruskvi players for its new Ciyugan ones, seeing the appearance of some dwarven defences into play. On the 2nd minute of overtime, a seemingly normal throw-in would begin, done by an unimportant dwarven defence. Shockingly, he would throw it in such a manner that it would allow a goal for the Tempest team, and a victory would be called soon after.
| date = 22 April 2456
| team1 = {{Cfbr|Holy Tempest Empire}}
| team2 = {{Cfb|United Republic}}
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| goals1 = ST A {{Goal|22}},{{Goal|45'3}}</br>
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----Suffering a loss just previously, both sides were clamoring for a victory. Lothern had come first in the Alaxian qualifications, while the United Republic hadn't participated in many international events, failing to even surpass the Erdelichtians in the past cup they had to play. While the new United Republic players seemed more competent than previously, with more money being invested in the new leagues, people were still not confident enough in their team to consider a possible win. The United Republic was betting for a possible tie, focusing on their defense, knowing the capability the Lothernians had in their offense. The game would start, the United Republic would get the ball by the first 30 seconds, they would pass it to their main midfielder who would single-handedly run into the goal-keep, shooting a clear and fast goal. The United Republic were so happy they began dancing, and the midfielder would even take his shirt out of excitement. Sadly for him that would get him a yellow card, yet that didn't matter, they had just scored against Lothern. Celebrations kept roaring for 10 minutes, being shut down quickly after as Lothern's midfielder would score a goal. At the 20th minute, Lothern's striker would score another. 12 minutes later, Lothern's midfielder would score yet another one. By the halftime overtime, Lothern's striker would score yet another. By the second part, Lothern would continue, scoring a goal at the 52nd minute, another at the 68th, one at the 81st and a final goal at the second minute of overtime. Lothern had not just won, they had decimated the Heboian team.
| date = 25 April 2456
| team1 = {{Cfbr|United Republic}}
| team2 = {{Cfb|Lothern}}
| score1 = 1
| score2 = 8
| goals1 = MF A {{Goal|1}},{{Yel|1}}
| goals2 = MF A {{Goal|10}},{{Goal|32}},{{Goal|45'2}}</br>ST A {{Goal|20}},{{Goal|52}}</br>ST B {{Goal|62}}</br>ST B {{Goal|81}},{{Goal|90'2}}
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Both being winners of the past round, such a game would be one of the most anticipated, with the Tempest fans, in the thousands, shouting hard for their team. While Koresan fans were small in numbers, they were ingenious on how they celebrated their team, organizing themselves, they would wear black and red shirts, sitting in such manner that the Koresan star would be seen in the camp. Koresans were not many but they were committed, and that showed in their team. This would be a match of titans, with both sides being prepared to combat the other, being one of the highest players in their respective leagues. The game would start, and the first part would see a large amount of shots and attempts, none succeeding. As the second part continued, the same would apply, and in the end the game would end in a disappointing tie, but a tie that would enable both sides to be tied for first place, and officially eliminating the United Republic
| date = 25 April 2456
| team1 = {{Cfbr|Koresa}}
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----Lothern had just shown before that it was not a team to be underestimated.{{Football box
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===Bracket===
{{Round16|3 May 2456|36=6 May 2456|71=18 May 2456|66=14 May 2456|61=13 May 2456|56=11 May 2456|51=9 May 2456|46=10 May 2456|41=8 May 2456|31=5 May 2456|Winner A|26=4 May 2456|21=3 May 2456|16=6 May 2456|11=5 May 2456|9=Winner C|7=Third Win G|6=4 May 2456|4=Runner-up B|76=16 May 2456|34=Runner-up F|32=Winner E|37=Third RnUp H|39=
=== Round of 16===
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Revision as of 18:56, 6 December 2022
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | TBD – TBD |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | TBD |
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Champions | TBD |
Runners-up | TBD |
Third place | TBD |
Fourth place | TBD |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 58 |
The IFP World Cup of 2456 was the 3rd edition of the IFP World Cup, the world championship for open league national football teams. It took place in Solan.
Origin and set up
Host and venues
Match officials
Qualification
This world cup would be the first to not be invite-only, and include a qualification round. Solan, the hosts, automatically qualified. Furthermore, because of organisation difficulties, North Qatesh and East Qatesh nations would be assigned a set number of slots but would not have a qualification round, with nations being invited by the IFP. West and East Alaxia's confederations would combine into one qualification system, while Acoria would have a separate qualification system. The two intercontinental playoffs would be between Alaxia and East Qatesh; and Acoria and North Qatesh.
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East Alaxia | EAF | Alaxian Qualification for 2456 World Cup | 3 (or 4)[1] | 12 (or 13)[1] |
West Alaxia | WAF | 9 | ||
East Qatesh | EQF | No qualification round (invite-only) | 4 (or 5)[1] | |
North Qatesh | NORQAF | 3 (or 4)[1] | ||
Acoria | ACF | Acorian Qualification for 2456 World Cup | 2 (or 3)[1] | |
Total | 24 |
Alaxian qualification
Qualification in the West and East Alaxian confederations were merged to have a much larger tournament. The combined Alaxia had 12 slots in the World Cup, with an extra potential one pending intercontinental results. The tournament would be held in two parts. The first round would see five groups drawn consisting of six teams each, excluding Group A and Group B which had five due to only a total of 28 countries involved. Groups were drawn using pots that approximated similar team strength. The first and second placing countries in each group would qualify for the World Cup, while third placing countries would go to the second round. The second round was a sixth group consisting of all five third-placers. The first and second placing countries here qualified for the World Cup, with the third placing country going to an intercontinental playoff with an East Qateshi nation.
In the first round, 2 games would be played per fixture, while in the second round it was just 1 game per fixture. 110 matches were played across all six groups. To read the table, the score on the left was achieved by the team named on the row, while the score on the right was achieved by the team's flag shown in the column header. Concerning the first round: the matches played on the top-right were played first, across matchdays in 2453; the matches played on the bottom-left were played second, across matchdays in 2455. Concerning the second round, All matches were played in the matchdays in late 2455 and early 2456. The intercontinental playoff between East Qatesh would be played in March 2456.
Group A
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 20 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1 Mar | 15 Mar | 29 Mar | 12 Apr | ||
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 24 May | — | 8 Mar | 18 Mar | 30 Mar | |||
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to Second Round | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7 Jun | 22 Jun | — | 4 Mar | 5 Apr | ||
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8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 3 | Eliminated | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 21 Jun | 8 Jun | 25 May | — | 11 Mar | ||
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8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 5 Jul | 3 Aug | 17 Aug | 20 Jul | — |
Group B
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | ||||||
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | |||||||
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | Advance to Second Round | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | ||||||
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8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 4 | Eliminated | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | — | ||||||
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8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | — |
Group C
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 22 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
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10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 | Advance to Second Round | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 11 | Eliminated | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 10 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | |||||||||
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group D
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 21 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 20 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 15 | Advance to Second Round | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||||||||
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10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | Eliminated | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | |||||||||
6 | File:Hannokar.png Hannokar | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | -19 | 6 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
Group E
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 21 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 21 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||||||
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 12 | Advance to Second Round | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | ||||||||
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10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 12 | Eliminated | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
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10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | |||||||||
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Second Round
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 4 Oct | 11 Oct | 14 Oct | 7 Oct | ||
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | 8 Oct | 18 Oct | 22 Oct | |||
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 | Advance to Intercontinental Playoff | — | — | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 5 Oct | 15 Oct | ||
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 10 Oct | ||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acorian qualification
Qualification in the Acoria confederation was recommended by IFP due to the standard of economies in the region. It would consist of a single round robin tournament, with 2 games per fixture. Two countries would qualify for the World Cup, while third place would go to an intercontinental playoff against North Qatesh.
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 18 | Qualification to the World Cup | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |||
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 17 | Advance to Intercontinental Playoff | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 17 | Eliminated | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 8 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | |||
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 6 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
North and East Qatesh qualification
Due to conflicts within IFP management over cost and organisation, no qualification round was held in North or East Qatesh. Therefore, the teams qualifying and those in the intercontinental playoffs were individually invited. The slots to fill were 3 spots in North Qatesh, 4 in East Qatesh, and another one from each for the intercontinental playoffs. Holy Tempest Empire, Cammel, Yasja-Kanusphra were the West Qatesh nations invited; while United Republic, Suton, Skuria, Ladros were the East Qatesh nations invited. Alsara and Blia were picked to fill up the intercontinental spots.
Intercontinental playoffs
Alaxia v East Qatesh
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Acoria v North Qatesh
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Group C
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Group D
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Advance to the Knockout Round |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | Advance to Redemption Round |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 | Eliminated |
Both part of the East Alaxian league, Palakkinen and Aether were not strangers to playing each other, as such the expected winners were Palakkinen, with a stronger team in most times they had played together. Therefore, the Aether team played it safe, focusing on the defensive side, choosing to attack only on the opportunities given. And surprisingly, the Palakkinen defense seemed to provide quite an ample amount of opportunities, as Aether's star midfielder would score not once but twice in the span of 20 minutes. Palak had seemingly underestimated Aether's team, choosing to let its main players rest and only putting its secondary players in this first match. As first half would go on, Palakkinen's manager would see himself put the main strikers that would've been resting in order to possibly turn the match around, but Aether had strengthened its defense by replacing its strikers for defenses. In the end, the game would end with an Aether clean sheet with 2 over the Palak offense.
Suton's team had historically been one of the worse in the world, as while being from a very populous country, barely surpassed the qualifying stages. Suton though was confident on its new team, as its leagues had recently grown in popularity and with that various new players had come into play. While Suton's team was filled with new star power, Kiavalar wasn't anything to scoff at, it had various seasoned veterans and it was prepared for the unorthodox Qateshi league tactics, with the coach preparing for this match for many days by attending various games in Suton. In the end, none of the teams would score. For Suton, such a thing was nothing short of a victory, and outside the stadium many celebrated the Tie.
Both Kiavalar and Palakkinen's teams had suffered losses in the past round, and they were both ready to redeem themselves in this match. Sadly for Kiavalar, they weren't ready for the Palak attack, seeing it score one goal in the first 2 minutes. As the game seemed to have calmed down in the second part and as Kiavalar began to gain possession over the Palak team, they would shock the world, as Palak scored, not with a striker, not with a midfielder, but with a defense. As the game ended, riots outside the stadium by the various Kiavalari fans had begun, demanding a rematch, arguing that Palak had rigged it, and that Kiavalar had various penalties ignored.
Aether and Suton had very different objectives for this game, as they saw Kiavalar's game, both knew this was an opportunity to get ahead of the curve, and saw each other as possible victories. As the Aether midfielder would once again score a goal many saw this as the end of Suton, but as a fantastic corner assist would be dealt, Suton would also score shortly after. The uneventful second half would be stressful for both sides, as many saw any outcome as possible. As the whistle blew, and a tie would be the outcome of the game, and a collective sigh was heard on both sides of the stadium.
Palakkinen and Suton with three points and two points respectively needed this win to qualify, with even a tie putting Palakkinen at risk of having Kiavalar above it, if they won the next match, which was the probable thing to happen. Palakkinen would go on a harsh offensive, with Suton responding with an equally harsh offensive rather than a defense. Seemingly both sides had forgotten defensive tactics, but it would enable Palak's very own ST A to score a goal at the 30 minute mark, sadly for them just 10 minutes later Suton would score a beautiful chip goal. The second part would begin with either side not forgiving their strategies, persisting with their attack. ST A would score another goal to the cheer of the Palak fans. As the 80 minute mark rolled through many were sure of themselves that this would be a secure Palakkinen win, but on the 82nd minute a penalty would be called. Suton would successfully score such a penalty, and as the tie seemed imminent and overtime had just began, Suton's main striker would once again score. Suton had won, and had just secured their qualification.
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Kiavalar needed not only a win, but also needed to score two goals to qualify, all while not receiving a single goal, and while not impossible specially with a team like Aether, they were still wary. The morale was not exactly high for the Kiavalar players, which had basically suffered two losses in the past game. Aether meanwhile, was much more optimistic, their team while not exactly the best, was known for its strong defense, and all they needed to qualify was a tie. Aether would go on to do much more. In the 5th minute, Aether would score. And just three minutes later they would score again. Aether's star midfielder had done it again. In just 8 minutes the game had been won, Kiavalar would need to score 5 goals to be able to qualify, or just 3 to even reach the knockout stage. As halftime had passed, it became abundantly clear that Kiavalar would not only not qualify, but be last place in the group, without a single victory in its belt. As the final whistle blew, crying was seen, but not heard as Aether's fans were celebrating harder than the Kiavalar fans were crying.
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Advance to the Knockout Round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Advance to Redemption Round |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | Eliminated |
Lothern and Koresa had both played each in the same group of the Alaxian qualification round, with only one goal by Lothern allowing it to make it the only defeat Koresa had gotten, conceding its first place. As both teams arrived in the camps, tensions were at an all time high, teams from both sides wanted this win, almost as if a rivarly between the two had always existed. Many were very anxious for the result of this game, and the Koresans would respond to such cries, scoring a goal just 15 minutes in. The celebration afterwards being one of the most iconic parts of the cup, as the Koresan Striker who had scored it would direct it to the recent TV spectators blowing a kiss to the camera, becoming a worldwide sensation in the matter of minutes. As the game continued, Koresa filled with morale, would score another, this time by a relatively unknown midfielder, cementing the win by Koresa.
From completely different leagues, and completely different types of play, this was one of the most unpredictable matches. The Holy Tempest Empire's team being mostly occupied by the Ruskvi super stars of West Alaxia, saw itself more confident than the Republican team, which was cautious in its play. Betting houses in Solan saw themselves putting completely different rates, with many considering the Tempest the superior team with rates of 69% chances of winning, while others gave the United Republic's team chances of 82%. As the starting whistle started, the Tempest team would see itself on the attack, with many of its defenses being able to push through, as possession was in the 59% for the Tempest, some were predicting that the win was assured for them already. In the 22nd minute, they would score. Just 5 minutes later, the United Republic would respond with one goal of their own. In the half-time overtime, Tempest would score another. The second part would begin, and just 2 minutes in, the United Republic would score a goal. By the 80th minute, the game was seemingly stalled, with a tie imminent. Tempest would substitute many of its Ruskvi players for its new Ciyugan ones, seeing the appearance of some dwarven defences into play. On the 2nd minute of overtime, a seemingly normal throw-in would begin, done by an unimportant dwarven defence. Shockingly, he would throw it in such a manner that it would allow a goal for the Tempest team, and a victory would be called soon after.
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ST A MF A |
MF A |
Suffering a loss just previously, both sides were clamoring for a victory. Lothern had come first in the Alaxian qualifications, while the United Republic hadn't participated in many international events, failing to even surpass the Erdelichtians in the past cup they had to play. While the new United Republic players seemed more competent than previously, with more money being invested in the new leagues, people were still not confident enough in their team to consider a possible win. The United Republic was betting for a possible tie, focusing on their defense, knowing the capability the Lothernians had in their offense. The game would start, the United Republic would get the ball by the first 30 seconds, they would pass it to their main midfielder who would single-handedly run into the goal-keep, shooting a clear and fast goal. The United Republic were so happy they began dancing, and the midfielder would even take his shirt out of excitement. Sadly for him that would get him a yellow card, yet that didn't matter, they had just scored against Lothern. Celebrations kept roaring for 10 minutes, being shut down quickly after as Lothern's midfielder would score a goal. At the 20th minute, Lothern's striker would score another. 12 minutes later, Lothern's midfielder would score yet another one. By the halftime overtime, Lothern's striker would score yet another. By the second part, Lothern would continue, scoring a goal at the 52nd minute, another at the 68th, one at the 81st and a final goal at the second minute of overtime. Lothern had not just won, they had decimated the Heboian team.
United Republic ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
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MF A ST A ST B ST B |
Both being winners of the past round, such a game would be one of the most anticipated, with the Tempest fans, in the thousands, shouting hard for their team. While Koresan fans were small in numbers, they were ingenious on how they celebrated their team, organizing themselves, they would wear black and red shirts, sitting in such manner that the Koresan star would be seen in the camp. Koresans were not many but they were committed, and that showed in their team. This would be a match of titans, with both sides being prepared to combat the other, being one of the highest players in their respective leagues. The game would start, and the first part would see a large amount of shots and attempts, none succeeding. As the second part continued, the same would apply, and in the end the game would end in a disappointing tie, but a tie that would enable both sides to be tied for first place, and officially eliminating the United Republic
Lothern had just shown before that it was not a team to be underestimated.
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
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Redemption stage
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Third A | Advance to the Knockout Round | ||||||||
2 | Third C | |||||||||
3 | Third E | Eliminated |
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Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | Third F | Eliminated |
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Third F | v | Third B |
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Bracket
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