IFK World Cup 2456

2456 IFP World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Solan
Dates	TBD – TBD
Teams	24
Venue(s)	TBD
Final positions
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.

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.

Confederation		Qualification	Original slots	Slots in final
Host	n/a	Host selection	1
East Alaxia	EAF	Alaxian Qualification for 2456 World Cup	3 (or 4)	12 (or 13)
West Alaxia	WAF		9
East Qatesh	EQF	No qualification round (invite-only)	4 (or 5)
North Qatesh	NORQAF		3 (or 4)
Acoria	ACF	Acorian Qualification for 2456 World Cup	2 (or 3)
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ahitereira	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
2	Grensalbourg	8	4	3	1	15	6	+9	15			2–2	—	1–1	2–0	5–1		24 May	—	8 Mar	18 Mar	30 Mar
3	Livyirin	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
4	Etherevar	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
5	Zhar	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lothern	8	5	3	0	13	4	+9	18	Qualification to the World Cup		—	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		—	1 Mar	15 Mar	29 Mar	12 Apr
2	Koresa	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15			0–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–0		24 May	—	8 Mar	18 Mar	30 Mar
3	Hveden Federation	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12	Advance to Second Round		2–4	1–1	—	1–1	1–0		7 Jun	22 Jun	—	4 Mar	5 Apr
4	Thraxia	8	0	4	4	5	10	-5	4	Eliminated		1–1	1–2	0–1	—	2–2		21 Jun	8 Jun	25 May	—	11 Mar
5	Bordo	8	0	3	5	4	12	-8	3			0–3	0–0	2–3	0–0	—		5 Jul	3 Aug	17 Aug	20 Jul	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ginsukyo	10	8	1	1	19	1	+18	22	Qualification to the World Cup		—	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0		—	1 May	14 May	28 May	4 Jun	7 May
2	Azyeri	10	3	4	3	8	6	+2	13			0–0	—	3–3	0–1	1–0	0–0		1 Sep	—	5 May	15 May	29 May	5 Jun
3	Karkuss	10	3	4	3	11	11	0	13	Advance to Second Round		1–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2		14 Sep	5 Sep	—	2 May	21 May	30 May
4	Peryzium	10	3	2	5	8	15	-7	11	Eliminated		0–2	0–2	2–4	—	1–0	1–0		28 Sep	15 Sep	2 Sep	—	6 May	22 May
5	Bobo Sobo	10	2	4	4	5	14	-9	10			0–4	0–0	0–0	3–2	—	2–1		4 Oct	29 Sep	21 Sep	6 Sep	—	3 May
6	Yuvani	10	2	3	5	7	11	-4	9			0–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	—		7 Sep	5 Oct	30 Sep	22 Sep	3 Sep	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification							File:Hannokar.png							File:Hannokar.png
1	Palakkinen	10	6	3	1	15	4	+11	21	Qualification to the World Cup		—	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		—	1 May	14 May	28 May	4 Jun	7 May
2	Jimaria	10	5	5	0	10	2	+8	20			0–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0		1 Sep	—	5 May	15 May	29 May	5 Jun
3	Kiavalar	10	4	3	3	10	7	+3	15	Advance to Second Round		1–1	0–1	—		2–0	2–0		14 Sep	5 Sep	—	2 May	21 May	30 May
4	Sinkajja	10	2	4	4	10	10	0	10	Eliminated		0–1	1–1	4–3	—	0–0	3–0		28 Sep	15 Sep	2 Sep	—	6 May	22 May
5	Mem	10	2	3	5	6	9	-3	9			0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	—	0–1		4 Oct	29 Sep	21 Sep	6 Sep	—	3 May
6	File:Hannokar.png Hannokar	10	2	0	8	2	21	-19	6			0–6	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	—		7 Sep	5 Oct	30 Sep	22 Sep	3 Sep	—

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fazar	10	6	3	1	14	4	+10	21	Qualification to the World Cup		—	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		—	6 Jun	19 Jun	3 Jul	10 Jul	12 Jun
2	Aether	10	6	3	1	10	5	+5	21			1–0	—	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0		7 Oct	—	10 Jun	20 Jun	4 Jul	11 Jul
3	Empherias	10	3	3	4	14	12	+2	12	Advance to Second Round		0–0	0–1	—	0–1	0–0	4–2		20 Oct	11 Oct	—	7 Jun	26 Jun	5 Jul
4	Atlantia	10	2	6	2	8	10	-2	12	Eliminated		1–4	0–0	3–3	—	0–0	0–0		3 Nov	21 Oct	8 Oct	—	11 Jun	27 Jun
5	Vamu	10	1	5	4	2	6	-4	8			0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	—	0–1		10 Nov	4 Nov	27 Oct	12 Oct	—	8 Jun
6	Tushinmero	10	1	2	7	5	16	-11	5			0–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	—		13 Oct	11 Nov	5 Nov	28 Oct	9 Oct	—

Second Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karkuss	4	1	3	0	7	6	+1	6	Qualification to the World Cup		—	2–2	3–3	1–1	1–0		—	4 Dec	11 Dec	14 Dec	7 Dec
2	Livyirin	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5			—	—	2–0	0–0	0–1		—	—	8 Dec	18 Dec	22 Dec
3	Kiavalar	4	1	2	1	5	6	-1	5	Advance to Intercontinental Playoff		—	—	—	0–0	2–1		—	—	—	5 Dec	15 Dec
4	Empherias	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	4	Eliminated		—	—	—	—	0–0		—	—	—	—	10 Dec
5	Hveden Federation	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. The top-right matches were in the first half of 2455, while the bottom-left matches were in the second half of 2455.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	10	5	3	2	20	15	+5	18	Qualification to the World Cup		—	2–3	1–4	3–1	2–0	1–0		—	3 Jan	14 Feb	28 Mar	14 Mar	7 Feb
2	Tupalei'i	10	5	2	3	13	8	+5	17			0–0	—	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0		20 Jun	—	24 Jan	21 Feb	4 Apr	21 Mar
3	Nordleg	10	5	2	3	11	7	+4	17	Advance to Intercontinental Playoff		2–4	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–0		25 Jul	4 Jul	—	10 Jan	28 Feb	11 Apr
4	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	10	5	2	3	11	9	+2	17	Eliminated		1–1	3–1	0–1	—	2–1	0–0		22 Aug	8 Aug	13 Jun	—	31 Jan	7 Mar
5	Lunidor	10	1	2	7	9	18	-9	8			2–4	1–0	0–2	0–1	—	3–3		12 Sep	5 Sep	15 Aug	11 Jul	—	17 Jan
6	Erdelicht	10	2	3	5	7	14	-7	6			2–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	—		18 Jul	19 Sep	29 Aug	1 Aug	27 Jun	—

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

2 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Kiavalar	7–0	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]
ST A  8', 24', 30', 33', 78' ST B  53' (pen.) CF A  54'

Acoria v North Qatesh

5 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Nordleg	3–0	Alsara
ST A  19' CB A  46' (pen.) ST B  87'

Participants

List of participants

Alaxia (13)

• Aether
• Ahitereira
• Azyeri
• Fazar
• Ginsukyo
• Grensalbourg
• Jimaria
• Karkuss
• Kiavalar
• Koresa
• Livyirin
• Lothern
• Palakkinen

Acoria (ACF) (3)

• [[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]
• Nordleg
• Tupalei'i
  

North Qatesh (NORQAF) (3)

• Cammel
• Holy Tempest Empire
• [[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]
  

East Qatesh (EQF) (5)

• Ladros
• Skuria
• Suton
• United Republic
• Solan (host)

Format and draw

Pots

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Solan Ahitereira Lothern Ginsukyo Palakkinen Fazar	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]] Grensalbourg Koresa Azyeri Jimaria Aether	Suton Holy Tempest Empire Nordleg Karkuss Livyirin Tupalei'i	Cammel [[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]] United Republic Skuria Ladros Kiavalar

Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Solan	Ahitereira	Ginsukyo	Palakkinen	Lothern	Fazar
Azyeri	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	Jimaria	Aether	Koresa	Grensalbourg
Livyirin	Karkuss	Nordleg	Suton	Holy Tempest Empire	Tupalei'i
Ladros	Cammel	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	Kiavalar	United Republic	Skuria

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Livyirin	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Solan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Azyeri	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	Advance to Redemption Round
4	Ladros	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Livyirin	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	3
Solan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Azyeri	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
Ladros	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0

Getting the tournament off to a huge start, the host country Solan goes against Azyeri - a country who had a middling experience in the qualification rounds. Azyeri played the game very safe believing they could ride out a win against both Livyirin and Ladros and unwilling to upset the host country's hospitality. The first half was boring with no goals and just three shots between the sides. The second goal went off with a bang as Solan scored a corner kick in the 49th minute to make it 1–0. The game concluded with a host victory, an Azyeri defeat, and a pretty boring match overall.

20 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Solan	1–0	Azyeri
ST A  49'

Referee: (TBD)

Both sides - Livyirin and Ladros - both knew that they needed to win big in order to have a chance at qualifying against the other two major giants in the group. Livyirin had a lot of experience in the East Alaxian league, whereas Ladros was not a very high playing football nation at all and played in the smaller East Qateshi league. Livyirin played slow in the first half and defensive leading to no real major events except for a yellow card in the 29th minute given to the Livyirin striker to which he was substituted at half time. Beginning in the second half, Livyirin began to amp up pressure enormously and even changing formation and preferring set-piece tactics. This saw a Ladrosian yellow card in the 51st minute converted into a Livyirin free kick goal. Owing to smaller heights across the Ladros team, Livyirin scored another goal just five minutes later from a corner header. Ladros tried to tighten up towards the defence, but the Livyirin wing back managed to exploit this and go down the side and cross into the goal... Twice. Ladros' defender got a second yellow card in the 70th minute which left them with an open defence, one less player, an a penalty to Livyirin which they scored. Livyirin then slowed down and parked the bus, substituting their secondary striker and right-wing back for them to rest for later games. However, a tired Ladros defence allowed ST C from Livyirin to score a goal into the corner of the net from 11 metres out in the 82nd minute. The game ended with Ladrosian fans crying in the stands, and Livyirin delivering the first real televised wipe out of a team.

20 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Livyirin	6–0	Ladros
ST B  51', 65', 71' (pen.) D A  56' RWB A  63' ST C  82' ST A  29'		D A  51'  70'

Referee: (TBD)

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23 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Ladros	v	Solan

Referee: (TBD)

23 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Azyeri	v	Livyirin

Referee: (TBD)

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26 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Solan	v	Livyirin

Referee: (TBD)

26 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group A)

Azyeri	v	Ladros

Referee: (TBD)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ahitereira									Advance to the Knockout Round
2	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]
3	Karkuss									Advance to Redemption Round
4	Cammel									Eliminated

20 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

Ahitereira	v	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]

Referee: (TBD)

20 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

Karkuss	v	Cammel

Referee: (TBD)

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23 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

Cammel	v	Ahitereira

Referee: (TBD)

23 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	v	Karkuss

Referee: (TBD)

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26 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

Ahitereira	v	Karkuss

Referee: (TBD)

26 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group B)

[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	v	Cammel

Referee: (TBD)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ginsukyo									Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Jimaria
3	Nordleg									Advance to Redemption Round
4	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]									Eliminated

21 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

Ginsukyo	v	Jimaria

Referee: (TBD)

21 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

Nordleg	v	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]

Referee: (TBD)

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24 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]	v	Ginsukyo

Referee: (TBD)

24 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

Jimaria	v	Nordleg

Referee: (TBD)

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27 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

Ginsukyo	v	Nordleg

Referee: (TBD)

27 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group C)

Jimaria	v	[[{{{2}}} national football team|{{{2}}}]]

Referee: (TBD)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aether	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7	Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Suton	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5
3	Palakkinen	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	3	Advance to Redemption Round
4	Kiavalar	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.

21 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Palakkinen	0–2	Aether
		MF A  20', 40'

Referee: (TBD)

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.

21 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Suton	0–0	Kiavalar

Referee: (TBD)

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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.

24 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Kiavalar	0–2	Palakkinen
		ST A  2' D  82'

Referee: (TBD)

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.

24 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Aether	1–1	Suton

Referee: (TBD)

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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.

27 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Palakkinen	2–3	Suton
ST A  30', 63'		ST A  42', 90' MF A  82' (pen.)

Referee: (TBD)

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.

27 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group D)

Aether	2–0	Kiavalar
MF A  5', 8'

Referee: (TBD)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Koresa	3	2	1	0	4	0	4	7	Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Lothern	3	2	0	1	11	2	9	6
3	Holy Tempest Empire	3	1	0	0	3	5	-2	4	Advance to Redemption Round
4	United Republic	3	0	0	1	2	13	-11	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.

22 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

Lothern	0–2	Koresa
		ST A  15' MF A  63'

Referee: (TBD)

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.

22 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

Holy Tempest Empire	3–2	United Republic
ST A  22', 45'3' MF A  90'2'		MF A  27', 47'

Referee: (TBD)

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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 played. 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.

25 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

United Republic	1–8	Lothern
MF A  1', 1'		MF A  10', 32', 45'2' ST A  20', 52' ST B  62' MF B  81', 90'2'

Referee: (TBD)

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

25 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

Koresa	0–0	Holy Tempest Empire

Referee: (TBD)

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Lothern had just shown before that it was not a team to be underestimated, and they needed this win to qualify. Coming out high from their last match, they were ready to seal the deal against the Tempest team. The Tempest team while not in a bad situation, knew it was in for a harsh ride, but they also needed the win to qualify. With both sides trying for a win, the Lothernians would know the Tempest team would go on the offensive, and with this, they played it safe only trying for goals when the Tempest team forgave their positioning. Such a strategy would lead to the game stalling during the first half, with no goals. A quick pep talk in the halftime would seemingly change the Lothernian's team whole strategy and mindset, forcing attack after attack not forgiving the Ruskvi-Ciyugan team even once. This would lead to 3 goals being scored by the main Lothernian midfielder, and now saw himself with two hat-tricks in a single world cup, by the group stage. Lothern would leave victorious, and would qualify for the Knockout Round.

28 April 2456

11:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

Lothern	3–0	Holy Tempest Empire
MF A  53', 59', 90'1'

Referee: (TBD)

There was no hope for the United Republic, they had a goal differential of -11, and they had no points in their belt, no matter what would happen in this game they would be out. Meanwhile Koresa was sure they were going to win, and against the weak morale of the United Republic it was basically confirmed. Still, the Heboians hold, and would see themselves defense quite fiercely, in the end Koresa would only score 2 goals, and while not that much, it was more than enough for the Koresans to end in first place without a singular defeat. Koresan flags would be all over, and their star midfielder would soon become a famous celebrity due to his ability to appeal to a TV Audience.

28 April 2456

14:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group E)

Koresa	2–0	United Republic
ST A  63' MF A  69'

Referee: (TBD)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fazar	3	3	0	0	6	1	5	9	Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Skuria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Tupalei'i	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4	Advance to Redemption Round
4	Grensalbourg	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	0	Eliminated

Fazar and Grensalbourg had both great qualifications, with first place and second place respectively in their groups. Fazar was the clear favorite, with the Fazarian fans being the biggest in number with the exception of the Solanese themselves. Grensalbourg in the meantime was the clear underdog, while not a bad team by any way, they had no support besides from the small demographic of Grensalbourg fans and the Thraxian fans looking for some team to latch on. The first half would begin and 10 minutes after, the main Grensalbourgian striker would get a yellow card. By the 37th minute mark, he would get sent off, for inciting a fight against a Fazarian player. By the second part, Grensalbourg's team had lost their main striker, and Fazar began an onslaught of attacks, such that would succeed in a goal at the 75th minute mark. Fazar had won.

22 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Fazar	1–0	Grensalbourg
MF A  75'		ST A  10'  37'

Referee: (TBD)

Tupalei'i had historically one of the worst teams in the tournament, not even being considered for the past two cups, yet they had finished 2nd in the Acoria qualification. Many saw Tupalei'i as the great giant killer, being able to take both the Ceironians and the Nordlegi in one of its first international appearances. The Tupalei'i players were ready to cause an upset once again. In the other side of the field, Skuria, while the majority of its team were Skaven, it was one of the most competent teams in the entire cup, and many knew they were not a force to be reckoned with. The game would start, and the Tupalei'i would score a goal in the 5th and 13th minute, in such a fast fashion that many Skurian fans saw their impending downfall. As the game would continue, the Skaven might would serve them a goal in the 26th minute, a win was still in the sights of many Skurian fans. As Halftime overtime came, the Skurians would scored another and equalize the game. The second half would be relatively uneventful, and the game would end in a tie.

22 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Tupalei'i	2–2	Skuria
ST A  5' ST B  13'		ST A  26',  45'1'

Referee: (TBD)

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Skuria and Fazar are both very different, Skuria while very competent would be competing against one of the best, if not the best team in the cup. Fazar had topped its group and was on its way for qualification, while Skuria had just tied a game against the Tupalei'i newcomers, many doubted Skuria's ability. The first half would be a secure defense of the Skurians against the high speed Fazarians, but in the end wouldn't lead to anything. The second half seemed that it would be much of the same, until a substitution by Fazar to replace their main Midfielder with a relatively unknown player without a previous cap, he would then proceed to score two consequent goals against Skuria, guaranteeing the win for them. He would subsequently get a yellow card for celebrating "too harshly". This win would guarantee Fazar's qualification.

25 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Skuria	0–2	Fazar
		MF B  68',  76',  76'

Referee: (TBD)

Grensalbourg was desperately clamoring for this win, as it would bring them one step closer into safely qualifying, specially after losing against Fazar. Tupalei'i though, was equally determined to win if they won against Grensalbourg they would be second in the league, and most likely wpuld qualify, unless a mass upset by the Skurians would happen. Mirroring the events of their past game, Tupalei'i would begin an early domination of the field, scoring a goal by the 5th minute once again, unlike last time, Grensalbourg wasn't as quick to answer as the Skurians had previously been. This would eventually lead to an tedious second half, and a Tupalei'i win. Grensalbourg was officially out of the tournament.

25 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Grensalbourg	0–1	Tupalei'i
		ST A  5'

Referee: (TBD)

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Tupalei'i had shocked the world of football able to win against a team in the East Alaxian league, and tie with the competent team of Skuria, still the main question would be, could they defeat Fazar? The answer was clear after just 10 minutes of play, a strong no. Fazar was simply above its competition, and while Tupalei'i had managed to score one goal later on, Fazar had finalized the game with 3 of their own. This defeat while embarrassing still showed that Tupalei'i wasn't as bad as it could've been. Fazar was the unbeaten team in this group, and they had showed themselves that while not capable of beating them, they were not as bad as initially thought being the only team to score a goal against Fazar in the group.

28 April 2456

17:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Fazar	3–1	Tupalei'i
ST A  10', 42' ST B  63'		ST A  78'

Referee: (TBD)

Grensalbourg was disqualified but not wholly, as they could still reach the redemption round, so the goal was simple, don't lose. For Grensalbourg winning against an inferior Qateshi league team would be easy but Skuria was confident. Skuria was still assured on their own skills, considering itself as a competent team, even if losing against Fazar, the Skurian manager saw the potential on its team, and with a strong pep talk the Skurian team was ready to put itself out there, and get on the redemption round. As the first minute began, the fast Skurian rodentids rushed the enemy camp, and like that would find an opening by the 13th minute. The Skurians had done it, they had scored one against the Grensalbourgians. Gloom came upon the few Grensalbourg fans in the stadium, were they about to lose every single match in Group F? As the second half continued, the Skurian defense would remain strong, not letting a single goal in, and by the 82nd minute, they would score yet another one. Skuria would win, while also humiliating the Grensalbourgians, making them qualify rather than Tupalei'i.

28 April 2456

20:00 (local)

Group Stage (Group F)

Grensalbourg	0–2	Skuria
		MF A  13', 82'

Referee: (TBD)

Redemption stage

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Third A									Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Third C
3	Holy Tempest Empire									Eliminated

30 April 2456

15:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group G)

Third A	v	Third C

Referee: (TBD)

1 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group H)

Third C	v	Third E

Referee: (TBD)

2 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group G)

Third E	v	Third A

Referee: (TBD)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Third B									Advance to the Knockout Round
2	Palakkinen
3	Tupalei'i									Eliminated

30 April 2456

19:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group H)

Third B	v	Third D

Referee: (TBD)

1 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group H)

Third D	v	Third F

Referee: (TBD)

2 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Redemption Stage (Group H)

Third F	v	Third B

Referee: (TBD)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 May 2456

Winner A

8 May 2456

Runner-up B

4 May 2456

Third Win G

13 May 2456

Winner C

5 May 2456

Aether

10 May 2456

Lothern

6 May 2456

Third RnUp G

18 May 2456

Runner-up A

3 May 2456

Winner B

9 May 2456

Runner-up C

4 May 2456

Third Win H

14 May 2456

Fazar

5 May 2456

Third place

Koresa

11 May 2456

16 May 2456

Skuria

6 May 2456

Third RnUp H

Suton

Round of 16

3 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

3 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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4 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

4 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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5 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

5 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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6 May 2456

15:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

6 May 2456

19:00 (local)

Round of 16

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

Quarter-Finals

8 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Quarter-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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9 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Quarter-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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10 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Quarter-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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11 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Quarter-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

Semi-Finals

13 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Semi-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

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14 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Semi-Finals

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

Third Place Playoff

16 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Third Place Playoff

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

Final

18 May 2456

17:00 (local)

Final

TBD	v	TBD

Referee: (TBD)

Goal scorers

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	Goals