Author Topic: MFA World Cup 2019 (IC) (Read 6453 times)

The Young Pope · « **on:** February 25, 2019, 08:23:35 PM »

17:30
Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena, Khamovniki District, Kislev

"Your Majesty, you did it and brought glory to our country". One of the Arena attendants said.

"Certainly not my good sir, it's I who should be thanking you and thousands of others who managed to enable Krimeon becoming the next host." Tsar Viktor Gough-Petrov alongside his closest family shook hands and commended the great preparations ahead of the World cup, thanks to the entire football association of Krimeon, walking along a hallway which would lead them to the field where the opening ficture was supposed to be played at.

Ever since the news was announced that Krimeon would become the host of the MFA World Cup 2019, the entire country fell into a football frenzy from which the likes have never been seen before; even if Krimeonites were big fans of football, never in their dreams would they have suspected that the hosting rights befell unto them. For several months every citizen waited eagerly until the day of the tournament began, and now when they've finally come this far, sat in front of their screens whether it was at home, in a bar or even huge screens that were placed in large parks and community centers. In other words, the entire Tsardom was captivated by this extraordinary sporting event.

The Khamovniki District features the Pushkin Museum, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Devichye Pole medical campus, and the Novodevichy Convent and memorial cemetery. The stretch of Khamovniki between Boulevard Ring and Garden Ring, known as Golden Mile, is downtown Kislev's most expensive housing area. Khamovniki features the Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena as well, of which its first iteration was already founded in 1954 and has been designated as the National Arena of Krimeon.

With both locals and tourists alike filling up the stadium in no time and chatting away, unpatiently waiting for the event to begin whilst munching on traditional Krimeonite fastfood, they suddenly became silent as a large image of a football was overlaid on the pitch, with a stage in the centre, surrounded by incoming dancers wearing bright and colorful costumes. It was quickly followed by musical acts made by the Pop-duo Michael Jackson and Madonna, as other performers emerged, dressed in the colours of the flags of all 32 teams and carrying a sign bearing the name of each nation.

It also included a scene where famous player Ronaldo[1] walked out with a child wearing a Krimeon 2018 shirt. Ronaldo returned later with the official ball, which was sent into space with the recent International Space Station crew and came back to earth earlier this month. He then shaped to take the opening kick but pulled out, inviting the child to pass it to Zabivaka, a brown and white wolf that is the official mascot of the tournament.

Tsar Viktor then entered the middle of the field and gave his opening speech in which he talked about an open, hospitable and friendly Krimeon hosting the tournament. He also described Krimeon's love for football, calling the tournament and the game "a unity which cannot be affected by different language, ideology or faith". The speech which took a few minutes ended with: “Our duty is to preserve this power of humanity for generations to come for the sake of developing sports and strengthening peace and mutual understanding between people. I wish all the teams’ success and an unforgettable experience for the fans. Remember to drink plenty of Vodka and now...”

With that said and dropping the mic like a true bowser, Tsar Viktor and his family left the field and made their way to the assigned seats, amidst the overwhelming applauses and shouts of the football fans, being emitted out of the stadium and thus leaving it ready to be played on.

Group A Krimeon ( New Derusmia Bakkermaya Suseikawa	Group B Dartfordia (6) Royal Seleucid Biseam Cantabria	Group C Hygelac (3) SCIR Pardclinnia Seaforth	Group D Nya Aland (2) Slava Lavosk Zimalia Sarandib
Group E Lodja (4) Socram Ui Cenneslaig Huisslandia	Group F Vaguzia (7) Quintelia NQF Marseilles	Group G Achkaerin (1) Phuebra Nemerie Aquitaine	Group H East Moreland (5) Tamora Ecclesiastical State Kaitaine

Note: The number in brackets next to the first team listed in each group represents the seeding of that team these are in the case of the first seven seeds reflective of their world ranking (calculated based on previous tournament performance) while Krimeon as host is granted the 8th seeding.

Standings

Spoiler: Fixture List • show

1.	Whoever claimed him, hope it was ok to use him for this occasion

Achkaerin · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2019, 11:32:26 PM »

Boost Event Explanation (and other stuff)

For anyone who hasn't been involved in this tournament before and anyone who would like a refresher, this is the boost event explanation.

In basic terms there are six rounds of matches in the group stage, a nation will play each of the teams in its group twice, each round of matches will be approx. 3 days apart (split into groups A-D and E-H) and each round of matches will have a boost event attached to it (for a total of six). A boost event is your opportunity as the player to increase your teams chances of winning the tournament, as you gain boost points - the idea is that the boost points increase the odds of your team winning their next game - the more points you have the more chance you have of winning. This does not mean that the team with the most boost points will always win it simply increases the chances an upset is still possible. Finally boost points are cumulative.

In terms of the group draw, the top two from each group will advance to the knockout round and the groups are paired as follows A&H, B&G, C&F, D&E - basically the winner of group A will play the runner up of group H and so on.

Boost Event One

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How good is your team manager at negotiation?

Each nation has three points to allocate to any other nation. You may give any combination of those points (i.e. 3 points to one nation or 2 to one nation and 1 to another nation or 1 each to 3 nations) but you cannot give them to yourself. Message Achkaerin with the names and point allocation (either by forum PM or on Discord). You could do so blindly or work out a deal with another team (or multiple other teams). Your point allocation will never be made public so be as honest or devious as you wish. Remember, points are cumulative so you don't want to give one team too much power (unless you're negotiating more points for your own team of course).

The first round of matches commences on Wednesday 27th February, you have until 5pm UK time that day to submit your point allocation.

Achkaerin · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2019, 03:49:15 PM »

Match Day One Groups A-C

Group A

Krimeon 3-1 New Derusmia (at Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena KO 7:30pm 27th February - only game that day, opening game of tournament)
Bakkermaya 2-2 Suseikawa (at Strelka Stadium KO 12:30pm)

Group B

Dartfordia 2-0 Royal Seleucid (Krestovsky Stadium KO 3pm)
Biseam 3-0 Cantabria (at Kazan Arena KO 4pm)

Group C

Hygelac 1-0 SICR (at Olimpiyskiy national sports complex KO 6pm)
Pardclinnia 1-3 Seaforth (at Donbass Arena KO 8:30pm)

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2019, 12:16:34 AM »

Match Day One Groups D-F

Group D

Nya Aland 2-1 Slava Lavosk (at Strelka Stadium KO 12:30pm)
Zimalia 0-0 Sarandib (at Olimpiyskiy national sports complex KO 6pm)

Group E

Lodja 3-3 Socram (at Kazan Arena KO 8pm)
Ui Cenneslaig 0-2 Huisslandia (Krestovsky Stadium KO 3pm)

Group F

Vaguzia 3-1 Quintelia (at Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena KO 7:30pm)
NQF 0-1 Marseilles (at Donbass Arena KO 2:30pm)

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2019, 12:30:45 PM »

Match Day One Groups G&H

Group G

Achkaerin 4-0 Phuebra (at Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena KO 8pm)
Nemerie 0-1 Aquitaine (at Krestovsky Stadium KO 3pm)

Group H

East Moreland 2-1 Tamora at Olimpiyskiy national sports complex KO 6pm)
Ecclesiastical State 1-2 Kaitaine (at Kazan Arena KO 12:30pm)

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2019, 12:34:37 PM »

Boost Event #2

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Chelsea play Dynamo Kiev on the 7th of March in the Europa League
Two (2) points for picking the winner, three (3) points for picking a draw correctly or four (4) points for correctly picking the score.

Achkaerin · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2019, 11:54:19 PM »

Match Day Two Groups A-D

Group A

Bakkermaya 2-2 New Derusmia
Krimeon 1-2 Suseikawa

Group B

Biseam 0-1 Royal Seleucid
Dartfordia 2-0 Cantabria

Group C

Pardclinnia 0-0 SICR
Hygelac 1-1 Seaforth

Group D

Zimalia 1-3 Slava Lavosk
Nya Aland 3-0 Sarandib

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:24:44 PM »

Match Day Two Groups E-H

Group E

Ui Cenneslaig 2-0 Socram
Lodja 2-3 Huisslandia

Group F

NQF 0-2 Quintelia
Vaguzia 1-0 Marseilles

Group G

Nemerie 1-3 Phuebra
Achkaerin 5-0 Aquitaine

Group H

Ecclesiastical State 1-4 Tamora
East Moreland 1-2 Kaitaine

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:27:17 PM »

Boost Event #3

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Heads or tails? Pick one. The choice that receives the least picks will gain a boost point for each team that picked it; the larger group receives nothing.

Achkaerin · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2019, 11:59:13 PM »

OOC- Apologies for the delay but got an RL academic deadline looming and getting stuff done for it.

Match Day Three Results Groups A-D

Group A

Bakkermaya 1-0 Krimeon
New Derusmia 3-0 Suseikawa

Group B

Biseam 2-0 Dartfordia
Royal Seleucid 2-2 Cantabria

Group C

Pardclinnia 1-2 Hygelac
SICR 1-4 Seaforth

Group D

Zimalia 1-3 Nya Aland
Slava Lavosk 2-0 Sarandib

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2019, 11:30:16 PM »

Match Day Three Results Group E-H

Group E

Ui Cenneslaig 1-2 Lodja
Socram 0-2 Huisslandia

Group F

NQF 1-3 Vaguzia
Quintelia 4-2 Marseilles

Group G

Nemerie 0-4 Achkaerin
Phuebra 1-2 Aquitaine

Group H

Ecclesiastical State 2-1 East Moreland
Tamora 2-0 Kaitaine

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2019, 11:36:51 PM »

Boost Event#4

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Switzerland will play Denmark in a Euro 2020 qualifying match at 19:45 (7:45pm UK time) on the 26th of March.
Pick the winner for 2 points and pick the first nation to score for 1 point. If you pick the total goals scored between both teams you'll get a 2 point bonus as well. There is potential for up to 5 points on this one.

Achkaerin · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2019, 08:42:32 PM »

Match Day Four Results Groups A-D

Group A

Krimeon 2-2 New Derusmia
Bakkermaya 3-0 Suseikawa

Group B

Dartfordia 1-2 Royal Seleucid
Biseam 1-1 Cantabria

Group C

Hygelac 0-0 SICR
Pardclinnia 1-3 Seaforth

Seaforth qualify for the last 16

Group D

Nya Aland 2-1 Slava Lavosk
Zimalia 4-0 Sarandib

Nya Aland qualify for the last 16

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2019, 01:49:05 PM »

Match Day Four Results Groups E-H

Group E

Lodja 2-1 Socram
Ui Cenneslaig 1-1 Huisslandia

Group F

Vaguzia 2-2 Quintelia
NQF 1-3 Marseilles

Group G

Achkaerin 3-0 Phuebra
Nemerie 1-2 Aquitaine

Achkaerin qualify for the last 16

Group H

East Moreland 1-0 Tamora
Ecclesiastical State 1-3 Kaitaine

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2019, 01:55:56 PM »

Boost Event #5

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It's getting to the business end of the group stage and now is the time to either play it safe and solidify your spot or consider a make-it-or-break-it risk to push through to the finals. So, the question is: how much will you risk? Pick 1, 2 or 3 boost points and on the 9th of June at 5pm UK Time (GMT) each participating nation will have a coin toss (service provided by Random.com). If the outcome is heads you will gain the number of boost points you risked; however, if it lands on tails you will lose those boost points. All nations will be automatically entered in this boost round at one (1) point unless you PM Achkaerin to specify otherwise.

Note: Historics competing will be for the purposes of this event entered at two points.

Achkaerin · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2019, 11:12:22 PM »

Match Day Five Results Groups A-D

Group A

Bakkermaya 2-2 New Derusmia
Krimeon 2-0 Suseikawa

Group B

Biseam 1-1 Royal Seleucid
Dartfordia 2-1 Cantabria

Group C

Pardclinnia 1-4 SICR
Hygelac 0-3 Seaforth

Seaforth win Group C

Group D

Zimalia 2-2 Slava Lavosk
Nya Aland 3-0 Sarandib

Nya Aland win Group D

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2019, 11:51:00 PM »

Match Day Five Results Groups E-H

Group E

Ui Cenneslaig 3-0 Socram
Lodja 1-0 Huisslandia

Group F

NQF 1-3 Quintelia
Vaguzia 2-1 Marseilles

Vaguzia and Quintelia qualify for the last 16

Group G

Nemerie 0-2 Phuebra
Achkaerin 4-0 Aquitaine

Achkaerin win Group G

Group H

Ecclesiastical State 1-3 Tamora
East Moreland 2-2 Kaitaine

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2019, 11:58:27 PM »

Boost Event #6

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The following is the Premier League's fixture list for this weekend (13th - 15th April)

Tottenham Hotspur v Huddersfield Town
Brighton and Hove Albion v Bournemouth
Burnley v Cardiff City
Fulham v Everton
Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United v West Ham United
Crystal Palace v Manchester City
Liverpool v Chelsea
Watford v Arsenal

Very simple pick the winners, you get one boost point for each correct pick and a bonus five points for a full house.

This is the last round of boosts!!!

Achkaerin · « **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2019, 01:04:22 AM »

Match Day Six Results Groups A-D

Group A

Bakkermaya 1-1 Krimeon
New Derusmia 3-0 Suseikawa

Bakkermaya win Group A
New Derusmia qualify for the Last 16 as group runners up

Group B

Biseam 2-1 Dartfordia
Royal Seleucid 4-1 Cantabria

Biseam win Group B
Royal Seleucid qualify for the Last 16 as group runners up

Group C

Pardclinnia 1-2 Hygelac
SICR 1-0 Seaforth

Hygelac qualify for the Last 16 as group runners up (Seaforth group winners)

Group D

Zimalia 2-1 Nya Aland
Slava Lavosk 0-1 Sarandib

Zimalia qualify for the Last 16 as group runners up (Nya Aland group winners)

Current Standings

Achkaerin · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2019, 10:15:08 PM »

Match Day Six Results Groups E-H

Group E

Ui Cenneslaig 0-1 Lodja
Socram 1-3 Huisslandia

Huisslandia win Group E and qualify for the Last 16, Lodja qualify as group runners up

Group F

NQF 1-3 Vaguzia
Quintelia 3-2 Marseilles

Vaguzia win Group F, Quintelia are group runners up

Group G

Nemerie 0-5 Achkaerin
Phuebra 1-2 Aquitaine

Aquitaine qualify for the Last 16 as group runners up, Achkaerin group winners

Group H

Ecclesiastical State 1-2 East Moreland
Tamora 2-2 Kaitaine

Kaitaine win Group H and qualify for the Last 16, Tamora qualify as group runners up

Final Group Standings

Last Sixteen Draw

Bakkermaya v Tamora
Biseam v Aquitaine
Seaforth v Quintelia
Nya Aland v Lodja
Huisslandia v Zimalia
Vaguzia v Hygelac
Achkaerin v Royal Seleucid
Kaitaine v New Derusmia

Achkaerin · « **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2019, 09:11:54 PM »

Last Sixteen Results Top Half of the Draw

Bakkermaya 1-2 Tamora

Biseam 3-1 Aquitaine

Seaforth 2-2 Quintelia (AET, FT: 0-0, Quintelia win 3-2 on penalties)

Nya Aland 2-3 Lodja

Achkaerin · « **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:32:00 PM »

Last Sixteen Results Bottom Half of the Draw

Huisslandia 3-0 Zimalia

Vaguzia 2-1 Hygelac

Achkaerin 5-1 Royal Seleucid

Kaitaine 1-2 New Derusmia (AET FT: 1-1)

Quarter Final Fixtures

Tamora v Biseam
Quintelia v Lodja
Huisslandia v Vaguzia
Achkaerin v New Derusmia

Achkaerin · « **Reply #22 on:** April 24, 2019, 04:00:24 PM »

Quarter Final Results

Tamora 3-2 Biseam

Quintelia 2-1 Lodja (AET FT: 1-1)

Huisslandia 1-3 Vaguzia

Achkaerin 4-0 New Derusmia

Semi Final Draw

Tamora v Quintelia
Vaguzia v Achkaerin

Achkaerin · « **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2019, 10:46:36 PM »

Semi Final Results

Tamora 1-2 Quintelia (AET, FT 1-1)

Vaguzia 0-5 Achkaerin

Finals Fixtures

The Final - Quintelia v Achkaerin

Third Place Playoff - Tamora v Vaguzia

Achkaerin · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2019, 07:59:07 PM »

Finals Results

The Final

Quintelia 0-3 Achkaerin

Third Place Playoff

Tamora 2-2 Vaguzia (AET, FT 2-2 Tamora wins 4-3 on penalties)

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