Regarding the Iwi v Royal Seleucid World Cup Qualifier
The upcoming World Cup in Himeyama represents the pinnacle of football on Mundus at the international level and will see the best players in the world compete against each other. The Mundus Football Association has always maintained that all nations that can field a team should be eligible to compete and this is a policy that will never change. This year we have seen a record number of nations petition to enter the Football World Cup meaning that for the first time in the competition's history we are having to hold a qualifying round. As is always the case in such situations the ties are drawn at random, however as we have seen before such draws have led to concerns, we can look back to when during the third World Cup where East Moreland and Borland ended up in the same group, in that case the hosts of that World Cup Achkaerin took adequate precautions and tightened up the police presence in the cities where those two group games took place.
The current qualifying round pits Royal Seleucid against the Iwi, two nations that have history. It was always a possibility going into the draw that this could happen and we note the concerns raised by the RSFA, not only that but we agree that these are real concerns as we cannot discount the various actions of the Commonwealth of the Iwi in recent times, some of which are debatable as to whether or not they are within the boundaries of international law, this brings into question the safety of the Royal Seleucid team, staff and fans when playing the away leg of the tie. It is not the policy of the Mundus Football Association or the Mundus Sporting Community to involve itself in the various issues arising between nations, our concern is with putting on a sporting occasion that is remembered for the right reasons.
Therefore following discussion and consultation the MFA has decided in this instance to reschedule the leg of the tie due to take place in the Iwi so that it will now take place in Gowu, with the ticket allocation remaining proportionately the same, and we thank the Achkaerin Football Association for their assistance in this matter. We are confident that this allays the concerns of the RSFA, if the Government of the Iwi has any evidence of war crimes against any member of the Iwi squad or coaching staff then we suggest they present such evidence to the Gowu authorities.
Signed
Bruno Kjærgaard
Mundus Football Association (MFA) President