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== Format ==
== Format ==


Still to be decided after there's a chance to have more than 32 teams registered. One thing is sure: The first stage is going to be a group stage with double-round robin matches system.
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|align="center"| The thirty-six teams participating will be split in nine groups of four teams. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format (Double round-robin format). All group winners and best 7 runner-ups will qualify for the Knock-out Stage.
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|align="center"| The knock-out stage, will consist of a single-elimination tournament (Type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match is inmediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event) starting from Round of 16, and ending with the Grand Final.
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== Teams participating ==
== Teams participating ==

Revision as of 00:32, 15 March 2012

FIFA.com Club Federation Cup IX
Tournament details
Season(s) Season 48
Teams 32 or more
Final positions
Champions -
Runner-up -
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played
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The FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (IX Edition) will be the ninth edition of the FIFA.com Club Federation Cup, a Hattrick tournament which is also the internal tournament (Also called as Federation Cup) of the FIFA.com Club Federation. The tournament is scheduled to begin on 3 April 2012. As always, it will be organized by the FIFA.com Club Federation.

Mexico AKV Football Club are the defending champions. For the second consecutive time, the user England fmaed will sponsor the Cup, giving the winner a prize of 3 months of Supporter and 1 month of Supporter for the runner-ups.

For the first time, a team from the highest division of a single country will participate in the history of the tournament – Uzbekistan Barbarian Vikings F.C. from Uzbekistan' Oliy Liga. This edition will also mark the return of past champions Bosnia & Herzegovina Partizan BL.


Format

Group Stage
The thirty-six teams participating will be split in nine groups of four teams. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format (Double round-robin format). All group winners and best 7 runner-ups will qualify for the Knock-out Stage.
Knockout Stage
The knock-out stage, will consist of a single-elimination tournament (Type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match is inmediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event) starting from Round of 16, and ending with the Grand Final.

Teams participating

As of March 15th, 34 teams confirmed it's participation in the Cup. Registrations are available untill March 18th.

North & South America
Team Appearances Last App.
Mexico AKV Football Club 8 VIII Edition
USA Cottonmouths 8 VIII Edition
USA Plymouth Punishers 8 VIII Edition
USA Sons of the South 7 VIII Edition
USA Scurge 7 VIII Edition
USA Ft Worth FC 6 VIII Edition
USA Salem Meadows 6 VIII Edition
Canada Edmonton's Angels 3 VI Edition
Costa Rica Soccer Legends 2 VI Edition
Canada Inter Balkan F.C. 0 None
Europe
Team Appearances Last App.
Spain Morales FC 8 VIII Edition
Spain Os astutos 8 VIII Edition
Portugal Fair-Play 8 VIII Edition
Norway Joariarnene 6 VIII Edition
Germany FC Sherry 6 VIII Edition
Belgium FC GOKA WARRIORS 6 VIII Edition
Belgium Partizan BL 4 VI Edition
Romania Devil of Airahaz 2 VIII Edition
England fm nation 1 VIII Edition
France CSK ARRAS 1 VIII Edition
Italy Athletic club de Baba 1 VIII Edition
Finland Pullasorsa Calcio 1 VIII Edition
Austria Vienna Pirates 0 None
Greece Aparadektioi 0 None
Switzerland Kenora Thistles F.C. 0 None
Poland Cosmos Boys Gorzow 0 None
Greece BlackStar Team 0 None
Romania D&A Sissy's Princeling 0 None
Asia & Oceania
Team Appearances Last App.
Bahrain Sanad Emperors 8 VIII Edition
China hualongdeduizi 0 None
Uzbekistan Barbarian Vikings F.C. 0 None
Bangladesh Rock Titans 0 None
Japan Habu 0 None
Oceania Fergie's Monsters 0 None

Group stage

Tiebreaking criteria

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams;
  6. Superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  7. Higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
  8. Less WO granted;
  9. Higher number of appearances in the history of FIFA.com Club Federation Cup.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advances to the Knockout Stage.
Team eliminated from the tournament.


Group A

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group B

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group C

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group E

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group F

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group G

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group H

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts

Group I

Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts