FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (VII Edition) Grand Final

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FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (VII) Grand Final
Event: FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (VII Edition)
Date: 19 October 2011
Venue: Portugal Leões de Lisboa
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The FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (VII Edition) Final will be a football match that will take place on 19 October 2011, at Leões de Lisboa at Açores, Portugal, to dertermine the winner of the FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (VII Edition). The match will be contested by Argentina Villa Elisa F.C. and Mexico AKV Football Club, both attempting to win their first FIFA.com Club Federation Cup.

The final date was chosen because it falls on the same week with 2011 Rugby World Cup Final.


Finalists

Prior to this game, AKV Football Club and Villa Elisa F.C. have met four times, with two wins per side. However, three of that matches were friendlies. Their last match was an encounter in last season's quarterfinals, with the Mexican side winning it 2 - 0. This is the first time they will meet in a final. None has reached the Final before. AKV Football Club is contesting their first final, despite of had participated in all Cup editions.

They're from Argentina (Villa Elisa F.C.) and México (AKV Football Club), it means that a team from a new country will win the FIFA.com Club Federation Cup.

AKV Football Club's best performance was Semi Finals (I and VI editions), when Villa Elisa's best performance was Quarter Finals (VI edition) in only their first time in the tournament. This is just Villa Elisa's second time in the tournament.

Route to the Final

AKV Football Club were the first (as always) team to join this season's Federation Cup. They were placed at Group D. They started with three consecutive wins against giallarossi (1:0), Ft Worth (3:0) and then they defeated in a very close match to Sebasteaua 1 (2:1), therefore they tied with Plymouth Punishers (0:0). So they advanced to the Knock-out Stage where they defeated Sanad Emperors (3:0) and then Scurge (1:0), a team that eliminated them two times in the past and who lost in last season's semi finals, a final that Scurge would lose by Walkover.

Villa Elisa were placed at Group B. They defeated Os astutos (0:4), Sons of the South (0:1) by WO to Wild Weasels, and tied with Scuge (2:2) with a comeback from 0:2. They would later defeat Devil of Airahaz (4:3) after extratime, in a very entertaning match and therefore defeating FC Sherry (1 time runner-up) 0 - 5 to advance to the final.

AKV Football Club scored ten goals and received just one before reaching the final, and Villa Elisa F.C. scored seven goals and received five. Gabriel Grünberg and David Porter are the top-scorers for AKV Football Club, with three goals each one. Teemu Loikala is the top-scorer of Villa Elisa, scoring four goals during the tournament before reaching the final.


Villa Elisa F.C. Round AKV Football Club
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Spain Os astutos 4 - 0 Match 1 Saudi Arabia giallarossi 1 - 0
USA Sons of the South 1 - 0 Match 2 USA Ft Worth FC 1 - 0
USA Wild Weasels 5 - 0 (WO) Match 3 Romania Sebasteaua 1 2 - 1
USA Scurge 2 - 2 Match 4 USA Plymouth Punishers 0 - 0
Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Villa Elisa F.C. 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10 10
USA Scurge 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10
USA Wild Weasels 4 2 0 2 4 8 -4 6
Spain Os astutos 4 1 0 3 3 12 -9 3
USA Sons of the South 4 0 0 4 2 7 -5 0
Final standing
Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico AKV Football Club 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
Romania Sebasteaua 1 4 3 0 1 16 7 +9 9
USA Ft Worth FC 4 2 0 2 13 9 +4 6
USA Plymouth Punishers 4 0 2 2 4 11 -7 2
Saudi Arabia giallarossi 4 0 1 3 2 13 -11 1
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
Romania Devil of Airahaz 4 - 3 (a.e.t.) Quarter-finals Bahrain Sanad Emperors 3 - 0
Germany FC Sherry 5 - 0 Semifinals USA Scurge 1 - 0


Match commentary

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Match details

19 October 2011
22:00 (HT Time)
Villa Elisa F.C. Argentina Mexico AKV Football Club Leões de Lisboa, Açores
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Broadcasting

The match will be televised live on AKV Sports, with special coverage starting 2 hours before the start of the match.