FIFA.com Club Federation Cup (IX Edition)

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.

AKV Football Club are the defending champions. For the second consecutive time, the user 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 – Barbarian Vikings F.C. from Uzbekistan' Oliy Liga. This edition will also mark the return of past champions Partizan BL.

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.

Teams participating

As of March 14th, 35 teams confirmed it's participation in the Cup. Registrations are available untill March 18th.

North & South America Team Appearances Last App. AKV Football Club 8 VIII Edition Cottonmouths 8 VIII Edition Plymouth Punishers 8 VIII Edition Sons of the South 7 VIII Edition Scurge 7 VIII Edition Ft Worth FC 6 VIII Edition Salem Meadows 6 VIII Edition Edmonton's Angels 3 VI Edition Soccer Legends 2 VI Edition

Europe Team Appearances Last App. Morales FC 8 VIII Edition Os astutos 8 VIII Edition Fair-Play 8 VIII Edition Joariarnene 6 VIII Edition FC Sherry 6 VIII Edition FC GOKA WARRIORS 6 VIII Edition Partizan BL 4 VI Edition Devil of Airahaz 2 VIII Edition fm nation 1 VIII Edition CSK ARRAS 1 VIII Edition Athletic club de Baba 1 VIII Edition Pullasorsa Calcio 1 VIII Edition Vienna Pirates 0 None Bosches Stars 0 None Aparadektioi 0 None Kenora Thistles F.C. 0 None Cosmos Boys Gorzow 0 None ANAKASSA CITY 0 None BlackStar Team 0 None D&A Sissy's Princeling 0 None

Asia & Oceania Team Appearances Last App. Sanad Emperors 8 VIII Edition hualongdeduizi 0 None Barbarian Vikings F.C. 0 None Rock Titans 0 None Habu 0 None 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