Arabian Peninsular Cup
Arabian Peninsular Cup
The Arabian Peninsular Cup isn't just any competition that teams compete to win, it creates bonds of friendship between Arabian Peninsular countries, and besides all that, the locals consider a mini "World Cup" of how important it is to the hearts of the Arabian Peninsular people.
Arabian Peninsular Cup is a friendly tournament for the eight Arabian Peninsular national teams in Hattrick. Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Al Yaman, Dawlat Qatar, Bahrain, Al Kuwayt, and Al Iraq are the eight countries that can play in this cup.
The Hattrick Arabian Peninsular Cup is organized by GM-Assim.
The Arabian Peninsular Cup will be played every two seasons on the first 5 weeks of the second season after the coaches gets elected. In other words, matches will be played right after the World Cup Qualifications.
History
Draw
The draw depends on the ranking points of the teams in the season where the teams played the World Cup Qualification (i.e. first season after election). The teams will be put into 4 pots where the host and the cup holder are going to be in Pot 1, and if the cup holder was the host, then the highest rank team (or the second highest rank team if it was the host) will be put into Pot 1. After that, according to the ranking points, all the teams will be put in Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4 respectively.
From Pot A, the host will play in Group A, and the second team from Pot A will go to Group B. As for Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, a draw will take place to see which one from each pot will go to Group A and B. Teams from the same pot cannot play against each other in the group stage.
Matches
Group matches: When all eight teams accept the invitation to play in the Arabian Peninsular Cup, then eight teams will be divided into two groups with four teams in each group. Each team will play with each other once and the top two teams of each group qualify to the semi-final. These group matches will be played on the first 3 weeks of the tournament.
Semi-finals: The first semi-final match will be between the winner of Group A against the runner-up of Group B, and the second semi-final will be between the winner of Group B against the runner-up of Group A. Both of the semi-final matches will be played on the 4th week of the tournament.
Final: The final will be between the winner of the first semi-final and the winner of the second semi-final. The final will be played on the 5th week of the tournament.
3rd/4th place match: This match will be between the teams who lost the two semi-finals, and the winner will be considered 3rd, and the team who loses this matches will be considered 4th. This match will be played on the 5th week of the tournament.
5th to 8th place matches: The 3rd place team of Group A will play against the 4th place team of Group B, and the 3rd place team of Group B will play against the 4th place team of Group A, and these two matches will be played on the 4th week of the tournament. The winners of these two matches will play a 5th/6th place decider match and the teams that lost will play a 7th/8th place decider match. These decider matches will be played on the 5th week of the tournament.
5th/6th place match: This match will be between the winners of the two 5th to 8th place matches, the winner of this match will be considered the 5th place team, and the team that will lose this match will be considered the 6th place team. This match will be played on the 5th week of the tournament.
7th/8th place match: This match will be between the teams that lost the two 5th to 8th place matches, the winner of this match will be considered the 7th place team, and the team that will lose this match will be considered the 8th place team. This match will be played on the 5th week of the tournament.
Here's the schedule of the tournament:
- Week 1: Group Stage (Round 1)
- Week 2: Group Stage (Round 2)
- Week 3: Group Stage (Round 3)
- Week 4: Semi-finals, 5th to 8th place matches
- Week 5: Final, 3rd/4th place match, 5th/6th place match, 7th/8th place match.
Stadiums
The four largest stadiums from the host country will be selected. The host country will play all it's group stage matches in the largest stadium. As for the other matches of the group stage of both groups, their matches will be played in one of the stadiums. In the place decider matches, the stadiums that won't host the semi-final and final during that week will be selected. In the semi-final, the largest stadium will host the first semi-final, and the second largest stadium will host the second semi-final. As for the final, the largest stadium will host it.
Tie-breaker
If there was a tie in the semi-final or final. Then the winner of the match will be declared using the following ways (in order of importance):
- Newest country
- Lowest ranking points
- Lowest group stage ranking (2nd place)
- Lowest number of users
Hosts
There will be a new host every two seasons for this. The order will be as follows:
- Oman
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- Al Yaman
- Dawlat Qatar
- Bahrain
- Al Kuwayt
- Al Iraq
Player Awards
There will also be different player awards such as the "Top Scorer", "Best Player", and "Best Goalkeeper".
Top Scorer: The top scorer will be given to the player who scored the largest number of goals in the competition.
Best Player: The best player will be given to the player who has the highest average star rating, and the player should have played at least 3 matches to be eligible for the "Best Player" award. The best player cannot be a goalkeeper.
Best Goalkeeper: The best goalkeeper will be given to the keeper who has the highest average star rating, and the goalkeeper should have played at least 3 matches to be eligible for the "Best Goalkeeper" award.
