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== History of The Cup ==
 
== History of The Cup ==
  
The Lancre Cup is a monthly football tournament competed in by nations in the region of [[Lancre]]. It was originally started by [[Sirocco]] in June 2003 to encourage nations to join Lancre and also as a pastime for the region. It proved to be amazingly popular and is probably one of the reasons the region was such a success. After the first eight Cups Sirocco stopped organising it due to [[Moderator]] duties eating up his spare time. [[Bestiville]] did it for a few cups, followed by [[Dregruk]]. Our current organiser is [[Yesnono]].
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The Lancre Cup is a monthly football tournament competed in by nations in the region of [[Lancre]]. It was originally started by [[Sirocco]] in June 2003 to encourage nations to join Lancre and also as a pastime for the region. It proved to be amazingly popular and is probably one of the reasons the region was such a success. After the first eight Cups Sirocco stopped organising it due to [[Moderator]] duties eating up his spare time. After a long break, [[Bestiville]] decided to begin organising the cup again, and did it for a few cups, followed by [[Dregruk]]. Our current organiser is [[Yesnono]].
  
 
== Rules and Scoring ==
 
== Rules and Scoring ==
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The way the scoring system (co-designed by Sirocco and Bellenia) works is complicated, as it was wanted for the scores to be as realistic as possible (though nations do frequently score upwards of four goals). An even more complicated system was devised so that nations that performed well in previous Cups would have an advantage in the next one (because, in [[Real Life]], teams like the Faroe Islands do not alternatively get crushed in the qualifying sessions and win finals). This was devised by an ex-nation called Bellenia and it solved many problems - now not only would there be more consistency to results, it wouldn't be so strict that the best teams always won and the worst ones always lost - even the most abysmal of Lancre teams can make it through to the big time if they're lucky.
 
The way the scoring system (co-designed by Sirocco and Bellenia) works is complicated, as it was wanted for the scores to be as realistic as possible (though nations do frequently score upwards of four goals). An even more complicated system was devised so that nations that performed well in previous Cups would have an advantage in the next one (because, in [[Real Life]], teams like the Faroe Islands do not alternatively get crushed in the qualifying sessions and win finals). This was devised by an ex-nation called Bellenia and it solved many problems - now not only would there be more consistency to results, it wouldn't be so strict that the best teams always won and the worst ones always lost - even the most abysmal of Lancre teams can make it through to the big time if they're lucky.
  
The details of this scoring is too boring to put here, but those interested are free to contact Sirocco or Dregruk for details.
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The details of this scoring is too boring to put here, but those interested are free to contact Sirocco, Dregruk, Determined Cows or Yesnono for details.
  
 
== The Roleplay Factor ==
 
== The Roleplay Factor ==
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The organiser of the Cup writes a small review of each match with a humorous slant along with the final results. <!-- You can read previous and current matches here: http://lancre.vinari.co.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=10 --> Sadly, Lancre's website, along with its archive of Cup roleplay, is no longer extant. Three cups, though, were roleplayed in the NationStates forums, so you can search for "Lancre Cup" there, and there is a fourth about to start.
 
The organiser of the Cup writes a small review of each match with a humorous slant along with the final results. <!-- You can read previous and current matches here: http://lancre.vinari.co.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=10 --> Sadly, Lancre's website, along with its archive of Cup roleplay, is no longer extant. Three cups, though, were roleplayed in the NationStates forums, so you can search for "Lancre Cup" there, and there is a fourth about to start.
  
Participants can feel free to write about their team, their fans, their stadia, etc. and submit it to the main thread in the Nationstates forum (link to be added soon).  Please note that anything you write may be used against you by the organiser (ie. your robot team may short out in the rain).   
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Participants can feel free to write about their team, their fans, their stadia, etc. and submit it to the [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462297  main thread] in the Nationstates forum.  Please note that anything you write may be used against you by the organiser (ie. your robot team may short out in the rain).   
  
 
<!-- Participants can feel free to write about their team, their strip, their stadia, etc. submit it to the main thread in the Lancre Cup forum (link above).
 
<!-- Participants can feel free to write about their team, their strip, their stadia, etc. submit it to the main thread in the Lancre Cup forum (link above).
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'''Lancre Cup XII''': [[Sirocco]] (2nd place: [[Sliponia]] 3rd place: [[LostLotheria]]) and the host of the Cup was [[Yesnono]].
 
'''Lancre Cup XII''': [[Sirocco]] (2nd place: [[Sliponia]] 3rd place: [[LostLotheria]]) and the host of the Cup was [[Yesnono]].
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'''Lancre Cup XIII''': [[Tonca]] (2nd place: [[Dregruk]] 3rd place: [[Determined cows]]) and the host of the Cup was [[Yesnono]].
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''Links to nations have been made only where the nation is still in existence.''
 
''Links to nations have been made only where the nation is still in existence.''
  
 
== Current Cup ==
 
== Current Cup ==
Lancre Cup XIII will be coming soon.
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Lancre Cup XIV has started.  It can be viewed [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462297  here].
  
Lancre Cup XII has concluded. It was organized by [[Yesnono|the Queendom of Yesnono]], and had 39 participants. Roleplay is in [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9679273#post9679273 this NationStates forum thread].
 
=== First Round ===
 
[view [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9701110#post9701110 heat 1] | [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9710459#post9710459 heat 2] | [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9679273#post9717018 heat 3]]
 
* <s>[[Troon]]</s> vs [[Andrewmania]] (0-2)
 
* [[Docere]] vs <s>[[Rachels Insanity]]</s> (5-0)
 
* [[Dregruk]] vs <s>[[Jamiezomonia]]</s> (7-6)
 
* <s>[[Moth Balls]]</s> vs <s>[[Damage Incorporated]]</s> (5-3)
 
* <s>[[Zamboni Island]]</s> vs [[DTAS LAND]] (0-3)
 
* <s>[[Sunstate]]</s> vs [[Bongostan]] (0-2)
 
* [[Gandhi Followers]] vs <s>[[Umgullia]]</s> (1-0)
 
* <s>[[Harisia]]</s> vs [[Je Marques]] (3-5)
 
* <s>[[Utter complete idiots|UCI]]</s> vs [[Sliponia]] (3-6)
 
* <s>[[Aamericaa]]</s> vs [[Tonca]] (3-4)
 
* <s>[[Cristia West]]</s> vs [[LostLotheria]] (5-9)
 
* [[Mother Culture]] vs <s>[[Morporkian Lunatics]]</s> (5-4)
 
* [[Wash Baskets]] vs <s>[[GNY Embassy]]</s> (5-4)
 
* [[Jothopolis]] vs <s>[[Ultana]]</s> (7-4)
 
* [[GROEGER]] vs <s>[[Cicadalek]]</s> (2-1)
 
* <s>[[Soyuz 1]]</s> vs [[The Harlot of Babylon]] (1-2)
 
* <s>[[Fartington]]</s> vs [[Determined cows]] (3-5)
 
* [[Sirocco]] vs <s>[[Yesnono]]</s> (4-2)
 
* [[SAF]] vs <s>''bye''</s>
 
=== Second Round ===
 
[view results from [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9740898#post9740898 part one] | [http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9747489#post9747489 part two]]
 
* <s>[[SAF]]</s> vs [[Jothopolis]] (1-4)
 
* [[Wash Baskets]] vs <s>[[Docere]]</s> (5-2)
 
* <s>[[Andrewmania]]</s> vs [[LostLotheria]] (4-7)
 
* [[GROEGER]] vs <s>[[Mother Culture]]</s> (2-0)
 
* <s>[[Bongostan]]</s> vs [[Sliponia]] (3-6)
 
* [[Tonca]] vs <s>[[Je Marques]]</s> (5-3)
 
* [[Sirocco]] vs <s>[[Bestiville|Determined cows]]</s> (7-3)
 
* <s>[[The Harlot of Babylon]]</s> vs [[Dregruk]] (7-10)
 
* [[Gandhi Followers]] vs <s>[[DTAS LAND]]</s> (6-5)
 
=== Demifinals ===
 
[[http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9781296#post9781296 view results]]
 
* [[Sliponia]] vs <s>[[Gandhi Followers]]</s> (4-3)
 
* <s>[[Dregruk]]</s> vs [[Sirocco]] (5-8)
 
* <s>[[Tonca]]</s> vs <s>[[GROEGER]]</s> vs [[LostLotheria]] (4-3-7)
 
* <s>[[Wash Baskets]]</s> vs [[Jothopolis]] (2-4)
 
=== Semifinals ===
 
[[http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthead.php?p=9792017#post9792017 view results]]
 
* <s>[[Jothopolis]]</s> vs [[Sirocco]] (5-9)
 
* <s>[[LostLotheria]]</s> vs [[Sliponia]] (3-5)
 
=== 3rd Place ===
 
* <s>[[Jothopolis]]</S> vs [[LostLotheria]] (6-9)
 
"We're very confident about today's match," Said the manager of the LostLotheria, who was wearing his best bin-bag for the press conference. "Our boys have been at their physical, mental and emotional peak for the last few days and we're going to win!"
 
  
Someone pointed out that they had lost their previous match to Sliponia and they could now only hope for 3rd place. The manager yelled something aggressive sounding and threw a shoe at him.
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=== First Round ===
 
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Shoe throwing seemed to be the theme of the match. As soon as the kick-off whistle was blown, the entire LostLotheria team pulled off their boots and lobbed them at the Jothopolis team.
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Disturbingly, even with over half their opposition lying on the ground bleeding, the LostLotheria team still only won by three goals...
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Jothopolis 6, LostLotheria 9
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Heat One
=== Final ===
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*LostLotheria 2, The Harlot of Babylon 7
* [[Sirocco]] vs <s>[[Sliponia]]</s> (8-7)
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*Tonca 9, Culdado 1
The long-awaited match between the founder and Sliponia had finally arrived. The LCOC(Y) arranged for an impressive fireworks display at the end of the match, a huge cake for all the players and free access to a local hospital.
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*Determined cows 7, Moth Balls 0
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*Roscco 4, SAF 1
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*Yesnono 4, Soyuz 1 0
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*Anyland 1, Dregruk 7
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*Mu-Muu 5, Jamiezomonia 3
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Heat Two
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*Sulfamic 1, Heiligkeit 5
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*Zamboni Island 4, Sliponia 6
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*Froggity 
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*Bongostan 3, Mother Culture 5
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*Pazdom 2, Gandhi Followers 3
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*Rachels Insanity 3, Umgullia 4
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*Ravenclawesome 3, Amemhotep 5
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Heat Three
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*Raging Penguins 1, Crista West 5
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*Schwarland 1, Sunstate 3
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*Andrewmania 5, Avenfield 0
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*Troon 1, Sirocco 4
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*Wash Baskets 5, UCI 6
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*Ultana 1, GNY Embassy 6
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*Villastan 1, Arniella 4
  
The match began badly.
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===Second Round===
  
The Sirocco team decided to help themselves to the cake, taking not only their half but the Sliponian half also. The Sliponians vowed revenge.
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*The Harlot of Babylon 6, Tonca 4 
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*Determined cows 6, Roscco 2
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*Yesnono 4, Dregruk 3
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*Mu-Muu 0, Heiligkeit 3
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*Sliponia 3, Froggity 5 
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*Mother Culture 7, Gandhi Followers 2
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*Umgullia 2, Amemhotep  0
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*Crista West 3, Sunstate 0
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*Andrewmania 4, GNY Embassy 5
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*UCI 5, Sirocco 3, Arniella 2
  
Which they most certainly delivered.
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===Third Round===
  
Angered by the Siroccan confectionary pilfering, the Sliponians armed themselves with the post-match fireworks and used them as artillery. Half the stadium was evacuated when a STARBANGER© rocket flew off course and demolished the northern part of the seating.
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*The Harlot of Babylon 6, Determined cows 8 
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*Yesnono 3, Heiligkeit 2
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*Froggity 5, Mother Culture 6
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*Umgullia 2, Crista West 5
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*GNY Embassy 7 vs. UCI 3 
  
With tempers running high, fire-engine sirens wailing in the background, it was quite clear that the final of this Lancre Cup was going to be one for the history books. Every time the Sliponian team appeared to be getting a lead, the Siroccans countered with some beautiful footwork.
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===Semifinals===
  
By the end of the match, including the significant injury team, both teams were locked at 7 goals. It was all down to a penalty shootout.
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*Determined cows vs. Yesnono vs. Mother Culture 
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*Crista West vs. GNY Embassy 
  
Despite the craters in the ground, the two teams sent some excellent shots and scored some equally impressive goals, but in the end the Siroccan team won having missed no shots. The Sliponian team was let down by a fire-engine running over their player as he went for the shot.
 
  
Sirocco 8, Sliponia 7
 
  
So Sirocco are once again the champions of the Lancre Cup. There would've been an impressive fireworks display to mark the end of the event, but the Sliponians used them all. The Dregruk team volunteered to do a fireworks display instead, but the LCOC(Y) decided it would be too costly building a new stadium at the end of it all.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 24 January 2006

The Lancre Cup - Only the very best is Good Enough

Be there or be an equilateral rectangle!

History of The Cup

The Lancre Cup is a monthly football tournament competed in by nations in the region of Lancre. It was originally started by Sirocco in June 2003 to encourage nations to join Lancre and also as a pastime for the region. It proved to be amazingly popular and is probably one of the reasons the region was such a success. After the first eight Cups Sirocco stopped organising it due to Moderator duties eating up his spare time. After a long break, Bestiville decided to begin organising the cup again, and did it for a few cups, followed by Dregruk. Our current organiser is Yesnono.

Rules and Scoring

The Lancre Cup is easy enough to take part in since the amount of involvement you want is entirely up to you. Every nation in Lancre is entered into the Cup automatically but those not wishing to take part are free to quit if they wish. All nations are drawn against each other randomly into heats. The winners of these heats progress to the quarter finals, then the semi-finals and so on and so forth.

The way the scoring system (co-designed by Sirocco and Bellenia) works is complicated, as it was wanted for the scores to be as realistic as possible (though nations do frequently score upwards of four goals). An even more complicated system was devised so that nations that performed well in previous Cups would have an advantage in the next one (because, in Real Life, teams like the Faroe Islands do not alternatively get crushed in the qualifying sessions and win finals). This was devised by an ex-nation called Bellenia and it solved many problems - now not only would there be more consistency to results, it wouldn't be so strict that the best teams always won and the worst ones always lost - even the most abysmal of Lancre teams can make it through to the big time if they're lucky.

The details of this scoring is too boring to put here, but those interested are free to contact Sirocco, Dregruk, Determined Cows or Yesnono for details.

The Roleplay Factor

The organiser of the Cup writes a small review of each match with a humorous slant along with the final results. Sadly, Lancre's website, along with its archive of Cup roleplay, is no longer extant. Three cups, though, were roleplayed in the NationStates forums, so you can search for "Lancre Cup" there, and there is a fourth about to start.

Participants can feel free to write about their team, their fans, their stadia, etc. and submit it to the main thread in the Nationstates forum. Please note that anything you write may be used against you by the organiser (ie. your robot team may short out in the rain).


The Results of Previous Cups

Lancre Cup I: Mufc Fans 2 (2nd place: Ths Nether Realms 3rd place: Rillean) and the host of the Cup was Sodarules.

Lancre Cup II: Lingfieldgamblers (2nd place: Stuland 3rd place: Laru-Tan) and the host of the Cup was Ths Nether Realms.

Lancre Cup III: Last Hope (2nd place: Extreme Dictators 3rd place: Roligivito) and the host of the Cup was Stuland.

Lancre Cup IV: Bettledom (2nd place: DTAS LAND 3rd place: Extreme Dictators) and the host of the Cup was Extreme Dictators

Lancre Cup V: DTAS LAND (2nd place: Shareda 3rd place: Extreme Dictators) and the host of the Cup was Bettledom

Lancre Cup VI: Englishman (2nd place: Shareda 3rd place: Bellenia) and the host of the Cup was DTAS LAND.

Lancre Cup VII: Englishman (2nd place: Extreme Dictators 3rd Place: Rob Anybody) and the host of the Cup was Englishman.

Lancre Cup VIII: Sliponia (2nd place: SAF 3rd place: Rob Anybody) and the host of the Cup was Englishman.

Lancre Cup IX: Sirocco (2nd place: DTAS LAND 3rd place: Bongostan) and the host of the Cup was Sliponia.

Lancre Cup X: Dregruk (2nd place: LostLotheria 3rd place: Sirocco) and the host of the Cup was Sirocco.

Lancre Cup XI: Abandoned (Contenders: Tonca, Docere, Peng-pau, Hoge, Aamericaa, The Big Little People, Pazdom, Treynna, Vtorbetin, -Arynth-, Gandhi Followers, Rachel's Insanity, and Sirocco) and the host of the Cup was Dregruk.

Lancre Cup XII: Sirocco (2nd place: Sliponia 3rd place: LostLotheria) and the host of the Cup was Yesnono.

Lancre Cup XIII: Tonca (2nd place: Dregruk 3rd place: Determined cows) and the host of the Cup was Yesnono.


Links to nations have been made only where the nation is still in existence.

Current Cup

Lancre Cup XIV has started. It can be viewed here.


First Round

Heat One

  • LostLotheria 2, The Harlot of Babylon 7
  • Tonca 9, Culdado 1
  • Determined cows 7, Moth Balls 0
  • Roscco 4, SAF 1
  • Yesnono 4, Soyuz 1 0
  • Anyland 1, Dregruk 7
  • Mu-Muu 5, Jamiezomonia 3

Heat Two

  • Sulfamic 1, Heiligkeit 5
  • Zamboni Island 4, Sliponia 6
  • Froggity
  • Bongostan 3, Mother Culture 5
  • Pazdom 2, Gandhi Followers 3
  • Rachels Insanity 3, Umgullia 4
  • Ravenclawesome 3, Amemhotep 5

Heat Three

  • Raging Penguins 1, Crista West 5
  • Schwarland 1, Sunstate 3
  • Andrewmania 5, Avenfield 0
  • Troon 1, Sirocco 4
  • Wash Baskets 5, UCI 6
  • Ultana 1, GNY Embassy 6
  • Villastan 1, Arniella 4

Second Round

  • The Harlot of Babylon 6, Tonca 4
  • Determined cows 6, Roscco 2
  • Yesnono 4, Dregruk 3
  • Mu-Muu 0, Heiligkeit 3
  • Sliponia 3, Froggity 5
  • Mother Culture 7, Gandhi Followers 2
  • Umgullia 2, Amemhotep 0
  • Crista West 3, Sunstate 0
  • Andrewmania 4, GNY Embassy 5
  • UCI 5, Sirocco 3, Arniella 2

Third Round

  • The Harlot of Babylon 6, Determined cows 8
  • Yesnono 3, Heiligkeit 2
  • Froggity 5, Mother Culture 6
  • Umgullia 2, Crista West 5
  • GNY Embassy 7 vs. UCI 3

Semifinals

  • Determined cows vs. Yesnono vs. Mother Culture
  • Crista West vs. GNY Embassy