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The Lancre Cup - Only the very best is Good Enough

Matches drawn on the 1st of each month. The opening ceremony is on the 7th and the Heats begin on the 8th. There may be slight changes to cope with the difference in length of month. 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. Bestiville 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 or Dregruk 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. Two cups, though, were roleplayed in the NationStates forums, so you can search for "Lancre Cup" there, and there is a third being played out right now.

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

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

Current Cup

Lancre Cup XII is about to conclude. It is being organized by the Queendom of Yesnono, and has 39 participants. Roleplay is in this NationStates forum thread.

First Round

[view heat 1 | heat 2 | heat 3]

• Troon vs Andrewmania (0-2)
• Docere vs Rachels Insanity (5-0)
• Dregruk vs Jamiezomonia (7-6)
• Moth Balls vs Damage Incorporated (5-3)
• Zamboni Island vs DTAS LAND (0-3)
• Sunstate vs Bongostan (0-2)
• Gandhi Followers vs Umgullia (1-0)
• Harisia vs Je Marques (3-5)
• UCI vs Sliponia (3-6)
• Aamericaa vs Tonca (3-4)
• Cristia West vs LostLotheria (5-9)
• Mother Culture vs Morporkian Lunatics (5-4)
• Wash Baskets vs GNY Embassy (5-4)
• Jothopolis vs Ultana (7-4)
• GROEGER vs Cicadalek (2-1)
• Soyuz 1 vs The Harlot of Babylon (1-2)
• Fartington vs Determined cows (3-5)
• Sirocco vs Yesnono (4-2)
• SAF vs bye

Second Round

[view results from part one | part two]

• SAF vs Jothopolis (1-4)
• Wash Baskets vs Docere (5-2)
• Andrewmania vs LostLotheria (4-7)
• GROEGER vs Mother Culture (2-0)
• Bongostan vs Sliponia (3-6)
• Tonca vs Je Marques (5-3)
• Sirocco vs Determined cows (7-3)
• The Harlot of Babylon vs Dregruk (7-10)
• Gandhi Followers vs DTAS LAND (6-5)

Demifinals

• Sliponia vs Gandhi Followers (4-3)
• Dregruk vs Sirocco (5-8)
• Tonca vs GROEGER vs LostLotheria (4-3-7)
• Wash Baskets vs Jothopolis (2-4)

Semifinals

• Jothopolis vs Sirocco
• LostLotheria vs Sliponia