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The Lancre Cup - Only the very best is Good Enough

Matches drawn on the 1st of April. The opening ceremony is on the 14th of April and the Heats begin on the 15th of April. Be there or be an equal-sided rectangle!

History of The Cup

The Lancre Cup is a 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. After the first eight Cups (which ran to February 2004 because there is one Cup per month), Sirocco stopped organising it due to Moderator duties eating up his spare time. The new organiser of the Cup is Emperor Besty, the ruler of Bestiville. The ninth Lancre Cup starts on the 1st of April 2005.

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 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 Bestiville for details.

The Roleplay Factor

The organiser of the Cup (Bestiville, at the time of writing) writes a small story about 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

You may notice that not all matches have stories - this is because Sirocco was so busy he didn't have the time!

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.

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

Lancre Cup IX

hosted by Sliponia

Yesnono vs. Hippie Dudes

-Arynth- vs. Aamericaa

Jothopolis vs. Docere

Peng-Pau vs. Bongostan

Umgullia vs. LostLotheria

Rachels Insanity vs. Blu-Tac

Ceilingwax vs. GNY Embassy

Opal Montague vs. DTAS LAND

Tonca vs. The Hartlot of Babylon

Andrewmania vs. Troon

Jamiezomonia vs. Utter Complete Idiots

SAF vs. Dregruk

Sirocco vs. Gandhi followers

Bestiville vs. Earth 2

Zamboni Island vs. Sliponia