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The invitations have been accepted for this inaugural winner take all elimination tournament here in Melmond! 16 million wong (16 million British pounds) are at stake! The winner of the tournament gets all the money while the other 15 sides get nothing! Without further ado...some OOC specifics.

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All Results Will Be Posted at 10:30 pm forum time every OTHER day, so you can RP this and do the World Cup as well.
All RPs, whether rosters, scores, stories, etc will be on this thread.


And now....the matchups!

Melmond City Region: Melmond Bowl
#1 Barcoenfuego (Kingsford) v #4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan)
#2 Melmond City Blues (Melmond) v #3 Hundon FC (Bedistan)

Unne Region: Feliz-Unne Stadium
#1 Marauding FC (Giant Zucchini) v #4 Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati (Rejistania)
#2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) v #3 Unne Yellows (Melmond)

Aldi Region: Microcosm Football Colossuseum
#1 Real Libertad (Brazillico) v #4 Aldi Reds (Melmond)
#2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford) v #3 Cornellby City (Audioslavia)

O'Connor Region: Makinshakes Stadium
#1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) v #4 Vaje~n Sekhika (Rejistania)
#2 O'Connor Greens (Melmond) v #3 Kung Pao FC (Giant Zucchini)

Final Four: White Bread Dome, Suburbia
Melmond City Region winner v Unne Region winner
Aldi Region winner v O'Connor Region winner

Stadiums!

Melmond Bowl
Location: Melmond City, Melmond
Seats: 92,542 (Open Air)

Melmond City is the capital and largest city in Melmond. The United Postmodernist States of Melmond grew from this ancient city which was said to be visited by the mythical light warriors. Anything and everything happens in the megalopolis known as Melmond City. The Melmond Bowl was built so that Melmond would have a national stadium of sorts. Its original purpose was football It is the home of the 3-time Melmond Premier League champion Melmond City Blues. It also hosted events in the Exclusive Capitalizt Zone Olympics as well as various other events.

Feliz-Unne Stadium
Location: Unne, Melmond
Seats: 48,000 (Open Air)

The city of Unne is Melmond’s third largest city and is said to be the most fashionable city in the nation. The city was named after the famous Dr. Unne, in which Melmondian legend claims that he taught the Light Warriors an ancient language which helped rid the world from Chaos (the evil being, not the concept). Descendants of the Unne family make their home in Unne and are a sort of unofficial royalty in Melmond. Three members of the Unne family: Critandi, Gina, and Diallo play for the Fearless Farmers. Feliz-Unne Stadium is one of the few football-specific stadiums in Melmond as it was built due to the success Melmond had in the Cup of Harmony also along with success the Unne Yellows club team had. They expanded the smaller Feliz Stadium by 30,000 seats. It was funded by the Unne family, hence the name. Seats are almost right on top of the pitch, and in the humid climate of Unne, it can make opponents claustrophobic.

Microcosm Football Colossuseum
Location: Aldi, Melmond
Seats: 97,474 (Open Air)

Aldi is the second largest city in Melmond and is on the coast of the Aldi Sea. It is known for its beautiful weather and gnarly surfing. However, this town does seem to have an inferiority complex to the larger Melmond City and the more glamourous Unne. One sign of this complex is that the city of Aldi felt it had to build a bigger stadium than Melmond City to still look like a world-class city. With that and the sinister brainchild of Microcosm of Melmond, the Microcosm Football Colossuseum was built by those subconciously hypnotized by the talking dolls made by the company and Matmel which brought people from other cities in Melmond and far away places like Bedistan and Commerce Heights to build this monolith for free.

Makinshakes Stadium
Location: O'Connor, Melmond
Seats: 60,217 (Open Air)

The city of O’Connor is Melmond’s fourth largest city. It is the big city hub which is smack dab in the middle of the Melmondian fertile plain. O’Connor is also the heart of the largest industry in Melmond, the book publishing industry. However, it was Melmondian fast food giant Makinshakes who bought the naming rights of this new football-specific stadium. It is a very versatile stadium which can host things from hockey games or a regional favorite like American football.

White Bread Dome
Location: Suburbia, Melmond
Seats: 42,122 (Domed)

The city of Suburbia is the ninth biggest city in Melmond and is one of the home of one of the Melmond Premier League’s expansion sites. The White Bread Dome was built with football in mind, but it is also very useful for the many concerts and conventions that come by Suburbia. It is an architectural marvel as the White Bread Dome has natural grass. What happens is that part of the stands retract as the grass field is wheeled into the stadium. The grass grows just outside of the stadium and can be used for local kids to play on! The city of Suburbia itself was made as many of the northern suburbs of Melmond City conglomerated into one. The place is mainly made up of strip malls, car dealerships, and suburban homes. However, the construction of the White Bread Dome is the city’s effort to have a cosmopolitan heart of town.

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Melly, I'm not involved, but if I get these fixtures right arent there two teams which qualify per region?

its a bracket by bracket single elimination tournament.

takheta

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First Round Results
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Melmond City Region
#1 Barcoenfuego (Kingsford) 0 - #4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan) 1
#2 Melmond City Blues (Melmond) 1 - #3 Hundon FC (Bedistan) 1
1-1 After End Time, Hundon FC wins PK 5:4

Unne Region
#1 Maruading FC (Giant Zucchini) 2 - #4 Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati (Rejistania) 1
#2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) 2 - #3 Unne Yellows (Melmond) 2
Hades Lavamje scores golden goal, 3-2 win

Aldi Region
#1 Real Libertad (Brazillico) 0 - #4 Aldi Reds (Melmond) 0
0-0 After End Time, Real Libertad wins PK 5:4
#2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford) 4 - #3 Cornellby City (Audioslavia) 1

O'Connor Region
#1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) 4 - #4 Vaje~n Sekhika (Rejistania) 0
#2 O'Connor Greens (Melmond) 0 - #3 Kung Pao FC (Giant Zucchini) 1

Quarterfinal Fixtures

Melmond City Regional: Melmond Bowl
#4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan) v #3 Hundon FC (Bedistan)

Unne Regional: Feliz-Unne Stadium
#1 Marauding FC (Giant Zucchini) v #2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania)

Aldi Regional: Microcosm Football Colossuseum
#1 Real Libertad (Brazillico) v #2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford)

O'Connor Regional: Makinshakes Stadium
#1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) v #3 Kung Pao FC (Giant Zucchini)

NEWSFLASH:

Emulating the success of their country, Giant Zucchini clubs Marauding F.C. and Kung Pao F.C. won their matches, Marauding 2-1 over Rejistanian club Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati with 2 second half strikes by Urk and Tobias Cannon, while Kung Pao F.C.'s 1-0 win over O'Connor Greens was punctuated yet again with Shi Mai Ke's distinctive goalkeeping style, Chia Sing Ho with the only goal in the 20th minute. Marauding will meet yet another Rejistanian club in the quarterfinals, Hades Lavamje, while Kung Pao F.C. have a tough quarterfinal tie with TBF giants Alan City.


Final scores:

Maruading FC (Giant Zucchini) - 2
Urk (57), Tobias Cannon (59)

Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati (Rejistania) - 1


O'Connor Greens (Melmond) - 0

Kung Pao FC (Giant Zucchini) - 1
Chia Sing Ho (20)

From the KaMaRi Update

Reds fail against the Zucchinis
The clash of the two footballing superpowers (at least if seen financially) ended in favor of the bigger when Marauding FC defeated Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati by the close result of 1:2. The team from KaMaRi spoiled their chances in only a few minutes when Urk'he and Cannon'he brought the Zucchinis 2:0 ahead in the 57th and 59th minute. Minta Xii~l archieved the consolation goal in the 85th minute after an assist of Critandi Unne. "Sanja'slani!" (meaning "sh*t happens") was the comment of Xii~l'he in the press conference. Marauding FC will be the opponent of Hades Lavamje. The KaMaRi Update (including many fans on Hanin Sekhika*) wishes the Hadesi team much success,

Vaje~n trashed
In the southern region Nanti Kansu, the mood was low after the 0:4 trashing against Alan City. Vaje~n was during the entire season a symbol for the new pride of the south, constantly improving from the lower regions of divisasi kansu to the third place, to the heven vinali, to the second place of the heven vinali, only seperated from the champions title by goal difference. The story of Vaje~n Sekhika was a dream. Now the Nanti Kansu woke up abruptly when being confronted with Belmorian team Alan City. "Is not the fact, we have lost," said coach Hamiseralalna, "Is we were outclassed, trashed, defeated! I jus' can hope our team learns from this!"

The first win!
Desnike kalesa and large parts of Hanin kalesa celebrated the first won in an international game of a rejistanian club ever. Hades Lavamje defeated Unne Yellows in a 5 goals and extra-time thriller. The current rejistanian champion had severe problems against the well-known Melmondian team, twice the Yellows took the lead but Hades came back and Syku Lyku archieved the deciding 3rd goal in the dying minutes of extra-time. The match was one of the most exciting matches in rejistanian history since both teams played a fast, skilled and despite this still fair match. The next opponent Marauding FC is a known opponent: the Zucchini club threw the Hades out in the last installment of the champions league (where Hades and Karela lines ended as "Kings of Draw" without having won one match). The club shows slight optimism for the match: "We don't expect to get trashed like some southern teams today**!"

The result after extra time:
Hades Lavamje 3 (Lyku 30th 90+28th, Takil 70th)
Unne Yellows 2 (14th, 56th)

* Hades and Hanin are normally big rivals since they are in the neighboring kalesa'ny (former cities). Hanin fans wishing Hades luck is something like a sensation.

**Vaje~n Sekhika became a rival in the HVSR.

After some heroics from the spot to push Real Libertad past the Aldi Reds, the Brazillican side now prepare themselves for fellow LEAF-entrants, Trotting Pinwheel. "Make the wheel squeal," is Real's slogan for this one, as they look forward to thoroughly pounding the Kingsfordian side. Both teams are extremely potent offensively, but the difference should come with down to whose back line can get the job done. Over/under for this match is at 3.5, and with such fantastic attacks for both sides, you'd be drunk to go for the under.

Quarterfinal Results
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Melmond City Region
#4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan) 2 - #3 Hundon FC (Bedistan) 0

Unne Region
#1 Marauding FC (Giant Zucchini) 1 - #2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) 2

Aldi Region
#1 Real Libertad (Brazillico) 1 - #2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford) 2

O'Connor Region
#1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) 3 - #3 Kung Pao FC (Giant Zucchini) 0

Semifinal Fixtures (all games in White Bread Dome, Suburbia)

#4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan) v #2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania)
#2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford) v #1 Alan City (The Belmore Family)

From the KaMaRi Update

Hades defeats Marauding!
The famous Giant Zucchini club Marauding FC played against the rejistanian champion Hades Lavamje. Bot teams played a fast, attacking style of match and at the end, the winner was Hades Lavamje. It was not only surprising that Hades won the second (consecutive and in general) international match. The fast offensive and attacking game was even for most of the time. Neither Hades nor Marauding had the chance to dominate. In the 34th minute, Urk'he archieved the 0:1 against the team from Hanin and Desnike, but only 3 minutes later, Syku Lyku equalized the score after a corner kick of Takil'he. The score was even as well as the number of chances for both teams. In the 78th minute, Syku Lyku "capitalized a non-existing chance" (quote: Idine Sala for TV-R). A small mistake in the marauding defense gave Lyku'he the opportunity to increase the score.
The semifinal will be against Bedistani club Forest Hill FC in Suburbia kali. Good luck, Hades!

The result:
Marauding FC 1 (Urk 34th)
Hades Lavamje 2 (Lyku 57th, 78th)

Semifinal Results!
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Semifinals: White Bread Dome, Suburbia
#4 Forest Hill FC (Bedistan) 0 - #2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) 2
#2 Trotting Pinwheel (Kingsford) 0 - #1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) 2

The Final Fixture! (At White Bread Dome, Suburbia)

#2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) v #1 Alan City (The Belmore Family)

WHO WILL WIN THE FIRST EVER MELMOND CLUB ELIMINATIONAL INVITATIONAL!!! WILL IT BE THOSE UPSTARTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE HADES LAVAMJE OF REJISTANIA? OR WILL IT BE THE STALWART INTERNATIONAL SUPERPOWER ALAN CITY OF THE BELMORE CITY. WHO WILL GET THE 16 MILLION WONG AND HOW WILL THEY SPEND IT??? TUNE IN ON SATURDAY 10:30 FORUM TIME TO FIND OUT!!!

whew....

From the KaMaRi Update

Vinali!
The Team from Hanin and Desnike had a hard fight against the Forrest Hill FC from Bedistan. The match had much of a match of the national team: fans from all parts of Rejistania came to Suburbia kali, the rejistanian colors were nearly as common as the hadesi green-white-blue. Bedistan side Forrest Hill FC nearly went ahead in the 3rd minute but Y Jen could reach the ball enough to make it only hit the post. After that shock, Hades Lavamje played a fast attacking style of soccer. In the 18th minute, a free kick was awarded due to a foul of a bedistani defender. Midfielder Eha Vexi shot, his shot found the head of Idine Takil. The Bedistani goalie could not reach the shot and the Orange-Blues were leading 1:0. The rest of the first half saw some good much chances but both sides mostly fought in the midfield. The second half started very much like the first ended as a fast fight without a dominance for either side. Eha Vexi and his bedistani counterpart prevented the few chances in this match from being capitalized until the 81st minute when Sindati Seli archieved the 2:0 after an assist of rejistanian national Syku Lyku. Forrest Hill nearly shot the consolation goal in injury-time but it was ruled offside.

Hanin kalesa and Desnike kalesa are in the state of chaos and celebration after this win. The opponent in the final will be Alan City, exactly that club which defeated, or better, trashed runner-up Vaje~n Sekhika 0:4. The Update wishes the Hades Lavamje much luck for the final in Suburbia kali.

The Final Result!
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Final: White Bread Dome, Suburbia
#2 Hades Lavamje (Rejistania) 1 - #1 Alan City (The Belmore Family) 0

A Big Congratulations to Hades Lavamje Who Have Won the First Ever Melmond Club Eliminational Invitational! They Have Won 16 Million Wong As Well As The Right To Call Themselves One of the Elite Club Sides in the World! The Big Question Is.....What Are You Going To Do With that 16 Million Wong!

From the Hetkali Han'ines*

Hades Lavamje wins Melmond Club Eliminational Invitational
The northern part of the city of KaMaRi kali fell into the state of chaos, as Hades Lavamje won the Melmondian invitational tournament with a 1:0 over Alan City. Defender Mija Sve shot the deciding goal in the 51st minute. The match was not that aggressive as we know both teams, both teams had the fear of falling behind. But Alan City as well as Hades Lavamje had good chances. In the 55th minute, a good rejistanian chance could only be stopped by a rude foul of a belmorian defender in the penalty area. The resulting penalty shot was not shot by Eha Vexi but by Mija Sve. The nanti ligatian shot into the lower right corner of the goal.... and was succesfull. The rest of the mach, Hades played like the team a few quarters away (in Karela). Despite this, Alan City had some chances which luckly missed or were caught by goalie Y Jen. When the final whistle blew, the celebrations started in entire KaMaRi. fans jumped into fountains, the river Kami, climbed on street lanterns to put up desnike flags, Belmorians or Belmorian Scandinavians in the country could not leave the house without facing comments about the win from celebraing fans. A policeman said the chaos was 'like we are used to it when they win the HVSR'.

No one of the management stuff could be reached for a comment on how Hades will spend the 16 Million wong the team won, since no one was sober anymore when the entire team celebrated this great win.

* note that this is not the KaMaRi Update, let's simply use the fact as a reason, that the Update is located in KaMaRi...