World Club Cup
World Club Cup Semi-Final Draw
Semi-final games will be over two legs, to be played 22 and 29 April.
D1
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D2
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D3
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D4
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D5
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World Club Cup 3rd Round (QF) Draw
Matches to be played Wednesday 15 April.
D1
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D2
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D3
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D4
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D5
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World Club Cup 2nd Round Draw
Following the 1st Qualifying Round results last night, 2nd Round matches are now available for all teams.
One leg games to be played Wednesday 8 April, please.
D1
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D2
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D3
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D4
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D5
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World Club Cup Divisional Draws
No special rules apply to the World Club Cup, so all players are eligible to play. No need to worry about setting teams.
Fixtures to be played every week starting Wednesday 1 April.
Rounds 1, 2 and 3 will be one leg only.
Semi-finals and Finals will be over two legs.
Winners of D1 and D2 will play in two legged Final for the World Club Cup.
Winners of D3 and D4 will play in two legged Final for the World Club Shield.
Apologies to the winners of D5. And apologies for not having the (bingo) balls to do a live draw.
Admins for each division will check that fixtures are arranged and chase managers via PM and/or newsfeed where necessary.
Division One
Admins: Andrew Kelly and Mister TRX
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Division Two
Admins: Dan Wallace and Alex McLean
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Division Three
Admins: Rob Ryan and Frank Tyson
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Division Four
Admins: David Senior and Mark Deadman
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Division Five
Admins: Mark Deadman and David Senior
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World Club Cup Season 11
Knockout Stage
Regional Playoffs
Regional Group Tables
40 teams have entered this seasons World Club Cup.
Like last season, we will have a Regional Group Stage and Playoffs, followed by the World Club Cup and Shield Knockout Stages.
This season, for the first time, we will have teams playing in groups with similar rated teams, like in the Youth Cup, to make it a bit more fun and competitive for most of the teams.
Format
Ratings
Each team is ranked by average strongest eleven (including goalkeeper, and assigned to a regional group:
- ISA - Iberia & South America
- ENG - England
- ITA - ITALY
- WEU - Western Europe
- EEU - Eastern Europe
Regional Group Fixtures
World Club Cup & Shield Knockout Fixtures
The finals of the Regional competitions are underway, with the second legs due to be completed next week.
The Knockout Stage of the World Club Cup and Shield proper will begin the following week, Wednesday 26 June.
Note that the Rounds of 16 and 8 are one leg only.
Semi-finals and finals will be over two legs.
World Club Cup
World Club Shield
The draw for the knockout stages is seeded, based on finishing positions on the Group Stages:
Iberia & South America

Italia

Rest of the World

England

Germany

World Club Cup Regional Finals
UPDATED
Iberia & South America

Italia

Lazio failed to organise their re-arranged final fixture, so default 0-3, handing Roma top spot in the group and a home semi-final against Fiorentina.
Roma will play their final group fixture at Lazio on Saturday, where a win will see them win Group A and take their place in the semi-final in Match 1 against Fiorentina.
As best group runners-up, Milan would then face a visit to Napoli in Match 2.
If Roma fail to win, Milan and Roma's positions are reversed, i.e., Milan win the group and play Fiorentina, and Roma go to Napoli.
Rest of the World

England

Germany

World Club Cup Regional Group Stage Final Week of Matches
Into the final week of matches for the regional Group Stage of this season's World Club Cup, who has qualified for the Regional (Semi-)Finals, who needs what tomorrow night, and who is already out?
Iberia & South America (ISA)
Group A
River Plate need a point at home to Argentine rivals Independiente to guarantee a place in the Semi-Final of the Regional competition.
If they lose, a win at Cruzeiro could still send Benfica through.
Malaga are rock bottom and out.
Group B
Group winners Real Madrid hope to continue their 100% record at home to Valencia, and they will travel to the winners of Group A in the Regional Semi-Final.
Villarreal and Levante cannot now qualify for the Regional Finals.
Group C
Espanyol are group winners, finishing above their city rivals Barcelona, and will host the winners of Group D in the Regional Semi.
Group D
Atletico Madrid will win Group D if they can win at Malaga in the final game, or if second placed Independiente fail to win at River Plate.
Combined ISA Table

Top four (i.e., all the first placed teams in the four groups) qualify for the Regional Semi-Finals.
Top five (all first placed teams and best second placed team) all qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage, while the next five go into the World Club Shield.
Bottom two are out all together.
Italia (ITA)
Group A
Roma must win at Lazio in the final game in Group A to overhaul Milan.
Group B
Fiorentina will win Group B if Udinese fail to win at Genoa.
Group C
If Genoa beat Udinese, they will win Group C, just pipping Napoli, and pushing Juventus into third place.
Combined ITA Table

Top four (i.e., all the first placed teams in the four groups, plus the best second placed team) qualify for the Regional Semi-Finals.
Top four qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.
Next three go into the Shield, while the bottom two are out.
Rest of the World (ROW)
Group A
All still to play for in Group A.
Leaders PSG need just a draw at AZ, while AZ must win.
PSV need AZ to win, and must beat Bordeaux by a greater margin.
Group B
Leaders Monaco host second placed Partizan knowing that a draw will see them through on goal difference.
Combined ROW Table

England (ENG)
Group A
A draw at home to Chelsea may be enough to win Group A for Liverpool.
Second placed Sunderland need a big win over Stoke, and hope that Liverpool fail to win.
Group B
Chelsea comfortably won Group B, and will play the winners of Group A in the Regional Final.
Combined ENG Table

Germany (GER)
Group A
Gladbach won Group A.
Group B
Dortmund will win Group B with a win at Hamburg, and even a draw would be enough if Wolfsburg fail to win at Galdbach by a big score.
Combined GER Table

Top two in each of the ROW/ENG/GER groups play in their Regional Final, and qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.
The best second placed team out of the ROW/ENG/GER groups will also qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.
Next two will play in the Shield.
Bottom team is out.
World Club Cup Tables S10
Iberia & South America Region
Four groups of three teams. Each team plays five matches.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Italia Region
Three groups of three teams. Each team plays four matches.
Group A
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Group B
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England Region
Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.
Group A
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Group B
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Germany Region
Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.
Group A
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Group B
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Rest of the World Region
Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.
Group A
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Group B
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World Club Cup Season 10
Thirty-nine managers entered their clubs into this season's World Club Cup revival competition, after a couple season's without a tournament.
For those of you who don't know, the World Club Cup is a unique to Top 100 friendly schedule based competition, open to all teams, with no restrictions on who can play (unlike the Youth Cup).
A bit of World Club Cup history can be found here.
This season's competition will be in two parts:
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Regional Group Stage and Finals
- Five regions, with a total of 13 groups with 3 teams in each group:
- Iberia and South America
- Italia
- Germany
- England
- Rest of the World
- Five regions, with a total of 13 groups with 3 teams in each group:
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Knockout Stage and Finals
- World Club Cup for Regional Finalists and best Group runners-up
- World Club Shield for the best of the rest
Due to the odd number of teams, groups and regions, there will be an odd fixture schedule for the Regional Group Stage, similar to NFL scheduling (i.e., teams also play against teams not in their group).
In summary, all teams in the same region will play the same number of games (either four, or five), before proceeding to regional finals, some of which (but not all) will be over two legs.
The Regional Stage, therefore, will see the finalists play a maximum of eight Wednesday night matches, starting 1 May, and ending 19 June.
The best sixteen teams will then play for the World Club Cup, while the next best sixteen will compete for the World Club Shield.
The Knockout Stage will comprise one-legged rounds of 16 and 8, prior to two-legged semi-finals and finals, a maximum of six Wednesday night games for the finalists, starting 3 July, and ending 7 August.