Independent Associations Championship

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Independent Associations Championship
Organising bodyIAC Organising Committee
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
RegionAll (except Atlantian Oceania, Rushmore and Esportiva)
Number of teamsvaries (40 in the most recent tournament)
Current champions Poafmersia (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Schottia (2 titles)
Independent Associations Championship 7

The Independent Associations Championship is an association football open to nations outside of the “Big Three” sporting regions of Atlantian Oceania, Rushmore and Esportiva. Created to allow nations outside the Big Three additional opportunities to compete for silverware during the World Cup off-season, the tournament is usually considered equivalent to the regional championships and generally occurs during the same timeframe.

Schottia are the most successful team in the tournament, having contested the first three finals and won two titles, while Drawkland have contested the most finals, namely four. The current champions are Poafmersia, who defeated HUElavia 3–2 in the Independent Associations Championship 10 Final.

Format

The format varies depending on the number of participating teams, but has always included a round-robin group stage, followed by a knockout stage. The KPB ranking system is used to seed the draw for the group stage, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage, with the addition of a select number of third-place teams depending on the number of groups.

Championship history

Winner Runner-up Third place Host(s)
IAC 1 Schottia Veldgouwen Abanhfleft Boreal Islands
IAC 2 Bonesea Schottia Mercedini Mercedini and Schottia
IAC 3 Schottia Mercedini Aggrey-Fynn Land Spaam and Kel Assuk
IAC 4 Free Republics Drawkland Mercedini Schottia
IAC 5 Mercedini Drawkland Free Republics Free Republics
IAC 6 Drawkland Omerica New Lusitania Mercedini
IAC 7 Omerica Drawkland Reçueçn Drawkland
IAC 8 Reçueçn HUElavia Squornshelan Remnant States Reçueçn
IAC 9 New Lusitania HUElavia Port Ember Drawkland
IAC X Poafmersia HUElavia Squidroidia Omerica

See also