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 10

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

Edition Final Third place playoff Host(s)
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
IAC 1 Schottia 4–1 Veldgouwen Abanhfleft 2–1 Barunia Boreal Islands
IAC 2 Bonesea 2–1 Schottia Mercedini 3–1 Flardania Schottia and Mercedini
IAC 3 Schottia 2–1 Mercedini Aggrey-Fynn Land 2–1 Bojikstan Spaam and Kel Assuk
IAC 4 Free Republics 3–1 Drawkland Mercedini 4–3 aet Alpine Union Schottia
IAC 5 Mercedini 3–1 Drawkland Free Republics 3–2 aet North Prarie Free Republics
IAC 6 Drawkland 2–2 aet
4–3 pen
Omerica New Lusitania 2–0 Kavagrad Mercedini
IAC 7 Omerica 3–2 Drawkland Reçueçn 1–0 Kavagrad Drawkland
IAC 8 Reçueçn 3–1 HUElavia Squornshelan Remnant States 3–1 Drawkland Reçueçn
IAC 9 New Lusitania 4–3 HUElavia Port Ember 3–3 aet
3–2 pen
Poafmersia HUElavia
IAC X Poafmersia 3–2 aet HUElavia Squidroidia 2–0 Tequilo Omerica

See also