NFC Champions Cup

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NFC Champions Cup
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Organising bodyNortua Football Confederation
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
RegionNortua
Number of teams34
2024 NFC Nations Cup

The NFC Champions Cup is an annual international football competition organized by the Nortua Football Confederation, and contested by top-division Nortuan clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. It is the second most-watched club competition in the world, behind the EFC Champions League, and the fifth most-watched football competition overall behind only the aforementioned EFC Champions League, the EFC Nations League, NFC Nations Cup, and the World Cup. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in Nortuan football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations.

In its present format, the Champions Cup begins in late February, usually following the World Cup, with a preliminary round, three qualifying rounds and a play-off round, all played over two legs. The six surviving teams enter the group stage, joining 26 teams qualified in advance. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play each other in a double round-robin system. The eight group winners and eight runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match in mid-late May. The winner of the Champions Cup automatically qualifies for the following year's Champions Cup.

Besmenian and Greater Normarkian teams have won 3 Champions Cups each, while FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen and Rød Sol have both won two tournaments.

Format

Qualification

The NFC Champions Cup begins with a double round-robin group stage of 32 teams, which is preceded by two qualification 'streams' for teams that do not receive direct entry to the tournament proper. The two streams are divided between teams qualified by virtue of being league champions, and those qualified by virtue of finishing second or third in their national championship.

Four of the remaining six qualifying places are granted to the winners of a six-round qualifying tournament between the remaining national champions, within which those champions from associations with higher coefficients receive byes to later rounds.

In addition to sporting criteria, any club must be licensed by its national association to participate in the Champions Cup. To obtain a license, the club must meet certain stadium, infrastructure and finance requirements.

Group stage and knockout phase

The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. The draw to determine which teams go into each group is seeded based on teams' performance in NFC competitions, and no group may contain more than one club from each nation. Each team plays six group stage games, meeting the other three teams in its group home and away in a round-robin format. The winning team and the runners-up from each group then progress to the next round.

For the next stage – the last 16 – the winning team from one group plays against the runners-up from another group. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw is entirely random, without association protection.

The group stage is played from February to April, whilst the knock-out stage starts in late-April or early May. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final. The final is typically held in the middle two weeks of May.

Results

Season Final Third place play-off
Winner Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth
1997 New Anea Aalen-Brenz FC score
stadium, city, country
Artaska Coplesti Monarchs Coaitte Tessau FC score
stadium, city, country
Elbresia Club Bellun
1998 Utobania Asamandia FC score
stadium, city, country
Acdia FC Purac Eserrei SK Torunzidis score
stadium, city, country
New Anea Pourmaun Polars
1999 Tine Tinegard FK score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Peggau Laitstadt Elbresia Club Bellun score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Tarralusia City
2000 Versenia Millerrath City score
stadium, city, country
Elbresia Allengin FC Candatora Slanwell United score
stadium, city, country
Artaska Coplesti Monarchs
2001 Beatavic Rouville FC score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Tarralusia City Artaska FC Onot score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Peggau Laitstadt
2002 Vuswistan Tyrnatini FC score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Peggau Laitstadt Zoygaria Vostoc FC score
stadium, city, country
Cylata Port Casarta FC
2003 Besmenia FC Neidenstein-Rot score
stadium, city, country
Latilli Ambaliana FC Versenia Aassillit FC score
stadium, city, country
Beatavic Harlingen FC
2004 Elbresia Allengin FC score
stadium, city, country
Syraranto Tarasto FC Eserrei Etlannai score
stadium, city, country
New Anea Keschem FC
2005 Besmenia FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen score
stadium, city, country
Greater Normark Rød Sol Artaska Selika Hammerheads score
stadium, city, country
Kyti Kasema United
2006 Constantio Apelnisse United score
stadium, city, country
Elbresia Wellvale United Besmenia FC Halsholm Jakartaburg score
stadium, city, country
Greater Normark Nordfjall BK
2007 Saint Offeat Vogoci FC score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Apelnisse United Pian Islands Chamart FC score
stadium, city, country
Artaska FC Onot
2008 Zoygaria Gvardia Varšava score
stadium, city, country
Utobania Asamandia FC Elbresia Allengin FC score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Sümmingen
2009 Eserrei SK Torunzidis score
stadium, city, country
Beatavic Harlingen FC Zoygaria Vostoc FC score
stadium, city, country
Artaska Coplesti Monarchs
2010 Artaska Coplesti Monarchs score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Norasa FC Versenia Millerrath City score
stadium, city, country
Candatora Slanwell United
2011 Greater Normark Rød Sol score
stadium, city, country
Artaska Selika Hammerheads Cylata Port Casarta FC score
stadium, city, country
Tine Tinegard FK
2012 Versenia Aassillit FC score
stadium, city, country
Pian Islands Chamart FC Kyti Kasema United score
stadium, city, country
Eserrei SK Lyco
2013 Zoygaria Eçio FC score
stadium, city, country
Utobania Autrataya Union Saint Offeat Hillsberg FC score
stadium, city, country
Vuswistan Tyrnatini FC
2014 Kyti Rakohovo FC score
stadium, city, country
Greater Normark IFK Brekket New Anea Eblium FC score
stadium, city, country
Syraranto Tarasto FC
2015 Beatavic Harlingen FC score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen Saint Offeat Vogoci FC score
stadium, city, country
Latilli Ambaliana FC
2016 Latilli FC Selonia-Benn score
stadium, city, country
Elbresia Oftbon-Mells FC Greater Normark Rød Sol score
stadium, city, country
Acdia FC Purac
2017 Saint Offeat Vepovo United score
stadium, city, country
New Anea Aalen-Brenz FC Coaitte Tessau FC score
stadium, city, country
Cylata Port Casarta FC
2018 Greater Normark Rød Sol score
stadium, city, country
Albanovi Cascay Club Kyti Kasema United score
stadium, city, country
New Anea Aalen-Brenz FC
2019 Eserrei SK Lyco score
stadium, city, country
Tine Tinegard FK Zoygaria Eçio FC score
stadium, city, country
New Anea Pourmaun Polars
2020 Besmenia FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen score
stadium, city, country
Latilli FC Selonia-Benn Elbresia Allhofen United score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Norasa FC
2021 Greater Normark Oskarsviik FC score
stadium, city, country
Elbresia Wellvale United Tine Tinegard FK score
stadium, city, country
Candatora Highsite FC
2022 Elbresia Allhofen United score
stadium, city, country
Pian Islands Loughdalk FC Besmenia FC Schwarz-Weiß Melmingen score
stadium, city, country
Constantio Balgita City
2023 Candatora Slanwell United score
stadium, city, country
Beatavic Gran Telea FC Greater Normark Oskarsviik FC score
stadium, city, country
Besmenia FC Sümmingen
2024 winner score
stadium, city, country
Runner-up Third score
stadium, city, country
Fourth