Coupe d'Esquarium VII

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Autumn 2016 EFA Coupe d’Esquarium
Chaska i Eskvaria
Coppa del Esquariano
Eskvarscupen
File:CdEVIIlogo.png
Coupe d’Esquarium VII official logo
Tournament details
Host countryLuziyca
DatesDecember 12th, 2016-December 24th, 2016
Teams32 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsAinin Ainin (1st title)
Runners-upTemplate:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles
Third placeLuziyca Luziyca
Fourth placeTemplate:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored195 (3.05 per match)

The Autumn 2016 Coupe d'Esquarium was the seventh edition of the Coupe d'Esquarium to take place, and the first one to take place in Borea since the Spring 2014 Coupe d'Esquarium. The Autumn 2016 edition took place in eight venues across Luziyca.

This edition was marked by considerable upsets, as the teams that did well in the preceding edition, such as Pisdara and Atlia performed poorly, with the former only advancing into the Round of 16 due to sheer luck. It also saw Ainin's national football team advancing past the semi-finals for the first time, breaking the "Coyote's curse" allegedly placed upon it by East Nautaryan witch doctors, and ultimately defeating the Ocelot Isles six to four.

The motto for this edition of the Coupe d'Esquarium was "hav u wtchd ftball l8tly?," in an abortive attempt by organizers to increase popularity of the Coupe d'Esquarium among the teenage and young adult demographics due to advice from market researchers in order to tie in with the "4G audience."

The motto and its surrounding campaign drew widespread mockery among social media because of their attempt to tie in with the youth, in addition to its use of text-speak, combined with the attempts to create an artificial meme.

Host selection

The Luziycan Football Association submitted a bid to host the seventh edition of the Coupe d'Esquarium immediately after bidding began. Like the previous edition, there were no competitors, despite rumors of other bids, notably from Francilie. Consequently, Luziyca was acclaimed as host for the seventh edition of the Coupe d'Esquarium.

Participating teams

Unlike the preceding edition, which only had 28 participants, there were 32 participants, making it larger than Coupe d'Esquarium VI, albeit smaller than Coupe d’Esquarium IV and Coupe d’Esquarium V, which had forty participants.

Artisia (3)

Conitia (9)

Nordania (9)

Nautasia (2)

VelkiaBorea (9)


Venues

List of venues

There were eight venues played in seven cities across Luziyca: two of the eight venues were located in Semprihevosk, while the remainder were in Bethlehem, San Tommaso, Feniksgrad, Vesterhag, Talnakh, and Greenwich.

Group Stadium Capacity Location
A National Stadium 68,393 Bethlehem
B Coinstar Stadium 62,500 Semprihevosk
C Xavier's Donuts Stadium 53,202 Semprihevosk
D Grande Stadio 65,000 San Tommaso
E Pustinia Karshev's Stadium 61,498 Feniksgrad
F Vesterhag Stadium 59,482 Vesterhag
G Smoothie King Ground 35,896 Talnakh
H Shenitsa State Stadium 62,191 Greenwich

Format

The group stage was conducted as eight single round-robins, with each team playing every other team in their group once and the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw and head-to-head results came before overall results when comparing teams tied on points.

Group stage scheduling continued to follow tradition as had been set in the previous edition, with the final group stage games kicking off at the same time to prevent an unfair advantage.

The knockout stage was conducted as a single-elimination tournament. In each round—the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final—the winners of each match advanced to the next round while the losers were eliminated from the competition, though the two losing semifinalists will contest the third place play-off.

If any knockout stage match was drawn after 90 minutes of regulation time, two 15 minute periods of extra time would immediately follow to determine a winner. If the game remained tied, the result was recorded as a draw and a penalty shoot-out held to determine which team was to advance.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Luziyca Luziyca (A) 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
Ainin Ainin (A) 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Namor Namor 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
Template:Country data Filimons Filimons 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Luziyca Luziyca 2 – 0 Template:Country data Filimons Filimons National Stadium, Bethlehem
Ainin Ainin 5 – 1 Namor Namor National Stadium, Bethlehem
December 14, 2016
Luziyca Luziyca 3 – 2 Ainin Ainin National Stadium, Bethlehem
Namor Namor 1 – 0 Template:Country data Filimons Filimons National Stadium, Bethlehem
December 16, 2016
Luziyca Luziyca 22 Namor Namor National Stadium, Bethlehem
Ainin Ainin 3 – 1 Template:Country data Filimons Filimons National Stadium, Bethlehem

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Template:Country data Fjalland Fjalland (A) 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
Template:Country data Arkiasis Arkiasis (A) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Pavonistade Pavonistade 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
Template:Country data Lydland Lydland 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Fjalland Template:Country data Fjalland 2 – 0 Template:Country data Lydland Lydland Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk
Arkiasis Template:Country data Arkiasis 11 Pavonistade Pavonistade Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk
December 14, 2016
Fjalland Template:Country data Fjalland 4 – 1 Template:Country data Arkiasis Arkiasis Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk
Pavonistade Pavonistade 00 Template:Country data Lydland Lydland Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk
December 16, 2016
Fjalland Template:Country data Fjalland 22 Pavonistade Pavonistade Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk
Arkiasis Template:Country data Arkiasis 2 – 0 Template:Country data Lydland Lydland Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
File:Flag of Toksan.png Toksan (A) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
Template:Country data Pisdara Pisdara (A) 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
Sjealand Sjealand 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Template:Country data Koyro Koyro 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Toksan File:Flag of Toksan.png 1 – 0 Sjealand Sjealand Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk
Pisdara Template:Country data Pisdara 0 – 1 Template:Country data Koyro Koyro Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk
December 14, 2016
Toksan File:Flag of Toksan.png 1 – 0 Template:Country data Pisdara Pisdara Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk
Koyro Template:Country data Koyro 0 – 2 Sjealand Sjealand Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk
December 16, 2016
Toksan File:Flag of Toksan.png 3 – 0 Template:Country data Koyro Koyro Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk
Pisdara Template:Country data Pisdara 2 – 0 Sjealand Sjealand Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk

Group D

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Senria Senria (A) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
File:Flag vyv.png Vyvland (A) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Atlia Atlia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
Template:Country data West Cortoguay Cortoguay, West 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Atlia Atlia 1 – 3 Senria Senria Grande Stadio, San Tommaso
Vyvland File:Flag vyv.png 2 – 4 Template:Country data West Cortoguay Cortoguay, West Grande Stadio, San Tommaso
December 14, 2016
Atlia Atlia 1 – 2 File:Flag vyv.png Vyvland Grande Stadio, San Tommaso
Cortoguay, West Template:Country data West Cortoguay 0 – 1 Senria Senria Grande Stadio, San Tommaso
December 16, 2016
Atlia Atlia 4 – 1 Template:Country data West Cortoguay Cortoguay, West Grande Stadio, San Tommaso
Vyvland File:Flag vyv.png 00 Senria Senria Grande Stadio, San Tommaso

Group E

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam (A) 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3 9
Template:Country data Country y Country y (A) 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Template:Country data CR Francilie Francilie 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
Template:Country data Teutonia (Esquarium) Teutonia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Francilie Template:Country data CR Francilie 2 – 4 File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad
Teutonia Template:Country data Teutonia (Esquarium) 2 - 0 Template:Country data Country y Country y Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad
December 14, 2016
Francilie Template:Country data CR Francilie 4 – 0 Template:Country data Teutonia (Esquarium) Teutonia Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad
Country y Template:Country data Country y 2 – 3 File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad
December 16, 2016
Francilie Template:Country data CR Francilie 0 – 3 Template:Country data Country y Country y Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad
Teutonia Template:Country data Teutonia (Esquarium) 1 – 2 File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad

Group F

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
File:New ND Flag.png Daecon (A) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan (A) 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
Template:Country data Lecistan Lecistan 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
Template:Country data Sceathaney Sceathaney 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Lecistan Template:Country data Lecistan 3 – 2 File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag
Daecon File:New ND Flag.png 2 – 0 Template:Country data Sceathaney Sceathaney Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag
December 14, 2016
Lecistan Template:Country data Lecistan 1 – 4 File:New ND Flag.png Daecon Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag
Sceathaney Template:Country data Sceathaney 2 – 4 File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag
December 16, 2016
Lecistan Template:Country data Lecistan 2 – 0 Template:Country data Sceathaney Sceathaney Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag
Daecon File:New ND Flag.png 1 – 2 File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag

Group G

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg West Cedarbrook (A) 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 6
Shangea Xiaodong 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
Template:Country data East Cortoguay East Cortoguay 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Xiaodong Shangea 3 – 5 File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg West Cedarbrook Smoothie King Ground, Talnakh
December 14, 2016
West Cedarbrook File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg 5 – 2 Template:Country data East Cortoguay East Cortoguay Smoothie King Ground, Talnakh
December 16, 2016
Xiaodong Shangea 2 – 0 Template:Country data East Cortoguay East Cortoguay Smoothie King Ground, Talnakh

Group H

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland (A) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles (A) 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
File:Flag of Nevanmaa.png Nevanmaa 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
Template:Country data Cislecia Cislecia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1

(A) = Advances to the Round of 16

December 12, 2016
Cislecia Template:Country data Cislecia 11 Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich
Nevanmaa File:Flag of Nevanmaa.png 2 – 4 Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich
December 14, 2016
Cislecia Template:Country data Cislecia 1 – 4 File:Flag of Nevanmaa.png Nevanmaa Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich
Lyonsland Template:Country data Lyonsland 4 – 0 Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich
December 16, 2016
Cislecia Template:Country data Cislecia 0 – 1 Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich
Nevanmaa File:Flag of Nevanmaa.png 1 – 3 Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles Shenitsa State Stadium, Greenwich

Knockout stage

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
December 18 – Bethlehem (National)
 
 
Luziyca Luziyca 2
(3)
 
December 20 – Semprihevosk (Coinstar)
 
Template:Country data Arkiasis Arkiasis2
(2)
 
File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam 1
(2)
 
December 18 – Semprihevosk (Coinstar)
 
Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles 1
(3)
 
File:Flag of Toksan.png Toksan 2
 
December 22 – San Tommaso (Grande)
 
File:Flag vyv.png Vyvland 0
 
Ainin Ainin 4
 
December 18 – Semprihevosk (Xavier's Donuts)
 
Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland 2
 
File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam 3
 
December 20 – San Tommaso (Grande)
 
File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan 0
 
Ainin Ainin 2
(3)
 
December 18 – Feniksgrad (Pustinia Karshev)
 
Senria Senria 2
(2)
 
Template:Country data Fjalland Fjalland 0
 
December 23 – San Tommaso (Grande)
 
Ainin Ainin 2
 
Luziyca Luziyca 2
 
December 18 – Vesterhag (Vesterhag)
 
Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland 1
 
Senria Senria 3
 
December 20 – Greenwich (Shenitsa State)
 
Template:Country data Pisdara Pisdara 2
 
File:New ND Flag.png Daecon 4
(5)
 
December 18 – Talnakh (Smoothie King)
 
Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland 4
(7)
 
File:New ND Flag.png Daecon 3
 
December 24 – Bethlehem (National)
 
Template:Country data Country y Country y 2
 
Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles 3
(4)
 
December 18 – Greenwich (Shenitsa State)
 
Ainin Ainin 3
(6)
Third place
 
Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland 3
 
December 22 – Bethlehem (National)  
 
File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg West Cedarbrook 2
 
Luziyca Luziyca 0  
 
December 20 – Bethlehem (National)
 
Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles 1  
 
Luziyca Luziyca 4
 
 
File:Flag of Toksan.png Toksan 2
 

Round of 16

Luziyca Luziyca3–2 (a.e.t.)Template:Country data Arkiasis Arkiasis
A.B. Normal Goal 33'
A.B. Normal Goal 63'
Henry Jung Goal 89'
? Goal
? Goal
National Stadium, Bethlehem

Toksan File:Flag of Toksan.png2-0File:Flag vyv.png Vyvland
? Goal
? Goal
Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk

Kaona-Phaonam File:United Kaona Flag.png3-0File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
Xavier's Donuts Stadium, Semprihevosk

1–3Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles
? Goal ? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
Grande Stadio, San Tommaso

Fjalland Template:Country data Fjalland0-2Ainin Ainin
? Goal
? Goal
Pustinia Karshev's Stadium, Feniksgrad

Senria Senria2–3Template:Country data Pisdara Pisdara
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
Vesterhag Stadium, Vesterhag

Daecon File:New ND Flag.png3-2Template:Country data Country y Country y
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
Smoothie King Stadium, Talnakh

Lyonsland Template:Country data Lyonsland3-2File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg West Cedarbrook
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
Qasam al-Azhar, Minakbir

Quarterfinals

Luziyca Luziyca4-2File:Flag of Toksan.png Toksan
A.B. Normal Goal 24'
A.B. Normal Goal 38'
Henry Jung Goal 41'
Henry Jung Goal 57'
? Goal
? Goal
National Stadium, Bethlehem

Kaona-Phaonam File:United Kaona Flag.png2-3Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
Coinstar Stadium, Semprihevosk

Ainin Ainin3-2 (a.e.t.)Senria Senria
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
Grande Stadio, San Tommaso

Sandhelm Template:Country data Sandhelm5-7 (a.e.t.)Template:Country data Lydland Lydland

? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
? Goal ?'
Greenwich Stadium, Shenitsa

Semifinals

Luziyca Luziyca0-1Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles
Patrik Sonna Goal 89'
National Stadium, Bethlehem

Ainin Ainin4-2Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
Grande Stadio, San Tommaso

Third place match

Luziyca Luziyca2-1Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland
A.B. Normal Goal 26'
Gregory Todorov Goal 64'
? Goal
Grande Stadio, San Tommaso

Final

Ocelot Isles Template:Country data Ocelot Isles4-6 (a.e.t.)Ainin Ainin
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
National Stadium, Bethlehem


Controversies

Final tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos.
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Ainin Ainin 7 6 0 1 25 13 +12 18
2 Template:Country data Ocelot Isles Ocelot Isles 7 4 1 2 15 15 0 13
3 Luziyca Luziyca 7 5 1 1 19 15 +4 16
4 Template:Country data Lyonsland Lyonsland 7 5 0 2 22 15 +7 15
7 File:Flag of Toksan.png Toksan 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 12
8 File:United Kaona Flag.png Kaona-Phaonam 5 4 0 1 12 7 +5 12
5 Senria Senria 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10
8 File:New ND Flag.png Daecon 5 3 0 2 15 12 +3 9
9 Template:Country data Fjalland Fjalland 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9
11 File:Flag of West Cedarbrook.jpg West Cedarbrook 4 2 0 2 13 10 +3 6
12 File:Flag of Tinzhan.png Tinzhan 4 2 0 2 8 8 0 6
13 File:Flag vyv.png Vyvland 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
14 Template:Country data Arkiasis Arkiasis 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
15 Template:Country data Pisdara Pisdara 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1 3
16 Template:Country data Country y Country y 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
17 Template:Country data Lecistan Lecistan 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
18 Namor Namor 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
19 Atlia Atlia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
20 Sjealand Sjealand 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
21 Template:Country data CR Francilie Francilie 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
22 Shangea Xiaodong 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
23 Template:Country data Teutonia (Esquarium) Teutonia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
24 Template:Country data Koyro Koyro 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
25 Template:Country data West Cortoguay West Cortoguay 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
26 File:Flag of Nevanmaa.png Nevanmaa 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
27 Pavonistade Pavonistade 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
28 Template:Country data Lydland Lydland 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
29 Template:Country data Cislecia Cislecia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
30 Template:Country data Filimons Filimons 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
31 Template:Country data Sceathaney Sceathaney 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
32 Template:Country data East Cortoguay East Cortoguay 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0