27-05-2004 00:30									#1
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So, who's up for a footy tournament?

UAFA (Union of Apolytonian Football Assocations) have announced that a football (soccer for you Americans) tournament is to be held this summer. With all the troubles in certain areas of the world, this is expected to be a welcome diversion for the people.

Ceroo was quick to act by submitting it's bid to host the tournament citing that the recent resurgence in football, which now attracts more media coverage than rugby, will draw record crowds. However, it is expected that other nations will submit bids, and Ceroo's likely rivals include the highly skillful [Brazilian-esque] footballing nation of Karakas.

quote: Ceroo's bid: Ceroo is situated to the south-west of the main arm of the Apolyton continent and close to the centre of the region. It is a highly modernised nation, boasting excellent transport links- whether you are travelling by sea, aeroplane, train or car (the main islands are linked to each other and the mainland by Ceroostar trainlinks [RL: Eurostar] ). The people are warm and friendly and have recently rediscovered their love of football, with the domestic league gaining record attendances in the past season. Stadia to host matches: Stadio de Ceroo, Ceroo City Capacity:85,000 (will host the final) The Millennium Stadium, Sarali Capacity:73,000 (has retractable roof) Stadio Atlantis, Atlanya Capacity:54,000 Estadio San Antoni, San Antonio Bay Capacity:44,500 Newport Stadium, Newport Capacity:20,500 Riverside Stadium, Shoalvik Capacity:35,000 The Moss Rose Stadium, Macclesi (near Insus) Capacity:17,500 Stadio Giles Sports, Heatara Capacity:19,500 (Stadia from Vais'e, Caer Ceroo and Kimmi are also available, but are left out of the initial bid to accomodate two stadia from San Antonio Bay) All stadia are 'all-seaters' and meet UAFA safety requirements. We hope the above meets your approval and would be happy to accept your vote! See you in Ceroo 04! ***

Recommeded bid process:
At least six stadia would be required to realistically manage a 16-team tournament-
Get total stadia capacity by:
Economy Rating multiply population in billions multiply by 10000
(e*p)*10000
So in Ceroo's case
=(9*2.992)*10000
=(26.928)*10000
=269,280

Ecomonic Ratings:
Frightening = 10
All-Consuming = 9
Powerhouse = 9
Thriving = 8
Very Strong = 8
Strong = 8
Good = 7
Fair = 7
Reasonable = 6
Developing = 6
Struggling = 5
Weak = 5
Fragile = 4
Basket Case = 4
Imploded = 3

*An upper-limit on capacity would create a sense of realism and stop bids of "ten uber-stadiums with 250,000 capacity", while allowing richer countries to afford more larger stadia (RL: England or Italy) but still allowing poorer countries large stadia (just less of them, RL: Morocco or Iran).

This is just a suggestion on bid mechanics, feel free to comment, or better still, submit a bid- if we get more than one by, say Sunday, it can go to a poll.

[PS- Guardian- Tomorrow I am going to Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo to watch Wales beat Norway (revenge for last time)]

	27-05-2004 04:30									#2
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Ming Tran looks over its bid to host the football tournament.

Lets see here. Thriving economy, down from powerhouse over the weekend, damn! 23 million people for a modifier of .023 times 10,000. Hmmmm.

1,840 seats.

Ming Tran submits its bid to host the games in, um, three really decent sized movie theatres!

Let the games begin!

	27-05-2004 07:59									#3
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10000(10*2.032)
=203,200
Not quite as many as Ceroo, but we could convert some of the "Chastisement Parks" to fit more people.
I'll even make a decent argument as to why we should hold the cup, if I'm allowed to.

	27-05-2004 08:39									#4
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USA: 10*0.290*10,000=29,000

something's not right

	27-05-2004 09:40									#5
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Ceroo's population is ten times that of America's.

	27-05-2004 09:59									#6
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quote: Originally posted by ceroomaster So, who's up for a footy tournament?

quote: Ceroo's likely rivals include the highly skillful [Brazilian-esque] footballing nation of Karakas.

I'd hate to let you down so here's my attempt with the system you suggested.

quote: (e*p)*10000 = 7 * 3.01 * 10,000 = 210,700 Served by Adailton's busy harbor and airport, Karakas offers high-class transportation and recreation facilities. Football is the number one sport in Karakas, and any event held here is sure to have an electric, exciting atmosphere! Stadia: National Stadium, Ciudad de Karakas Capacity: 52,000 (will host final) Razorwing Grove, Adailton Capacity: 72,000 Castillo Blanco, Vina del Mar Capacity: 17,000 Port Town Stadium, Pendelhaven Capacity: 21,700 Highlander Stadium, Hammerheim Capacity: 23,000 Parque Verde del Caballo, Todos dos Santos (about halfway between Vermont and Vina del Mar) Capacity: 25,000

	27-05-2004 10:00									#7
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I was thinking more along the lines of the US being able to afford more than one 30,000 seat arena.

	27-05-2004 10:00									#8
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Well, I guess it doesn't have to be exact.

	27-05-2004 11:07									#9
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whilst auldonina can easliy hold these games, we do not actually paly soccer.... so we will not be sending a team....

	27-05-2004 13:40									#10
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quote: Originally posted by ceroomaster [PS- Guardian- Tomorrow I am going to Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo to watch Wales beat Norway (revenge for last time)]

Aaahhh, so that's what you're doing in Oslo, eh?
Well, enjoy the game. We can discuss the result later...

	27-05-2004 22:38									#11
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10*10,000*2.774 billion

277,400 seating capacity!

Iguana Fire's Bid
Being Situated in the far north of Apolytonia, Iguana Fire is far enough distant from the Azan Region's troubles and has sought to avoid influence in the region. As such, Iguana Fire should be a well-accepted neutral ground. Indeed, Iguana Fire's very neutrality should repel all claims of preference toward either side in the conflict. Nevertheless, Iguana Fire, in the event of trouble or terrorism, can also merit one of the region's strongest police forces. With cameras on every street corner and random security checks at airports and a national identification and tracking system- (managed by the IOTA- International Operations Tracking Authority), Iguana Fire has claim to being perhaps the safest nation in Apolytonia.

Iguana Fire also borders the vast ocean and has several picturesque rivers running through the nation. In its capital city of Igualica, bordering on the Igualica basin, Iguana Fire can boast three competing Free-Market stadiums. (The city itself boasts a population of 35 million football-rabid souls, with another 120 million in the 100 mile metropolitan region.)

In the Centralis region in the center of the nation, the Random river flows down from the mountains to the city of Centralis (population 20 million) hosting the Centralia Stadium (seating: 65,000)

Also included in the bid are the beautiful Spherko Heights stadium and the oceanside NewPort Shipping Co. Stadium.

So come to Iguana Fire, and you won't be disappointed.

Iguana Fire- the Nation for FreeMarketers Everywhere. Acceptable to all.

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Petko International Foods Stadium
Igualica, Igualica Province
Capacity: 68,000
Amenities: 37 different concescionnaire stands (all owned by the Petko Interantional Food Corp and Subsidiaries, however), an olympic size swimming pool elevated over the field, 6 jumbotron televisions, and More!

Real Iguana Stadium
Igualica, Igualica Province
Capacity: 34,000
Amenities: Although it may be small, Real Iguana is the newest stadium in downtown Igualica. Boasting underground parking with full capacity for ease of access and being located right in the middle of the tourist district, Real Iguana, sponored by the Real Iguana Commercial Manufacturing Corp. is the most convenient stadium in the city.

Lord Almersted-Barton Memorial Stadium
Igualica, Igualica Province
Capacity: 42,000
Amenities: Located near the bay, Lord Almersted-Barton boasts a beach bordering the goal-lines and is located next to hotels with capacity for over 300,000 tourists within a 5 mile radius. The stadium also allows for personages to watch the games from atop the hotel buildings, but charges over 30í (igua) to any who attempt to do so- nonetheless, spectator seating can hold at least 20,000 additional spectators.

Centraila Stadium
Centralia, Centralia Province
Capacity: 51,000
Amenities: Offering rapid transit to the outskirts of the City, Centralia stadium is located far from the

NewPort Shipping Co. Stadium
NewPort Shipping Co., Norge
Capacity: 41,000
Amenities: Located beside the beautiful northern ocean, NewPort Shipping Co. is offering a discount to all game-holders for their transportation needs to and from the games hosted at their stadium.

Spherko Field (sponsored by Spherko WebSolutions)
Spherko Heights, Spherko Province
Capacity: 41,000
Amenities: Located 10,000 feet above water, the Spherko Heights Field is the tallest in the country. Offering picturesque views of one of the only undeveloped sections of Iguana Fire, Spherko field peers down upon Spherko WebSolutions owned parkland property, offering patrons stunning views.

Spherko Heights Field also offers monorail transit, railroad transit, and funiculare transit up the side of the mountain. (Sadly, patrons have to leave their cars parked at the base, but officials insist that Spherko Heights Transit Authority promises to transit all comers within 2 hours of beginning as their total capacity is 30,000 per round trip [each trip taking 1 hour]

	27-05-2004 22:43									#12
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Hmm... how about we have a poll after everyone's posted their bids for which nation gets to hold the tournament?

Oh yes, and below is a map of Iguana Fire for all those interested

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	27-05-2004 22:56									#13
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Also of note:

quote: Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. *snip* The Holy Empire of Iguana Fire is a massive, safe nation, *snip* Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies

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Hmm... anyone want to post their Football teams and stats in this thread as well?

	27-05-2004 23:08									#14
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Iguana Fire National Team

Head Coach: Sir David Drake-Helsig (age 48)
Head Coach of Real Iguana for 26 years... led them to 12 consecutive victories

Coach: Lord Marston Chevrolet-Zeppelin (age 67)
The winningest coach in Iguana Fire History

Coach: Sir Alessandr Petko-Foodlabelé (age 54)
Son of the great coach Alexsar Petko-Foodlabelé and heir to the Petko-Foodlabelé fortune. He is on the staff more as a gesture to national unity than to competence

Coach: Lord John Davies-Darks (age 42)
A rising young star and Head Coach of the "Montania Automobiles"

	28-05-2004 03:29									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin whilst auldonina can easliy hold these games, we do not actually paly soccer.... so we will not be sending a team....

Oh. Soccer.
Well, you lot can f@#k yourselves, then.
(In the nicest way possible.)
I'm going back to dimembering political prisoners.

	28-05-2004 13:44									#16
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As an old soccernation, NCC Pavesia will with no doubt play in UAFA cup. We'd also like to bid for hosting, but we just don't have the capacite for hosting a multi-nation tournament.

The stats of the team comes as fast we can, aka tomorrow.

	28-05-2004 16:02									#17
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Auldonina is hosting the World Cup of Australian Rules Football.

All entrants readily accepted...

	28-05-2004 22:42									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Guardian so that's what you're doing in Oslo

I was suprised, It wasn't raining...

N3 Sports: Guardinia 0-0 Ceroo
[or RL Norway 0-0 Wales ]
In their first pre-Poly 2004 warm-up game a severly depleted Ceroo side managed to grind out a 0-0 draw against neighbouring Guardinia. The Guardinians took a long time to get into the match and rarely threatened in the first half, however, had some clear-cut chances in the second half, with some 'star' strikers missing some easy goals. We interviewed a Cerooan fan outside the stadium: "They should have beaten us! It was a second-string side we put out so it's a great result, I'm going to hang around the stadium and try to get Henning Berg's autograph [in RL, I failed ] , can I just say: HI MUM!"

However, it is expected that many key players will return in time for the next warm-up match against the talented San Antonio Bay.

	29-05-2004 01:24									#19
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Hmm... we need to get some brackets set up here to see who gets to compete

Everyone who wants in should voice their interest in this thread

	29-05-2004 05:47									#20
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Jonchastan's side is ready to provide some opening round fodder for the big boys [think, say, Qatar RL].

	29-05-2004 07:18									#21
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The Contestants

*Iguana Fire National Team (Sponsored by Igua Stock Trading Co.)
*Jonchastan
*NCC Pavestan
*Auldonnia (Bunch of Rugby Players Sitting Around Drinking Beer Decided To Enter)
*Ceroo
*Ming Tran
*Karakas
*Guardinia
*Dakmoristan

Last edited by DarkCloud on 31-05-2004 at 20:13

	29-05-2004 09:15									#22
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*Karakas

	29-05-2004 12:09									#23
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud The Contestants *Iguana Fire National Team (Sponsored by Igua Stock Trading Co.) *Jonchastan *NCC Pavestan *Auldonnia (???) *Ceroo *Ming Tran

Sending our boys to play soccer , [we are equivalant to the wild card entry of Australia in real life !!!!, so basically first round exits predicted]

	29-05-2004 21:22									#24
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list updated

	30-05-2004 02:57									#25
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quote: Originally posted by ceroomaster I was suprised, It wasn't raining...

Well, Bergen is the city that's famous for the rain, but we haven't had any either for the past week or so...

Oh, and Guardinia definitely wants to participate in the cup!

	30-05-2004 06:43									#26
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I'm still minding Archaic's nations . . . we can have one or two of them in the tournament if we need numbers. I recommend Alecrast and North Spire as they have the coolest names.

	30-05-2004 17:03									#27
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Goalkeeper:
James "Stonewall" Wallgren

Defenders
Mikko Nikkanen
Petri Nikkanen
Sid Wills
Henry Ashlock

Midfielders
Zak JJ aka Jack Johnson
James Calloway
Ed Norman

Forwards
Dingo aka Benjamin Nichts
Christofer Blombaum (c)
Andrey Kalermo


Substutes:
Jimmy Lock (G)
Herman Zykovski (G)
Adam Histra (D)
Leka (D)
Igor Ivanovitsh (D)
Mika Alanko (M)
Kalle Dufwa (M)
James Ålstrom (M)
David Cevo (F)
Dmitry Alexandrov (F)
Harry Washington (F)
Eric G. Aschan (F)

Manager: Alan Mcintos
Vice Manager: Al Rod

EDIT: Now full 23-manned team.

Last edited by Pave on 08-06-2004 at 19:14

	31-05-2004 04:57									#28
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Razorwing Grove, Adailton

Karakas 3 - 0 Dakmoristan
(Belletti 48, Aimar 55, Rosenberg 85)

The scoreline somewhat flattered the home team, with all three goals coming in the second half.

The first half was a physical affair. The Dakmorins committed 15 fouls in an attempt to break up the home team's passing game - earning much derision from the home fans.

The second half was more open, and the deadlock was broken on 48 minutes when wing-back Jorge Belletti cut in from the right wing and fired a left-footed shot at the Dakmorin goal. Keeper Alex Meakin looked to have it covered, but the ball somehow slid under him and into the net.

This restored the home team's confidence and they seemed to play more expressively after it. Just seven minutes after Belletti's opener, Pablo Aimar clipped the ball into the net from Ronaldinho Gaucho's slide-rule pass.

Karakas played the last half-hour with ten players after defender Fernando Navarro was sent off after the referee ruled that he elbowed Dakmorin striker Hasni Effendi. Video replays suggested that not only did Navarro elbow Effendi, he also kicked him a couple of times.

The Dakmorins were unable to make their one-man advantage count, and conceded a third goal on 85 minutes. On a break-away attack, Ronaldinho Gaucho's chipped shot hit the post, but midfielder Will Rosenberg was on hand to finish into an empty net.

Navarro's red card means he will be suspended for the first game of 'Poly 2004.

Team Line-ups:

Karakas (3-4-1-2):

Brad Sherwood; Fernando Navarro, Walter Samuel, Andy Gargett; Jorge Belletti, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Will Rosenberg, Ben Richards (Leonardo de Nascimento 71); Pablo Aimar; John Harkes, Claudio Lopez (Predrag Djordjevic 66).

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	31-05-2004 20:13									#29
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Goalkeeper:
Henri Abdenego-Mishrak

Defenders:
Tran Ilsofski-Huang
Boris Jonahaffson-Yeltski
Charles Reed-Harrison
Viktor Draggon-Mandrake

Midfielders
George "The Yell" Stewwart-James
Sir Alessandr Exeter-Stewart
Lord Michael McAllester-Coldmarch

Forwards
Francis Thomas Johnson-Rawlings
Lord Michael Bartelby-Harris
Sir Davon Constanovich-Vivaldi

Substitutes:
Washington Daviss-Centralias (G)
Sir Thomas Bar-Yaakov (D)
Lord Dennis VanDerMeer-Henrikkson (M)
"Young" Xiao Chun-Wesbury (M)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" Jack Flashman-Odonovich (F)
"Red Card" Henri Peters-Kenworth (F)

Manager:
David Kale-Rothsmyrek

Assistant:
Albert San-Korijamatsu