A while back, during my brief stint as head of the Entertainment Team, I was thinking about possibilities for a 2014 World Cup event. I had an idea – instead of just doing the World Cup, why don't we include the World Cup qualifiers? In fact, why don't we do the full 4-year "road to the World Cup," with qualifiers, continental competitions, and even friendlies?
So, I started a usergroup, with each member choosing a country. It started out well, but it became too much work having to get people to create their games, and a lot of people left, which created all kinds of chaos. So, I decided to do it a bit differently.
Therefore, I present to you:
La Fédération Conquer Club de Football Polymorphic: Redesigned!
Essentially, I have condensed the competitive FIFA schedule (continental championships, Confederations Cup, Olympics, World Cup qualifiers, and World Cup - men’s and women’s) into a (hopefully one-year-long cycle) that will repeat annually.
In each tournament, each match will consist of 5 games – 2 1v1, 1 poly 2, 1 poly 3, and 1 poly 4.
Why 5 games?
Because 5 is an odd number, which ensures that knockout-stage games will always have a winner (though non-knockout stage games can end in draws) - see "Scoring" spoiler for full details on that.
Why those particular game types?
poly 4 + poly 3 + poly 2 + 1v1 + 1v1
= 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1
= 11 players per team.
Ain't I clever?
Maps and Settings
In each match, the two 1v1s will be on the continent maps of the two teams' confederations:
AFC - Far East
CAF - Africa
CONCACAF - North America
CONMEBOL - South America
OFC - Oceania
UEFA - Europe
2 of the poly games will be on the home "team"'s home maps.
The 3rd poly game will be on the appropriate (Men's or Women's) World Cup map.
The World Cup game can be poly 2, 3, or 4 – that is up to the home team.
All games must have a 20-round limit, and all poly games must be sequential.
All other settings will be determined by the home team.
There are no restrictions on home maps or settings beyond the above.
All home settings must be declared on signup for each individual tournament.
FOR NEUTRAL-FIELD MATCHES:
The poly 4 game will be played on the appropriate World Cup map
The other 2 poly games will be played on Random map
All games will be played with CC's default settings.
AFC - Far East
CAF - Africa
CONCACAF - North America
CONMEBOL - South America
OFC - Oceania
UEFA - Europe
2 of the poly games will be on the home "team"'s home maps.
The 3rd poly game will be on the appropriate (Men's or Women's) World Cup map.
The World Cup game can be poly 2, 3, or 4 – that is up to the home team.
All games must have a 20-round limit, and all poly games must be sequential.
All other settings will be determined by the home team.
There are no restrictions on home maps or settings beyond the above.
All home settings must be declared on signup for each individual tournament.
FOR NEUTRAL-FIELD MATCHES:
The poly 4 game will be played on the appropriate World Cup map
The other 2 poly games will be played on Random map
All games will be played with CC's default settings.
Scoring
Normal time (90 minutes):
1v1 win in 6 rounds or less = 2 goals
1v1 win in 7-12 rounds = 1 goal
Poly win in 8 rounds or less = 1 goal
Extra time:
1 extra time goal awarded for each 1v1 game won in more than 12 rounds, but not won by round limit.
1 extra time goal awarded for each poly game won in more than 8 rounds, but not won by round limit.
Penalties:
First-to-3 penalty shootout – score determined by games won-lost (regardless of number of rounds):
Win 5 of 5 games, win shootout 3-0
Win 4 of 5 games, win shootout 3-1
Win 3 of 5 games, win shootout 3-2
1v1 win in 6 rounds or less = 2 goals
1v1 win in 7-12 rounds = 1 goal
Poly win in 8 rounds or less = 1 goal
Extra time:
1 extra time goal awarded for each 1v1 game won in more than 12 rounds, but not won by round limit.
1 extra time goal awarded for each poly game won in more than 8 rounds, but not won by round limit.
Penalties:
First-to-3 penalty shootout – score determined by games won-lost (regardless of number of rounds):
Win 5 of 5 games, win shootout 3-0
Win 4 of 5 games, win shootout 3-1
Win 3 of 5 games, win shootout 3-2
Once we have results, the FCCFP World Ranking will be determined by ranking points awarded according to the FIFA Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure and the FIFA Women’s World Ranking Procedure, with minor modifications as necessary to suit our purposes.
Once we have World Cup results, we will use FIFA's method of determining confederation weights (see Page 2).
I have written a program to compute the ranking points for each match and will be using Excel formulas to compile the monthly men’s ranking, so no worries there.
Since the women’s ranking is a simple sum with no decay, it can and will be updated as each match is completed.
Whenever possible, I will publish the men’s ranking to be used for a calendar month on the first of the month. All men’s matches started in a calendar month will be scored according to the men’s ranking published on the first of that month and used to determine the men’s ranking for the following month.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
sempai
