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{{Infobox international football competition
|tourney_name   = Independent Associations Championship 11
|other_titles   = ''Championnat des associations indépendantes 11''
|image          = IAC 11 logo.png
|size           = 170px
|caption        = 
|country        = [[Havynwilde]]
|dates          = 
|num_teams      = 50
|venues         = 
|cities         = 
|champion       = Poafmersia
|count          = 2
|second         = HUElavia
|third          = New Lusitania
|fourth         = Megistos
|matches        = 
|goals          = 
|prevseason     = [[Independent Associations Championship 10|IAC X]]
|nextseason     = [[Independent Associations Championship 12|IAC 12]]
}}

The 11th [[Independent Associations Championship]], also known as IAC11, was an international association football tournament held in [[Havynwilde]]. [[Poafmersia national football team|Poafmersia]] entered the tournament as the defending champions, and became the first team in the history of the championship to defend their title, after defeating [[HUElavia national football team|HUElavia]] in the finals, a repeat of the previous [[Independent Associations Championship 10#Grand Final|finals]]. With the win, Poafmersia matched [[Schottia national football team|Schottia]] in terms of the number of championships won (2). Conversely, HUElavia beat [[Drawkland national football team|Drawkland’s]] record for most IAC grand final defeats and extended their own record for most appearances in the grand final without a victory (4).

==Host Selection==
Havynwilde was the only nation that presented a bid for the tournament, and was handed the rights to hosting the tournament by the IAC Organising Committee without a vote.

==Format==
For a tournament with 50 nations, the host bid presented proposed a format involving 10 groups of 5 teams each playing in a single round-robin. The group champions will be given a bye into the eighth-finals, with the group runners-up and the 4 best third-placed teams playing a play-in round. Among the 7 winners of the play-in round, the 2 teams who had the smallest margins of victory had to play in a play-off match to determine the final entrant into the eighth-finals, while the remaining 5 winners will enter the eighth-finals along with the winner of this play-off match.

===Tiebreakers===
In the group stage, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
# {{wp|Three points for a win|Points}} (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss);
# Overall goal difference;
# Overall goals scored;
# Points in matches between tied teams;
# {{wp|Goal difference}} in matches between tied teams;
# Goals scored in matches between tied teams;
# Fair Play Table (OOC: RP Bonus).

In the event that more than two teams were initially tied and at least one team won or lost a tiebreaker, the tiebreaking procedure would restart from the first tiebreaker for any teams which might still be tied.

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied at the end of normal playing time, two fifteen-minute periods of {{wp|Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time}} would be played. If the match was still tied at the end of extra time, a {{wp|Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out}} would be held to determine the winners.

==Group stage==
===Seeding===
The host nation, along with defending champions Poafmersia, was automatically allocated to Pot 1. The remaining teams were seeded in the various pots according to a formula taking into account results from the last three editions of the IAC and the KPB rankings as of the end of the [[World Cup 86]] finals. Among the 25 first-time entrants who had neither records in the KPB rankings nor any participation in the last three editions of the IAC, [[A Flock of Seagulls national football team|A Flock of Seagulls]], [[Almuzahara national football team|Almuzahara]], [[Choudal national football team|Choudal]], [[Daehwi national football team|Daehwi]], and [[Dyricor national football team|Dryicor]] was allocated to Pot 3, while the remaining teams was allocated to Pot 4 and 5.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!width=20%| Pot 1
!width=20%| Pot 2
!width=20%| Pot 3
!width=20%| Pot 4
!width=20%| Pot 5
|-
|
{{fb|Havynwilde}} (39) - '''Hosts'''<br/>
{{fb|Poafmersia}} (3) - '''Titleholders'''<br/>
{{fb|HUElavia}} (1)<br/>
{{fb|New Lusitania}} (2)<br/>
{{fb|Drawkland}} (4)<br/>
{{fb|Reçueçn}} (5)<br/>
{{fb|Squidroidia}} (6)<br/>
{{fb|Tequilo}} (7)<br/>
{{fb|Port Ember}} (10)<br/>
{{fb|Squornshelan Remnant States}} (11)
|
{{fb|Terre Septentrionale}} (12)<br/>
{{fb|TJUN-ia}} (13)<br/>
{{fb|Trolleborg}} (14)<br/>
{{fb|Omerica}} (17)<br/>
{{fb|Kohnhead}} (18)<br/>
{{fb|Abanhfleft}} (22)<br/>
{{fb|Kriegiersien}} (23)<br/>
{{fb|Juvencus}} (24)<br/>
{{fb|Silver Beach}} (25)<br/>
{{fb|Sajnur}} (30)
|
{{fb|Indusse}} (34)<br/>
{{fb|Sharktail}} (35)<br/>
{{fb|Space}} (37)<br/>
{{fb|Megistos}} (38)<br/>
{{fb|A Flock of Seagulls}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Almuzahara}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Choudal}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Daehwi}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Dryicor}} (UR)
|
{{fb|Ginadjkrum}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Hebitaka}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Icecliff}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Muralos}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Murphtannia}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Neo-Futurist Wyoming}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|NPC West Florida}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Otksarin}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|PSTCT}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Pripet Socialist Republic}} (UR)<br />
|
{{fb|Quemorr Isles}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Quintessence of Dust}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Rwekazaland}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Sannyamathland}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Silvedania}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|The Fortem}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|The Frozen Forest}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Thea Liters}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|United Hemand Insia}} (UR)<br/>
{{fb|Vykta}} (UR)<br/>
|}

===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update = complete
|source = [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38023835#p38023835 Havynwilde Football Federation]

<!-- Positions -->
|team1=TFT |team2=KHD |team3=TCT |team4=DWH |team5=HVY

<!-- Results -->
|win_TFT=3 |draw_TFT=0 |loss_TFT=1 |gf_TFT=13 |ga_TFT= 9 |status_TFT=  |name_TFT={{fb|The Fortem}}
|win_KHD=2 |draw_KHD=1 |loss_KHD=1 |gf_KHD= 7 |ga_KHD= 5 |status_KHD=  |name_KHD={{fb|Kohnhead}}
|win_TCT=2 |draw_TCT=0 |loss_TCT=2 |gf_TCT= 8 |ga_TCT=10 |status_TCT=  |name_TCT={{fb|PSTCT}}
|win_DWH=1 |draw_DWH=1 |loss_DWH=2 |gf_DWH= 3 |ga_DWH= 5 |status_DWH=  |name_DWH={{fb|Daewhi}}
|win_HVY=1 |draw_HVY=0 |loss_HVY=3 |gf_HVY= 8 |ga_HVY=10 |status_HVY=H |name_HVY={{fb|Havynwilde}}

<!-- Table settings and rules-->
|res_col_header=Q
|class_rules = [[#Tiebreakers|Group tiebreakers]]
|result1=KO |result2=PI
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[#Eighth-finals|Eighth-finals]]
|col_PI=yellow1 |text_PI=Advance to [[#Play-in Round|Play-in Round]]
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update = complete
|source = [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38023835#p38023835 Havynwilde Football Federation]

<!-- Positions -->
|team1=PEM |team2=TJU |team3=XWF |team4=SHT |team5=SIL

<!-- Results -->
|win_PEM=3 |draw_PEM=0 |loss_PEM=1 |gf_PEM= 7 |ga_PEM= 4 |name_PEM={{fb|Port Ember}}
|win_TJU=2 |draw_TJU=0 |loss_TJU=2 |gf_TJU= 6 |ga_TJU= 4 |name_TJU={{fb|TJUN-ia}}
|win_XWF=2 |draw_XWF=0 |loss_XWF=2 |gf_XWF=10 |ga_XWF=12 |name_XWF={{fb|NPC West Florida}}
|win_SHT=1 |draw_SHT=1 |loss_SHT=2 |gf_SHT= 8 |ga_SHT= 9 |name_SHT={{fb|Sharktail}}
|win_SIL=1 |draw_SIL=1 |loss_SIL=2 |gf_SIL= 6 |ga_SIL= 8 |name_SIL={{fb|Silvedania}}

<!-- Table settings and rules-->
|res_col_header=Q
|class_rules = [[#Tiebreakers|Group tiebreakers]]
|result1=KO |result2=PI
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|col_PI=yellow1 |text_PI=Advance to [[#Play-in Round|Play-in Round]]
}} 

===Group C===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update = complete
|source = [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38023835#p38023835 Havynwilde Football Federation]

<!-- Positions -->
|team1=MUR |team2=NLA |team3=CHD |team4=SAJ |team5=UHI

<!-- Results -->
|win_MUR=3 |draw_MUR=1 |loss_MUR=1 |gf_MUR=12 |ga_MUR= 8 |name_MUR={{fb|Muralos}}
|win_NLA=2 |draw_NLA=1 |loss_NLA=1 |gf_NLA= 8 |ga_NLA= 6 |name_NLA={{fb|New Lusitania}}
|win_CHD=2 |draw_CHD=1 |loss_CHD=1 |gf_CHD= 7 |ga_CHD= 6 |name_CHD={{fb|Choudal}}
|win_SAJ=1 |draw_SAJ=1 |loss_SAJ=2 |gf_SAJ= 6 |ga_SAJ= 6 |name_SAJ={{fb|Sajnur}}
|win_UHI=0 |draw_UHI=0 |loss_UHI=4 |gf_UHI= 3 |ga_UHI=10 |name_UHI={{fb|Unified Hemand Insia}}

<!-- Table settings and rules-->
|res_col_header=Q
|class_rules = [[#Tiebreakers|Group tiebreakers]]
|result1=KO |result2=PI |result3=PI
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|col_PI=yellow1 |text_PI=Advance to [[#Play-in Round|Play-in Round]]
}}

===Group D===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update = complete
|source = [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38023835#p38023835 Havynwilde Football Federation]

<!-- Positions -->
|team1=HUE |team2=XQI |team3=AFT |team4=OTK |team5=INS

<!-- Results -->
|win_HUE=3 |draw_HUE=1 |loss_HUE=0 |gf_HUE= 7 |ga_HUE= 4 |name_HUE={{fb|HUElavia}}
|win_XQI=2 |draw_XQI=0 |loss_XQI=2 |gf_XQI= 8 |ga_XQI= 7 |name_XQI={{fb|Quemorr Isles}}
|win_AFT=1 |draw_AFT=1 |loss_AFT=2 |gf_AFT=12 |ga_AFT=13 |name_AFT={{fb|Abanhfleft}}
|win_OTK=1 |draw_OTK=1 |loss_OTK=2 |gf_OTK= 4 |ga_OTK= 5 |name_OTK={{fb|Otksarin}}
|win_INS=1 |draw_INS=1 |loss_INS=2 |gf_INS= 5 |ga_INS= 7 |name_INS={{fb|Indusse}}

<!-- Table settings and rules-->
|res_col_header=Q
|class_rules = [[#Tiebreakers|Group tiebreakers]]
|result1=KO |result2=PI
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|col_PI=yellow1 |text_PI=Advance to [[#Play-in Round|Play-in Round]]
}} 
<!--
  Group E                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Tequilo                                                                4    4   0   0    10    2   +8    12
2 Space                                                                  4    2   1   1     8    5   +3     7
3 Quintessence of Dust                                                   4    2   0   2     5    7   −2     6
4 Neo-Futurist Wyoming                                                   4    1   1   2     7   10   −3     4
5 Kriegiersien                                                           4    0   0   4     4   10   −6     0

  Group F                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Icecliff                                                               4    3   0   1     9    7   +2     9
2 Almuzahara                                                             4    2   1   1     9    5   +4     7
3 Silver Beach                                                           4    2   0   2     7   10   −3     6
4 Thea Liters                                                            4    1   1   2     6    7   −1     4
5 Squornshelan Remnant States                                            4    1   0   3     5    7   −2     3


  Group G                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Poafmersia                                                             4    4   0   0    11    5   +6    12
2 Dryicor                                                                4    2   1   1     6    5   +1     7
3 Pripet Socialist Republic                                              4    2   1   1     5    4   +1     7
4 Rwekazaland                                                            4    1   0   3     5    6   −1     3
5 Terre Septentrionale                                                   4    0   0   4     2    9   −7     0


  Group H                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Megistos                                                               4    3   1   0     7    1   +6    10
2 Hebitaka                                                               4    2   0   2     5    3   +2     6
3 Juvencus                                                               4    1   3   0     3    2   +1     6
4 Reçueçn                                                                4    1   1   2     3    5   −2     4
5 The Frozen Forest                                                      4    0   1   3     2    9   −7     1


  Group I                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Squidroidia                                                            4    3   0   1    11    7   +4     9
2 A Flock of Seagulls                                                    4    2   2   0     6    4   +2     8
3 Vykta                                                                  4    2   0   2     8    8    0     6
4 Murphtannia                                                            4    1   1   2    10    9   +1     4
5 Omerica                                                                4    0   1   3     4   11   −7     1

  Group J                                                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
1 Trolleborg                                                             4    2   2   0    10    8   +2     8
2 Drawkland                                                              4    2   1   1     6    6    0     7
3 Central Shaneville                                                     4    2   0   2     5    5    0     6
4 Sannyamathland                                                         4    1   1   2     7    7    0     4
5 Ginadjkrum                                                             4    1   0   3     8   10   −2     3


Eighth final 

(TEQ)                   Tequilo    3–2    Vykta                     (VYK)   

(PFA)                Poafmersia    2–1    Hebitaka                  (HBK)   

(MEG)                  Megistos    6–3    TJUN-ia                   (TJN)   

(MRA)                   Muralos    1–2    New Lusitania             (LUS)    

(HUE)                  HUElavia    1–0    Space                     (SPC)   

(FOR)                The Fortem   *2–1    Almuzahara                (AMZ)   (aet)

(SQD)               Squidroidia    1–0    Trolleborg                (TBG)   

(EMB)                Port Ember   *2–2    Icecliff                  (ICF)   (aet) (4–3 pen.)


Semifinal

(TEQ)                   Tequilo    2–3    New Lusitania             (LUS)   

(PFA)                Poafmersia    0–0    Port Ember                (EMB)   (0–0 aet) (4–2 pen.)

(MEG)                  Megistos    3–1    Squidroidia               (SQD)   

(HUE)                  HUElavia    1–1    The Fortem                (FOR)   (1–1 aet) (4–3 pen.)


3PPO

(MEG)                  Megistos    0–1    New Lusitania             (NLA)

Final
(PFA)                Poafmersia    3–2    HUElavia                  (HUE)-->


==Controversy==
===Omerica's boycott of the tournament and expulsion===
Before the start of the tournament, the [[Omerican Professional Footballers Associations]], with the support of the [[Omerican Professional Soccer League]], organised a boycott of the competition due to numerous factors regarding the host nation Havynwilde, including (But not limited to) their co-organization of the [[Federação de Futebol Independente|FFI]] with Reçueçn and the classification of Omerica as a "second-rate" nation by the aforementioned FFI. As a result, the [[United Republican Soccer Federation]] sent in a team of non-professionals to the tournament, and the IAC Organising Committee has decided that the team would be expelled from the tournament, with the team declared ineligible to advance to the play-off rounds.

The fallout from this boycott has caused the OPSL and the URSF to discuss possibly leaving the Independents to join one of the Big 3 sporting regions, known as "Omexit".

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