Copa del Este
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| Organising body | Federation of the Single Sun |
|---|---|
| Region | Rushmore |
| Number of teams | 18–20 |
| Related competitions | Copa de Campeones |
| Most successful club(s) |  Scott City FC |
| Current: Copa del Ganso | |
The FSS Copa del Este (CdE), usually known simply as the Copa del Este, was an annual club football competition organized by the Federation of the Single Sun for eligible eastern Rushmori football clubs. It was a second-tier competition of Rushmori club football, ranking below the CRF Copa de Campeones. After two editions, it replaced the Copa del Ganso. Darmen's Scott City FC won both editions of the competition.
Format
Eastern Rushmori associations were allowed to submit their best two clubs in a given season which failed to qualify for the CRF Copa de Campeones. Tempalia, Pavola, Terranea, and the Vatmark was the definition of "eastern Rushmore" proposed by the tournament organizers, though it expressed a willingness to admit entries from other associations on a case-by-case basis.
The Copa del Ganso was a single-elimination tournament, with two legs for each fixture until the final, which was staged at Mastad Qusma in Qanz, Qusmo. It occupied the same fixture dates as the Copa de Campeones and other regional championships, with a preliminary round for lower-ranked associations' second seeds followed by octofinals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final.
Associations, and their respective clubs, were divided into northern and southern zones, made on the basis of the map of Rushmore. No two clubs from different zones could meet until the final, and no two clubs from the same association could meet until the semifinal. The Federation of the Single Sun justified this format by citing decreased travel costs, particularly for a second-tier semi-regional tournament, as well as the effect of making repeated international fixtures between the same clubs more likely over several editions.
History
The Federation of the Single Sun announced the creation of the Copa del Ganso during the first season of the League of the Single Sun, a bi-national first-tier domestic league in Qusmo and Sanford which it also administered. It was theoretically possible for as many as five clubs from Qusmo and Sanford to win major domestic trophies within a given season, and with the creation of the Cup of Two Nations the subsequent season, that number expanded to as many as six. However, as a new association, the Federation was only entitled to submit a total of four clubs to the IFCF Champions League and Challengers Cup. The Federation created the Copa del Este in part to ensure all its clubs which won a first-tier domestic trophy would qualify for a subsequent international competition, in which teams from both its constituent nations could participate, and national cup champions from the first season of the League of the Single Sun qualified for the first edition of the Copa del Este.
At that time, the Copa de Campeones — the premier club championship in the region, administered by the Confederación Rushmori de Fútbol directly — allowed only one club to participate per association. The Federation wanted its competition to accept two clubs per association, but it also did not want its competition to exceed the space on the international fixture calendar that the Copa de Campeones already occupied. In order to not expand calendar dates despite inviting twice as many clubs per association, the decision was made to only permit half as many associations to enter. Thus, entry to the Copa del Ganso was limited to only associations and clubs from eastern Rushmore.
Initially, this restriction worked as intended. However, ten of the fourteen associations participating in Copa de Campeones 68 also sent clubs to Copa del Este 2, meaning the twenty-team Copa del Este required two more fixture dates than did the fourteen-team Copa de Campeones. Due to the experience of this tournament, the Federation concluded that the continued exclusion of western Rushmori clubs was untenable if it could not ensure the intended schedule benefits. At the second Copa del Ganso final, the Federation announced a complete restructuring to the tournament. The Copa del Ganso became the Copa del Ganso the following season, with a new format which allowed clubs from the entirety of the region to participate.
Finals
| Edition | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Scott City FC (DAR) |
2–0 |  Port Tacassam FC (TKT) |
Mastad Qusma (cap. 80,000) Qanz, Qusmo |
| 2 | Scott City FC (DAR) |
5–3 |  RGS Athletic (EFL) |
Mastad Qusma (cap. 80,000) Qanz, Qusmo |