Independent Associations Championship

Independent Associations Championship

Organising body	IAC Organising Committee
Founded	24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)
Region	All (except Anaia, Arrosia, Esportiva, Mandalanusa and Rushmore)
Number of teams	varies
Current champions	Reçueçn (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Poafmersia HUElavia (3 titles each)
Current: Independent Associations Championship 25

The Independent Associations Championship (IAC), also known as the Independents Cup, is an association football tournament open to nations outside of the "Big Four" sporting regions of Arrosia, Rushmore, Esportiva and Anaia. Created to allow nations outside then-"Big Three" additional opportunities to compete for silverware during the World Cup off-season, the tournament is usually considered equivalent to the regional championships and generally occurs during the same timeframe.

Poafmersia and HUElavia are the most successful teams in the tournament with three titles, with the latter having contested the most finals with nine final appearances. The current champions are Reçueçn, who defeated HUElavia in the Independent Associations Championship 25 Final.

Name

The tournament has officially gone by two very different names over the course of its history: "Independent Associations Championship" and "Independents Cup". The mixed use of these two names has been a source of confusion that culminated in the ninth edition of the tournament erroneously being called the "Independent Associations Cup", a mistake that has since slipped into common usage.

Format

The format varies depending on the number of participating teams, but has generally featured a round-robin group stage, followed by a single-elimination knockout stage. In the most typical format, the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, often with the addition of a select number of third-place teams depending on the number of groups, if the number of groups is not a power of two.

Since IAC X, ranking systems incorporating the KPB rankings and results of the last three Championships have been used to seed the draw for the first stage of the competition; before IAC X, seeding was determined entirely via the KPB rankings, with IAC results not taken into account.

Results

Edition	Host(s)	Final			Third-place match			Number of teams
		Champions	Score and venue	Runners-up	Third place	Score and venue	Fourth place
IAC 1	Boreal Islands	Schottia	4–1 Stadion Taxhavn, St. Bernadine	Veldgouwen	Abanhfleft	2–1 St. Tara Field, Hill o’ Tara	Barunia	24
IAC 2	Schottia Mercedini	Bonesea	2–1 Harbour Hill Stadium, Handon	Schottia	Mercedini	3–1 Zoloroni Sports City Stadium, Zoloroni	Flardania	32
IAC 3	Spaam Kel Assuk	Schottia	2–1 Paatukar National Stadium, Paatukar	Mercedini	Aggrey-Fynn Land	2–1 Queen Dihya Sports Complex, Marandet	Bojikstan	32
IAC 4	Schottia	Free Republics	3–1 Harbour Hill Stadium, Handon	Drawkland	Mercedini	4–3 aet Lochend Stadium, Lochend	Alpine Union	28
IAC 5	Free Republics	Mercedini	3–1 Olympic Stadium, Baseton	Drawkland	Free Republics	3–2 aet AllMartDome, Reco	North Prarie	40
IAC 6	Mercedini	Drawkland	2–2 aet 4–3 pen Zoloroni Sports City Stadium, Zoloroni	Omerica	New Lusitania	2–0 Langtree Metropolitan Stadium, Langtree	Kavagrad	32
IAC 7	Drawkland	Omerica	3–2 Seven Stars Stadium, Centivar County	Drawkland	Reçueçn	1–0 Castle Stadium, Raikennax	Kavagrad	24
IAC 8	Reçueçn	Reçueçn	3–1 National Stadium, Reçueçn	HUElavia	Squornshelan Remnant States	3–1 Arena der Alpen, Heldingen	Drawkland	36
IAC 9	HUElavia	New Lusitania	4–3 Estadio Nacional, Curumba	HUElavia	Port Ember	3–3 aet 3–2 pen Estadio Hueti, Jinaqa	Poafmersia	32
IAC X	Omerica	Poafmersia	3–2 aet Stade de la République, Romainbourg	HUElavia	Squidroidia	2–0 RS Amphitheatre, Port-des-Saints	Tequilo	40
IAC 11	Havynwilde	Poafmersia	3–2 Uvenstadion Superparc, Keflavɨk	HUElavia	New Lusitania	1–0 Uvenstadion Superparc, Keflavɨk	Megistos	50
IAC 12	Muralos Almuzahara	Tequilo	3–1 Komcatt Arena, Urbego	Squidroidia		4–0 Stadium of the Revival, Althuwar	Silver Beach	48
IAC 13	Poafmersia	Indusse	3–1 Libira National Stadium, Fiskadaha City	HUElavia	Felinetopia	1–0 Mancodas Complex, Greater Mancodas	Quintessence of Dust	44
IAC 14	Belnegau	Adab	2–1 Ziegelstein Castle Keep, Ziegelstein	Trolleborg	Indusse	6–2 Ziegelstein Castle Keep, Ziegelstein	Kriegiersien	36
IAC 15	16 countries	HUElavia	4–4 aet 4–3 pen Estadio Nacional, Curumba	Drawkland	Squidroidia	5–4 aet 1st December Stadium, Trolleborg City	Indusse	48
IAC 16	Drawkland Juvencus	HUElavia	1–0 Seven Stars Stadium, Centivar County	Trolleborg	Drawkland	2–1 Il Nuovo Stadio Olimpico Della Pomena, Pomena	Geektopia	40
IAC 17	Quintessence of Dust 10 associate host countries	Squidroidia	1–0 BobBank SkyPark, Quintessence of Dust	Trolleborg	Juvencus	3–2 aet Eli F. Baker Memorial Stadium, Quintessence of Dust	Drawkland	50
IAC 18	Poafmersia	Juvencus	2–1 Libira National Stadium, Fiskadaha City	Indusse	Delaclava	N/A	Belnegau	40
IAC 19	Poafmersia	Poafmersia	6–1 Libira National Stadium, Fiskadaha City	Harry Islands	Saterun	1–0 Camp of Power, Mancodas	Trolleborg	36
IAC 20	HUElavia	Saterun	2–1 Estadio Nacional, Curumba	Delte	Reçueçn	1–0 Estadio Capital, Curumba	Juvencus	40
IAC 21	Tanirinthia	Delte	2–0 Oak Stadium, Faywharf Island	Juvencus	HUElavia	3–1 Alder Stadium, Faywharf Island	Sudilia	32
IAC 22	Britonisea	HUElavia	2–0 Stadium Strata, Telm City	Drawkland	Saterun	2–1 Stade Doportedas, Doportedas	Aphrilia	42
IAC 23	Reçueçn	Juvencus	2–1 Stade National, Reçueçn	Crpostran	Aphrilia	2–1 Stade Carl III, Reçueçn	Ile de Richelieu	40
IAC 24	Saterun	Aphrilia	1–1 aet 3–1 pen The Hycanthenium, Tammen	Drawkland	Edsmontik	2–0 Adam Antwerp Arena, Daxler	Indusse	40
IAC 25	HUElavia 11 associate host countries	Reçueçn	2–0 Estadio Nacional Curumba, HUElavia	HUElavia	Drawkland	2–1 aet Grand Manchbury Manchbury, Sudilia	Sel Appa	48

Winners

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
HUElavia	3 (15, 16, 22)	6 (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 25)	1 (21)	0	10
Poafmersia	3 (10, 11, 19)	0	0	1 (9)	4
Juvencus	2 (18, 23)	1 (21)	1 (17)	1 (20)	5
Schottia	2 (1, 3)	1 (2)	0	0	3
Reçueçn	2 (8, 25)	0	2 (7, 20)	0	4
Drawkland	1 (6)	6 (4, 5, 7, 15, 22, 24)	2 (16, 25)	2 (8, 17)	11
Mercedini	1 (5)	1 (3)	2 (2, 4)	0	4
Squidroidia	1 (17)	1 (12)	2 (10, 15)	0	4
Indusse	1 (13)	1 (18)	1 (14)	2 (15, 24)	5
Delte	1 (21)	1 (20)	0	0	2
Omerica	1 (7)	1 (6)	0	0	2
New Lusitania	1 (9)	0	2 (6, 11)	0	3
Saterun	1 (20)	0	2 (19, 22)	0	3
Aphrilia	1 (24)	0	1 (23)	1 (22)	3
Free Republics	1 (4)	0	1 (5)	0	2
Tequilo	1 (12)	0	0	1 (10)	2
Adab	1 (14)	0	0	0	1
Bonesea	1 (2)	0	0	0	1

See also

• Federation of Football Independents
• AOCAF Cup
• Arrosia Regional Championship
• CAFA Cup
• Campionato Esportiva
• Copa Rushmori
• CMFA Mandalanusa Cup