Friendly Cup

The Friendly Cup is an international football (soccer) tournament run on NationStates. According to its originator, Slembana, the Friendly Cup is "a tournament consisting of friendlies, with the winner earning a trophy". The Friendly Cup is nowhere near as prestigious as the World Cup or its associated tournaments, as those tournaments consist of proper competitive football matches.

Four editions of the Friendly Cup have already took place.

The holders of the tournament are Hujukialand. They beat Slembana 6–1 in the final of the fourth edition.

Friendly Cup 1
The first Friendly Cup was hosted by Slembana, the creator of the tournament. It was held in August 2012 Slembanan time, and consisted of eight nations: Slembana himself, four of his puppets (Valqox, Rorbania, Naanbreadland, and Qalfen), and three associated countries (Teenonia, Mambonia, and Drosophiland). All of these countries were from Slembana's current region, Esportiva.

The tournament was a strict knockout tournament. In the end, Teenonia beat Mambonia 3–2 in the final to win the tournament. Valqox beat Drosophiland 2–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw to finish in third place.

Friendly Cup 2
The second Friendly Cup was held in Old Guard. It was won by Max empire, who beat Slembana 2–0 in the final.

Friendly Cup 3
The third Friendly Cup was held in Swyftlandre. The group stage was full of shocks - the defending champions, Max empire, and the runners-up of the previous tournament, Slembana, both failed to make it to the knockout stage. In addition, the last two games in Group C saw Free Swiss States thrash Old Guard 7–1 and Royal Britannia thrash Hujukialand 7–0. In the end, Royal Britannia, who were ranked at 18/1 against to win by Slembanan bookmakers, won the tournament, beating Cosgravia 5–3 in the final.

Friendly Cup 4
Friendly Cup 4 was the first to see rankings applied to it. This rankings showed up to the scene soon, Hujukialand eventually won the trophy after they thrashed almost every team they faced. Hujukialand caused much controversy, killing one player against Old Guard, killing the entire team of the Naughty Monks, threatening the Brit goalkeeper, druggning the Swiss goalkeeper and threatening everyone witha knife, even scoring with it, in the final against Slembana. This was up to date the tournament in which the champion had the best goal difference.

Rankings
The FC Rankings are on their first edition. They're created by Old Guard (Apox) after the conclusion of Friendly Cup 3.

The formula is simple: (Last Friendly Cup) Points Scored / Games Played x 4 + (Second to Last Friendly Cup) Points Scored / Games Played x 2

Current Rankings
1  Hujukialand               17.40

2  Slembana                  16.57

3  Royal Britannia           14.33

4  Cosgravia                 13.73

5  The gypsies               11.33

6  Mapletish                 11.00

7  The Kingdom of Phoenixia  10.40

8  Mahloki Vai               10.00

9  Kintratar                  9.33

10 Swyftlandre                8.93

11 Free Swiss States          7.50

12 South Slembana             6.40

13 Max Empire                 6.27

14 Arkland                    5.33

15 Old Guard                  5.17

16 St James                   4.80

17 Central North America      4.50

18 Estope                     4.00

19 The Naughty Monks          3.20

20 Swyftherth                 3.00

21 VANTELIRA                  2.67

22 The H. T. of Bacon Strips  2.50

23= Nopspri                   2.00

23= Gaveo                     2.00

23= Anollasia                 2.00

26 Northern Sunrise Islands   1.60

27 Vlissengen                 1.50

28= Kitsunia-Déesse           1.33

28= Lewisland                 1.33

28= Dennis the Menace         1.33

31= Boring Paradise           1.00

31= Gregosh                   1.00

33= Texacano                  0.67

33= Union Isle                0.67

35 North Blue Island          0.50

36 The Caspar                 0.00