Atlantian Oceania Confederation of Association Football Cup

The Atlantian Oceania Confederation of Association Football Cup, more commonly known as the AOCAF Cup or simply AOCAF, is played amongst the nations of the region of Atlantian Oceania, often in tandem with the World Cup. It is widely considered the premier regional football tournament in NationStates, having some of the best teams from the World Cup competing for bragging rights within the region.

At the present time, AOCAF Cup 41 has ended, hosted by The Inevitable Syndicate and won by Vilita & Turori

Overview
Atlantian Oceania is currently one of the strongest footballing regions in the world, containing many historical and recent world champions such as Starblaydia, Valanora, Vilita, Bettia, Audioslavia and Wight,.

To date, 13 different nations have won the AOCAF Cup:

10 titles
 * undefined (Cups 25, 26, 28, 30-32, 34, 36, 37 and 40)

6 titles
 * undefined (Cups 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 23)

5 titles
 * undefined* (as Vilita; Cups 6 and 9; as Vilita & Turori; Cups 16, 19, and 41)

4 titles
 * NEWI Cefn Druids (Cups 1-3 and 5)

3 titles
 * undefined (Cups 35, 38 and 39)
 * Lamoni (Cups 17, 18 and 24)
 *  undefined & Turori* (Cups 16, 19, and 41)

2 titles
 * undefined (Cups 11 and 20)
 * undefined (Cups 12 and 29)

1 title
 * undefined (Cup 22)
 * undefined (Cup 13)
 * undefined (Cup 33)
 * Fmjphoenix (Cup 15)
 * undefined (Cup 27)


 * ''Note: Fidelia (as Manhattan Prime) won AOCAF Cup 21 but the nation later ceased to exist and the player has hard retconned all history.


 * *The Nation of Vilita won 2 AOCAF's prior to combining with Turori. Cups won by Vilita include Cups won as Vilita & Turori

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Notables

 * Starblaydia (AOCAF Cup 4) and Pacitalia (AOCAF Cups 30 and 40) are the only two nations to have won the tournament on home soil.
 * Repeat championships are common in the AOCAF Cup.
 * NEWI Cefn Druids and Pacitalia have both "three-peated", the former accomplishing the feat in AOCAF Cups 1-3 and the latter from Cups 30 through 32.
 * Four nations have won back-to-back titles:
 * Starblaydia, in AOCAF Cups 7 and 8;
 * Lamoni, in Cups 17 and 18;
 * Pacitalia, in Cups 25 and 26, and again in Cups 36 and 37;
 * Audioslavia, in Cups 38 and 39


 * Bazalonia and Krytenia have been the most frequent hosts of the tournament, having both done so four times.

Rankings
The AOCAF has its own set of rankings separate from the KPB Rankings. This is so traditionally strong footballing powers who have recently moved to AO cannot automatically overrun nations who compete regularly and often in the AOCAF but not in the World Cup.

Regional rankings
These are the most recent rankings, released prior to AOCAF Cup 40.

AO Rank Nation                      Points   Chg               AO Rank  Nation                      Points   Chg -              -   1       Audioslavia                 37.29      0               11       Thatius                     18.56     +2 2      Valanora                    29.34     +2               12       Kiryu-shi                   17.97     -2 3      Pacitalia                   26.98     -1               13       Osarius                     14.41     -3 4      Andossa Se Mitrin Vega      24.20     +3               14       Hutt River                  13.24      0 5      New Montreal States         23.73     -2               15       Legalese                    12.72      0 6      Starblaydia                 23.33     -1               16       West Guiana                 11.97     +2 7      Wight                       20.81     +4               17       95X                         10.40     -1 8      Vilita & Turori             20.57     -2               18       Leorudo                     10.31     +1 9      Dorian and Sonya            19.42     -1               19       Kinitaria                    9.22    +10 10      Farfadillis                 19.19     +2               20       Geisenfried                  7.98     +8 ** nation was unranked (UNR) or had no AO ranking in previous data release

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