2018 EFC European Cup

The EFC Valkyria Confederation European Cup 2018, commonly referred to as Europa'18 Valkyria or simply Europa'18 is the 3rd EFC European Cup, the international men's football championship of Europe organised by EFC that was held in the Valkyria Confederation from 5 July to 17 July 2018. However the first champions, Belaruk didn't participate in this edition since they aren't a member of MIFF anymore, cup holders, Saraim participate as they finished their group above Slavic Confederation, as the first placer but they finished as the last placer in their group, meaning that they're eliminated in the group stages.
== Bid process ==
Main article: Europa'18 bids
Seven bids came before the deadline but the bids of Ville-la-Sandoire and Anatolia weren't included in the voting due to their lack of membership.
Voting results
Country 	Round 	Round
Country 	1st (points)	2nd (votes)
Valkyria 	41 	8
Neo Prussia	24 	4
Frisia 	21 	–
Biscasia 	7 	–
Slavia 	7 	–
Total 	100 	10
== Qualified teams ==
Team 	Qualified as
Valkyria 	Host
Astania 	Group A winner
Biscasia 	Group A runner-up
Nørdland 	Group B winner
Alpenia 	Group B runner-up
Aramea 	Best third-placed team
Cheenarn 	Group C winner
Gotlanhamn 	Group C runner-up
Thristarnia 	Group D winner
Lygossia Nogai 	Group D runner-up
Serbatija 	Group E runner-up1
Baltikia 	Group E third-placer1
Arkmarken 	Group F winner
Ijanusky 	Group F runner-up
Karianka 	Group G winner
Ålandet 	Group G runner-up
Turchia 	Group H winner
Neo Prussia 	Group H runner-up
Saraim 	Group I winner
Slavic Confederation	Group I runner-up
Drepzig 	Play-off winner
Scotland-Ireland 	Play-off winner
Frisia 	Group H third-placer1
Karonas 	Play-off winner
1. Due to the lack of membership of Kurwalands.
== Pots ==
Pots 	Pots 	Pots 	Pots
Pot 1 	Pot 2 	Pot 3 	Pot 4
Valkyria (hosts)	Alpenia 	Nørdland 	Karonas
Saraim 	Thristarnia 	Cheenarn 	Astania
Arkmarken 	Scotland-Ireland 	Lygossia Nogai	Baltikia
Karianka 	Slavic Confederation	Turchia 	
Frisian Republic
Biscasia 	Gotlanhamn 	Serbatija 	Ålandet
Neo Prussia 	
Ijanusky 	Drepzig 	Aramea
== Venues ==
== Team base camps ==
Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. Camps were randomly given to the teams by EFC. Nørdland became the only team who had a camp in Iceland.
Team 	Base camp
Valkyria 	Knarvik
Astania 	Borås
Biscasia 	Aalborg
Nørdland 	Höfn
Alpenia 	Odda
Aramea 	Jönköping
Cheenarn 	Fredrikstad
Gotlanhamn 	Karlskrona
Thristarnia 	Roskilde
Lygossia Nogai 	Thisted
Serbatija 	Hoorn
Baltikia 	Groningen
Arkmarken 	Almere
Ijanusky 	Heerlen
Karianka 	Katwijk aan Zee
Ålandet 	Enschede
Turchia 	Emmen
Neo Prussia 	Vadheim
Saraim 	Seljord
Slavic Confederation	Skee
Drepzig 	Coevorden
Scotland-Ireland 	Wassenaar
Frisia 	Sneek
Karonas 	Linköping
== Groups ==
=== Tiebreakers ===
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria would be applied:
# Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
# Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
# Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
# If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking (e.g. if criteria 1 to 3 were applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separated one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking), criteria 1 to 3 would be reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 would apply;
# Superior goal difference in all group matches;
# Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
# If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking would be determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion would not be used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
# Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card);
# Position in the MIFF national team coefficient ranking system.
=== Group A ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Valkyria 	3 	2	1	0	8 	3 	7 	
2 	Turchia 	3 	2	0	1	5 	3 	6 	
3 	Baltikia 	3 	1	1	1	6 	6 	0 	4
4 	Scotland-Ireland	3 	0	0	3	2 	9 	 	
0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Valkyria 3 - 1 Turchia (Gothenburg, 5 July)
 Scotland-Ireland 2 - 4 Baltikia (Oslo, 5 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Valkyria 3 - 0 Scotland-Ireland (Bergen, 9 July)
 Turchia 2 - 0 Baltikia (Rotterdam, 9 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Valkyria 2 - 2 Baltikia (Copenhagen, 13 July)
 Turchia 2 - 0 Scotland-Ireland (Malmö, 13 July)
=== Group B ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Aramea 	3 	2	0	1	7 	5 	6 	
2 	Neo Prussia 	3 	1	2	0	6 	5 	5 	
3 	Nørdland 	3 	1	1	1	7 	7 	0 	4
4 	Slavic Confederation	3 	0	1	2	3 	6 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Neo Prussia 2 - 2 Nørdland (Amsterdam, 5 July)
 Slavic Confederation 0 - 2 Aramea (Rotterdam, 6 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Neo Prussia 1 - 1 Slavic Confederation (Malmö, 11 July)
 Nørdland 2 - 3 Aramea (Oslo, 11 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Neo Prussia 3 - 2 Aramea (Nörrkoping, 13 July)
 Nørdland 3 - 2 Slavic Confederation (Bergen, 13 July)
=== Group C ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Astania 	3 	2	1	0	4 	2 	7 	
2 	Karianka 	3 	1	2	0	4 	2 	5 	
3 	Cheenarn 	3 	1	1	1	5 	4 	4 	
4 	Thristarnia	3 	0	0	3	3 	8 	 	
0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Karianka 1 - 1 Cheenarn (Bergen, 6 July)
 Thristarnia 1 - 2 Astania (Malmö, 6 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Karianka 3 - 1 Thristarnia (Amsterdam, 9 July)
 Cheenarn 1 - 2 Astania (Rotterdam, 10 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Karianka 0 - 0 Astania (Oslo, 13 July)
 Cheenarn 3 - 1 Thristarnia (Nörrkoping, 13 July)
=== Group D ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Gotlanhamn	3 	3	0	0	8 	2 	9 	
2 	
Frisian Republic	3 	2	0	1	4 	4 	0 	6
3 	Drepzig 	3 	0	1	2	2 	5 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Saraim 	3 	0	1	2	0 	3 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Saraim 0 - 0 Drepzig (Amsterdam, 7 July)
 Gotlanhamn 3 - 1 Frisian Republic (Oslo, 7 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Saraim 0 - 2 Gotlanhamn (Norrköping, 11 July)
 Drepzig 1 - 2 Frisian Republic (Copenhagen, 12 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Saraim 0 - 1 Frisian Republic (Rotterdam, 14 July)
 Drepzig 1 - 3 Gotlanhamn (Bergen, 14 July)
=== Group E ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Karonas 	3 	2	1	0	9 	2 	7 	
2 	Biscasia 	3 	1	1	1	6 	5 	4 	
3 	Alpenia 	3 	0	3	0	4 	4 	0 	3
4 	Serbatija	3 	0	1	2	5 	13	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Biscasia 5 - 0 Serbatija (Bergen, 7 July)
 Alpenia 0 - 0 Karonas (Rotterdam, 8 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Biscasia 0 - 0 Alpenia (Malmö, 10 July)
 Serbatija 1 - 4 Karonas (Norrköping, 10 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Biscasia 1 - 5 Karonas (Oslo, 14 July)
 Serbatija 4 - 4 Alpenia (Gothenburg, 14 July)
=== Group F ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	
Ijanusky 	3 	2	1	0	3 	0 	7 	
2 	Arkmarken 	3 	2	0	1	6 	5 	6 	
3 	Ålandet 	3 	1	1	1	5 	5 	0 	4
4 	Lygossia Nogai	3 	0	0	3	6 	10	 	
0 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==== Match 1 ====
 Arkmarken 4 - 3 Lygossia Nogai (Norrköping, 8 July)
 Ijanusky 0 - 0 Ålandet (Bergen, 8 July)
==== Match 2 ====
 Arkmarken 0 - 1 Ijanusky (Gothenburg, 12 July)
 Lygossia Nogai 3 - 4 Ålandet (Cophenagen, 12 July)
==== Match 3 ====
 Arkmarken 2 - 1 Ålandet (Rotterdam, 14 July)
 Lygossia Nogai 0 - 2 Ijanusky (Amsterdam, 14 July)
=== Third-placed teams ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Cheenarn	3 	1	1	1	5 	4 	4 	
2 	Nørdland	3 	1	1	1	7 	7 	0 	4
3 	Baltikia	3 	1	1	1	6 	6 	0 	4
4 	Ålandet 	3 	1	1	1	5 	5 	0 	4
5 	Alpenia 	3 	0	3	0	4 	4 	0 	3
6 	Drepzig 	3 	0	1	2	2 	5 	 	
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Knockout phase ==
=== Round of 16 ===
Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
Valkyria 	4 - 2 	Cheenarn
Nørdland 	4 - 2 	Astania
Gotlanhamn 	1 - 2 	Baltikia
Ålandet 	2 - 1 	
Ijanusky
Turchia 	1 (3) - 1 (4)	Karonas
Aramea 	1 - 2 	Karianka
Neo Prussia	2 (2) - 2 (4)	Frisian Republic
Arkmarken 	0 - 1 	Biscasia
=== Quarter Finals ===
Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
Valkyria 	2 (2) - 2 (4)	Nørdland
Baltikia 	2 - 1 	Ålandet
Karonas 	0 - 1 	Karianka
Frisian Republic	1 - 4 	Biscasia
=== Semi Finals ===
Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
Nørdland	0 (4) - 0 (2)	Baltikia
Karianka	1 - 2 	Biscasia
=== Final ===
Team 1 	Score	Team 2
Nørdland	0 - 4	Biscasia
=== Third Placers' ===
Team 1 	Score	Team 2
Baltikia	1 - 2	Karianka
== Trivia ==
* Since Karanese and Picto-Irish camps are too near to each other, Karanese and Picto-Irish players are seen as hanging out with each other.
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