2019 EFC European Cup

The 2019 European Cup, commonly referred to as Europa'19 Scotland-Ireland or simply Europa'19 is scheduled to be the fourth edition of the EFC European Cup, the annual international men's championship of Europe organized by the European Football Confederation (EFC). The tournament will be hosted by Scotland-Ireland. The competition will be held in August 2019.
The finals will involve 24 teams, of which 73 come through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Biscasia is the defending champions.
The final will take place in August at the in .
== Host selection ==
Main article: 2019 EFC European Cup Bids
The bidding procedure to host the 2019 EFC European Cup began on 7th of August 2018, and national associations had until 1st of September to register their interest. A total of five bids were accepted by the MIFF: Albadonia, Austrovonia, Dantomkia, Tarski and a dual bid of Soriana–Krajina. Karianka–Karonas dual bid was also accepted, but later they withdrew from the bidding.
This was the first time when was introduced in the bidding procedure of the European Cup. The voting began on on 20th of June 2019 and it ended three days later. A total of 16 votes were registered.
The results were announced on the same day: the Scotland-Ireland bid won with nine votes.
2019 EFC bidding
Bidders 	Votes 	Votes 	Votes 	Votes 	Votes
Bidders 	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	
Scotland-Ireland 	4 	4 	6 	 	
Soriana & Krajina	5 	5 	5 	5 	
Albadonia 	3 	4 	5 	 	
Dantomkia 	2 	3 	 	 	
Austrovonia 	1 	 	 	 	
Tarski 	1 	 	 	 	
== Qualification ==
Main article: 2019 EFC European Cup Qualification
All the members of the European Football Confederation were able to participate in the qualification rounds. 24 nations qualified to the final tournament. The host nation qualified automatically.
=== Qualified teams ===
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Team 	Qualified as
Scotland-Ireland 	Host
Albadonia 	Group A winner
Karvansk 	Group A runner-up
Aliezza 	Group B winner
West Belarus 	Group B runner-up
Holstija 	Group C winner
Fyorr 	Group C runner-up
Neo Prussia 	Group D winner
Baltic Federation	Group D runner-up
Provencia 	Group E winner
Rhinea 	Group E runner-up
Gotlanhamn 	Group F winner
Team 	Qualified as
Arkmarken 	Group F runner-up
Karianka 	Group G winner
Krajina 	Group G runner-up
Alatia 	Group H winner
Slavonica 	Group H runner-up
Valkyria 	Group I winner
Lygossia Nogai	Group I runner-up
Iberia 	Best third-placed team
Norland 	Play-off winner
Soriana 	Play-off winner
Austranland 	Play-off winner
Batavia 	Play-off winner
== Venues ==
Scotland-Ireland Lakes proposed the following host cities: , , , , , and . The will host the finals, while the will host the third-place match.
== Draw ==
The draw for the finals took place at the in on 28 December 2019. The 24 qualified teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts Scotland-Ireland being automatically placed in position A1. The remaining teams were seeded into four pots of five (Pot 1) or six teams (Pots 2, 3 and 4). The other 23 teams were seeded according to the MIFF World Ranking.
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Scotland-Ireland	37
Valkyria 	2
Arkmarken 	5
Karianka 	8
Albadonia 	10
Neo Prussia 	11
== 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.
Team 	Base camp
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Valkyria 	
Arkmarken 	
Karianka 	
Albadonia 	
Neo Prussia 	
Rhinea 	
Alatia 	
Fyorr 	
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Lygossia Nogai 	
Aliezza 	
Gotlanhamn 	
Slavonica 	
Batavia 	
Karvansk 	
Provencia 	
Holstija 	
Krajina 	
Iberia 	
Norland 	
Austranland 	
Soriana 	
West Belarus 	
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==Group stage==
===Group A===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Aliezza 	3 	2	1	0	9 	2 	7 	Knockout stage	
2 	Scotland-Ireland (H) 	3 	2	0	1	6 	3 	6 	Knockout stage	
3 	Slavonica 	3 	0	2	1	2 	6 	 	 	
2 	Possible knockout stage	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Norland 	3 	0	1	2	0 	6 	 	 	
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===Group B===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Lygossia Nogai	3 	1	2	0	5 	4 	5 	Knockout stage 	
2 	Provencia 	3 	1	2	0	4 	3 	5 	Knockout stage 	
3 	Arkmarken 	3 	1	1	1	5 	4 	4 	Possible knockout stage	
4 	West Belarus 	3 	0	1	2	2 	5 	 	 	
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===Group C===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Austranland	3 	1	2	0	5 	3 	5 	Knockout stage	
2 	Valkyria 	3 	0	3	0	3 	3 	0 	Knockout stage	3
3 	Holstija 	3 	0	3	0	2 	2 	0 	3 	Possible knockout stage
4 	Alatia 	3 	0	2	1	4 	6 	 	 	
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===Group D===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Soriana 	3 	3	0	0	5 	2 	9 	Knockout stage	
2 	Albadonia 	3 	1	1	1	3 	3 	0 	Knockout stage	4
3 	Baltic Federation 	3 	1	0	2	3 	4 	 	 	
3 	Possible knockout stage	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Batavia 	3 	0	1	2	2 	4 	 	 	
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===Group E===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Gotlanhamn 	3 	1	2	0	3 	2 	5 	Knockout stage	
2 	Iberia 	3 	1	2	2	2 	1 	5 	Knockout stage	
3 	Neo Prussia	3 	0	3	0	1 	1 	0 	3 	Possible knockout stage
4 	Fyorr 	3 	0	1	2	2 	4 	 	 	
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===Group F===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Rhinea 	3 	2	1	0	4 	2 	7 	Knockout stage	
2 	Krajina 	3 	2	0	1	4 	3 	6 	Knockout stage	
3 	Karianka	3 	1	1	1	2 	2 	0 	4 	Possible knockout stage
4 	Karvansk	3 	0	0	3	1 	4 	 	 	
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===Ranking of third-placed teams===
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Pos	Grp	Team 	Pld 	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts 	Qualification
1 	B 	Arkmarken 	3 	1	1	1	5 	4 	4 	Knockout stage	
2 	F 	Karianka 	3 	1	1	1	2 	2 	0 	Knockout stage	4
3 	C 	Holstija 	3 	0	3	0	2 	2 	0 	Knockout stage	3
4 	E 	Neo Prussia 	3 	0	3	0	1 	1 	0 	Knockout stage	3
5 	D 	Baltic Federation	3 	1	0	2	3 	4 	 	 	
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6 	 	A 	Slavonica	3	0	2	1 	2 	6 	 	
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==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
===Round of 16===
===Quarter-finals===
===Semi-finals===
===Third place play-off===
===Final===
== Awards ==
=== Golden Boot ===
 of Scotland-Ireland became the top scorer of the tournament with 9 goals scored by him.
=== Most assists ===
 of Scotland-Ireland became the player with most assists of the tournament with 9 assists done by him.
=== Golden Gloves ===
 of Scotland-Ireland was chosen as the best goalkeeper of the tournament by the European Football Confederation juries.
=== Best Defender ===
The candidates for the best defender award are below. is chosen as the best defender of the tournament.
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=== Best Midfielder ===
The candidates for the best midfielder award are below. is chosen as the best midfielder of the tournament.
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=== Best Forward ===
The candidates for the best forward award are below. is chosen as the best forward of the tournament.
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=== Golden Ball ===
The candidates for the best player award are below. is chosen as the best player of the tournament.
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=== Young Players' Award ===
The candidates for the best young player award are below. is chosen as the best youngster of the tournament.
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== Marketing ==
=== Video game ===
The game was released by  as a free DLC on . and Iberian Kingdom player  features on the cover. 
=== Match ball ===
The official ball of the tournament, adidas Celtica is going to be used in the tournament.
=== Official song ===
The tournament's official song is "" by featuring .
=== Sponsorships ===
Global sponsors
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