2020 Madlandian Football Cup

The **2020 Madlandian Football Cup** was the 1st Madlandian Football Cup, the annual world championship for men's national football teams organized by MAFIA. It took place in Scotland from 4 September to 26 September 2020, after the country was awarded the hosting rights. It was the first time the championships had been held in Britain, and the first time they were held in Europe. The tournament phase involved 16 teams all of which were invited by the Hosts, Scotland. 34 matches were played in 5 venues across 4 cities. Host nation Scotland was eliminated in the group stage. In the final, Sierra Leone played Flanders on 26 September at the Gerry's Fast Food in Kirkintilloch. Sierra Leone won the match 1-0, claiming their first World Cup and the first world cup for an African team.

## Host selection

The choice of Scotland was decided through a vote between prominent MAFIA members.

The 10-member MAFIA Council convened in the voice chat on 2 September 2020 to vote to select the hosts of the cup. Scotland won the right to be the 2020 host in the round of voting. The Romania bid came second.

The voting results were:

**2020 MAFIA Bidding (majority 6 votes)**
  Romania

## Teams

* Scotland**(Host)**
* Grussia

**Americas** (1)
* New York

**Africa** (1)
* Sierra Leone

* Netherlands
* Flanders
* Münster
* Tyrol
* Mainz
* Awmewa
* Rhinea

* Bulgaria
* Romania
* Aham
* Serbia

**Eastern Europe** (1)
* Poland

## Participating nations

aLwAyS sEcOnD bRo?

  Netherlands
  Bulgaria
  Romania

## Group stage

Competing countries were divided into four groups of four teams (groups A to D). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

### **Group A**

**(H)** Host.

4 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

4 September 2020

Lenzie Rugby Football Club, Lenzie

8 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

8 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

12 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

12 September 2020

Lenzie Rugby Football Club, Lenzie

### **Group B**

5 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

5 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

9 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

9 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

13 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

13 September 2020

Lenzie Rugby Football Club, Lenzie

### **Group C**

6 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

6 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

10 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

10 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

14 September 2020

Lenzie Rugby Football Club, Lenzie

14 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

### **Group D**

7 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

7 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

11 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

11 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

15 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

15 September 2020

The Steps, Saint Helena

## Knockout Stage

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

### **Quarter Finals**

17 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

18 September 2020

Lenzie Rugby Football Club, Lenzie

19 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

20 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

### **Semi Finals**

22 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch

23 September 2020

Stepps Bowling Club, Stepps

### Third Place Playoff

25 September 2020

Lenzie Golf Club, Lenzie

### **Final**

26 September 2020

Gerry's Fast Food, Kirkintilloch