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The '''International Federation of Club Football (IFCF)''' is an organizing body for international club football. It administers several competitions including the IFCF Champions League, which is considered the world championship of club football. Conceived as a successor organization to [[UICA]], it adopted many of its competition regulations, including the carry-over of its ranking system.
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The '''International Federation of Club Football (IFCF)''' is an organizing body for international club football. It administers several competitions including the IFCF Champions League, which is considered the world championship of club football. Conceived as a successor organization to [[UICA]], it adopted many of its competition regulations, including the carry-over of its ranking system. The IFCF was formed by a consortium of national associations after problems at [[UICA]] led to a long lapse in its international club competitions between the 82nd and 84th World Cup cycles.
 
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It was formed by a consortium of national associations after problems at [[UICA]] led to a long lapse in its international club competitions between the 82nd and 84th World Cup cycles.
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==Competitions==
 
==Competitions==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 0 1em; padding: 0; text-align: center"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 0 1em; padding: 0; text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | Competition
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! colspan=2 | Competition
 
! Entries
 
! Entries
 
! Teams
 
! Teams
 
|-
 
|-
 
| style="background: #ff7700; width: 0.25em" |
 
| style="background: #ff7700; width: 0.25em" |
| [[Champions' League]] (CL)
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| [[Champions' League]]
 
| 1–4
 
| 1–4
 
| Champions and best-placed teams
 
| Champions and best-placed teams
 
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|-
 
| style="background: #50a8ff" |
 
| style="background: #50a8ff" |
| [[Challenger's Cup]] (CC)
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| [[Challenger's Cup]]
 
| 3
 
| 3
 
| Best-placed teams outside CL
 
| Best-placed teams outside CL
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|-
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| style="background: #f000f0" |
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| [[Cup Winners Cup]]
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| 1
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| Winner of domestic cup competition
 
|-
 
|-
 
| style="background: #f0bc00" |
 
| style="background: #f0bc00" |
| [[Liga B Champions Trophy]] (LBCT)
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| [[Liga B Champions Trophy]]
 
| 4
 
| 4
 
| Best second-division teams
 
| Best second-division teams
 
|-
 
|-
 
| style="background: #00eb84" |
 
| style="background: #00eb84" |
| [[Super Cup]] (SC)
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| [[Super Cup]]
 
| colspan="2" | CL, CC, and LBCT champions
 
| colspan="2" | CL, CC, and LBCT champions
 
|-
 
|-
 
| style="background: #ff5577" |
 
| style="background: #ff5577" |
| [[Rising Stars Cup]] (RSC)
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| [[Rising Stars Cup]]
 
| colspan="2" | U19 teams of CL group stage clubs
 
| colspan="2" | U19 teams of CL group stage clubs
 
|}
 
|}
IFCF operates five club competitions: the Champions League, which is the world championship for club football; the Challenger's Cup, for teams which fell short of qualifying for the Champions League or were eliminated from it; the Liga B Champions Trophy, for the world’s top second-division clubs; the Super Cup, played at the end of the season between the winners of those three tournaments; and the Rising Stars Cup, a tournament for the under-19 teams.
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IFCF operates six club competitions: the Champions' League, which is the world championship for club football; the Challenger's Cup, for teams which fell short of qualifying for the Champions League or were eliminated from it; the Liga B Champions Trophy, for the world’s top second-division clubs; the Super Cup, played at the end of the season between the winners of those three tournaments; the Cup Winners Cup, for champions of domestic cup tournaments, and the Rising Stars Cup, a tournament for the under-19 teams.
  
Any association which operates a club competition is entitled to enter one team in the Champions League, three teams in the Challenger's Cup, and four eligible teams in the Liga B Champions Trophy. Additional places in the Champions League are granted to the top leagues in the IFCF coëfficient ranking, which takes into account results from the past five seasons of the two main tournaments. Entries to the Super Cup are restricted to clubs which qualify through another IFCF competition.
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Any association which operates a club competition is entitled to enter one team in the Champions League, three teams in the Challenger's Cup, one team in the Cup Winners Cup, and four eligible teams in the Liga B Champions Trophy. Additional places in the Champions League are granted to the top leagues in the IFCF coëfficient ranking, which takes into account results from the past five seasons of the two main tournaments. Entries to the Super Cup are restricted to clubs which qualify through another IFCF competition.
  
The three primary competitions—the Champions’ Cup, the Globe Cup, and the Series B Champions’ Cup—each use a format including a series of preliminary rounds, a group stage, and a series of knockout rounds. All ties, except the competition finals, are played over two legs, with the away goals rule used if the aggregate score is level after the two legs or after extra time. The group stages are four-team round-robins, with each team playing the others in its group home and away, receiving three points for a win and one for a draw. The competitions’ finals are played as single matches at neutral sites, chosen by a selection committee from among bids submitted by the member associations. The Super Cup is a single round-robin between the three participating champions.
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The Champions' League, Challenger's Cup, and Liga B Champions Trophy use a format that includes a series of preliminary rounds, a group stage, and a series of knockout rounds. All ties, except the competition finals, are played over two legs, with the away goals rule used if the aggregate score is level after the two legs or after extra time. The competition finals are played as single matches at neutral sites, chosen by a selection committee from among bids submitted by the member associations.
  
===Champions League===
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An overview of the competition sequence and draw restrictions for each round follows. More specific details are given in the overviews of each competition in the next section.
{{main|Champions League}}
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*'''Qualifying phase''': Teams are divided into seeds and non-seeds based on their coefficient ranking. Teams from the same association cannot be placed into the same group.
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**'''Preliminary rounds''': the number of rounds depends on the number of entrants.
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**'''Playoff round'''
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**'''Qualifying round''' (Challenger's Cup only)
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*'''Group stage''': Teams are drawn into groups of four and contest a round-robin. Each team plays the others in its group home and away, receiving three points for a win and one for a draw. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout round.
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*'''Knockout rounds''': Teams are seeded based on their final positions in the group stage, so group winners will always play against a runner-up, and play the first leg at home. Prior to the quarter-finals, teams from the same group, same association, or the same league cannot be drawn together. In the Champions' League, 16 teams enter the first knockout round, while 32 enter the first knockout round of the Challenger's Cup.
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**'''Quarter-finals''': From this point onwards, seedings no longer apply and teams from the same league or association may be drawn against each other.
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**'''Final''': Single match played at a venue decided in advance from bids by participating associations.
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===Champions' League===
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{{main|Champions' League}}
  
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Most associations are entitled to enter one club in this competition, but based on ranking some associations are entitled to enter up to four clubs. The defending champions of the Champions' League and Challenger's Cup gain automatic entry to the group stage, and these generally do not affect an association's normal entries. During the qualifying phase, teams are divided into a champions path and non-champions path. Eight teams from each path qualify for the group stage. Up until the first knockout round, teams eliminated from the Champions' League enter the subsequent round of the Challenger's Cup:
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*Teams eliminated in the Champions' League first preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup second preliminary round.
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*Teams eliminated in the Champions' League second preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup third preliminary round.
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*Teams eliminated in the Champions' League third preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup playoff round.
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*Champions' path teams eliminated in the play-off round enter the Challenger's Cup group stage.
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*Non-champions' path teams eliminated in the play-off round enter the Challenger's Cup qualifying round.
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*Teams finishing third in the group stage enter the Challenger's Cup first knockout round.
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In the group stage, the defending champions of the Champions' League and Challenger's Cup and the champions from the top six ranked associations are automatically placed in pot one. Other pots are determined by coefficient ranking.
 
===Challenger's Cup===
 
===Challenger's Cup===
 
{{main|Challenger's Cup}}
 
{{main|Challenger's Cup}}
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Each association may enter up to three teams in the Challenger's Cup.
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During the qualifying phase, teams entering from the Champions' League and the highest-ranked clubs by coefficient are seeded for the draw. The group stage features 12 groups of four teams each. The top two teams of each group advance to the first knockout round and are joined by eight teams finishing third in the Champions' League group stage (a total of 32 teams). In the draw for the first knockout round, the group winners and best four teams from the Champions' League are seeded.
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===Cup Winners Cup===
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{{main|Cup Winners Cup}}
  
 
===Liga B Champions Trophy===
 
===Liga B Champions Trophy===
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===Super Cup===
 
===Super Cup===
 
{{main|Super Cup}}
 
{{main|Super Cup}}
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The Super Cup is a single round-robin between the three participating champions of the Champions' League, Challenger's Cup, and Liga B Champions Trophy.
 
Sponsored by [[Vilita]]'s [[Tropicorp]] and continues to be based in [[Aeropag]].
 
Sponsored by [[Vilita]]'s [[Tropicorp]] and continues to be based in [[Aeropag]].
 
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==Coefficients==
===Cup Winners Cup===
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Each association and club has a coefficent based on its performance in the previous five editions of the IFCF competitions. Club rankings determine seeding. Association rankings are particularly important because they grant additional entries and byes in the qualifying phase for that association's clubs.
{{main|Cup Winners Cup}}
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Rank
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!Teams
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!Champions League
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!Challenger's Cup
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| 1st-3rd
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| style="align:center;" | 4
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| Champion and runners-up enter group stage
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| 1st and 2nd seed enter group stage
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| 4th
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| style="align:center;" | 4
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| rowspan=3 | Champion enters group stage
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| rowspan=3 | Highest seed enters group stage
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| 5th-8th
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| style="align:center;" | 3
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|-
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| 9th-12th
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| style="align:center;" | 2
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|-
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| 13th-32nd
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| style="align:center;" | 2
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|-
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| 33rd and below
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| style="align:center;" | 1
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|}
  
 
{{Club football}}
 
{{Club football}}
[[Categories:Sports roleplaying]]
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[[Category:Sports roleplaying]]
[[Categories:IFCF]]
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[[Category:IFCF]]

Revision as of 00:51, 18 January 2020

The International Federation of Club Football (IFCF) is an organizing body for international club football. It administers several competitions including the IFCF Champions League, which is considered the world championship of club football. Conceived as a successor organization to UICA, it adopted many of its competition regulations, including the carry-over of its ranking system. The IFCF was formed by a consortium of national associations after problems at UICA led to a long lapse in its international club competitions between the 82nd and 84th World Cup cycles.

Competitions

Competition Entries Teams
Champions' League 1–4 Champions and best-placed teams
Challenger's Cup 3 Best-placed teams outside CL
Cup Winners Cup 1 Winner of domestic cup competition
Liga B Champions Trophy 4 Best second-division teams
Super Cup CL, CC, and LBCT champions
Rising Stars Cup U19 teams of CL group stage clubs

IFCF operates six club competitions: the Champions' League, which is the world championship for club football; the Challenger's Cup, for teams which fell short of qualifying for the Champions League or were eliminated from it; the Liga B Champions Trophy, for the world’s top second-division clubs; the Super Cup, played at the end of the season between the winners of those three tournaments; the Cup Winners Cup, for champions of domestic cup tournaments, and the Rising Stars Cup, a tournament for the under-19 teams.

Any association which operates a club competition is entitled to enter one team in the Champions League, three teams in the Challenger's Cup, one team in the Cup Winners Cup, and four eligible teams in the Liga B Champions Trophy. Additional places in the Champions League are granted to the top leagues in the IFCF coëfficient ranking, which takes into account results from the past five seasons of the two main tournaments. Entries to the Super Cup are restricted to clubs which qualify through another IFCF competition.

The Champions' League, Challenger's Cup, and Liga B Champions Trophy use a format that includes a series of preliminary rounds, a group stage, and a series of knockout rounds. All ties, except the competition finals, are played over two legs, with the away goals rule used if the aggregate score is level after the two legs or after extra time. The competition finals are played as single matches at neutral sites, chosen by a selection committee from among bids submitted by the member associations.

An overview of the competition sequence and draw restrictions for each round follows. More specific details are given in the overviews of each competition in the next section.

  • Qualifying phase: Teams are divided into seeds and non-seeds based on their coefficient ranking. Teams from the same association cannot be placed into the same group.
    • Preliminary rounds: the number of rounds depends on the number of entrants.
    • Playoff round
    • Qualifying round (Challenger's Cup only)
  • Group stage: Teams are drawn into groups of four and contest a round-robin. Each team plays the others in its group home and away, receiving three points for a win and one for a draw. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout round.
  • Knockout rounds: Teams are seeded based on their final positions in the group stage, so group winners will always play against a runner-up, and play the first leg at home. Prior to the quarter-finals, teams from the same group, same association, or the same league cannot be drawn together. In the Champions' League, 16 teams enter the first knockout round, while 32 enter the first knockout round of the Challenger's Cup.
    • Quarter-finals: From this point onwards, seedings no longer apply and teams from the same league or association may be drawn against each other.
    • Final: Single match played at a venue decided in advance from bids by participating associations.

Champions' League

Most associations are entitled to enter one club in this competition, but based on ranking some associations are entitled to enter up to four clubs. The defending champions of the Champions' League and Challenger's Cup gain automatic entry to the group stage, and these generally do not affect an association's normal entries. During the qualifying phase, teams are divided into a champions path and non-champions path. Eight teams from each path qualify for the group stage. Up until the first knockout round, teams eliminated from the Champions' League enter the subsequent round of the Challenger's Cup:

  • Teams eliminated in the Champions' League first preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup second preliminary round.
  • Teams eliminated in the Champions' League second preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup third preliminary round.
  • Teams eliminated in the Champions' League third preliminary round enter the Challenger's Cup playoff round.
  • Champions' path teams eliminated in the play-off round enter the Challenger's Cup group stage.
  • Non-champions' path teams eliminated in the play-off round enter the Challenger's Cup qualifying round.
  • Teams finishing third in the group stage enter the Challenger's Cup first knockout round.

In the group stage, the defending champions of the Champions' League and Challenger's Cup and the champions from the top six ranked associations are automatically placed in pot one. Other pots are determined by coefficient ranking.

Challenger's Cup

Each association may enter up to three teams in the Challenger's Cup.

During the qualifying phase, teams entering from the Champions' League and the highest-ranked clubs by coefficient are seeded for the draw. The group stage features 12 groups of four teams each. The top two teams of each group advance to the first knockout round and are joined by eight teams finishing third in the Champions' League group stage (a total of 32 teams). In the draw for the first knockout round, the group winners and best four teams from the Champions' League are seeded.

Cup Winners Cup

Liga B Champions Trophy

Rising Stars Cup

Super Cup

The Super Cup is a single round-robin between the three participating champions of the Champions' League, Challenger's Cup, and Liga B Champions Trophy. Sponsored by Vilita's Tropicorp and continues to be based in Aeropag.

Coefficients

Each association and club has a coefficent based on its performance in the previous five editions of the IFCF competitions. Club rankings determine seeding. Association rankings are particularly important because they grant additional entries and byes in the qualifying phase for that association's clubs.

Rank Teams Champions League Challenger's Cup
1st-3rd 4 Champion and runners-up enter group stage 1st and 2nd seed enter group stage
4th 4 Champion enters group stage Highest seed enters group stage
5th-8th 3
9th-12th 2
13th-32nd 2
33rd and below 1