Subject: »[U21] Druid's Cup u20/u21 - V edition

Druid's Cup Rules:

The tournament rules:

1. The Druid's Cup is following according to the schedule below:

Week 11 (24.08.24) - 1/16 Druid's Cup
Week 12 (31.08.24) - 1/8 Druid's Cup Final A or B; 1/8 Druid's Cup Final C or D;
Week 13 (07.09.24) - 1/4 Druid's Cup Final A, B, C and D
Week 01 (14.09.24) - 1/2 Druid's Cup Final A, B, C and D
Week 02 (21.09.24) - Final and 3hird places of Druid's Cup Final A, B, C and D

2. In the cup phases the teams will play friendly cup match. If the coaches made mistake and set friendly match and after 90 minutes we will have draw then to the next round will promote the team which wasn't responsible for invitation. Always home team is responsible to send an invitation till Tuesday before the match, second team need to accept an invitation till Thursday.

3. Week 11 (24.08.24) - 1/16 Druid's Cup will be drawn the teams will divide by pots 1, 2, 3, 4 according to ranking from week 10 (final WC). 32 teams will play cup phase the teams which win their matches will play in Final A or B and the teams which loose their matches will play in the Final C or D.

4. Week 12 (31.08.24) - 1/8 Druid's Cup - after this phase we will know who will play in Final A, B, C or D. The teams which will win their matches will play in Final A and B other teams will play in Final C and D.

5. Week 13 (07.09.24) - 1/4 Druid's Cup - 8 teams will play in Final A, B, C or D. The teams which will lose the match in this round will knockout from the tournament

6. Week 01 (14.09.24) - 1/2 Druid's Cup - 4 teams will play in Final A, B, C or D.

7. Week 02 (21.09.24) - Final A, B, C and D and also matches for 3thid place Final A, B, C and D.

8. The matches weeks 11, 12, 13 – the u21 coaches can use max u20 players. This rules is not valid for teams which have ranking below 1000. These teams can use u21 players.

9. The matches weeks 1 and 2 – the teams are playing u21 players

Previous editions below:
1. I edition
2. II edition
3. III edition
4. IV edition

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Pot 1:

- Poland U21 - 3490.99
- Brasil U21 - 3098.27
- España U21 - 3093.56
- Bulgaria U21 - 3080.49
- Deutschland U21 - 3020.55
- Hellas U21 - 2934.44
- Italia U21 - 2924.10
- Česká republika U21 - 2872.67

Pot 2:

- Srbija U21 - 2770.90
- Suomi U21 - 2747.64
- België U21 - 2695.84
- France U21 - 2658.12
- Eesti U21 - 2596.48
- Österreich U21 - 2591.84
- Azərbaycan U21 - 2505.96
- Hrvatska U21 - 2415.65

Pot 3:

- England U21 - 2410.05
- Perú U21 - 2394.83
- Schweiz U21 - 2376.72
- Nederland U21 - 2312.80
- Hayastan U21 - 2178.80
- Danmark U21 - 2129.53
- Portugal U21 - 2086.72
- Norge U21 - 1999.51

Pot 4:

- Sverige U21 - 1855.92
- Scotland U21 - 1775.81
- Shqipëria U21 - 1687.36
- Kypros U21 - 1682.28
- Ireland U21 - 1663.10
- Ísland U21 - 1491.00
- Slovenija U21 - 1415.04
- Crna Gora U21 - 1348.79
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Only for explanation:

After draw the teams will divide by 8 groups:
A-H. Each group will have 4 teams:

For example group A.
1. Team 1 (pot 1)
2. Team 2 (pot 2)
3. Team 3 (pot 3)
4. Team 4 (pot 4)

The matches will be according to the schedule

Week 11 (group A) - round 1/16 - (24.08.24)

1. Team 4 - Team 1
2. Team 3 - Team 2

Week 12 (group A) - round 1/8 - (31.08.24)
1. Victory team vs victory team ( match 1 and 2 from week 11)
2. Loss team vs loss team ( match 1 and 2 from week 11)

After finishing matches week 11 and week 12 we will know teams which play in the Final A, B, C, D.

Week 13 - round 1/4 (knockout phase) - (07.09.24)

Final A
1. First team from group A against first team from group B, etc.
2. C vs D
3. E vs F
4. G vs H

Final B.
1. Second team from group A against second team from group B, etc.
2. C vs D
3. E vs F
4. G vs H

Etc.

Loss teams Final A, B, C, D will leave Druid's Cup tournament

Week 1 - round 1/2 (14.09.24)

Final A
1. A vs B - C vs D
2. E vs F - G vs H

Final B
1. A vs B - C vs D
2. E vs F - G vs H

etc.

Week 2 - Finals and third places matches (21.09.24)

Final A and third place Final A
Final B and third place Final B


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Results: 1/16 Druid's Cup - Week 11 (24.08.24)

The teams can use only U20 players. The home team is responsible to send the invitation (till Tuesday every week) for the match cup friendly match (if necessary the teams will play extra time and penalties !!
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Group A:
Ísland U21 - Česká republika U21 - 1-9
Danmark U21 - France U21 - 3-4

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Group B:
Sverige U21 - Poland U21 - 0-1
Perú U21 - Österreich U21 - 2-3 - walkover (3-0) (Österreich used one player u21 Claudio Niederer in the match)

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Group C:
Slovenija U21 - Brasil U21 - 0-2
Portugal U21 - Srbija U21 - 2-2 - walkover (0-3) (Portugal was responsible to set the cup friendly match instead of friendly match}

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Group D:
Kypros U21 - Hellas U21 - 0-2
Hayastan U21 - België U21 - 0-5

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Group E:
Crna Gora U21 - Italia U21 - 0-4
Nederland U21 - Azərbaycan U21 - 2-0

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Group F:
Scotland U21 - Deutschland U21 - 1-4
England U21 - Suomi U21 - 1-1 - extra time 1-2

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Group G:
Ireland U21 - España U21 - 0-3
Schweiz U21 - Hrvatska U21 - 4-1

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Group H:
Shqipëria U21 - Bulgaria U21 - 0-3 - walkover (0-3) (Shqipëria used four player u21 players Tatul Kushi, Artmir Gjyshi, Mirdit Çuko and Nderush Balilaj in the match)
Norge U21 - Eesti U21 - 0-3
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Results: 1/8 Druid's Cup - Week 12 (31.08.24)

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Final A or B:
France U21 - Česká republika U21 - 3-1
Perú U21 - Poland U21 - 1-4
Srbija U21 - Brasil U21 - 1-2
België U21 - Hellas U21 - 0-0 - extra time 0-0 - penalties 0-1
Nederland U21 - Italia U21 - 1-3
Suomi U21 - Deutschland U21 - 1-3
Schweiz U21 - España U21 - 2-4
Eesti U21 - Bulgaria U21 - 0-3

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Final C or D:
Ísland U21 - Danmark U21 - 0-4
Sverige U21 - Österreich U21 - 1-0
Slovenija U21 - Portugal U21 - 1-1 - extra time 2-1
Kypros U21 - Hayastan U21 - 0-2
Crna Gora U21 - Azərbaycan U21 - 0-2
Scotland U21 - England U21 - walkover (3-0) (England decided to leave the tournament)
Ireland U21 - Hrvatska U21 - 0-4
Shqipëria U21 - Norge U21 - 0-1
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Results: 1/4 Druid's Cup - Week 13 (07.09.24)

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Final A (gold path)
France U21 - Poland U21 - 0-1
Hellas U21 - Brasil U21 - 1-0
Italia U21 - Deutschland U21 - 4-0
Bulgaria U21 - España U21 - 2-3

France, Brasil, Deutschland and Bulgaria were eliminated from the Druid's Cup. Thank you very much the coaches for participations!!!
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Final B (silver path)
Perú U21 - Česká republika U21 - 0-4
Srbija U21 - België U21 - 0-5
Nederland U21 - Suomi U21 - 3-5
Schweiz U21 - Eesti U21 - 5-1

Perú, Srbija, Nederland and Eesti were eliminated from the Druid's Cup. Thank you very much the coaches for participations!!!
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Final C (bronze path)
Sverige U21 - Danmark U21 - 1-5
Slovenija U21 - Hayastan U21 - 2-1
Scotland U21 - Azərbaycan U21 - 0-1
Norge U21 - Hrvatska U21 - 1-0

Sverige, Hayastan, Scotland and Hrvatska were eliminated from the Druid's Cup. Thank you very much the coaches for participations!!!
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Final D (4th path)
Ísland U21 - Österreich U21 - 0-4
Kypros U21 - Portugal U21 - 0-1
Crna Gora U21 - England U21 - 3-0 (walkover)
Ireland U21 - Shqipëria U21 - 1-0

Ísland, Kypros, England and Shqipëria were eliminated from the Druid's Cup. Thank you very much the coaches for participations!!!


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Schedule: 1/2 Druid's Cup - Week 01 (14.09.24)

The teams can use U21 players. The home team is responsible to send the invitation (till Tuesday every week) for the match cup friendly match (if necessary the teams will play extra time and penalties !!
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Final A (gold path)
Hellas U21 - Poland U21
Italia U21 - España U21
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Final B (silver path)
België U21 - Česká republika U21
Schweiz U21 - Suomi U21
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Final C (bronze path)
Slovenija U21 - Danmark U21
Norge U21 - Azərbaycan U21
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Final D (4th path)
Portugal U21 - Österreich U21
Crna Gora U21 - Ireland U21
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It's a shame that there's a mix of U21s and U20s again. If there was only one U20 championship, that would be an argument for Germany to take part. But unfortunately that's not the case.

Have fun everyone! :P
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Do you think that the teams below have very strong players u21 :)? I think that Germany should play in Druid's Cup and try to win this tournament :)

69 Daehan Minguk U21 982.19
70 Paraguay U21 909.35
71 U.A.E. U21 863.81
72 as-Saʻūdiyya U21 855.09
73 Andorra U21 844.85
74 Nigeria U21 786.63
75 Pilipinas U21 759.30
76 Guatemala U21 756.91
77 Malta U21 748.75
78 Jamaica U21 745.19
79 Nicaragua U21 718.05
80 Severna Makedonija U21 672.04
81 Prathet Thai U21 602.66
82 Kazakhstán U21 596.16
83 República Dominicana U21 471.45
84 Malaysia U21 413.54
85 Tūnis U21 367.82
86 Belarus U21 307.56
87 South Africa U21 306.49
88 Sakartvelo U21 165.44
89 Al Maghrib U21 87.68
90 Hong Kong U21 -50.54
91 Kenya U21 -148.83
92 Costa Rica U21 -204.34
93 Singapore U21 -240.43
94 Lëtzebuerg U21 -399.57
95 Ghana U21 -441.00
96 O‘zbekiston U21 -498.87
97 Īrān U21 -552.86
98 Cameroun U21 -608.35

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It's a shame you feel the need to stop evening teams out once it gets to the important finals matches. It makes the finals predictable.
If you are going to try and make a more even competition by limiting players based on rating points, why not do it for the entire tournament?

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