Asunto: [U21] Druid's Cup U20/21 - third edition

Druid's Cup Rules:

The tournament rules:

1. In the group phase each team will play 3 matches and the groups.

2. Points in the group - win - 3, draw - 1, defeat - 0

3. The sequence in group - points, goals difference, results between the teams, quantity of shoots in all group matches, fair play classification.

4. The home team - sends invitation till Tuesday before the match if he will not send it 0-3 (walkover)

5. If some team don't approve invitation till Thursday before the match, the team loses the game 0-3 (walkover)

6. The teams in the group phase can use the players in the matches according to the ranking from the end of week 3 (only France will have rank from 30.07.2023 this team joined to the tournament 01.08.2023) :

a) Above 2500 - only players u20

- Poland U21 - Caballero-Negro - 3279.18
- România U21 - Del P1er0 - 3214.15
- Türkiye U21 - emre - 3142.83
- France U21 - The Special One - 3007.96
- Srbija U21 - Vaske - 2914.38
- Česká republika U21 - Germanek - 2900.20
- België U21 - Deklenen - 2731.81
- Suomi U21 - Krzysztof - 2681.56
- Bosna i Hercegovina U21 - gianni70 - 2661.92
- Nederland U21 - EJ - 2525.16

b) 2499 - 2000 - u20 and max 2 players u21

- England U21 - Piotr2901 - 2282.57
- Eesti U21 - Pekos - 2229.12
- Ukraine U21 - Steve Kerr - 2120.93
- Moldova U21 - Damianek1410 - 2100.13
- Danmark U21 - adaca - 2091.03

c) 1999 - 1500 - u20 and max 4 players u21

- Azərbaycan U21 - mustafaatik - 1974.34
- Portugal U21 - Geston - 1931.71
- Rossiya U21 - ernestjastrzebski - 1829.46
- Norge U21 - tronam - 1788.06
- Crna Gora U21 - nothis - 1756.86
- Shqipëria U21 - maniac_ - 1722.11
- Ísland U21 - Siwykoks - 1706.20
- Ireland U21 - skyland1 - 1694.45
- Scotland U21 - Staszek Maliniak - 1686.71
- Sverige U21 - marvik - 1647.98

d) 1499 - 1000 - u20 and max 6 players u21

- Latvija U21 - jutor22 - 1230.09

e) Below 999 - u20 or u21 or mix age

- Malaysia U21 - Akhenaten - 917.44
- Guatemala U21 - winner11 - 826.16
- Cymru U21 - ionutzc - 781.92
- Slovenija U21 - Orange - 765.32
- Daehan Minguk U21 - florink7 - 656.77
- Severna Makedonia U21 - eldarado - 606.92

7. If some team hasn't respected rules point number 6 of the rules (walkover). Only for explanation: You can’t also proceed according to an example.
In the main squad you put two players 21 and start match (because your team has ranking team between 2499-2000 points). During the match the coach has possibility to make 5 substitutions, but he can’t change u21 and use from the reserve next u21 player. He can only use u20 players from the reserve, becasue he has had two players u21 at the begining of the match and used the point from the rules that he can use only two u21 players.

8. In the group phase the teams are playing friendly match. If the coaches set cup friendly match than in the group table I will not use result from extra time and penalties, but only till 90 minutes of the match.

9. Afte group phase the teams will be devided by 4 pots:

First pot: The teams which achieved first place in their group will play in the cup phase for places 1-8
Second pot: The teams which achieved second place in their group will play in the cup phase for places 9-16
Third pot: The teams which achieved third place in their group will play in the cup phase for places 17-24
Forth pot: The teams which achieved forth place in their group will play in the cup phase for places 25-32

10. The Duid’s Cup is starting week 10. It is week where there is the final match of Word Cup u21, so we can have situation that both teams would like to play in Druid’s Cup and in the final match of Word Cup, so the first match of Druid's Cup the team from World Cup will play with second team from his group and the result will be 0-0, for example in this edition we can have the situation Poland will win against France, so this team will not play the first match in Druid's Cup, in this case Poland will play against Moldova, so the first match will end result 0-0 without a match.

11. 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.

12. After group phase we will have 4 finals:

A - the teams which achieve first place in the group
B - the teams which achieve second place in the group
C - the teams which achieve third place in the group
D - the teams which achieve fourth place in the group

It means, that the team which will lose the match in 1/4 round will knockout from the tournament

Tournament schedule Final A:

Week 13 - 09.09.2023 – 1/4 (cup friendly match final A)
Week 1 - 16.09.2023 – 1/2 (cup friendly match final A)
Week 2 - 23.09.2023:
Final A (cup friendly match A)
3th place A (cup friendly match)

Tournament schedule Final B:

Week 13 - 09.09.2023 – 1/4 (cup friendly match final B)
Week 1 - 16.09.2023 – 1/2 (cup friendly match final B)
Week 2 - 23.09.2023:
Final B (cup friendly match B)
3th place B (cup friendly match)

Tournament schedule Final C:

Week 13 - 09.09.2023 – 1/4 (cup friendly match final C)
Week 1 - 16.09.2023 – 1/2 (cup friendly match final C)
Week 2 - 23.09.2023:
Final B (cup friendly match C)
3th place C (cup friendly match)

Tournament schedule Final D:

Week 13 - 09.09.2023 – 1/4 (cup friendly match final D)
Week 1 - 16.09.2023 – 1/2 (cup friendly match final D)
Week 2 - 23.09.2023:
Final B (cup friendly match D)
3th place D (cup friendly match)

13. The matches weeks 10, 11, 12, 13 – the u21 coach can use the players according to rules point number 6 and 7.

14. The matches weeks 1 and 2 – the u21 coach can use all players

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Schedule:
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Group A:
1. France U21
2. Azərbaycan U21
3. Rossiya U21
4. Sverige U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Azərbaycan U21 - France U21
Sverige U21 - Rossiya U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Rossiya U21 - France U21
Sverige U21 - Azərbaycan U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Sverige U21 - France U21
Rossiya U21 - Azərbaycan U21

Group B:
1. Suomi U21
2. Danmark U21
3. Shqipëria U21
4. Cymru U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Cymru U21 - Suomi U21
Shqipëria U21 - Danmark U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Cymru U21 - Danmark U21
Shqipëria U21 - Suomi U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Cymru U21 - Shqipëria U21
Danmark U21 - Suomi U21

Group C:
1. Türkiye U21
2. England U21
3. Ireland U21
4. Malaysia U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Malaysia U21 - Türkiye U21
Ireland U21 - England U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Malaysia U21 - England U21
Ireland U21 - Türkiye U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Malaysia U21 - Ireland U21
England U21 - Türkiye U21

Group D:
1. Poland U21
2. Moldova U21
3. Crna Gora U21
4. Guatemala U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Moldova U21 - Poland U21
Guatemala U21 - Crna Gora U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Crna Gora U21 - Poland U21
Guatemala U21 - Moldova U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Guatemala U21 - Poland U21
Crna Gora U21 - Moldova U21

Group E:
1. België U21
2. Nederland U21
3. Ísland U21
4. Daehan Minguk U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Daehan Minguk U21 - België U21
Ísland U21 - Nederland U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Daehan Minguk U21 - Nederland U21
Ísland U21 - België U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Daehan Minguk U21 - Ísland U21
Nederland U21 - België U21

Group F:
1. Srbija U21
2. Bosna i Hercegovina U21
3. Scotland U21
4. Slovenija U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Slovenija U21 - Srbija U21
Scotland U21 - Bosna i Hercegovina U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Slovenija U21 - Bosna i Hercegovina U21
Scotland U21 - Srbija U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Slovenija U21 - Scotland U21
Bosna i Hercegovina U21 - Srbija U21

Group G:
1. Česká republika U21
2. Eesti U21
3. Portugal U21
4. Latvija U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Latvija U21 - Česká republika U21
Portugal U21 - Eesti U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Latvija U21 - Eesti U21
Portugal U21 - Česká republika U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Latvija U21 - Portugal U21
Eesti U21 - Česká republika U21

Group H:
1. România U21
2. Ukraine U21
3. Norge U21
4. Severna Makedonia U21

Week 10 - 19.08.2022: (friendly match)
Severna Makedonia U21 - România U21
Norge U21 - Ukraine U21

Week 11 - 26.08.2023: (friendly match)
Severna Makedonia U21 - Ukraine U21
Norge U21 - România U21

Week 12 - 02.09.2023: (friendly match)
Severna Makedonia U21 - Norge U21
Ukraine U21 - România U21
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Previous editions below:
1. First edition
2. Second edition
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I don't know if I will have enough time, but I would like to invite You to small competition:

Rules:
1. Every week I will propose You 8 matches which you will have to bet till Saturday before first match will start.
2. Your bets you have to paste on Druid's Cup forum according to an example from point number
3. I will try to send you bets till Wednesday evening before the next matches
4.How can you get the points - an example below

The matches list:

Liverpool - Corki FC
Kyoku Balompié - Karaczany
Tuam FC - End of the story!!!
Celtic Greens - AC&FC
Srbija - Ireland*
Ireland U21 - Deutschland U21
Azərbaycan U21 - France U21
Shqipëria U21 - Danmark U21

Germanek
1-0
2-1
3-1
0-2
3-1
1-1
1-1
1-1

Result: Liverpool - Corki FC - 3:1

Bet:

a) 3:1 - 5 points
b) 2:0 - goal difference 3 points
c) if you will bet good team, but result will different than example above 1:0 ; 3:0 etc. 1 point
d) each different result - 0

Result: Liverpool - Corki FC - 1:1

Bet:

a) 1:1 - 5 points
b) draw 2:2, 0:0, etc - 3 points
c) each different result - 0

4. Every week you can get additional bonus:
a) if you will bet good amount of the goals from 8 matches you will get 10 points
b) if you will bet good side of 8 matches you will get 5 points
c) if you will bet good result the match with star you will get 3 points ( the match with the star I will choose not You :-)

Award:
1. First place in the table - Plus 6-month subscription
2. Second place in the table - Plus 2-month subscription
2. User who will achive the most accurate results - Plus 3-month subscription

If at the end of the season more users will have the same result then the winning person will who first will add his bets every week.

I made this bets during my work in Ireland - link

First matches to bet below:

Azərbaycan U21 - France U21
Shqipëria U21 - Danmark U21
Ireland U21 - England U21
Guatemala U21 - Crna Gora U21
Ísland U21 - Nederland U21
Scotland U21 - Bosna i Hercegovina U21
Portugal U21 - Eesti U21*
Norge U21 - Ukraine U21
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Up :-) I am still waiting for your opinion :-)

I'd like to be part of it, haven't played before so i have no opinion..

After election next season I will start here check how many users would like to play in third edition.

Druid's Cup Rules:

Participations:

A. After election NT u21 coaches can decide if they would like to play in Druid’s Cup

B. U21 coach decides to enter his country for tournament. He needs to post in Druid's Cup forum information about it:
Example:
Czech Republic u21 would like to play in Druid's cup

C. Till end of week 3 (Sunday) the u21 coach can decide if he want to play in the tournament or not

D. In the tournament (the group phase) can play minimum 16 teams or 20, 24, etc, but in cup phase can play maximum 16 teams

The tournament rules:

1. In the group phase each team will play 3 matches and the groups.

2. Points in the group - win - 3, draw - 1, defeat - 0

3. The sequence in group - points, goals difference, results between the teams, quantity of shoots in all group matches, fair play classification.

4. The home team - sends invitation till Tuesday before the match if he will not send it 0-3 (walkover)

5. If some team don't approve invitation till Thursday before the match, the team loses the game 0-3 (walkover)

6. The teams in the group phase can use the players in the matches according to the ranking from the end of week 3:
a) Above 2500 - only players u20
b) 2499 - 2000 - u20 and max 2 players u21
c) 1999 - 1500 - u20 and max 4 players u21
d) 1499 - 1000 - u20 and max 6 players u21
e) Below 999 - u20 or u21 or mix age

7. If some team hasn't respected rules point number 6 of the rules (walkover). Only for explanation: You can’t also proceed according to an example.
In the main squad you put two players 21 and start match (because your team has ranking team between 2499-2000 points). During the match the coach has possibility to make 3 substitutions, but he can’t change u21 and use from the reserve next u21 player. He can only use u20 players from the reserve, becasue he has had two players u21 at the begining of the match and used the point from the rules that he can use only two u21 players.

8. In the group phase the teams are playing friendly match.

9. After group phase the best 16 teams will start cup phases (according to rules point number 3). These teams don't need looking for opponents because each team will play till week2 others teams will go out from the tournament, but we can have exception:
The Duid’s Cup is starting week 10. It is week where there is the final match of Word Cup u21, so we can have situation that both teams would like to play in Druid’s Cup, so in this kind of scenario to cup phase promote only the best 14 teams from the group plus two teams from final match of World Cup u21.

10. The teams will follow according to the schedule below:

Tournament schedule:

Week 10 - 19.08.2023 - First group match (friendly match)
Week 11 - 26.08.2023 - Second group match (friendly match)
Week 12 - 02.09.2023 - Third group match (friendly match)
Week 13 - 09.09.2023 – 1/4 (cup friendly match)
Week 1 - 16.09.2023 – 1/2 (cup friendly match)
Week 2 - 23.09.2023:
Final (cup friendly match)
3th place (cup match)
5th place (cup match)
7th place (cup match)
9th place (cup match)
11th place (cup match
13th place (cup match)
15th place (cup match)

11. The matches weeks 10, 11, 12, 13 – the u21 coach can use the players according to rules point number 6 and 7.

12. The matches weeks 1 and 2 – the u21 coach can use all players

I have prepared the rules for the next edition of Druid's Cup, so If you would like to discuss some points it is time to do it now :) if you will not have any remarks it will be oficial rules for third edition.

Thank you for your remarks. Each comment can improve our tournament :)

England announces its participation in the tournament

Norway would like to participate, if possible!

Shqipëria U21 would like to play.

Suomi U21

CRNA GORA U21

Nederland U20 would like to participate.

List of participations third edition of Druid's Cup:
1. England
2. Norway
3. Shqipëria
4. Suomi
5. CRNA GORA
6. Nederland

You have started list very fast :-)

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