Rabastor Unity Trophy 2220
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Callistea |
| Dates | 22 July – 6 August |
| Teams | 6 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Emporer Pudu (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Eristicea |
| Third place |  The State of Panem |
| Fourth place |  Aquillian |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 39 (3.9 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  A Player (X goals) |
| Best player | A Notherplayer |
| Best young player | A Youngplayer |
| Best goalkeeper | A Keeper |
| Fair play award | Aquillian |
The 2220 Rabastor Unity Trophy was the fortieth edition of the Rabastor Unity Trophy, the biennial friendly international football tournament held in Callistea to promote good diplomatic relations between nations. As is typical for the tournament, matches were played in three cities within Callistea. The tournament began on 22 July 2220 (Osarian calendar) and finished on 6 August. This edition marked the first time a non-Rabastorian nation was victorious, as Emporer Pudu prevailed over Eristicea on penalties in the final match.
The 2220 tournament saw the Rabastor Unity Trophy expanded to six teams from the usual four, in order to extend the spirit of the competition to other nations. With the expanded tournament, the format was changed from a single round robin to a double elimination bracket.
Invited teams
As finalists in the most recent Baptism of Fire, both Emporer Pudu and Panem were considered good candidates to participate. As such, the Callistean Ministry for Sport sent invites to the respective associations. Despite not receiving the invites until the start of July, both associations accepted within 24 hours, and the line-up was finalised on 2 July.
The full list of participating nations was as follows:
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Venues
The cities of Paphos, Dendera and Cythera were selected to host tournament matches, as has been the case since the thirteenth edition of the tournament. Callistea is yet to host a tournament other than the Rabastor Unity Trophy, though with only three stadiums on the island capable of holding more than ten thousand supporters, the Callistean Ministry for Sport was said to be reluctant to set their sights on a more ambitious project.
  Paphos Cythera Dendera Rabastor Unity Trophy 2220 (Callistea) |
Great Swan Park | Silver Arrow Meadow | Golden Orchard |
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| Paphos | Dendera | Cythera | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 14,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | |
| Surface: Grass | Surface: Grass | Surface: Grass |
Note: Seating capacities as configured for these games.
Squads
Each team's squad for the 2220 Rabastor Unity Trophy consisted of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association was required to confirm its final 23-player squad no later than 3 working days before the start of the tournament. Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until the listed kickoff time of the team in question's first game.
Osarius, once again participating in the competition as world champions, opted to send an under 20s team again. Senior national team manager Jermain Lewis did not take charge of the team either, instead this responsibility was delegated once again to Ayanna Barca-Carthy.
Match officials
A total of 5 referees, 2 support referees, and 17 assistant referees were selected for the tournament, all of whom were Callistean.
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Draw
The draw was held on 15 July 2220 at 12:00 local time at the Royal Court of Callistea in Paphos, Callistea. There was no seeding of teams based on rank, but instead, teams were assigned an entry number. These entry numbers were used to configure the initial bracket, and thus decided which two teams were given a bye to the second round.
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| 1 | Eristicea
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| 2 | Emporer Pudu
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| 3 |  Osarius
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| 4 | Aquillian
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| 5 | Panem
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| 6 |  Kryosis
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Bracket
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Eristicea | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Osarius | 0 |
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Kryosis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Kryosis | 2 |
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Emporer Pudu | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Eristicea | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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Emporer Pudu | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Aquillian | 3 |
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The State of Panem | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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The State of Panem | 4 |
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Emporer Pudu | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
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Eristicea | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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Osarius | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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The State of Panem | 2 |
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Eristicea | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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The State of Panem | 4 |
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The State of Panem | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Aquillian | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Kryosis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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Aquillian | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Matches
The provisional match schedule for the tournament was released on 3 July 2220, once the Callistean Ministry for Sport had confirmed all participating nations. However, some match locations were later altered. Using the Oracle Predictive Performance Algorithm, likely results were simulated, and stadiums were assigned according to expected demand for tickets.
The first round, saw entry numbers three to six compete. The losers would go on to play for survival in elimination round one, while the winners moved on to round two. A similar process would repeat, with teams being eliminated upon suffering their second loss in the tournament.
All matches were played to ninety minutes, with extra time and penalty shootouts implemented where necessary to decide a winner.
NOTE: Goals and bookings waiting to be added (not subs, though; would clutter the page)
Round One
22 July 2220
18:30 |
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3-4 (a.e.t.) | The State of Panem
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Madera  26', 53'Lynch 72'Morrison  68'Skerritt 83'
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Round Two
Elimination Round One
Elimination Round Two
Semi Final
Final Eliminator
3 August 2220
18:30 |
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4-3 | The State of Panem
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| Molinaro 4', 41' Soukraites 59'Henstridge 75'Petrelli 83'
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Final
6 August 2220
16:00 |
| Emporer Pudu
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2–2 (a.e.t.) | Eristicea
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| Henstridge 68', 88'
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Taker  Taker Taker Taker Taker
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5–4 | Soukraites Molinaro Konnan Santino Henstridge
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Goalscorers
NOTE: The formatting for this section is in the markup already, waiting to be edited and uncommented.
Tournament ranking
In statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. For the purposes of this tournament, penalty shoot-out victories are counted as wins, and a defeat on penalties is counted as a draw.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Emporer Pudu
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Winners |
| 2 | Eristicea
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | The State of Panem
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Aquillian
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Kryosis
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Osarius
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Sixth place |