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Panterra Super 16 Conference

Featured League - Chessland
news The Chessland Premiership is one of the so-called top tier leagues (ITFF rating 650) having been formed in the mid-1990s. The league has been dominated by the "Big 5" of Chessland City, Chessland Celtic, Chessland United, Fidelis Catencaccio and Inter Chessland.

Nevertheless, Chessland City are by far the largest and most successful club side from Chessland having won the last 2 Premiership titles in addition to a famous triumph at the 1994 World Club Cup, then the top international club competition.
Super 16 conference
Final Saturday 08 May 2010
LEG Legoland United v Chessland City CHE

SF Leg 2 Monday 15 Mar 2010
LEG Ajax Skerries 1 - 0 Chessland City CHE
ELA Icarians 0 - 0 Legoland United LEG

SF Leg 1 Monday 08 Mar 2010
CHE Chessland City 4 - 0 Ajax Skerries LEG
LEG Legoland United 3 - 0 Icarians ELA

QF Leg 2 Monday 22 Feb 2010
ELA Newcastle 1 - 3 Ajax Skerries LEG
PLA Plasticland Blues 0 - 2 Chessland City CHE
GAR Gardinian Elks 1 - 3 Legoland United LEG
LEG Legoland FC 0 - 1 Icarians ELA

QF Leg 1 Monday 15 Feb 2010
LEG Ajax Skerries 0 - 0 Newcastle ELA
CHE Chessland City 1 - 2 Plasticland Blues PLA
LEG Legoland United 3 - 1 Gardinian Elks GAR
ELA Icarians 2 - 0 Legoland FC LEG

Group Tables

Group A P W D L F A GD Points
Ajax Skerries 6 3 2 1 8 6 2 11
Chessland City 6 2 2 2 7 6 1 8
Gardinia AC 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
Sandland Villa 6 1 2 3 3 6 -3 5
Group B P W D L F A GD Points
Plasticland Blues 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 14
Newcastle 6 3 1 2 9 8 1 10
Plasticland Empire 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
Ludoplaymo 6 0 0 6 3 9 -6 0
Group C P W D L F A GD Points
Legoland United 6 4 1 1 14 3 11 13
Icarians 6 3 1 2 7 5 2 10
Plasticland United 6 2 2 2 5 13 -8 8
Super Wolves 6 0 2 4 2 7 -5 2
Group D P W D L F A GD Points
Legoland FC 6 4 2 0 14 4 10 14
Gardinian Elks 6 2 3 1 10 8 2 9
Chessland United 6 1 3 2 4 7 -3 6
Sandland Reds 6 0 2 4 4 13 -9 2
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About

With £160m prize money up for grabs, the Super 16 Conference is the World's richest association football tournament. The competition, established in 2009, is open to professional football clubs from toy nations in Panterra Major that are registered with the International Toy Football Federation (ITFF) which is headquartered in Legoland City, Legoland. To date there are 23 nations registered with the ITFF, namely Billyland, Chessland, Ciaranland, Clancyland, Cubea, Eland, Gardinia, Gerardland, Higginsland, Kilimanlego, Legaña, Legoland, Norton, Ostengelia, PBR, Plasticland, Plasticland Empire, Playmobil, Rodericland, Sandland, Tabletown, USR, and Vikingland

The Super 16 Conference is the successor to the LEGO European Cup and the LEGO Outer-European Cup which are now both defunct. The last ever winners of these competitions were ND Land's Shrewsbury and Republic of Nicol's Requin Noir Rangers respectively. The LEGO European Cup and the LEGO Outer-European Cup comprised clubs from both Panterra Major and Panterra Minor. As with its predecessors, the Super 16 Conference comprises a qualifier stage, a group stage and a knock-out finals stage. Clubs from Panterra Minor will not be permitted entry into the Super 16 Conference and are expected to partake in a similar regional competition, the name of which has not officially been confirmed, although the "N Conference" is the name the press widely use.

The ITFF is in the process of seeking to arrange for the victors of the new Super 16 Conference to enter a "Pan Continental Superbowl" to face the winners of the N Conference. Hide


Teams

Ajax Skerries Chessland City Chessland United Gardinia AC Gardinian Elks Icarians Legoland FC Legoland United Ludoplaymo Newcastle Plasticland Blues Plasticland Empire Plasticland United Sandland Reds Sandland Villa Super Wolves

One or more representatives from each of the 23 nations registered with the ITFF are either entered directly into the Group Stage of the competition or they are entered into the qualifiers stage. The allocation is based on each nation's domestic league's ITFF co-efficient or rating. The top 4 domestic leagues, the Chessland Premiership, the Legoland Serie A, the Plasticland Liga 1 and the Sandland NFL all have 2 automatic entrants into the Group Stage. The weakest 16 domestic leagues get one entry each into the qualifiers stage whereby the final 4 surviving teams are paired with either the third placed team from the previous season's Legoland, Eland, Gardinia, or Plasticland Empire leagues. The four winners of these play-offs enter the 16 team Group Stage which comprises four groups of four.

Clubs automatically qualified for 2009-10 Super 16 Conference group stage

Chessland City, Chessland United, Gardinia AC, Icarians, Legoland FC, Legoland United, Plasticland Blues, Plasticland Empire, Plasticland United, Sandland Reds, Sandland Villa.

Clubs confirmed for 2009-10 Super 16 Conference qualification play-off rounds 1 & 2

Brady Selfers, Bricktown FC, Cashville, Castlefigs United, CN Hotspurs, Kenland Pinks, Kippy Builders, Ludoplaymo, Octan Nordwijk, Plunder, Roderica Chemists, Royal Paper, Tabletown United.

Clubs confirmed for 2009-10 Super 16 Conference qualification play-off round 3

Ajax Skerries, Gardinian Elks, Newcastle United, Super Wolves.

Wildcard

The club who loses the aggregate of their Preliminary Round 3 tie by the lowest scoreline will be granted a wild card entry into the inaugural Super 16 Conference. In future seasons this place shall not be available as it shall be allocated to the reigning Super 16 Conference champions. Club awarded wild card entry for the 2009-10 Super 16 Conference: to be confirmed.
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Prize Money

The Super 16 Conference is a key revenue stream for Panterra Major's biggest clubs with incomes earned enabling those sides stay top of the game. The prize money for the 2009-2010 season totals £160m, with the winners netting a massive £30m, dwarfing the £5m awarded to the winner of arguably the world's top domestic league, Legoland's Serie A.

The 16 qualifiers net £5m just for taking part in the 6 game Group Stage. The top two from each of the four groups qualify for the competition's Quarter-Finals and pocket another £5m for their trouble. The four Semi-Finalists earn another £5m with the two Finalists receiving yet another £5m. The overall winner receives an additional £10m. Hide


Domestic Leagues

Profiles

Billyland

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The Billyland Premiership is one of the weakest feeder leagues of the Super 16 Conference. A restructuring programme under the 2009 Panterra Avanty Programme however enabled most of Billyland's football clubs adopt full-time professionalism.

The Avanty programme also saw the rebranding of all of the Billyland Premiership clubs including the top duo Billyland Castle and Billyland United which were renamed Castlefigs United and Landbridge United. Castlefigs United are Billyland's dominant club side with financial backing from the Kingdom's despot, King Billy. "The Keep" as they are known, have won the last 7 Premiership titles.

Registered clubs: Castlefigs United, Landbridge United, M.Tron Safe, Pirate Holders BL, Spacefigs BL, Townfigs BL. Hide


Chessland

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The Chessland Premiership is one of the so-called top tier leagues having been formed in the mid-1990s. The league has been dominated by the "Big 5" of Chessland City, Chessland Celtic, Chessland United, Fidelis Catencaccio and Inter Chessland.

Nevertheless, Chessland City are by far the largest and most successful club side from Chessland having won the last 2 Premiership titles in addition to a famous triumph at the 1994 World Club Cup, then the top international club competition.

Registered clubs: Belini Players, Bishops, Castletorians Athletic, Chec, Chessland Celtic, Chessland City, Chessland Hospital, Chessland United, Chesslanders, Fidelis Catencaccio, Hao Yurison United, Harvansberg, Hidizoon Players, Inter Chessland, Lanstrun, Orange, Polistanio, Quechec Fighters, Santanople, Uttenberg Footballers. Hide


Ciaranland

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As one of the weaker leagues, the Ciaranland Premiership was restructured under the 2009 Panterra Avanty Programme in a bid to increase interest amongst the small kingdom's public.

King Ciaran, ruler of the small state, publically declared that "football will be put on a level playing field with basketball when it comes to state funding". Basketball however remains Ciaranland's national sport.

Kippy Builders have cemented their status as the league's dominant side landing the CFL crown for the past 2 seasons. Other major clubs on the local scene include CL Industry Minifigs, Dream Team Baskets and Nets.

Registered clubs: Athletic Jumpers, CL 91ers, CL Citizens, CL Industry Minifigs, CL Jets, CL Sox, Dream Team Baskets, Garage Baskets, Go Easy, Kippy Builders, Nets, Raised City Hoops. Hide


Clancyland

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The Clancyland Orbit Premiership was formed in 2009 after the merger of the Colinland and Clancyland states. The new kingdom, now led by King Stuart and Prince Colin, invested significant sums in the development of the domestic league in the latter half of the 2008/9 season with the hope of realising an improvement in standards over the coming years.

Stuartoria provincal club Super 12s won the old Clancyland League in the 2007/8 season and Colinborough club CN Hotspurs lifting the inaugural Clancyland Orbit Premiership in April 2009.

Top sides in the new look Premiership are CN Hotspurs, Super 12s, Casino and Metro City Reality.

Registered clubs: CN Hotspurs, Casino, ClancyMalt, CN Iron Condors, CNG&FC, Farefield, Head Hunters, Metro City Reality, Minifig Drivers, Minifig Putters, Sporting Par, Super 12s. Hide


Cubea

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The fledging Cubea Soccer League has been dominated by Bricktown FC and Ye Olde Football Club whom between them have wrapped up 6 of the last 7 league titles.

The CSL is one of the weaker feeder leagues of the Super 16 Conference but as a new league has been given Tier 3 status by Panterra. Nevertheless according to football analysts some breakthrough onto the international stage is required to secure this rating.

Top sides in the CSL are Bricktown FC, local rivals Bricktown United and Ye Olde Football Club.

Registered clubs: Backstreet Hobo, Bricktown FC, Bricktown United, Burnside Beavers, CSI People, Garbage Ville, Kwik-E Marters, Ye Olde Football Club. Hide


Eland

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The Eland Premiership's glory days were in the mid to late 1990s when the football league was amongst the powerhouses in world football. The collapse of the Eland economy in 2000 impacted the Empire FA run league to such an extent that is has never recovered.

Although Eland clubs find it hard to compete financially with their international peers, the kingdom's representatives on the international scene have impressed in recent campaigns culuminating in the Dubliners' LEGO European Cup triumph in the mid 2000s. Top clubs include Newcastle United, Dubliners, Icarians and Corkonians.

Registered clubs: Athenians, Barbarians, Conquerors, Corinthians, Corkonians, Crusaders, Dubliners, Goths, Herculaneans, Hibernian, Huns, Icarians, Minoans, Newcastle United, Persians, Spartans, Trojans, Vandals. Hide


Legaña

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The Mejor Futbol Liga consists of 10 teams from all over Legaña who compete for the league trophy. At present, there are no lower leagues so teams cannot be relegated from the MFL. The two main teams, Club de Futbol Legaña and their bitter rivals Legaña Leons, win the competition most years having the largest fan base and biggest spending power. The rest of the teams competing for the league title are: San Sebastian, Universidad de Santa Maria, Club Atletica, Petroleo Sindicato, Construccion Unios, Nacional Futbol Equipo, Catolico Iglesia and Republica Indios.

The teams come from a variety of professional and semi-professional backgrounds and are financed from a wide range of the Legañan populace. Ricardo Rico’s oil firm owns Petroleo Sindicato, while other notable owners include ex-priests, a football equipment specialist and a university. The gulf between the top 2 teams and the remainder of the league has been often criticised and various measures have been suggested to close the gap.

The league is currently sponsored by a large Legañan farming company, Agricultura Legaña, having been the league sponsors since the its conception in 2007. The league has been marred by off-field problems, including embezzlement, match-fixing and domestic strife. Three weeks worth of fixtures were postponed in 2008 due to the civil war raging across the country but these were successfully replayed at the end of the season.

Registered clubs: Catolico Iglesia, Club Atletica, Club de Futbol Legaña, Construccion Unios, Legaña Leons, Nacional Futbol Equipo, Petroleo Sindicato, Republica Indios, San Sebastian, Universidad de Santa Maria. Hide


Kilimanlego

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Although the the individual football clubs are not a new presence in the nation of Kilimanlego, the formality of the Kilimanlego Football League is. The league consists of five clubs at the moment but rumors have it that the league might expand in the near future.

Forerunners have the largest fanbase and is the most established club in the country. The club is owned and funded by Mr Ark, founder of Ark Automobiles. Rival club Hellkickers have proved the most challenging foe for the favorited Forerunners. However, since the league's creation, FC Elites have become a more dominant force while Hellkickers have fallen off the pace.

Registered Clubs: FC Elites, Forerunners, Hellkickers, Stars, United Ballers. Hide


PBR

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The PBR Brewers or "The Brew" as they are known in PBR, is the nation's best of its two international competing teams (PBR Drunkards being the other). The teams' names come from the country's long history of solving and causing many of its problems with Beer. The Brew are owned by PBR's billionaire business mogul Colonel Brik who owns multiple breweries and pubs in PBR, hence the two team's name.

The team has been very lucky in its short time in international play to have secured some great victories. They have also watched as some of its players have moved up into bigger and better leagues and teams. "The Brew" have the team colors of Red, White, and Blue which match the Nations Flag. Its fans are a rabid, drunken bunch who can be easily spotted at matches since they rarely are seen without a hefty beer in their right and left hand, a signal to their support of the owner and country.

Registered Clubs: PBR Brewers, PBR Drunkards. Hide



Domestic league ITFF ratings

800 - Legoland
650 - Chessland, Eland, Gardinia, Plasticland, Plasticland Empire, Sandland
550 - Higginsland, Kilimanlego, Legaña, Ostengelia, PBR, Playmobil, Tabletown
450 - Cubea, USR
300 - Billyland, Ciaranland, Clancyland, Gerardland, Vikingland
250 - Norton, Rodericland
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