CFuller Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Introducing the FIFA World Championship - a new database mod for Football Manager 2016 that I have released tonight on Steam Workshop! This mod replaces the FIFA World Cup - and all other senior international tournaments - with a new annual knock-out competition featuring 216 national teams (all 209 FIFA members, plus seven non-FIFA members). This competition is divided into two phases: the qualifiers, and the finals tournament. The rules and format for each phase are explained below. FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS All 216 competing nations enter the qualifiers at certain stages based on their FIFA World Ranking. The lowest-ranked teams will start at the very beginning, whilst the highest-ranked teams will enter at the final qualifying round. All qualifying round ties will take place on a home-and-away basis over two legs. If the aggregate scores are level after the Second Leg, the away goals rule will apply. If there is still a tie, a penalty shoot-out will take place immediately - there is NO extra-time. All draws are random, although teams are seeded by their FIFA World Ranking. PRELIMINARY ROUND Played in early-mid August Teams ranked 169th-192nd enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home Teams ranked 193rd and below enter as UNSEEDED teams and will play First Leg at home FIRST ROUND Played in early September Teams ranked 129th-160th enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home Teams ranked 161st-168th enter as UNSEEDED teams and will play First Leg at home Preliminary Round winners are UNSEEDED and will play First Leg at home SECOND ROUND Played in early-mid October Teams ranked 97th-128th enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home First Round winners are UNSEEDED and will play First Leg at home THIRD ROUND Played in mid November Teams ranked 65th-96th enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home Second Round winners are UNSEEDED and will play First Leg at home FOURTH ROUND Played in early-mid January Teams ranked 33rd-64th enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home Third Round winners are UNSEEDED and will play First Leg at home FIFTH ROUND Played in late March-early April Teams ranked 1st-32nd enter as SEEDED teams and will play Second Leg at home Fourth Round winners are UNSEEDED and will play First Leg at home FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP After the qualifiers have been completed, the 32 remaining nations will compete in a finals tournament played over the course of five weeks between June and early July. The 16 highest-ranked nations are given a seeding from 1 to 16 and placed into a fixed tournament bracket. They will then be drawn against one of the remaining teams for the Sixth Round. Please note that, in the Sixth Round, all SEEDED teams will play the First Leg away and the Second Leg at home. The teams' path for the remainder of the tournament will then be determined by the bracket, as detailed below: All ties in the Sixth Round, Seventh Round and Quarter Finals will - like in the qualifiers - take place on a home-and-away basis over two legs. If the aggregate scores are level after the Second Leg, the away goals rule will apply. If there is still a tie, a penalty shoot-out will take place immediately - there is NO extra-time. Both Semi Finals and the Final will take place over one leg at a predetermined host venue. Extra-time WILL apply if the scores are level after 90 minutes, and a penalty shoot-out will take place afterwards if still required. SAMPLE SCREENSHOTS Preliminary Round Fifth Round Finals Tournament OTHER NOTES The 216 competing nations consist of all 209 FIFA member nations (as of 2015) plus the following seven non-FIFA members: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Gibraltar, Martinique, Northern Mariana Islands, Réunion, and Tuvalu. The host venues for the Semi Finals and Finals of the first six FIFA World Championships have already been determined: these are France in 2016, United States in 2017, Russia in 2018, Qatar in 2019, Cameroon in 2020, and United Arab Emirates in 2021. All host venues from the 2022 tournament onwards will be randomly determined. International manager turnover may be higher than usual, particularly when a major nation fails to qualify for the finals tournament. This is most likely because there will now be one major tournament every year for all nations, rather than two or - for African nations - three tournaments in the space of four years. This mod may be incompatible with some other database files that add extra competitions. For best results when using this mod, don't forget to load all current international players when setting up the game. To do this, go to the 'New Game Overview Screen', click on the Database Size menu, select 'Advanced...', and then set up the database like this. (It doesn't matter whether you set Database Size as small, medium or large, as long as you load all international players.) This is obviously a fantasy mod, and it won't be for everyone, but it's just a bit of fun. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD FROM STEAM WORKSHOP (Current Version - v1.1) If you have any questions about this mod, feel free to leave a comment below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Oops. I forgot to add any disciplinary rules to the original file. Silly me. Because of this oversight, I have now uploaded a new version (v1.1) to Steam Workshop with disciplinary rules. Players will now be banned for every red card and every two yellow cards they receive. DOWNLOAD v1.1 FROM STEAM WORKSHOP NOW (Don't forget to unsubscribe from the original file as well) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elt Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 This is great, Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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