[FM23] League of Legends World Championship style Club World Cup

[WotinTarnation]

 

This database reworks the Club World Cup structure entirely and replaces the yet-to-be-implemented 24 team quadrennial format for FIFA's world championship for clubs with one based (Very roughly) on the League of Legends World Championship, the most prestigious eSports tournament for the Riot Games title League of Legends.

 

The Club World Cup expands to a 36 team tournament held annually, home and away, between clubs from all over the world to decide the true world champions. Teams from outside League's traditional qualification spots compete in a Group Stage and two knockout rounds, with the 4 teams advancing to a second, main Group Stage to face off against the strongest teams from Europe, North America, China, South Korea and Southeast Asia in 4 groups of 4. The top 2 teams from each group here advance to the Knockout Stage, made up of the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final, with the winners being crowned World Champions.

Qualification Spots
Group Stage (12 Teams)
Top 3 from the Chinese Super League (Meant to replicate the LPL)
Top 3 from K League 1 (Meant to replicate the LCK)
Finalists of the UEFA Champions League (Meant to replicate the LEC)
Finalists of the CONCACAF Champions League (Meant to replicate the LCS)
V.League One champions (Meant to replicate the VCS)
One random team from the Hong Hong, Taiwanese, Macanese, Filipino, Thai, Singaporean, Indonesian and Malaysian champions (Meant to replicate the PCS)

Qualifying (24 Teams)
4th place from the Chinese Super League (Meant to replicate the LPL)
4th place from K League 1 (Meant to replicate the LCK)
Winners of the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League (Meant to replicate the LEC)
1 (Or 2 in 2022 for some reason) teams from MLS, mainly MLS Cup winners/finalists (Meant to replicate the LCS)
2nd place in V.League One (Meant to replicate the VCS)
One random team from Hong Hong, Taiwan, Macau, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia or Malaysia (Meant to replicate the PCS, can sometimes be from the same nation as the Group Stage team but mostly a league champion from the other nations)
Winners of Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A (Meant to replicate CBLOL)
Winners of the Copa Libertadores + CL runners-up and Copa Sudamericana winners (Meant to replicate the LLA)
Winners of the Turkish Super League (Meant to replicate the TCL)
Winners of J.League One (Meant to replicate the LJL)
Best team from the A.League (Meant to replicate the LCO mostly)
Finalists from the AFC and CAF Champions Leagues
Winners of the AFC Cup and CAF Confederation Cup
Winners of Liga Portugal Bwin
Winners of the Saudi Pro League
Winners of the Canadian Premier League
Winners of the New Zealand National League

There are times here and there where a team or two from Oceania make it, but this is roughly where everyone goes.

Prize Money
5,000,000 GBP guaranteed in TV money regardless of position

200,000 GBP for Qualifying win
150,000 GBP for Qualifying draw
100,000 GBP for Qualifying loss

400,000 GBP for Knock-Out 1 win
200,000 GBP for Knock-Out 1 loss

800,000 GBP for Knock-Out 2 win
400,000 GBP for Knock-Out 2 loss

2,000,000 GBP for Group Stage qualification
1,000,000 GBP for Group Stage win
750,000 GBP for Group Stage draw
500,000 GBP for Group Stage loss

5,000,000 GBP for Knockout Stage qualification
1,000,000 GBP for Quarter-Final win
750,000 GBP for Quarter-Final loss

2,000,000 GBP for Semi-Final win
1,500,000 GBP for Semi-Final loss

5,000,000 GBP for Final win
3,000,000 GBP for Final loss

Maximum Revenue (Minus individual TV deals and the like) - 25,200,000 GBP

Notes
-This tournament does take place in 2022 before the World Cup break, so worse fixture congestion is likely to occur
-Games are either at home or away, couldn't figure out neutral sites and the like. Can lead to some crazy Semi-Finalists and Finalists!
-Qualification and Group Stage games are single round-robin
-There might be teams jumbled up all over the place after 2022, but the format will remain the same

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Spoiler

CWC LOL Worlds.fmf

[lukavski]

This is a great idea. I really enjoy this kind of ficitonal scenarios. Thanks, man!

[guku]

I like it. Do you think you could create one that includes African teams?

[가을]

thank you for the hardwork, i've been trying to looking the new format for the fcwc. i like it so much.

just a small suggestion, can you make another additional condition such as:

- third place winner

- final played at the neutral venue

 

once again i do really love your work, cheers

Edited December 4, 2022 by 가을

[MJB1986]

It's great what you have done but it would have been even better if the Champions League, Europa Leagua and so on were still kept in the game and the World Champions League is played during weekends.

[WotinTarnation]

On 05/12/2022 at 10:45, MJB1986 said:

It's great what you have done but it would have been even better if the Champions League, Europa Leagua and so on were still kept in the game and the World Champions League is played during weekends.

You have the mind of one Arsene Wenger. LOL.

But regardless, that would basically be impossible and wouldn't line up per say with the LoL calendar. I could try to replace the UEFA competitions with a LEC equivalent or replace the CONCACAF competitions with a LCS equivalent though. And make the PCS actually a playable competition.