Baptism of Fire 73

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Baptism of Fire 73
Teams	36
Host(s)	Valladares Chromatika
Champions	Græntfjall
Second	Tioguldós
Third	Squidroidia
Matches played	106
Goals scored	417  (average 3.93 per match)
Affiliated tournaments	World Cup 86 Cup of Harmony 78
Previous	Baptism of Fire 72
Next	Baptism of Fire 74

The 73rd edition of the Baptism of Fire was a football tournament hosted by Valladares and Chromatika prior to World Cup 86. The competition was open to every unranked team as of the World Cup 86 cycle. This tournament was notable for the return of former Cup of Harmony champions Lovisa to WCC competition. Græntfjall won the tournament in Carloburgo and would end up making the playoff round for the World Cup 86 qualifiers.

Host selection

There was one bid, "Cedars & Checkers", from Valladares and Chromatika.

Voting results

Bid	Votes
Valladares and Chromatika	15
Re-open bids	1
Total	15

Stadiums

Stadium	City	Seats
Arena Bohemians	Metropolis	25,000
Olympic Stadium	Carloburgo	38,755
Estadio Tricentenario	Valencia	30,150
Stade de l'Amitié	Fontvielle	29,185
Estadio Camilo Mazuera López	Junín	21,200
Estadio 8 de Octubre	Lierravus	26,104
Albert Field	Edmonton	20,000
Westlands Stadium	Hoxford	17,000
Victory Royal Park	Victoria	15,500
Hawks Nest	Deprí Lanar	38,000
The Hive	Deprí Sanar	42,000
Warriors' Arena	Knetyohai	31,400
Riders' Arena	Pùr	35,210
Lion's Den	Lorentine	32,100
Dragon's Nest	Anfanhar	48,210
Jewel Dome	Ming	22,300
Frozen Stadium	Felswyr	32,100
Z'ai'ai Field	Z'ai'ai	113,000
United Center	Urrheddiao	28,000
The Tidal Wave	Tihon	25,000
The Jungle	Eyrods	26,000
Island Dome	Myana	35,000
The Pack	Pria	67,290
The Cove	Lhor	28,000
Anomaly Tower	Chromia	42,350
Capitalizt Dome		144,000

Group stage

Draw

Thirty six teams entered the tournament. As all the teams are unranked, there is no seeding, so all the teams are randomly assigned into 6 groups, with Groups A-C being hosted by Valladares and D-F by Chromatika.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Savigliane Pripet Socialist Republic Praeceptia Lovisa Iles Rogieres Pluvia and the Saxean Isles	Wymondham Tikariot Eurasies Kencana Free Republic of Hong Kong Græntfjall	Ihilthracna The holy junta Overseas Territories of Sylestone Hwiccemark Staypuftonia Southwest Eastnorth
Group D	Group E	Group F
Pemecutan Fluvannia Woryand Unimon Glazgo Squidroidia	Rangers FC Mathuvan Union Netop The Gothanita Isles TOTEL Southern Palm Islands	NorraLesse Se Vende Skooma Tioguldós Quebecois Acadiana Liberal Democratic Socialist States Megistos

Format

Teams played each other team in their group in a single round-robin format. The top two teams from each group, plus the four third-placed teams with the best record, advanced to the single-elimination round of 16 bracket. Group standings were determined in the following order of precedence:

1. Points
2. Overall goal differential
3. Head-to-head record
4. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Savigliane	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	11	Round of 16
2	Iles Rogieres	5	3	1	1	18	12	+6	10
3	Praeceptia	5	2	2	1	17	12	+5	8
4	Pripet Socialist Republic	5	2	1	2	7	9	−2	7
5	Pluvia and the Saxean Isles	5	2	0	3	8	12	−4	6
6	Lovisa	5	0	0	5	6	16	−10	0

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tikariot	5	4	1	0	14	3	+11	13	Round of 16
2	Græntfjall	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	13
3	Wymondham	5	2	1	2	3	5	−2	7
4	Eurasies	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
5	Kencana	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	3
6	Free Republic of Hong Kong	5	0	2	3	4	14	−10	2

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Overseas Territories of Sylestone	5	4	1	0	17	8	+9	13	Round of 16
2	Southwest Eastnorth	5	3	1	1	16	8	+8	10
3	Hwiccemark	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	6
4	The holy junta	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	Ihilthracna	5	1	1	3	5	5	0	4
6	Staypuftonia	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Squidroidia	5	4	1	0	19	9	+10	13	Round of 16
2	Glazgo	5	3	1	1	17	12	+5	10
3	Pemecutan	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	6
4	Unimon	5	1	2	2	8	9	−1	5
5	Woryand	5	0	4	1	8	10	−2	4
6	Fluvannia	5	0	1	4	6	18	−12	1

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	The Gothanita Isles	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	13	Round of 16
2	Netop	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12
3	Southern Palm Islands	5	2	1	2	5	8	−3	7
4	Mathuvan Union	5	2	0	3	5	10	−5	6
5	Rangers FC	5	1	2	2	7	6	+1	5
6	TOTEL	5	0	0	5	1	15	−14	0

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tioguldós	5	5	0	0	16	6	+10	15	Round of 16
2	Megistos	5	4	0	1	11	5	+6	12
3	Liberal Democratic Socialist States	5	3	0	2	13	12	+1	9
4	Quebecois Acadiana	5	1	1	3	10	13	−3	4
5	Se Vende Skooma	5	1	0	4	8	15	−7	3
6	NorraLesse	5	0	1	4	3	10	−7	1

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) coin flip.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Liberal Democratic Socialist States	5	3	0	2	13	12	+1	9	Round of 16
2	A	Praeceptia	5	2	2	1	17	12	+5	8
3	B	Wymondham	5	2	1	2	3	5	−2	7
4	E	Southern Palm Islands	5	2	1	2	5	8	−3	7
5	D	Pemecutan	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	6
6	C	Hwiccemark	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	6

Source: Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) coin flip.

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Tioguldós	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Wymondham
Penalties
	8-7

Estadio Camilo Mazuera López, Junín

Netop	3-0	Megistos

Estadio 8 de Octubre, Lierravus

Squidroidia	4-1	Liberal Democratic Socialist States

Estadio Tricentenario, Valencia

Overseas Territories of Sylestone	1-4	Iles Rogieres

Westlands Stadium, Hoxford

The Gothanita Isles	3-2	Praeceptia

United Center, Urrheddiao

Savigliane	3-4	Glazgo

The Tidal Wave, Tihon

Tikariot	3-1	Southern Palm Islands

The Jungle, Eyrods

Græntfjall	6-2	Southwest Eastnorth

Island Dome, Myana

Quarter-finals

Tioguldós	2-1	Netop

Stade de l'Amitié, Fontvielle

Squidroidia	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Iles Rogieres

Albert Field, Edmonton

The Gothanita Isles	4-4 (a.e.t.)	Glazgo
Penalties
	3-1

The Pack, Pria

Tikariot	2-3	Græntfjall

The Cove, Lhor

Semi-finals

Tioguldós	2-1	Squidroidia

Arena Bohemians, Metropolis

The Gothanita Isles	0-1 (a.e.t.)	Græntfjall

Anomaly Tower, Chromia

Third place playoff

Squidroidia	5-0	The Gothanita Isles

Capitalizt Dome, Chromia

Final

Tioguldós	1-3	Græntfjall

Olympic Stadium, Carloburgo

External links

• Cedars & Checkers - A Bid for Baptism of Fire 73
• Baptism of Fire 73 - Everything Thread