Baptism of Fire 84

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Baptism of Fire 84
Teams	24
Host(s)	Tumbra and Hapilopper
Champions	Edsmontik
Second	Kronbia
Third	Restresas
Matches played	52
Goals scored	210  (average 4.03 per match)
Affiliated tournaments	World Cup 97 Cup of Harmony 89
Previous	Baptism of Fire 83
Next	Baptism of Fire 85

The 84th edition of the Baptism of Fire is a football tournament that was hosted by the nations of Tumbra and Hapilopper prior to World Cup 97. The competition was open to every unranked team as of the World Cup 97 cycle. Edsmontik won the tournament, beating Kronbia 1-0 in the final.

Host selection

A sole bid was submitted to host the competition. Following the preferential voting system specified by the World Cup Committee constitution, the Esportivan nations of Tumbra and Hapilopper were awarded the hosting rights.

Bid	Votes
Tumbra and Hapilopper	18
Re-open bids	1
Abstain	1
Total	20

Stadiums

Stadium	City	Seats
Capital Stadium	Hapilopper City	66,500
Parkland Stadium		52,000
Unification Stadium	Halsted	62,000
Warner Hall Park	Lake Sprague	40,000
North Hampton Stadium	North Hampton	55,000
David Coney Field	East Hampton	47,500
Trenton Park	Lakewood	74,500
Lakewood City Arena		58,000
Novena Park	Newton	32,000
Fletcher Park	Kingsbury	45,000
Clyde Park	Clyde	38,500
George Bowen Stadium	Hesham	40,000

Group stage

Draw

A total of 24 teams entered the tournament. As all teams are unranked there was no seeding, with all teams randomly assigned into six groups. Groups A through to C were hosted in Tumbra, while Groups D through F were hosted in Hapilopper.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Restresas Of The Holy See Hetaru Osterhalten	Kanzlia The Martian Independent Republic New Jarwel Vaishnavaria	Langenia Kronbia Cattstan Imporia
Group D	Group E	Group F
Alexandrianonisimo Revida Katzeburg Timlandian Federation	Chrizenia Edsmontik Avisora Panay Islands and Guimaras	West Vdara A Place Somewhere The Godlands I East Leaf

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	Restresas	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9	Round of 16
2	Of The Holy See	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Osterhalten	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Hetaru	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: World Cup Committee
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	Kanzlia	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Round of 16
2	The Martian Independent Republic	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Vaishnavaria	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	New Jarwel	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: World Cup Committee
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	Kronbia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Round of 16
2	Langenia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Cattstan	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Imporia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: World Cup Committee
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	Alexandrianonisimo	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Round of 16
2	Katzeburg	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Timlandian Federation	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Revida	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: World Cup Committee
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	Edsmontik	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7	9	Round of 16
2	Panay Islands and Guimaras	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Avisora	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	4
4	Chrizenia	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Source: World Cup Committee
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	West Vdara	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Round of 16
2	The Godlands I	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	East Leaf	3	1	0	2	2	0	+2	3
4	A Place Somewhere	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Hapilopper City

West Vdara

3

Hapilopper City

Cattstan

0

West Vdara

3

North Hampton

Katzeburg (a.e.t.)

4

Katzeburg

4

Hapilopper City

Langenia

3

Edsmontik

3

Halstead

Katzeburg

2

Edsmontik (a.e.t.)

1

Halstead

Timlandian Federation

0

Edsmontik

3

Hapilopper City

Alexandrianonisimo

2

Alexandrianonisimo (p)

0 (5)

Hapilopper City

The Martian Independent Republic

0 (3)

Kronbia

0

Lakewood

Edsmontik

1

Restresas

3

Hesham

Vaishnavaria

0

Restresas

4

Newton

The Godlands I

3

The Godlands I

5

Kingsbury

Of The Holy See

4

Restresas

4 (1)

Kingsbury

Kronbia (p)

4 (3)

Third place

Kanzlia

2

Clyde

Lakewood

Avisora

3

Avisora

0

Restresas

4

Lakewood

Kronbia

1

Katzeburg

3

Kronbia

1

Panay Islands and Guimaras

0