Transvaal World Cup III

The Staatsregeringministrie vir Sport en Atletiese van Transvaal (Department for Sport and Athletics of Transvaal) and the Transvaal Voetbalsvereniging (Transvaal Association Football Union) are pleased to announce the decision to host the prestigious, third annual Transvaal World Cup in March 2009.

- Deadline to sign up is 11:59pm February 27, 2009 - Preliminary Pool Assignment and tournament schedule will be released February 28 - First matches start March 1

PRIZE MONEY The following prize money will be awarded by the Federal Government of Transvaal as foreign aid (any alliance surrender or war restrictions shall apply):

1st place = $3,000,000 2nd place = $2,000,000 3rd place = $1,000,000 4th place = $750,000 5th place = $500,000

ARBITRATION - Botha is the final arbitrator of all decisions regarding the tournament. - FIFA2005 is the AI platform for managing and playing out the tournament.

ENTRIES - entries are made under your in-game nation name; RP entities will not be accepted

TEAM ASSIGMENT - pre-set stock teams in FIFA2005 will be assigned to represent your national squads. - you pick one of the following nationalities to represent your team:

England, Scotland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Korea, USA, Brazil, or Mexico.

Team assigned will be determined by me based on your nationality selection as well as a couple of secret factors. Previous tournament participation will improve the quality of your team:

- new entrants will have a 3-star team assigned - nations that participated in one previous soccer tournament hosted by Transvaal shall have a 4-star team assigned - nations which participated in both the Nordreich Cup and Transvaal Cup I will have a 5-star team assigned

The identity of your assigned team will be revealed when the pools are announced

MATCH RULES - preliminary round-robin games can end in win, loss, or draw; 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

- single-game knock out games are played under Transvaal Football Union rules for deciding draws: if both teams are drawn after 90 minutes, sudden-death overtime is played for 30 minutes (2 x 15 minute periods). If still drawn after extra-time, then a shootout will follow.