The Cheeselands at the Transvaal World Cup III

The Cheeselands (URC) officially announced it's intention to participate in the 2009 Transvaal World Cup III on Feburary 2, 2009, just as in it's previous year. The opening ceremony for the tournament took place on February 28 with the games officially starting on March 1. Due to it's status of playing in the previous year The Cheeselandic National Team did not have to participate in the qualifying rounds and thus did not play it's first game until March 5.

Standings

 * As of March 7, 2009

Match-up
The Cheeselands has been matched in Pool 'A' which will take place in Pretoria. The other nations in Pool 'A' were announced as the Cainian Empire, Costa Libertad, Dun Carrig, Franzharia, Killallippies, the host nation of Transvaal, and Voobaha.

Pre-Tournament Predictions
In the Pre-Tournament Rankings it was predicted that the Cheeselands would rank at eight place, a significant change from the previous year, with a rating of 231. The Cheeselands Nation Team was also predicted to be ranked in the top 10 of attack, defense, and midfield with a rank of 10th, 9th, and 6th respectively. Based on the predicted rankings, the predicted order of finish for Pool 'A' was announced to be:

Pool 'A'
 * 1st: Dun Carrig
 * 2nd: The Cheeselands
 * 3rd: Transvaal
 * Costa Libertad
 * Voobaha
 * Killallippies
 * Cainian Empire
 * Franzharia