With the start of season 145, the succession to South Africa (winner of the 12th edition) is open.
The rules for this year's competition are the same as those for the previous edition, with one exception: At the request of several coaches and in view of the growing interest in this competition, the number of qualifiers for the finals will be increased from 12 to 16.
This is a trial run, and depending on what happens at this year's event, we will either retain the 16-qualifier rule for the next edition, or go back to 12 qualifiers (with an eighth-place play-off).

In practice, the federations have until Sunday 1 February inclusive to play their 4 matches (without scheduling a 5th, on pain of exclusion) and on Monday 2 February a list of the top 20 from the 1st phase will be published (the teams ranked 17 to 20 will be on the waiting list in the event of the withdrawal of a qualified team from 1 to 16).
The table for the final phase will be as follows:
n° 1 - n° 16
n° 8 - n° 9
n° 5 - n° 12
n° 4 - n° 13
n° 3 - n° 14
n° 6 - n° 11
n° 7 - n° 10
n° 2 - n° 15

Good luck to all future participants

This is a new feature that will have a real impact, as it will allow the top 4 finishers to play a maximum of 4 finals matches like the other 12! Good luck to all

During the Colombia-Brazil match,
D. Sierra
and
J. Micolta
who are both players for Shura FC
Both players came on, but I would point out that even if they had remained on the bench, this would have been an infringement of the Federation League rules.
As a result, Colombia lost the match 0-1 on the green carpet.

Furthermore, this situation is prohibited by the VF rules and is the result of the use of a loophole (except in the case of a recent transfer, which is not the case here). It is up to the VF admins to draw the appropriate conclusions.

Due to a recent transfer, Sweden found themselves with two players selected from the same club.
As long as this has been reported before the match and the player does not enter the pitch, there will be no problem, provided of course that the situation is rectified for the following match!
This concerns this player: A. Gerd

For the Colombia-Brazil match.
The Colombian coach has been warned by email that this is prohibited.
He cannot change the selection for the moment but he has noted that he will withdraw one of the 2 players at the next call-up.
To watch

OK it works

A brief update on the situation with 8 days to go before the end of the 1st phase

1. Iceland 9 pts 13-2
2. Ecuador 9 pts 8-0
   3 Jamaica 9 pts 7-0
3. Canada 9 pts 7-2
4. Romania, Slovakia and Belarus 9 pts 6-1
5. Georgia 9 pts 3-0
   9 Russia 7 pts 11-0
6. Uruguay 7 pts 8-1
7. Croatia 7 pts 5-1
8. Sweden 7 pts 4-0
9. Denmark 7 pts 3-0
10. Portugal 7 pts 3-1
11. Brazil 7 pts 2-0
12. Mongolia 6 pts 4-0
13. Honduras 6 pts 7-4
14. Slovenia 6 pts 5-2
15. Malaysia 6 pts 6-5
16. South Africa 6 pts 4-3

The final rankings will be published on Monday 2 February.
Only teams that have scheduled a maximum of 4 matches will be included.

Good luck to all the coaches in the final sprint of this first phase.

it's working for ecuador
we play the 4th and final match on 27/01 against iceland
summit match

zebounet: ca marche pour l'equateur
nous jouons le 4em et dernier match le 27/01 face a l'islande
match au sommet

It's late anyway, so you might as well go to bed early!

Azby: Ça fait tard quand même, tu devrais en profiter pour te coucher tôt !

Hello Azby,
I'm counting on you to PM me if you see that I'm not there :P