“Every Team In FIFA15” Cup
The last few years, I have done an “every” team in FIFA tournament. The first year was won by Real Madrid. I did 32 brackets of 16 teams, with the winners of each bracket heading to the final 32, which then basically breaks down into a group stage and then knockout round of 16 teams. Here are the 32 qualifiers for FIFA15…
- Borussia Dortmund (Won my annual cup for the demo)
- Real Madrid
- Sunderland
- Sporting KC
- Arsenal
- Marseille
- West Ham
- Besiktas
- Granada
- Montpellier
- Everton
- Vitesse
- Southampton
- Lokomotiv
- Manchester United
- Leicester City
- Liverpool
- As Monaco
- PSV
- Shakhtar
- Sevilla
- Celta Viga
- Yeovil Town
- Rayo Vallecano
- Sporting Lisbon
- Fiorentina
- Inter Milan
- Trapani
- FC Porto
- CD O’Higgins
- Benfica
- Bari
Yeah, so a few shockers on there right? Some big names got upset in their brackets like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City, which cleared the path for lucky clubs like Yeovil Town and Trapani (who won all four games in their bracket in penalties!) to get into the final 32.
I have begun setting up this year’s tournament. I took the 32 group winners and made them top seeds in the new brackets. I then add each league’s teams based on the number of clubs who won per league (in reserve order). So that ends up being…
- England 8
- Spain 4
- France 3
- Italy 3
- Portugal 3
- Netherlands 2
- Serie B 2
- Germany 1
- USA 1
- Turkey 1
- Russia 1
- Extra Teams 1
- League One 1
- Chile 1
I normally play a bracket on Friday afternoons when I get home from work. Last year I was live streaming them and hopefully I will do that again this year.
The final bracket
Who won the whole thing? In the final match, Liverpool defeated Sporting Lisbon 2-0. Both clubs advanced to the final after defeating clubs like Benfica, West Ham, Real Madrid, and Manchester United.
Mario Balotelli was the player of the tournament.
Liverpool were pretty dominant in their bracket and then in the final 32. With Balotelli up front, they can get the ball into him and put a ton of pressure on the opposing club’s defense. They were quite dominant in a down year during real life.
I will begin this year’s tournament right after FIFA16 comes out. Updates will be forthcoming.
