LFE Ecros 2021

LFE Ecros 2021
Jüch-al-Palé Ecros Campionat 2021 in Ladin
Tournament details
Host country	Tirol
Dates	13 – 27 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tirol (2nd title)
Runners-up	Malgax
Third place	Terranihil
Fourth place	Greater Sacramento
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saša Kalajdžić; (5 goals)
	← 2019 2023 → All statistics correct as of 20 June 2021.

The 2021 LFE Ecros Football Championship, commonly referred to as LFE Ecros 2021 or simply Ecros 2021, was be the 33rd edition of the LFE Ecros Championship, the biannual international men's football championship of Ecros organised by the LFE. Tirol hosted the tournament, scheduled from 13 June to 27 July 2021. The hosts, Tirol, won their second championship after beating Groffenord 2–1 in Atempèpruch-Stadion.

Bid process

On 10 March 2016, the LFE announced that three countries had announced their intention to host the tournament before the deadline on 1 March: Karimun, Malgax and Tirol.

The host was selected on 30 November 2017.

Voting results
Country	Votes
Tirol	6
Karimun	2
Malgax	2
Abstention	0
Total	10

The LFE Executive Committee voted for the host in a secret ballot, with a simple majority required to determine the host. In the event of a tie, the bid with the fewest votes will be eliminated. Of the 16 members, the six representing Malgax, Karimun and Tirol were ineligible to vote, leaving a total of 10 voting members.

Draw

The final tournament draw took place in December 2020 in Balsan.

Teams were drawn consecutively into Groups A and B.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Tirol
A2	Groffenord
A3	Quebecshire
A4	Karimun

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Terranihil
B2	Template:Country data Lyoa
B3	Greater Sacramento
B4	Reykanes

Venues

Tirol had a relatively broad choice of stadia that satisfied the LFE's minimum capacity requirements, including two which satisfy the recommendation for finals capacity.

The two largest stadia in the country, the Atempèpruch-Stadion and Federazion Arena were selected, with the prior being selected as the venue for the final. As the primary host city, Innsbruck held two stadia, the Atempèpruch-Stadion in addition to the Pontenord-Stadion. The three other host cities held one stadium each. Two stadia were selected for expansion, with the Alpin Arena in Porsenù to be expanded from a capacity of 28,000 to 45,000, under the provision that the recently promoted Alpin Louva team would in future use the stadium; the other stadium to be expanded was the Stadion Gherdëina in Santa Cristina Gherdëina, from a capacity of 35,000 to 50,000.

Various other stadia, such as those in Ampëz and Trënt, were not selected. The venues covered 3 of the 5 Provinces of Tirol, with the highest number in the Inn region with one in the province and two in Innsbruck Autonomous District.

Innsbruck		Balsan
Atempèpruch-Stadion		Federazion Arena
Capacity: 75,000		Capacity: 60,000

Innsbruck Balsan Porsenù Santa Cristina Gherdëina
Santa Cristina Gherdëina	Innsbruck		Porsenù
Stadion Gherdëina	Pontenord-Stadion		Alpin Arena
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 41,000		Capacity: 40,000

Team base camps

Each team had access to a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations during the tournament, and travelled to games that took place away from their bases. The 8 teams validated their options with the LFE on 20 December 2020.

Team	Base camp
Greater Sacramento	Lianz
Karimun	Ciavaleis
Lyoa	Santa Cristina Gherdëina
Malgax	Tlüses
Quebecshire	Porsenù
Reykanes	Hall
Terranihil	Comezadurå
Tirol	Nöia Ladina

Match officials

On 30 December 2020, the LFE announced 6 referees were selected for the tournament.

Country	Referee	Matches refereed
Greater Sacramento	Muhammed Sultani
Karimun	Thamrin Malika
Template:Country data Lyoa Lyoa	James Taylor
Quebecshire	Clarence Beaufort
Terranihil	Oktay Ergin
Tirol	Luda Fanes

Squads

Teams were required to select a squad of 23 players, three of whom were required to be goalkeepers, with the final squad to be submitted to the LFE by 28 May 2021. If a member of the final squad suffered an injury prior to the teams first game that would keep him out of the entire tournament, another player could be called up to replace him.

Group stage

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.

All times are local, AMT-1.

Tiebreakers

For the three-game group stage of the tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:

number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
goal difference in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
goal difference in all the group matches
number of goals scored in all the group matches
fair play conduct of the teams
drawing of lots

However, these criteria would not apply if two teams tied on points and goals scored played against each other in their final group match and no other team in the group finishes with the same points; in that case the tie would be broken by a penalty shootout.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tirol (H, Q)	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Malgax (Q)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to knockout phase
3	Quebecshire (E)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Karimun (E)	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: LFE 2021
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

13 June 2021

20:00

Tirol	1–1	Groffenord
Kalajdžić 4'		Kuntus 60'

Federazion Arena, Balsan, Tirol

Attendance: 59,730

Referee: James Taylor (Lyoa)

14 June 2021