1963 Ecros Championship

1963 Ecros Championship

1963 Ecros Meistaramótið í Fótbolta (in Reykani) Championnat d'Ecros de football 1963 (in Quebecshirite)
Tournament details
Host country	Quebecshire Reykanes
Dates	6– June
Teams	10
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)

The 1963 Ecros Football Championship was the fourth edition of the LFE Ecros Championship. The contest was the first to be held across two nations, owing to the lack of capacity in Reykanes; Group 2 was hosted in Reykanes and Group 1 and the knockouts were hosted in Quebecshire. It was won by x x–x over x in Quebecshire City. The defending champions were Tirol.

The 1963 tournament was the first to be contested by 10 nations, which would remain the size of the tournament until the Morovan War and the suspension of the Morova Football Association from the LFE. The tournament was the debut of the Morova, Groffenord, Lyoa and IKANIA national football teams.

Bid process

On 4 January 1959, following a decision made by the LFE Executive Committee, the two leading bids, Quebecshire and Reykanes, agreed upon a compromise under which Reykanes would host part of the tournament and Quebecshire the remainder, including the knockouts.

Final draw

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Quebecshire (2) (hosts) Reykanes (3) (hosts) Tirol (1) (defending champions) Karimun (4) Template:Country data Lyoa (5) Terranihil (6) Groffenord (7) Morova (8) Greater Sacramento (9) Template:Country data IKANIA (-) Draw results Group 1 Pos Team 1A Quebecshire 1B Karimun 1C Terranihil 1D Groffenord 1E Greater Sacramento Group 2 Pos Team 2A Reykanes 2B Tirol 2C Template:Country data Lyoa 2D Morova 2E Template:Country data IKANIA Group stage The teams finishing in the four top positions progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament. Tiebreakers For the league stage of this tournament, where two or more teams 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 all league matches goals scored in all league matches drawing of lots If two teams tied on points, goal difference and goals played against each other in their final league match and no other team finishes with the same points; in which case the tie is broken by a replay on the following day. Group 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Terranihil 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Quebecshire 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 6 3 Greater Sacramento 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 4 4 Karimun 4 1 0 3 6 5 +1 2 5 Groffenord 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1 Source: LFE in Quebecshirite Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 6 June 1963 17:00 Quebecshire 2–1 Karimun  43' (pen.)  89'  43' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 6 June 1963 20:00 Terranihil 0–0 Groffenord Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 8 June 1963 17:00 Greater Sacramento 3–2 Groffenord  9'  34'  71'  24'  31' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 8 June 1963 20:00 Quebecshire 1–2 Terranihil  56' (o.g.)  12'  49' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 10 June 1963 17:00 Terranihil 2–0 Greater Sacramento  29'  41' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 10 June 1963 20:00 Groffenord 0–4 Karimun  56'  61'  61'  90' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 12 June 1963 17:00 Groffenord 0–3 Quebecshire  53'  62'  68' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 12 June 1963 20:00 Karimun 0–1 Greater Sacramento  89' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 14 June 1963 17:00 Karimun 1–2 Terranihil  89'  19'  28' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire 14 June 1963 20:00 Greater Sacramento 0–2 Quebecshire  37'  54' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Quebecshire Group 2 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Tirol 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Reykanes 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 5 3 Template:Country data IKANIA 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 4 4 Morova 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 3 5 Template:Country data Lyoa 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 Source: LFE in Quebecshirite Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 7 June 1963 17:00 Reykanes 2–2 Tirol  20'  47' (pen.)  7'  76' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 7 June 1963 20:00 Template:Country data Lyoa 3–3 Morova  31' (pen.)  32'  87'  20'  59'  81' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 9 June 1963 17:00 Template:Country data IKANIA 1–2 Morova  37'  39'  55' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 9 June 1963 20:00 Reykanes 2–0 Template:Country data Lyoa  14'  35' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 11 June 1963 17:00 Template:Country data Lyoa 1–3 Template:Country data IKANIA  30'  20'  23'  67' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 11 June 1963 20:00 Morova 0–3 Tirol  22'  71'  82' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 13 June 1963 17:00 Morova 2–4 Reykanes  3'  59'  6'  11'  55'  81' (pen.) Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 13 June 1963 20:00 Tirol 2–0 Template:Country data IKANIA  33'  41' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 15 June 1963 17:00 Tirol 2–0 Template:Country data Lyoa  32'  44' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes 15 June 1963 20:00 Template:Country data IKANIA 2–1 Reykanes  37'  87'  78' Portsmouth Arena, Portsmouth, Reykanes Knockout stage