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So, a World Cup generally lasts a month, but of course we can't fit the whole thing in this space in an In Character timeline. So I'm going to work with the fact that the tournament has started, to give students, adults and players something to talk about. As well as users time to RP their expansion characters if they would like.

It usually goes:
 * Qualifiers (started three years prior to tournament, and concluded eight months before)
 * Group Stage (completed in host country)
 * Round of 16
 * Quarters
 * Semis
 * Finals

So, since we're starting in the quarters, the players could have been in Britain for a while before we started RPing. Pyrrha, in my case, has been travelling and is considering settling in Britain, but you can decide what you want for your own characters.

Qualifiers generally complete about eight months prior to the tournament, at which point there seems to be a long hiatus until the tournament begins. But to fit the entire tournament into a small time frame, I'm going to assume that the Group Stage has already started.

How the group stage works is that each of eight groups contains four members. All group stage matches are played in the host country, meaning the expansion characters will have arrived already.

In these groups, the top two teams qualify for the next round, the round of 16. By my calculations, halfway between now and summer, the Round of 16 would start at around Week Six, so if you want your characters to talk about Cup Matches, I've come up with something. Countries in bold qualified for Round of 16.

Group A: Germany, France, Colombia, Czech Republic

Group B: Norway, Australia, Russia, Portugal

Group C: United States, Wales, Greece, Iceland

Group D: Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Serbia

Group E: Egypt, Scotland, Netherlands, Hungary

Group F: Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Croatia

Group G: Japan, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Romania

Group H: Mexico, Korea,Belgium, Ukraine

Round of 16
Usually, matchups are randomised but for ease since we're not actually RPing them I'll say the group top two play each other. Again, bolded teams win. This will end in Week Nine when the Quarters should commence RPing. In each match one team is considered the 'home' team; in this case it is the first listed country.

Match A: Germany vs France (scoreline WIP)

Match B: Norway vs Australia (scoreline WIP)

Match C: Wales vs United States (scoreline WIP)

Match D: Ireland vs Italy (scoreline WIP)

Match E: Scotland vs Egypt (scoreline WIP)

Match F: Spain vs Argentina (scoreline WIP)

Match G: Japan vs Bulgaria (scoreline WIP)

Match H: Mexico vs Korea (scoreline WIP)

Quarters
So we've reached the stage we will be RPing.

(Note To NAP: These matches are provisional that I generated by the randomiser. Feel free to do them yourself if you want.)

Match A: Germany vs Argentina

Match B: Mexico vs Ireland

Match C: Norway vs Egypt

Match D: United States vs Japan