Galactic Cup

Galactic Cup is one of the largest sporting events in the galaxy. The winner is crowned as the champion of jetball. The event is hosted by the Galactic Jetball Federation.

History
The first Galactic Cup was held in 44 BBY to determine the best planetary team in the galaxy. In fact, the title planetary team is a bit misleading, for individual systems usually compete as one team. This is not always the case, however, as Kashyyyk and Trandosha have seperate jetball teams, just to name one example. The first tournament featured 64 teams coming to Coruscant, as thousands tried to qualify. Eventually, Corellia was victorious, defeating Alderaan 4-2. Every 4 years, a new tournament is held on a different location. However, from 4-8 ABY and in 28 ABY, the tournament and numerous other jetball competitions were shut down due to the Galactic Civil War and Yuuzhan Vong Invasion respectively. In addition, in 72 ABY, many Outer Rim worlds did not compete due to the war against Darth James. In that year, no 3rd place match was held, due to the war.

Qualification
Qualification is a lengthy process that begins 2 years before the next Cup. Thousands of teams must be withered down to the final 64 that enter the tournament. The host planet and the previous winner receive automatic bids into the final tournament, leaving 62 open spots. If the previous winner is the host nation, the previous runner up receives an automatic bid.

Normal Qualification Process
There are roughly 500 teams in each of the 6 Confederations. The final four of each Confederaion's championship receives an automatic berth into the group stage of qualification. 496 teams become 248 which becomes 124 which leads to 62 and then 31. At this point, the highest ranked team still in play moves on to the group stage. The remaining 30 teams play each other. The 15 winners move on to the group stage as well. Now, there are 20 teams alive in each Confederation. They are organized into 5 groups of 4. Each team plays the other 3 teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group move on to the Galactic Cup.

The Extra Step in the Core
At this point, there are 62 teams in the tournament (2 Auto-bids, 60 Teams that Qualified). Due to the fact the most competitive jetball takes place in the Core Jetball Association, they are allowed 2 extra teams. The 4 best 3rd place teams from each group enter another group. If there is tie in the records of 2 teams, it is broken by this process: These 4 teams play each other 3 times and the top 2 teams enter the final tournament.
 * Number of Goals Scored
 * (If above is a tie) Number of Goals Allowed
 * (If above is a tie) GJF ranking.

The Final Tournament
The final tournament has the 64 teams organized into 16 groups of 4. Each team plays the other 3 teams once. The top 2 teams advance into the knockout phase. Eventually, only 2 teams remain which will play for the championship. The day before the final, the losers of the semifinals compete for 3rd place.

Awards
At the tournaments conclusion, the Galactic Cup MVP is awarded, usually to a player on the winning team. Sol Tios of Alderaan has won the most GC MVPs, with 3. The Galactic Jetball Federation also selects the All-Galactic Cup Team.

32-68 ABY
Number of Wins Per Team:
 * Corellia-4
 * Dac-2
 * Geonosis-2
 * Utapau-1
 * Cerea-1

Victories Per Planet
Corellia-10

Dac-5

Alderaan/New Alderaan-4

Geonosis-3

Kashyyyk-2

Naboo-1

Mogdopia-1

Trandosha-1

Utapau-1

Cerea-1

Mustafar-1