Cup of Harmony 78

Cup of Harmony 78 is an international football tournament which will be held in Ethane and Sylestone.

Host selection
Two bids were submitted for the Cup of Harmony. Both bids featured slightly different sets of tiebreakers, for instance, the bid by Ethane and Sylestone features head-to-head goal difference over overall goal difference; while the bid by Siovanija and Teusland and Royal Kingdom of Quebec features overall goal difference over head-to-head goal difference. A third Cup of Harmony bid by Tequilo and Reçueçn was previously announced as part of a Vilitan plan bid with Taeshan and Eastfield Lodge for the World Cup, but was later withdrawn.

Draw
With 8 groups and 56 participants, the participating nations were split into 7 pots. A unique feature of this draw was that the hosts would not gain automatic Pot 1 status, but rather, stay in their original pots based on ranking. Ethane was automatically drawn into Group A, while Sylestone was arranged to be drawn into Group E. However, the hosts will be playing in the other host nation for the group stage.

Tiebreakers
In the group stage, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
 * 1)  (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss);
 * 2) Points in matches between tied teams;
 * 3)  in matches between tied teams;
 * 4) Overall goal difference;
 * 5) Overall goals scored;
 * 6) Drawing of lots (OOC: cumulative RP bonus).