Cup of Harmony 78

Cup of Harmony 78 was an international football tournament which was held in Ethane and Sylestone. Defending champions Kandorith were unable to defend their title as they qualified for World Cup 86

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previously announced as part of a Vilitan plan bid with Taeshan and Eastfield Lodge for the World Cup, but was later withdrawn.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
Teams were seeded into one of seven pots according to the KPB ranking system, updated as of the end of World Cup 86 qualification. In contrast to usual practice, hosts Ethane and Sylestone were not granted guaranteed seeding in Pot 1 and would play in the other host nation during the group stage. Ethane and Sylestone were automatically assigned to Groups A and E respectively, with the remaining teams were drawn consecutively into Groups A to H. The positions of each team in their group (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group) were determined by a computerised draw after the conclusion of the draw ceremony.

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).