2024 Copa Apollonia
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Vegno |
| Dates | 7 – 28 July 2024 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Floria (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Senya |
| Third place |
Vegno |
| Fourth place |
 Meckelnburgh |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 68 (2.62 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Sam Butcher Alesandrœ Danetskë |
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The 2024 Copa Apollonia was the eighth tournament of the Copa Apollonia, and was held in Vegno between 7 July and 28 July 2024. The ten competing national teams all qualified successfully to be involved. The tournament's matches were played in six stadiums in six different cities around Vegno.
The tournament was won by Floria, for their second title, who beat Senya in the final in Cossa.
Hosting
Vegno was chosen as the host of the tournament after submitting one of three applications. The FMF Executives agreed that the Vegnese bid was more suited for hosting than the other applicants' and it was announced that the host's national team would receive an automatic berth in the tournament, as well as the winners of the previous tournament.
Bids
Stadiums
Vegno had a wide choice of stadiums that satisfied the FMF's minimum capacity requirement of 20,000 seats for continental championship matches. The main city and stadium of the Vegnese hosting is the capital Cossa: group stage matches and the final will be played at the Stadio San Giuann. The cities of Mhazar and Sancrus will host the semi-finals with their respective facilities: the Mhacompare Arena and Parco del Trionfo. Additionally, the cities of Taurasi, Scanzata and Crati have been given a supporting role, with the latter having the honour of hosting the third-place play-off in its Cantorunno Stadium.
Various other stadiums with larger capacities, such as those in Voma and Panoli, were not selected due to their less modern infrastructure. The venues covered six of the main regions of Vegno, but the area with the highest number of venues is the Vegnese plain area in the central part of the nation, with four of the six host cities (Mhazar, Scanzata, Crati and Cossa) located there.
| Cantorunno Stadium | Mhacompare Arena | |
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| Crati | Mhazar | |
| Capacity: 44,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | |
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| Parco del Trionfo | Sospiro Stadium | |
| Sancrus | Scanzata | |
| Capacity: 44,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | |
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| Stadio Munnissima | Stadio San Giuann | |
| Taurasi | Cossa | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 65,000 | |
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Marketing
Branding
The official logo was unveiled on 30 October 2023, during the bidding process, by Manuele Cocci, president of the FCV. The logo depicts a cormorant, the official animal and symbol of Vegno, accompanied by the name of the host country and a football. The main colours used are orange, white and blue, representing the three colours of the Vegnese flag.
The official mascot, presented in January 2024, to celebrate the start of the new year, also represents the figure of a cormorant but wearing a kit and playing football. The name of the tournament mascot, chosen through a survey among the citizens of Vegno, is Cormy: a diminutive of cormorano, the Vegnian word for "cormorant".
Ticketing
Tickets for the venues were either sold directly by AEFA via its website or distributed by the football associations of the competing teams. Follow-your-country tickets (FYC tickets) went on sale from 20 June and each nation competing in the 2024 Copa Apollonia received an allocation of 5,500 FYC tickets. An FYC ticket covered entry to all of the respective nation's games, in a designated block for supporters of each country, as well as accommodation for the duration of that nation's participation.
Official song
In June 2024, Vegnese group Dittatura del Burgir together with Vegnese singer Emanuele Romeo Forse were announced as the official musical artists of the tournament. The official song, "Il nostro grido risuona (Copa Apollonia)" (transl. "Our cry resounds"), was released on 1 July 2024 and was performed live by the artists both at the tournament's opening and closing ceremonies.
Qualification
List of qualified teams
Squads
Teams were required to name a twenty-man squad for the tournament, with two goalkeepers, numbered 1 to 20.
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Vegno
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advances to semi-finals |
| Meckelnburgh
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advances to play-off round |
 Daau
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
 Raspur
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
 Arboria
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld |
W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floria
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advances to semi-finals |
| Senya
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | Advances to play-off round |
 Hurmu
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
 Lamantia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
 Tiana
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |
Knock-out stages
Play-off round
Semi-finals
25 July 2024
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| Vegno
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1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |
Senya
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Boretto  93'
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Danetskë 116'
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| Penalties | ||
Boretto  Gualtieri Vassena Autiero Mannino  Tosi Coscelli Spanu Gaggiano Formentini Malvicino Boretto Gualtieri Vassena Autiero Mannino
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11 – 12 | Danetskë Smith Hands Zvet Minyorletsken Delaney Maytek Mëa Rochester Ƨardënöčer Jacobs Danetskë Smith Hands Zvet Minyorletsken
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Third-place play-off
Final
| 2024 Copa Apollonia Winners |
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 Floria |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
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See also
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