2023–24 UHFA Elite Championship

2023-24 UHFA Elite Championship

Tournament details
Dates	7 September 2023 (2023-09-07)—1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)
Teams	Competition proper: 32 teams Total: 44 teams (from 19 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sanctus Fidelis
Runners-up	Laeralsford
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125

The 2023-24 UHFA Elite Championship was an iteration of the UHFA Elite Championship, the most prestigious club football competition in Hesperida. The competition is organized by the Union of Hesperidan Football Associations (UHFA). The final will be played at the Parc de Noblesse in Althea, Laeral. The winners of the UHFA Elite Championship will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 UHFA Elite Championship group stage, earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 UHFA Competitiors League in the 2024 UHFA Victors Cup, enter the 2024 AFFIDU Club World Cup, and earn the right to compete in the Elite-Champions Challenge and the Club Internationale. Sanctus Fidelis was the winner of the competition, defeating Laeralsford A.C. by a score of 2-0.

Association team allocation

Rank	Association	Teams
		Group stage	Qualifying R1	Qualifying R2
1	Libertas Omnium Maximus	4	0	0
2	Sanctaria	4	0	0
3	Lauchenoiria	3	1	0
4	Laeral	3	1	0
5	Novella Islands	3	0	0
6	Slokais Islands	3	0	0
7	Haesan	2	1	0
8	Aredoa	2	1	0
9	Grundhavn	1	1	0
10	Greater Acadia	1	1	0
11	Zongongia	0	0	2
12	High Fells	0	0	2
13	Misumi	0	0	2
14	Buckingham	0	0	1
15	Iustos	0	0	1
16	Hanafleura	0	0	1
17	Esilie	0	0	1
18	Kerlile	0	0	1
19	Mallacaland	0	0	1

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kaze Seimei	4–2	Kagamiko	2–0	2–2
Grapevale Athletic	3–3 (8–7 p)	Valoca	1–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Flax County	5–1	Saikane	2–0	3–1
Hästerten City	4–3	Argenbonne	1–1	3–2 (a.e.t.)
San Bartillo	4–11	Sneedville United	4–3	0–8
Mallaca City Lions	2–3	Kaenan	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Constitution 94	4–3	Flax County	1–0	3–3
Hästerten City	0–6	Port Royal National	0–1	0–5
Kaze Seimei	5–1	Sneedville United	4–0	1–1
Lushui	5–1	Kaenan	1–0	4–1
Yerville United	4–7	Seorin	3–4	1–3
Flacaño	5–5 (1–4 p)	Grapevale Athletic	2–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Draw

Pot	Team
A	Ashford (1st)	Sanctus Fidelis (1st)	Annatown United (UCL)	Laeralsford (1st)	Novella City (1st)	Weston Road (1st)	Club Cité (1st)	Atlético Caronia (1st)
B	Iustitia City (2nd)	Nicene City (2nd)	Summersea (2nd)	Hanshui (2nd)	Port Ternout (2nd)	New Liverpool (2nd)	Kingschurch (1st)	South Acadian (1st)
C	Saint Augustine (3rd)	Mitre Rovers (3rd)	Usera (3rd)	Neidong (3rd)	Rikal (3rd)	Northrock United (3rd)	Hyangsan Athletic (2nd)	Asociación Vahania (2nd)
D	Litudinem (4th)	Papal Rangers (4th)	Constitution 94 (QR)	Port Royal National (QR)	Kaze Seimei (QR)	Lushui (QR)	Seorin (QR)	Grapevale Athletic (QR)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Weston Road	6	3	1	2	10	5	5	10	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Papal Rangers	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
3	Usera	6	3	0	3	5	7	-2	9	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Kingschurch	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3	7	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hanshui	6	3	2	1	10	5	5	11	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Club Cité	6	3	1	2	9	6	3	10
3	Litudinem	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2	7	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Rikal	6	2	0	4	6	12	-6	6	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sanctus Fidelis	6	4	2	0	10	3	7	14	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Iustitia City	6	3	2	1	6	4	2	11
3	Hyangsan Athletic	6	3	0	3	8	10	-2	9	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Constitution 94	6	0	0	6	1	8	-7	0	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northrock United	6	4	2	0	5	1	4	14	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Novella City	6	1	4	1	7	5	2	7
3	South Acadian	6	1	2	3	6	5	1	5	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Grapevale Athletic	6	1	2	3	4	11	-7	5	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Annatown United	6	4	1	1	16	5	11	13	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Port Ternout	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
3	Saint Augustine	6	3	1	2	10	12	-2	10	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Port Royal National	6	0	1	5	1	10	-9	1	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laeralsford	6	3	1	2	9	7	2	10	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Mitre Rovers	6	3	1	2	6	5	1	10
3	New Liverpool	6	1	3	2	7	8	-1	6	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Seorin	6	1	3	2	7	9	-2	6	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ashford	6	5	0	1	13	3	10	15	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Nicene City	6	3	2	1	8	6	2	11
3	Lushui	6	1	2	3	4	7	-3	5	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Asociación Vahania	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9	3	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kaze Seimei	6	3	2	1	4	1	3	11	Advances to knockout rounds
2	Atlético Caronia	6	2	3	1	4	5	-1	9
3	Neidong	6	2	2	2	6	5	1	8	Transfers to UHFA Competitors League
4	Summersea	6	1	1	4	5	8	-3	4	Eliminated from UHFA competition

Knockout rounds

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. Teams were placed in a 16-team bracket based on their group and their position within the group.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Laeralsford	3	3	6
	Port Ternout	3	1	4
							Laeralsford	2	3	5
							Annatown United	1	2	3
	Annatown United	3	2	5
	Mitre Rovers	1	2	3
													Laeralsford	2	2	4
													Nicene City	1	2	3
	Kaze Seimei	0	1	1
	Nicene City	3	1	4
							Nicene City	2	0	2
							Papal Rangers	1	0	1
	Hanshui	0	1	1
	Papal Rangers	2	0	2
																			Laeralsford	0
																			Sanctus Fidelis	2
	Ashford	2	4	6
	Atlético Caronia	0	0	0
							Ashford	1	2	3
							Iustitia City	0	0	0
	Northrock United	0	2	2
	Iustitia City	5	0	5
													Ashford	2	0	2
													Sanctus Fidelis	1	1	2
	Weston Road	1	0	1
	Club Cité	0	2	2
							Club Cité	0	0	0
							Sanctus Fidelis	2	2	4
	Sanctus Fidelis	2	4	6
	Novella City	2	1	3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Weston Road	1–2	Club Cité	1–0	0–2
Hanshui	1–2	Papal Rangers	0–2	1–0
Sanctus Fidelis	6–3	Novella City	2–2	1–4
Northrock United	2–5	Iustitia City	0–5	2–0
Annatown United	5–3	Mitre Rovers	3–1	2–2
Laeralsford	6–4	Port Ternout	3–3	3–1
Ashford	6–0	Atlético Caronia	2–0	4–0
Kaze Seimei	1–4	Nicene City	1–3	0–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Cité	0–4	Sanctus Fidelis	0–2	0–2
Nicene City	2–1	Papal Rangers	2–1	0–0
Ashford	3–0	Iustitia City	1–0	2–0
Laeralsford	5–3	Annatown United	2–1	3–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Laeralsford	4–3	Nicene City	2–1	2–2 (AET)
Ashford	2–2	Sanctus Fidelis	2–1	0–1

Final

2023-24 UHFA Elite Championship

13:00 LST

Final

Laeralsford	0–2	Sanctus Fidelis
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Parc de Noblesse, Althea, Laeral

Attendance: 53,409

Referee: Koichi Shimada (Misumi)