World Cup 46 host bid thread - Ad’ihan and Kelssek
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NationStates Football World Cup 46
46e Coupe du monde de football
Come discover the passion in Ad’ihan and Kelssek
46e Coupe du monde de football
Come discover the passion in Ad’ihan and Kelssek
Who
Ad’ihan, currently ranked in the world top 15. Ad’ihan has hosted the World Cup twice previously in this guise; World Cup 37 with Novapsolu and World Cup 41 with Daehanjeiguk, as well as World Cup-related tournaments. It is made up of two islands, Grand and Barrier, and is situated in The Heartland. It has a population (IC) of around 85 million people.
Kelssek, currently ranked in the world top 30. Kelssek has no prior World Cup, Cup of Harmony or Baptism of Fire hosting experience. However, the nation successfully hosted the Fourth Winter Olympics, one of the biggest undertakings anyone could ever think of, short of perhaps only the Summer Olympics. Kelssek is a large nation of 230 million in the East Pacific, a multicultural, democratic, tolerant society full of Commies. Cute, lovely, fluffy Commies.
How
Teams and format As of this writing there are 79 nations signed up for the 46th World Cup, including Ad’ihan and Kelssek. This number may include already-expired nations. The aim is for groups of six where possible, as we'd like to keep the number of matchdays down, although groups of eight are also feasible.
This means the following numbers (including Ad’ihan and Kelssek) are good: 74 (12 groups of 6), 82 (10 groups of 8), 92 (15 groups of 6). An alternative would be odd-numbered groups, which we will consider working with depending on the schedule and number of signups.
Scorination and RP bonus Scorination will be done using Commerce Heights/New Manhattan/Paripana's Olympic scorinator, called xkoranate. This marks a departure from the usage of NationStates FootySim in the past two World Cups Ad’ihan has hosted.
RP bonus will be cumulative, using an updated and modified version of the RP bonus calculation sheet used in World Cup 37 and WC41. In those two World Cups, every single matchday was considered, with newer matchdays being weighted more.
The modified sheet will tentatively take into account only the last four matchdays (for the qualifiers). This should ensure no team will get by solely on the strength of posting two or three RPs near the start before disappearing. At the end of qualifying, RP bonuses will be reset, and for the finals every RP will count.
CTE nations Nations that cease to exist before the end of qualifying or the end of the finals group stage and that are not restored before the scorination on these dates will receive an 80 point penalty. Nations that cease to exist before scorination of a kncokout round match will be excluded from their match.
Tiebreaking The following tiebreaking criteria shall be used:
Points, goal difference, goals for, head-to-head between tied nations, games won. If two teams are still tied, a playoff shall take place. If three or more teams are still tied at this point, lots will be drawn.
The tentative schedule is for the qualifiers to start as soon as possible, within this month, likely in the last week of April (or earlier if possible). The Cup final will be held no later than the third week of June due to RL.
Any questions should be asked in this thread.
74, not 72!
Otherwise fine.
Me likey.
Um well okay on that likeness. Next um can i have a link to the scorinator, (eith my new net might be able to use it) and What is the basis of the taking only the past four days. Sometimes things come up ya know. and otherwise it seems pretty good.
From the original post, "This should ensure no team will get by solely on the strength of posting two or three RPs near the start before disappearing." IMO four days already allows for the possibility of something cropping up; I had considered using two or three days.
Yes, KP, 74 teams, not 72.