Rankings
For the purpose of this tournament, ranking, shall be based upon performance at the last Winter Olympics, from the V and VI Winter Olympics. Only 5 teams, Cotdelapoms, Carasatoga, North Chicanan, Bergnonvinaia and Sarzonia, have been ranked. The rest (including me) start with no ranking, however a large RP bonus will make up for this. Anyway here are a list of the ranked team, with the skill mods next to them.
Full team list
Tournament venues
Olympia Arena
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Built in the Olympic Park in the capital Aurumtum, Olympia Arena can seat 20,500 spectators. It is to host the round 1 matches, the quarter final 1 and 5 and the finals.
Cherrybrook Arena
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Home to top EHL team the Cherrybrook Falcons, the arena is able seat 20,200 spectators. It is to host the Cherrybrook Group matches, the round of 16 second and sixth matches, the second quarter final match and the second semi-final match.
Hockey City
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Built specially for the World Women's Hockey Championships, Hockey City is able to seat 20,122 spectators. Located in the city of Lynx, Hockey City is soon to house a new EHL franchise, the Lynx Jets however the WWHC is the first event it'll be hosting. The Hockey City Group matches are to be played here, along with round of 16 third and seventh matches, quarter final third match and the third place playoffs.
Saint Vincent's Dome
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Saint Vincent Dome is owned by the Saint Vincent Priests, an Elite Hockey League team. It is to host the Saint Vincent Group matches, the round of 16 fourth and eighth matches, the quarter final fourth match and the semi final first match. It can seat up to 20,240 spectators and has also hosted Arena rugby matches, proving itself as worthy on the international sports scene.
Groups
Hockey City Group
1. North Chicanan
2. Wolfmanne
3. Auremena
4. Beaverriver
5. Chenkoyra
6. DANURBIA
Cherrybrook Group
1. Cotdelapoms
2. Sarzonia
3. Deminina
4. Gallund
5. Gyatso-kai
6. Krumbia
Saint Vincent's Group
1. Bergovinaia
2. Carasatoga
3. New Black Hope
4. New Palmouth
5. Qhaddafis
6. Spityfyred1
Matches
[MD1] 9th July 2011
1v6
2v5
3v4
[MD2] 10th July 2011
1v2
3v5
4v6
[MD3] 11th July 2011
1v3
2v6
4v5
[MD4] 12th July 2011
1v4
2v3
5v6
[MD5] 13th July 2011
1v5
2v4
3v6
[MD6] 14th July 2011
Round 1 (the 3rd placed teams, along with the highest ranked 4th placed team, play against each other in a seeded match)
1v4
2v3
[MD7] 15th July 2011
Quarter-finals (teams are seeded)
[MD8] 16th July 2011
Semi-finals (teams are seeded)
[MD9] 17th July 2011
Third-place playoffs
[MD10] 18th July 2011
Finals
Scorination, RP bonuses and Style mods
Scorination will be done with the latest Xkoranate. RP bonuses are set at 60%, since this being the first tournament and considering that very few teams are ranked, I want there to be lots of action to win, rather than relying on Margaret and skill mods, which is why it is so high. Maximum RP bonus awarded is 1.000, with half and half for quality and quantity. NSFS style mods are being used. Tiebreakers used is head-head, goals for, goals against and goal difference. Style mods, like the World Cup of Hockey, is has a minimum of -3 and a maximum of + 3.
RP cutoffs
18:00 BST (British Summer Time). If it's late than at the most the RP cutoff will be 22:00 BST.