Basketball in Carasatoga
Basketball is an extremely popular sport in Carasatoga second to Baseball and Softball only. The Carasatoga Basketball Association (CBA) was founded in 1917 and today boasts two Divisions, First and Second, each with sixteen teams split into two Conferences. Whenever the IBC comes around, Carasatogans get more excited than for any other international sporting competition, shown in the CBA's eagerness to bid for, and failing, IBC VIII and bidding for the first U-18 IBC. During the U-18 IBC, Carasatogan support for basketball grew incredibly, helping the national youth team to a title. In honor of the U-18 team's success, and of this being the ninth IBC, 9 Energy, the most popular energy drink in Carasatoga has agreed to sponsor the tournament.
Format
With 42 entrants, the teams were split into 7 groups of 6 each. The qualifying round will be a double round-robin with the matches being played on the home team's court and the top two from each group will advance to the round of 16 (considered to be the actual tournament) along with the two next best third place finishers, to be held in Carasatoga in two facilities. Winners will then advance to the Quarterfinals (best of 3), Semifinals (best of 3) and Finals (best of 5), and there will be a consolation game for third place (best of 3) as well as a consolation tournament. Tiebreakers will be: overall record, H2H record, overall point differential, H2H point differential, overall scored points and finally H2H scored points. Friendlies would also be welcome with one friendly per nation in between Qualifiers, and then another friendly after Qualifiers which can be set up and confirmed in the discussion thread.
Stadia
The qualifying will be held in the participating nations' home courts.
The Round of 16:
Quarterfinals:
Semifinals:
Finals/Consolation:
Scorination
The latest version of xkoronate for basketball will be used. RPs will be graded on a 1 to 5 scale with a 20% degradation for each matchday that you do not RP. The RPs will be graded on quality rather than on quantity. Placeholders for RPs will not be tolerated as they accomplish nothing and will result in a deduction in RP Bonus. Scorination will be between 4pm and 6pm EST daily, although this time may not be consistent for the first few matchdays as I had not originally planned on hosting the tournament.
These are the New Groups:
Group 1
1Sarzonia
35The Andromeda Islands
54Darmen
Kagdazka and Pazhujebu
Ipeland
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Group 2
2Qazox
24Bergnovinaia
49Silver Beach
Aleckandor
Megadia
Mapletish
Group 3
3Cassadaigua
23Cosumar
44Western Cuba
Erathore
Soviet Canuckistan
Homelands Our
Group 4
4Sibirksy
20Altimarus
40Cotdelapoms
Thatius
Legokiller
Yesopalitha
Group 5
5Valladares
15Carasatoga
39Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuk
70Cakistan
Euskirribakondara
Allamunnic States
Group 6
6Civil Citizenry
11Andossa se Mitrin Vega
3895X
64Michael VII
Sovreignry
Torisakia
Group 7
8Delaclava
9Mangolana
36Taeshan
59Spitfyred1
Camwood
Patricant