SAVOJARNAWJHC12
CandidateNation
As nobody could tell me who would be the official responsible person, or what the precedence is regarding host bid processes for WJHC (or bidding for a currently defunct championship) I decided that I will just publicly announce my interest like this and wait for either sanctioning by officials or generally positive feedback, in which case I'd go through with this bid.
In the name of Savojarna, the Savojar Sports Authority (SSA) and the National Hockey Association (SIHF) it is my pleasure to announce Savojarna's official bid to host the 12th World Junior Hockey Championship, the biggest tournament for U20 ice hockey in the Multiverse!
SAVOJARNA
The People's Republic of Savojarna is an island nation located in the Northern parts of Rushmore, consisting of three major islands, a small part of mainland possessions which was formerly a colony and around 1400 small islands, of which a majority is not constantly inhabited. It was an empire until 1909, when we had a revolution and the resulting state was the People's Republic of Savojarna, a socialist state aiming to increase its people's life standards and development while working towards communist society. As a result, the 22.8 million Savojars enjoy one of the most beneficial ratios of standard of living to price levels. The nation also is crazy about ice hockey, and the biggest matches in the domestic SHS draw huge crowds. In terms of attendance numbers and active players, football beats hockey, but they are at least equal in attention and passion, and hockey stadiums constantly have higher attendance percentages. This makes us confident we can organise a great tournament with enthusiastic Savojar crowds.
HOST CITIES
Sjoedrhavn is our national capital and the biggest city of the nation. It is located on the main island of Vestrholmen and connected to the world by an international airport. Thanks to a new express underground line, you can reach central Sjoedrhavn in only 20 minutes from there. Flights will be offered to all participant nations by International Air Savojarna. The stadia used in the city are both used for professional matches in our highest league, the SHS. Sjoedrhavns Stadsstadion (capacity: 26'400) is usually used by Dynamo Sjoedrhavn and Sjoedrhavn SHK. It will host preliminary games, the Sjoedrhavn half of the KO round and the grand final. NUS Arena (capacity: 9'000) is the stadium of Akademisk HK Sjoedrhavn and hosts a preliminary group. Both stadia are reachable in around 15 minutes from the city center by public transport, which is modern, reliable and free in Sjoedrhavn. Accommodation and training opportunities will be offered by the National University of Sjoedrhavn for all players.
Thorsborg is the third-biggest city in Savojarna and a center of the tech industry. It is also located in Vestrholmen and connected to the rest of the world through its own, smaller international airport mainly used by low-budget companies as well as a highspeed train to Sjoedrhavn which takes about 90 minutes. One return train ride to Sjoedrhavn is included in every ticket for games played in Thorsborg. Like in Sjoedrhavn, we use the city's two SHS stadia for the WJHC. The bigger one is used by CASK Thorsborg, the Stadion General Harden (capacity: 22'000). It hosts a preliminary group and the Thorsborger half of the KO round, as well as third-place playoffs. For the other preliminary group, Thor's Den (12'200) is used, a stadium usually shared by Energie Thorsborg and Thorsborgs Technik. Thorsborg also offers free and reliable public transportation to the stadia, as well as training facilities and accommodation in the People's Army's National Hockey Academy facilities.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The format obviously depends on the number of signups, but I am aiming for a format with four groups as it has been used at the past WJHCs I was part of. The top 2 of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals, from there it will be single elimination to the end. If more than 28 teams sign up (which I do not expect based on past WJHC's):
30 teams => 6 groups of 5, group winners + two best second-placeds advance
32 teams => 8 groups of 4, top 2 advance to Octofinals
36 teams => 6 groups of 6, top 2 + four best third-placeds advance to Octos.
Tiebreakers
1. H2H points
2. Goal difference
3. H2H goal difference
4. H2H goals scored
5. Goals scored
6. Coin Flip
SCORINATION AND RP
I will use Xkoranate's ice hockey function for scorination, with the full range of style mods up to three decimals, using the Xkoranate style for Style Mods. RP bonus will be given out cumulative based on quality over quantity, and unless you commit violations of rules RP bonus will never be decreased. As an additional feature for RP, I will regularly post updates about the happenings in Savojarna surrounding WJHC at cutoff days, and in the end I will select an all-star team based on the RP performed. This team will then face the SHS all-stars. This is supposed to be an encouragement of RP and some extra reward for great players.
PAST EXPERIENCE
The user behind this bid has a history of about one and a half year on NS Sports as Ficiscia and Savojarna and organised the Neptunia International Sixdays as Ficiscia. Both these nations also ran domestic leagues in ice hockey and football, and I scorinated domestic Olympic Trials for Ficiscia before. Additionally, I have experience organising online contests on other pages (usually connected to music rather than sports). I am hoping to be trusted with the WJHC and use it as a step to higher hosting credentials!
FINAL WORDS
A word about timing: Of course, timing depends on the speed of signups and the time required for the international hockey community to review this bid. I hope to be able to run the tournament in mid-late March, but this depends on a lot of other factors such as avoiding clashes with WCQ77 and the Olympics, or other ice hockey events that may take place. The actual schedule will be decided later when we have more information. I thank you for reading and hopefully considering the Savojar bid for WJHC 12. We think you should pay this beautiful and advanced nation a visit. See you soon in Savojarna!
Participating Nations:
1. Savojarna
2. Novaya Zemlya
3. Esparmuran
4. Qasden
5. Kaboomlandia
6. United States of Devonta
7. Union of Socialist Alpine Republics
8. Musterfield
9. Kebec/Kep (which name do you want to go by?)
10. Royal Kingdom of Quebec
11. Ontorisa
12. Free Republics
13. Siberia North
14. Tveidalen
15. Abanhfleft
16. Piranhastan
17. Juvencus
18. Sulimany
19. Neu Engollon
20. Purple Rabbits
21. The Redvale
22. RIPlania
23. Sacheyenya
24. Tomikosan
25. Mercedini
26. Lamerika
27. Kecrazia
28. New Lusitania and the Algarves
29. Biancavilla
30. Cauja
31. Natanians and Nosts
32. Nassau-Hessen
