Field Hockey World Cup 18 signups (CLOSED)

[Liventia]

In (Puppet of Islas Aaland)

Whoever is eventually elected host will make a final call, but normally puppets are not allowed for first-time entrants.

[Rhaecia]

Puppet of Lisander (possibly) signing in.

[Lisander]

Puppet of Lisander (possibly) signing in.

After hosting last Field Hockey Champions League Finals, I could not let Rhaecia off the event.

[United States of Devonta]

In!

[Al-Khalifiya]

Al-Khalifiya signs up. Puppet of Vangaziland, though the Vannish are not signing up.

[Vangaziland]

Confirming the above. VNG stands by if we need a numbers puppet.

[Barunia]

Friendly reminder, you have a little over 24 hours to get host bids in.

[NeoChronus]

im in!!

[Resarkia]

in

[Barunia]

Host Bids are now closed. Sign ups remain open.

All signed up nations may now vote. Votes should be in the format of 1st preference, 2nd preference etc.

Your options are:
BOLGANO,s host bid
Ko-oren's host bid

TG votes to this nation. You have until 1400 UTC next Tuesday.

I will try and add links etc later. At the moment I am stuck on my phone

[Terropo]

in

[Barunia]

Friendly reminder you have a little under 6 hours to vote for your preferred host bid. Currently I only have 5 votes (plus one abstention). It would be great to see more participants voting for the host.

[Barunia]

Host Bid Voting Results

BOLGANO - 1 vote
Ko-Oren - 5 votes

Thus, Ko-Oren is duly awarded the rights to host the 18th Field Hockey World Cup. All further planning is now handed over to them.

Thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to our host. See you all in Ko-Oren!

[Ko-oren]

Hi, all! Thanks for choosing me. The number of entrants so far has already surpassed the maximum number of entrants as I estimated in my host bid, so I'll be making a small adjustment. I'll draw seven groups of four, playing a double-round robin for six matchdays. After that, the group winners, along with the best runner-up, will go to the quarterfinals.

I'll open the thread over the course of this week, so everyone can post their rosters and early RPs. The draw will happen next week, along with the schedule. You can expect MD1 to take place on the third of February, as not to coincide with the (Soccer) World Cup (and some IRL business in the days leading up to the 3rd).

1. Barunia
2. Ko-oren
3. Bolgano
4. Natanya
5. HUElavia
6. Sarzonia
7. Kriegiersien
8. Eastfield Lodge
9. Mattijana
10. Pratapgadh
11. Tyranis21
12. The Sarian
13. Liventia
14. Xanneria
15. Chromatika
16. Lo Santano
17. Lisander
18. Korpocracy
19. Islas Aaland
20. Esperanto-Komunumo (puppet of Islas Aaland)
21. Christos
22. Rhaecia (puppet of Lisander)
23. United States of Devonta
24. Al-Khalifiya
25. NeoChronus
26. Resarkia
27. Terropo
28. Vangaziland

Sign-ups are hereby closed.

[Vangaziland]

Here’s a caveat. Vangaziland is technically a numbers puppet. If one person feels they just missed the spot and wants to join before any draw or IC thread starts, post quickly to take my spot. If not, I’ll give two teams a go.

[Bolgano]

I can only congratulate Ko-oren for having won the vote, I wish you good luck with the FHWC18

[Barunia]

Hi, all! Thanks for choosing me. The number of entrants so far has already surpassed the maximum number of entrants as I estimated in my host bid, so I'll be making a small adjustment. I'll draw seven groups of four, playing a double-round robin for six matchdays. After that, the group winners, along with the best runner-up, will go to the quarterfinals.

I'll open the thread over the course of this week, so everyone can post their rosters and early RPs. The draw will happen next week, along with the schedule. You can expect MD1 to take place on the third of February, as not to coincide with the (Soccer) World Cup (and some IRL business in the days leading up to the 3rd).

1. Barunia
2. Ko-oren
3. Bolgano
4. Natanya
5. HUElavia
6. Sarzonia
7. Kriegiersien
8. Eastfield Lodge
9. Mattijana
10. Pratapgadh
11. Tyranis21
12. The Sarian
13. Liventia
14. Xanneria
15. Chromatika
16. Lo Santano
17. Lisander
18. Korpocracy
19. Islas Aaland
20. Esperanto-Komunumo (puppet of Islas Aaland)
21. Christos
22. Rhaecia (puppet of Lisander)
23. United States of Devonta
24. Al-Khalifiya
25. NeoChronus
26. Resarkia
27. Terropo
28. Vangaziland

Sign-ups are hereby closed.

If you are going with 28 teams, I will change the thread title and OP to state that sign ups are closed. However, based on Vangaziland’s statement, I will leave the waitlist open.

[Ko-oren]

The Everything Thread is up!

[Ko-oren]

The draw will take place shortly, so signups are closed (there also have not been new signups for a week, so I think I'm safe).