Hockey Siovanija & Teusland is pleased to welcome the competing nations of the 14th World Junior (U20) Hockey Championship to our country for the competition! This thread will serve as the place to post rosters, RPs, and where the results of games will be posted. The World Juniors serves as the first stage for many future hockey legends to take the ice on the world stage for the first time, and we look forward to welcoming these budding stars to Siovanija & Teusland, a hockey-crazed nation, for the tournament. The 24 participating teams have been drawn into 6 groups of 4. Which nations have bright futures in hockey? The time has come to find out.
Any OOC questions should be directed to the OOC thread.
Group Draw
The 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4. Siovanija & Teusland, as tournament host, were automatically placed in Group A. Group tiebreakers will use the following procedure: points, head-to-head result, goal difference, goals for, and if necessary, a coin toss. There will be a single round robin schedule, with each team playing the others in its group once.
Group A
Siovanija & Teusland
Banija
Abanhfleft
Jeckland
Group B
Fluvannia
Cassadaigua
Huelavia
Res Publica Nova Roma
Group C
People Named Harold
Austrakia
Donnacona
North Quadana
Group D
Neu Engollon
Xanneria
Savojarna
Trolleborg
Group E
Sarzonia
Royal Kingdom of Quebec
Nova Anglicana
Northwest Kalactin
Group F
Terre Septentrionale
Karambad
Free Republics
Flekkefjord
Rules/Procedure
A group stage win earns a team 3 points. During the group stage, there will be no ties, and all games, if necessary, will be settled with a 5 minute 3-on-3 overtime followed by a shootout. An overtime or shootout win grants 2 points, and an overtime or shootout loss grants 1 point.
After the group stage, the top 2 teams in each group will automatically advance to the Round of 16. The final 4 spots will go to the top 4 3rd-placed group finishers, who will be seeded based on points, and goal difference. To determine Round of 16 matchups, the advancing teams will also be seeded, based on points, goal difference, and goals for. Seed #1 will play seed #16, and so on. After each round, the tournament will be re-seeded.
During the playoff rounds, there will be no shootout. Tied games after regulation will go to continuous 5 on 5 20-minute sudden-death overtime to determine a winner.
The tournament will be scored with xkoranate 0.3.3, using the SQIS formula developed by Saintland. As there are no ranks for this tournament, RP bonus will be generous. If you so desire, a style modifier ranging from -5 to +5 can be added to your roster. -5 represents a defensive hockey team, +5 an offensive minded one.
Other Notes
You may find the Wikipedia article on the sport of hockey useful, it can be found here.
Another helpful article details the RLstates World Juniors, and it can be found here.
For hockey on NS Sports, you can find the international hockey discussion thread here.
Feel free to telegram or message me on Discord if you have any further questions.
Tournament Schedule
Cutoff times will be between 10PM-11PM EST.
Monday, April 13: Matchday 1 (1v4, 2v3)
Wednesday, April 15: Matchday 2 (4v3, 1v2)
Friday, April 17: Matchday 3 (2v4, 3v1)
Sunday, April 19: Round of 16
Tuesday, April 21: Quarterfinal
Thursday, April 23: Semifinals
Saturday, April 25: Gold medal game/bronze medal game
Hockey Siovanija & Teusland wishes all competitors the best of luck in what should be an exciting tournament. See you on the ice!