World Cup 90 Host Bid--Vil-Ita-LIA/Baker Park
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:35 pm
The Football Association of Vilita, in cooperation with the Football Association of the Commonwealth of Baker Park, present a hosting bid for the 90th NationStates World Cup.
Both nations are located within Atlantian Oceania in close proximity to one another; Vilita has co-hosted the World Cup on four previous occasions--the last being WC 59—while Baker Park has been co-host of WC 84 with Cassadaigua. In addition, the users behind both nations have successfully hosted or co-hosted a myriad of events across a wide range of sports, and currently are involved as hosts of ongoing events.
Vilita & Baker Park have each established a foothold in the annals of the 'Eighties' World Cup cycle history, as the Jungle Cats captured back to back titles in WC 81 & 82 to join the exclusive club of nations with five championships; for the Bees, their qualification for the WC 80 Finals via the playoffs in their debut to the NSWC has carried over to their current record of being the only nation that has never failed to qualify for the 32 team field; a Fourth Place finish in World Cup 85, along with a quarterfinal appearance in WC 88 have been highlights of the sides' consistency.
Technical Specifications:
Matches will be decided by the use of the up to date xkorinate program, utilizing the NSFS formula with additive multipliers. All nations accepted for entry to the NSWC qualification tournament shall choose a style modifier between +5 (most offensive) and -5 (most defensive), with 0 (zero) being the midpoint, so as to stipulate how their team might be expected to perform. All nations are entitled to ASK to change their style modifier 1 (One) time throughout the duration of the tournament, by communicating said change via RP.
The distribution of nations to their respective qualifying group shall be based upon the Official KPB rankings calculated as close to the Group Draw as is practicable.
During the group qualification phase, there will be 2 (two) Match Days scored per cutoff, with the exception of the first and the last scheduled group round, with a minimum of 48 hours between each announced cutoff.
Role Play writing will be graded by the co-hosts on a consistent scale, with max points for a single cutoff added to all nations posting a roster in the designated forum thread. There will be a small carryover of total RP bonus for those nations that make the 32 team Finals.
The size of qualifying groups will be determined by the total number of valid entries on the date of cutoffs for entries for the World Cup and/or Baptism of Fire. The preference of the hosts is to have groups of 10, and to that end the use of a home & away playoff among group runners-up are a possibility.
The position of nations in the group table during qualifying shall be determined as follows (as applicable):
1) Result of a direct match(s) between opponents (head to head points)
2) The difference between the goals scored and goals allowed in the match(s) between two opponents (head to head goal difference)
3) If still tied, the difference between goals scored and goals allowed in all other matches not involving the opponents (overall goal difference)
4) If still tied, the team having won more matches within the group (wins)
5) If still tied, the team having [[scored more total goals or allowed fewer total goals]] (goals)
6) If still tied, a flip of a two sided coin (OOC-- RP bonus less starting pts)
EDIT--in the case of more than two nations that require tie-breaking, the process will be applied until at least one nation is eliminated, and begin again with the remaining competitors until all ties are resolved.
Any and all questions are welcomed and shall be answered to the best of the prospective co-hosts ability.