The IVF, or International Volleyball Federation, is the highest body of domestic and international volleyball clubs, headquartered in the city of Montreal, in Royal Kingdom of Quebec. The IVF is in charge of organising 2 championships: Volleyball Champions League (VCL) and WorldLeague. The Volleyball Champions League is open to the top 2 clubs of the nation's domestic volleyball league and will be, for the time, played in one venue submitted. The WorldLeague is only open to the national team of your nation's volleyball association and will be played in one venue submitted.
When it comes to scorinating volleyball, the latest version of Xkoranate will be used for the time being.
A maximum of one puppet, and two nations overall, from a user will be allowed to enter the competition in a season. There'll be no restrictions on number of teams for the puppet.
Entries for these two competitions are to be formatted as followed:
Samplestan (XYZ) qualifiers
master nation of Sampleland (ZYX)
VCL: 1093 Sampleton, Sampleville Tigers
WorldLeague: Samplestan
Host bids for each competition finals may be made in a separate box as shown below. Bids for the Volleyball Champions League must have a seating capacity of at least 9,000, while bids for the WorldLeague must have a seating capacity of at least 10,000. In both cases, a host city, in which the stadium is located, must be announced as well. Here's an example of final site bids:
Samplestan (XYZ) final site bids
Volleyball Champions League / WorldLeague: Sampleton Coliseum (Capacity: 10,930)
Sampleton Coliseum is home to the 1093 Sampleton. Well-known as the "Margaret's Volleyball Crib", it is one of the oldest arenas in the nation still used for volleyball. It plays host to the 1093 Sampleton's Volleyball, Basketball and Handball teams, as well as its university teams. Sampleton is well known as the volleyball capital of the Samplestan, as well as the key producer of Samplestan's duck meat.
Questions and suggestions about the thread can be sent to this nation via telegram, or inquired on IRC.
Note: This is also an announcement confirming the submission deadline for the both WorldLeague and Volleyball Champions League, to be on 11 Jan 2016 at 02:00 GMT.