WCoH XXXIV(34) Signups (Closed)

[The Davidian Islands]

We would like to try, Don't expect heavy RP from us though. I know very little about Ice Hockey.

[Lisander]

Signing in Lisander.

[Cosneolta]

pre confirming puppet Cosneolta

hi bich

[Kep]

Hi -
After a not-to-shabby showing at the AOHC Kebec is ready once again in the post-De Saint-Pierre era.
Co-bid in the works.

~ Kep

[St Saratoga]

In

[United States of Devonta]

in

[Northwest Kalactin]

I would be happy to host it in 2 locations Lismore and Kempsey with 8 arenas each in both cities.

[Aggrey-Fynn Land]

Signing up

[Savojarna]

SAVOJARNAWCoH XXXIV
CandidateNation

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 34th World Cup of Hockey!

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, located on the main island of Vestrholmen. The stadium used in the city is 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 part of the KO round, a semifinal and the grand final.

Thorsborg is the third-biggest city in Savojarna and a center of the tech industry, located in Vestrholmen. The bigger one is used by CASK Thorsborg, the Stadion General Harden (capacity: 22'000). It hosts a preliminary group and the Thorsborger part of the KO round. For the other preliminary group, Thor's Den (12'200) is used, a stadium usually shared by Energie Thorsborg and Thorsborgs Technik.

Hovikkära is the biggest city of Sumanen and the fourth-biggest city of Savojarna. The stadium in the city is the Karl Marx Stadion (24'000), home to PT Hovikkära, hosting a preliminary group, part of the KO round and the 3PPO.

Pawlograd is the biggest city of Russica Savojar, the part of Savojarna located on the Rushmori mainland. It features the Stadion Ivan Petrovich (23'000), home to SK Torpedo Pawlograd, and it will be hosting a preliminary group, a part of the KO round and a semifinal. The second stadium in Pawlograd is the Stadium of the People of the World (13'500), newly renovated home to International Pawlograd, hosting one preliminary group.

Storevik is located on the smallest main island of Savojarna, called Ejana, in the far Northwest. It is the capital of Ejana and the home of two SHS teams, who share the small but modern Norsk Palace (14'000). Storevik hosts a preliminary group.

Virkaja is the capital of Sumanen and its second-biggest city. It is one of the few Savojar cities not located on the coast, instead built in the middle of the forest. It is home to one SHS team, Savojars Vinge Virkaja. Their home stadium, the Aviatorium (19'900) is home to one preliminary group.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

The format obviously depends on the number of signups, but I am aiming for a format with eight groups and 16 teams going to the KO round. The group stage will be conducted in a single round robin, the KO stage will be done in single-match series (as in the RL IIHF World Championships or the WCoH 31). Points will be given out as in the IIHF Worlds: 3 points for a win, 2 for an OT/SO win, 1 for a OT/SO loss, 0 for a loss. As Xkoranate can currently not do that, I will either do it by hand or use Challonge as a help.

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.
40 teams => 8 groups of 5, top 2 advance to Octos.
44 teams => 6 groups of 7, top 2 + four best third-placeds advance to Octos.
48 teams => 8 groups of 6, top 2 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 and Saintland's modifiers for scorination, with the full range of style mods up to three decimals, using the Xkoranate mode 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. Cutoff times that I will aim for are roughly 22-23:00 CEST/20-21:00 UTC.

PAST EXPERIENCE

The user behind this bid has a history of about two years on NS Sports as Ficiscia and Savojarna. I organised the 12th WJHC and the Neptunia International Sixdays as Ficiscia. Both these nations also ran domestic leagues in ice hockey and football as well as a handball league for Savojarna, 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).

FINAL WORDS

I thank you for reading and hopefully considering the Savojar bid for WCoH 34. We think you should pay this beautiful and advanced nation a visit. See you soon in Savojarna!

[ASMRLAND]

I am In.

[Bjornoya Islands]

in

[Esparmuran]

ya

[Northwest Kalactin]

I am In.

Hey my best friend

[Banija]

Why not? I'm in.

[Somersville]

My Somersvillean Squad has never had a chance to perform in Bandy. We will sign up.

[World Cup of Hockey Federation]

Sign-ups updated to Somersville.

[Azadeshia]

Azadeshi hockey team is in.

[Ravenclaw Army]

In

[The Greater Dog Islands]

Hey can I sign up?

[Indusse]

In

[Calapooia]

I'd like to sign up.

[World Cup of Hockey Federation]

Host Vote
All members of the World Cup of Hockey Federation may vote:

1: To approve Savojarna's bid
2: Vote to reject the bid
3: Officially abstain.

WCoHF member nations may send their votes by telegram to Vyinta by 2300 CDT, Sunday October 8th.

[Hampton Island]

Hampton Island in.

[Tobiasia]

Signing up

[World Cup of Hockey Federation]

Sign-ups have been updated to Tobiasia.

Also, just letting you know that there's less than 12 hours left before the deadline, so if you're a member of the WCoH Federation* and you haven't voted already, it might be a good idea to do so now.

* The obvious exceptions being Valanora and myself (Elejamie).