The 7 Nation Cup - Sonnel's Championship
Welcome
Welcome, one and all, to the 7 Nation Cup! This will serve as the megathread for all editions of this cup, until we run out of space or the format drastically changes.
All OOC chatter should be conducted elsewhere, either on the Sonnel RMB or the Sonnel Discord. This thread is limited to rosters, RPs, and scores.
Introduction
What is the 7 Nation Cup? Simply put, it's an invitational tournament played between the national teams of (eventually) seven selected Sonnelian nations.
It's a small tournament held in Drawkland (for the foreseeable future) during the regional phase of the World Cup cycle.
Format
The original format of the 7 Nation Cup will be used for the finals of the tournament. However, with interest increasing, qualifying formats will now be employed.
The host of the cup will automatically qualify for the seven nation group stage. The remaining participants will be placed into multiple groups to compete for the final six spots.
The qualification process is not set in stone, but should be a single or double round-robin with the top teams qualifying to the seven team group stage.
The qualifying seven participants will play a single round-robin group stage, totaling to six games per team. Tiebreakers: Points, H2H, GD, H2H GD, RP Bonus "coin flip."
At the conclusion of the group stage, the Top 4 teams will be placed in a seeded semifinal. The semifinal will be contested single elimination.
The two winning teams from the semifinal will play a single winner-takes-all Championship match for the title. A third-place match will also be held.
Scorination
All scorination, regardless of host, will be done using xkoranate 0.3.3 with the SQIS formula. Additive style mods will be in use.
The current KPB/IAC ranks will be used, however, the values will be scaled down slightly to be more equitable for teams that don't participate in the World Cup.
Rosters and RPs will be graded and given a generous bonus, as this is a short and backburner competition. Any activity shall be awarded in turn.
While this is dependent on host, I personally will mostly scorinate two matchdays per cutoff in qualifying, one matchday in the finals, with daily cutoffs.
History
- Edition / Hosts / Champion -
- First Edition * Drawkland * Drawkland -
- Second Edition * Drawkland * Silver Beach -
- Third Edition * Drawkland * Seven Green Mountains -