The Delaclava Hockey Federation welcomes you to the 16th edition of the World Junior Hockey Championships!
We are excited to welcome the world's best and brightest young hockey stars, most of whom will be competing on the international stage for the first time - and we're sure many will continue to represent your nations for years to come.
This thread will be where you can post your rosters and roleplay posts, and where I will post the results of the tournament. Please keep reading for further details on the format and mechanics of the competition - and always feel free to reach out to me with any questions!
32 teams have signed up to participate in this tournament, and have all been given a starting point value for the purposes of seeding and group draws. The point values for each team are a weighted average of WJHC 15 performance, WJHC 14 performance, and modified WCoH rankings. The pots are as follows:
Pot 1: Siovanija and Teusland, Anthor, Fluvannia, Kelssek
Pot 2: Savojarna, Banija, Nova Anglicana, Sarzonia
Pot 3: NPC West Florida, Quebec, New Waldensia, Abanhfleft
Pot 4: HUElavia, Græntfjall, Flekkefjord, Sannyamathland
Pot 5: St. Saratoga, Delaclava, Gergary, Quakmybush
Pot 6*: Crystalline Caverns, BohemiaIV, Srednjaci, Alaska Hawaii and the Aleutes, Grey County, Hebitaka, Atheara, Suimede, Saint-Domingues, Mapletish, Croblade, Sainterris
* Pot 6 teams are currently unranked in the WCoH rankings and have not participated in either of the last two editions of the WJHC.
One team from each pot (and three teams from Pot 6) has be drawn into the four groups, each of which are played in one primary city/region. After the teams have been drawn, the listed order of the groups has been randomised. Delaclava was placed, from Pot 5 according to their rating, in Slot 1 of Group A at the beginning of the draw.
Group A - Kalinin (North/Valhalla)
Delaclava
Sarzonia
Atheara
Flekkefjord
New Waldensia
Anthor
BohemiaIV
Sainterris
Group B - Novick (Northeast)
Fluvannia
Grey County
Mapletish
Abanhfleft
Quakmybush
Banija
HUElavia
Crystalline Caverns
Group C - Firinsymnia (East)
Saint-Domingues
Gergary
Suimede
Sannyamathland
Savojarna
Alaska Hawaii and the Aleutes
Siovanija and Teusland
NPC West Florida
Group D - Spaulding (Southwest)
Quebec
Croblade
Kelssek
Græntfjall
Hebitaka
Nova Anglicana
St. Saratoga
Srednjaci
Each eight-team group will play a single round-robin for a total of seven games. Teams will earn two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If games are tied after sixty minutes of regulation, a five-minute, sudden-death 3-on-3 overtime period will be played. If the game is tied after the five minutes, the game is over and the result is a draw.
At the conclusion of the group stage, teams will be sorted by points, wins, overall goal difference, head-to-head points, head-to-head wins, head-to-head goal difference. A three-way tie or more is deemed broken when at least one team has been separated by a criterion; if a tie still exists, the tiebreakers will be applied in their entirety to that new tie. (Some may refer to this as "restarting" or "cycling back".)
The top three teams in each group will advance directly to the Round of 16; group winners will be seeded 1 to 4 based on their performance (using the same criteria as above); runners-up, seeded 5 to 8; third-place teams, 9 to 12. The fourth- (seeded 13 to 16) and fifth-place (17 to 20) teams will advance to the Play-in Round, where they will be matched according to seed for a one-game playoff, the winners of which advance to the Round of 16 against the group winners.
Play-in Round and Round of 16 games will be rearranged as necessary to avoid group-stage rematches. Once the matchups have been determined for the Round of 16, the bracket is set and no further re-pairings or re-seeding will take place. The bracket is single-elimination and will be played through until the champion is determined. A third-place playoff will precede the final.
Scores will be generated with xkoranate 0.3.3, with the SQIS no-shootout formula and additive style modifiers. As part of your roster, you may provide a style modifier ranging from +5 (most offensive/aggressive) and -5 (most defensive/conservative); this choice will not affect the win/loss result or the margin of victory, simply how high- or low-scoring your games tend to be. You may change this style modifier one time during the tournament, by sending me a telegram.
Your roster can be as detailed or thorough as you would like, but should at a minimum contain a list of players and their positions. The purpose of a roster is not only to provide a foundation for your own roleplay, but also to assist your fellow roleplayers when they write about the games they will play against you. To that end, you are encouraged to provide the following list with your preferences indicated:
- Code: Select all
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my Scorers: Yes/No
Choose Scoring Events: Yes/No
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes/No
RP Injuries to my Players: Yes/No
Godmod Injuries to my Players: Yes/No
Godmod Other Events: Yes/No
Style Modifier: (can range from -5 to +5)
Roleplays can be written in a variety of styles - the main characteristics of a successful RP are clarity, thoughtfulness/effort, successful collaboration/respect for other RPers, and presentation. While each team is assigned their starting skill value, the RP bonuses will be generous and determine the majority of the RP+rank value.
Cutoffs will occur at 7:00 AM US Pacific time (10:00 AM US Eastern time, 1500 UTC time. This website may help you determine when this occurs in your timezone.)
Friday, March 5 - Day 1: 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
Saturday, March 6 - Day 2: 8 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 1 v 2
Sunday, March 7 - Day 3: 2 v 8, 3 v 1, 4 v 7, 5 v 6
Monday, March 8 - Day 4: 8 v 6, 7 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Tuesday, March 9 - Day 5: 3 v 8, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 7
Wednesday, March 10 - Day 6: 8 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Thursday, March 11 - Day 7: 4 v 8, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1
OFF DAY: Friday, March 12
Saturday, March 13 - Play-in Games (Fourth- and fifth-place teams)
Sunday, March 14 - Round of 16
Monday, March 15 - Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 16 - Semifinals
Wednesday, March 17 - Third Place Playoff and Final
WJHC16 OOC Thread (formerly Signups)
Delaclava WJHC16 Host Bid
Wikipedia article on Ice Hockey
Wikipedia article on RL World U20 Championship
NS International Hockey Discussion Thread
Guide to Sports Roleplaying
Please reach out to me with any questions, and let's get started! Best of luck to all competitors!