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Format:
The 22 teams will be split into 2 groups of 11 teams, randomised by sign-up order (Another Twist in this Tea Cup). In particular, the teams will play a single round-robin in TeaFarmers, with the top 4 teams advancing to the Upper Bracket, the next 4 teams advancing to the Lower Bracket, and the remaining 3 teams eliminated from the competition. From then on, it is a pretty-standard double knockout bracket, with the image of the detailed bracket to be released soon.
Tiebreakers
For the group stage, the default tiebreakers will be used:
1) Points (3 point for a win, 1 for a draw)
2) Head-to-head Points between tied teams
3) Head-to-head Goal Difference between tied teams
4) Goal Difference
5) Match Wins
6) Coin Flip (OOC: Scorinating draw-off match(es) between tied teams)
In all matches in the tournament, standard football rules apply. For all knockout games (except the Grand Finals), should the score be level after 90 minutes, teams will play 30 minutes of extra time, and if the score is still level, teams will play a penalty shoot out. For the Grand Finals, should the score be level after 90 minutes, teams will
Schedule:
(All times in AEDT, which is 4 hours later than the time in Chiang Rai, 10 hours later than the time in Stuttgart, 14 hours later than the time in Montevideo, and 19 hours later than the time in Reno.)
22nd Nov: MD1&2
24th Nov: MD3&4
26th Nov: MD5&6
28th Nov: MD7&8
30th Nov: MD9&10
^^ Cutoffs for above at 11pm AEDT
2nd Dec: MD11
4th Dec: Upper & Lower Bracket Round 1
6th Dec: Upper Bracket Semifinals, Lower Bracket Round 2 & Round 3 (double scorination for Lower Bracket)
9th Dec: Upper Bracket Finals, Lower Bracket Round 4 & Semifinals (double scorination for Lower Bracket)
11th Dec: Lower Bracket Finals
13th Dec: Grand Finals
^^ Cutoffs for second half at 2pm AEDT
Group Stage Groups:
Teams are split into 2 groups, the Potato Group, and the Tea Group.
Potato Group (Fixture List is here. If you play the team "12" that's a bye.)
Poafmersia
HUElavia
Sixty-ninE X
Canadian Dominion
Fort McKinley
Burikinia
Delaclava
New Al-Khabir
Loyo
Punta Tembaga and the Terjunian Isles
Panerialand
Tea Group (Fixture List is here. If you play the team "12" that's a bye.)
Ziwana
Hopal
Amenria
Baker Park
Qasden
Saterun
Catalaonia
Featherstonehaugh Cholmondeley
Busoga Islands
Sannyamathland
The Gothanita Isles
Knockout Brackets: (Click on the image to zoom in)
RP Information:
(selected portions from Host bid)
Teams who submit rosters will be given RP bonuses up to half the amount of RP bonus allowed for 1 matchday (0 to 4). In addition, such teams will be given an additional base bonus of 6 (regardless of quality of roster), to separate teams who roster from teams who don't roster.
Just like the recent World Cup, a form of degrading bonus will be used so that nations won't be obliged to RP every cutoff for the sake of doing so. From Cutoff 2, nations will be guaranteed a floor, determined by 35% of the average of the previous 2 RP bonuses (or 35% of cutoff 1's RP bonus for cutoff 2), rounded to the nearest 3 decimal place, as the bonus rank added for the cutoff. Should the RP bonus given be higher than the calculated bonus rank floor, the RP bonus will be added to your rank instead.
To assist in RPing, there will be additional prompts given in cutoff posts. These are prompts that can be related to anything, including a quirk about TeaFarmers, some differences between Poafmersia and TeaFarmers, as well as some additional IC information. There is no penalty/bonus for following such prompts.
For teams who change their style modifier after submission of the roster, they would be allowed to make one change in the style modifier in the tournament. To change the style modifier, you would need to make 1 IC post explaining the change, followed by a telegram to this nation (TeaFarmers) for us to note the change.
For the newcomers to NS Sports, participating in a tournament in this forums for the first time, do have a read at the Guide to Sports Roleplaying, linked above! For more info on how to start a football roster, I have linked some information in the spoiler below, explaining about RP permisions, style mods and all.
Edit Log:
17th Nov, 1753 UTC: Corrected Potato Formatting
20th Nov, 0615 UTC: Added Knockout Stages Bracket
21st Nov, 1030 UTC: Added first list of rosters