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VWE 14
Royal Quebecois Volleyball Federation (RQVF) is delighted to welcome the twenty-four competing nations of the Volleyball World Expo to the Kingdom of Quebec and Shingoryeo!
As the 'Everything Thread', this place is where you will post your roster and RPs, and also where the match results and fixtures will be posted. All games will be played within Quebec and Shingoryeo. IC information about Q&S and the host cities will be available on the post right below that of the OP, to be released at the end of December 4th.
For any OOC comments, please redirect them to the Signup-OOC thread. Please contact me on discord or TG if you have more direct enquiries.
Rosters
First, and arguably the most important step of your participation in any NS Sports tournament is to post a roster. It provides you with a rough with an overview of the team to work off of and helps others to roleplay with you! So, while it's perfectly fine for you not being able to RP, it is recommended that you at least post a roster.
Over the years, I have been asked multiple times by many users what would constitute the appropriate size of the teams or how many positions can the players hold. At a minimum, this should be a list of 7 players including a libero. This also means that you should aim to have at least one Right Side/Opposite, 2 Middle Blockers/Centres, 2 Left/Outside Hitters, a setter and a libero as well.
There is a bit more mix (and debate! too) with the maximum size of the teams - IRL it's 12 players + alternates for Summer Olympics, and 14 players for all senior cups hosted by FIVB (World Cup, World Championships), and Volleyball Nations League 14 players selected from a 25-player pool every week - and we have to consider how long the international competitions can take in indoor volleyball both IRL and ICly.
Thus, my general recommendation would be 12 players for squads with weaker depth/less money (important to remember that weaker depth =/= overall team strength) and either 14 players or 14 players + alternates for teams with stronger depth/more money for the federation to send more players to the competition. In this case, you should also aim to bring at least 2 Right Side/Opposites, 3 Middle Blockers/Centres, 3 Left/Outside Hitters and 2 setters. Beyond that, however, feel free to adjust the numbers as you need to do so.
POTS AND GROUPS
Sixteen out of twenty-four nations have participated at any point over the past three VWE periods and were placed into eight pots. Eight unranked sides were randomly placed into either group.
Group A
Quebec and Shingoryeo (2, HOST)
Lisander (24)
United Adaikes (14)
Macbon (UR)
Græntfjall (6)
Abanhfleft (12)
West Barrack and East Obama (UR)
Huayramarca (22)
Aquatin (UR)
Banija (19)
Dod Rava (UR)
Cassadaigua (4)
GROUP B
Sannyamathland (UR)
Commonwealth of Baker Park (13)
HUElavia (1)
Xanneria (UR)
Chromatika (7)
StrayaRoos (20)
Atheara (26)
Delaclava (UR)
Juvencus (UR)
Pemecutan (10)
Mytanija (3)
Natanians and Nosts (15)
Schedule
Cutoff Time will be between 20h30 to 22h30 UTC (15h30 to 17h30 EST), with adequate amount of time given for any delays in advance.
Tiebreakers: Wins, points (3-0 and 3-1 wins = 3 points, 3-2 wins = 2 points, 2-3 losses = 1 point, 1-3/0-3 losses = 0 point), Set Quotient, Point Quotient, Head to Head Results.
December 13th: CUTOFF WINDOW 1 - MD1 & MD2
- MD1: 1v12, 2v11, 3v10, 4v9, 5v8, 6v7
- MD2: 12v7, 8v6, 9v5, 10v4, 11v3, 1v2
- MD3: 2v12, 3v1, 4v11, 5v10, 6v9, 7v8
- MD4: 12v8, 9v7, 10v6, 11v5, 1v4, 2v3
- MD5: 3v12, 4v2, 5v1, 6v11, 7v10, 8v9
- MD6: 12v9, 10v8, 11v7, 1v6, 2v5, 3v4
- MD7: 4v12, 5v3, 6v2, 7v1, 8v11, 9v10
- MD8: 12v10, 11v9, 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5
- MD9: 5v12, 6v4, 7v3, 8v2, 9v1, 10v11
- MD10: 12v11, 1v10, 2v9, 3v8, 4v7, 5v6
- MD11: 6v12, 7v5, 8v4, 9v3, 10v2, 11v1
January 3rd: Quarterfinals - A1 vs. B4, B2 vs. A3, B1 vs. A4, A2 vs. B3
January 5th: Semifinals - A1-B4 winner vs. B2-A3 winner, B1-A4 winner vs. D1-A4 winner and 5th-8th Classification Rounds
January 7th: 5th-8th Placement Matches, Bronze Medal Match and Final