Hi contestants,
As you might have noticed, our rules do not mention a couple of things about the end of the qualification stage, and we also want to talk about the beginning of the tournament stage.
1. Two teams of the same group have the same amount of points at the end of the qualification
In this case, we will decide the undefined two positions according to the result of the circuit between these two teams. Whoever has won the circuit will get the top position.
2. Three or more teams of the same group have the same amount of points at the end of the qualification
In this case, we will decide the undefined positions according to these criteria, which will matter in descending order:
a) Most extra points gained
b) Most "3 points" victories
c) Most "2 points" victories
Example:
Team A: (3 +1 extra) + (3 +1 extra) = 8 points
Team B: 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 points
Team C: 3 + 3 + 2 = 8 points
All the teams scored the same points and by applying the above criteria the final ranking would be:
1. A
2. C
3. B
If after the application of these criteria there would be still two undecided positions,
Section 1 manner will be used.
3. Tournament match plan
As you can see we already added the match plan to our
IFBC3 schedule. There, inside
Tournament - Match plan sheet, you can also see how we will decide the eight starting spots in the tournament phase. Here below you will find also the criteria in case of the same amount of points.
3.1 Two or more teams with the same ranking place have the same amount of points at the end of the qualification
In this case, we will use the same criteria as in
Section 2:
a) Most extra points gained
b) Most "3 points" victories
c) Most "2 points" victories
If after the application of these criteria there would be still two undecided positions, we will run a deciding circuit between these two teams, and whoever will win this extra circuit will gain the better place of these two undecided positions.
3.2. Tournament timetable
As you can see we will have our last qualification circuit on the 3rd of May. After this, we will have three days of break for every team to prepare for the upcoming tournament phase.
During this break, on Tuesday, 05.05.2020, we will have the deciding circuits mentioned in section 3.1, if necessary.
In this way, on Thursday 07.05.2020 we will finally start our tournament with the first match circuits.
3.3 Battle times in the tournament phase
To fit the times of the battles better to the competing teams, we would like to ask every team to decide a coherent timeframe of a minimum of 4 hours in which battles for your team would be suitable (Server time, please). For this purpose, we ask only one of the leaders to send a ticket with this information. We will then try to put every battle from your team in this timeframe. Of course, it might not be possible for all the battles, but we will do our best.
Also in the tournament two teams will have the option to reschedule battles within a timeframe of 24 hours (maximum 12 hours before and after the scheduled time) and with a break of 75 minutes from another scheduled circuits.
Like in the qualification, we will also have two circuits per day during the week, and two to three circuits per day during the weekend.
We hope everything is now sorted out and we will have exciting battles for the tournament spots and in the tournament itself.
Your Organization team
