IMEC's FAI Cup (Starts in September)
IMEC's FAI Cup is a 1v1 Tournament based on the Republic of Ireland's Football Cup.
Open for Premiums & Freemiums with a Score of less than 1600 (Freemiums keep one slot open)
It is the third one in a series of European Cup Tournaments that I will host. More information can be found on:
IMEC's Iron Maid's European Cups (Overview Page)
Settings:
Map: Ireland
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: can be chosen by players when signing up
Reinforcements: can be chosen by players when signing up
Fog of War: No (because of the spectators
)Details:
General:
The Tournament will be played using the format of the FAI Cup.
Little changes are the number of teams and the using of byes.
Because more players will take part as in the real FAI Cup, there will be a Qualifying Round first.
Also there will be no byes as in the real FAI Cup in Round 1.
Link to real FAI Cup: FAI Cup 2009 on Wikipedia
Signing-up:
There will be room for 96 players.
This Tournament is only accessible for Sergeants and lower (Score < 1600).
Please indicate Spoils and Reinforcement when signing up, otherwise Escalating Spoils and Chained Reinforcements will be used.
Sign-up period ends on September 30th or when 96 players signed-up.
Format:
[spoiler]Qualifying Round:
At the end of the sign-up period it will be determined which 28 players are automatically qualified for the Main Tournament and which 68 players (Provincial Leugue Teams) have to play the Qualifying Round.
Players 29 until 96 according to their points on the Scoreboard will play with the corresponding Team as given in the Second Post.
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
34 1v1 games, winners go through to Round 1 of the Main Tournament.
Main Tournament:
After the Qualifying Round has finished it will be determined, according to the scoreboard, which 22 players (Premier Division & First Division) are automatically qualified for Round 3 (last 32).
Players 23 until 28 will play with the corresponding 'A' Championship team (Second Post) and join the 34 Qualifiers in Round 1.
Round 1:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
20 1v1 games, winners go through to Round 2.
Round 2:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
10 1v1 games, winners go through to Round 3.
Round 3:
For the 22 players that are automatically qualified, it will be determined which Premier Division or First Division team they will play. (According to the Scoreboard)
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
16 1v1 games, winners go through to Round 4.
Round 4:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
8 1v1 games, winners go through to the Quarter-Finals.
Quarter-Finals:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
4 1v1 games, winners go through to the Semi-Finals.
Semi-Finals:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org. Settings used are the ones of the home-team.
In case of a draw (this is when both player reach Round 11) a replay will be held with home advantage for the away team.
2 1v1 games, winners go through to the Final.
Final:
Draw is made using http://www.random.org.
It's a 1v1 game that will be played with No Spoils and Adjacent Reinforcements. Winner wins the FAI Cup![/spoiler]
Joining matches:
[spoiler]Players will be invited for their match using the invite-feature and will have 24 hours to join. If they fail to do so you will get another chance with a reminder and I also will note you. Players who fail to join after the reminder will be ejected from the tournament and a reserve will replace them.[/spoiler]
Winning matches:
[spoiler]You win your match as follows: 1. eliminate your opponent within 30 Rounds, 2. hold the most regions in Round 30 (if there is a tie then Round 29 will be looked at and so on), 3. your opponent deadbeats or 4. your opponent doesn't show-up and there is no reserve (walk-over). Note: If it is a Final then rule 2 doesn't count and play will go on until 1 player has won the game.
A draw can be possible in case of more legs, a structure with re-plays or a round-robin competition, when both players reach Round 11 in a game.[/spoiler]
Reserves:
[spoiler]Reserves are welcome and will only be used to replace players who didn't join there first game in the Tournament. Reserves never can replace higher-ranked players![/spoiler]
Disqualification Policy:
[spoiler]Notes: players will get noted for not joining their match after 24 hours of the invitation. 2 Notes will mean a Warning! (Yellow Card)
Warning (Yellow Card)
: A Warning will be given in the following cases: 1. to Freemiums who hadn't the possibility to join their match because they have no open slot, 2. to players who didn't join because they didn't play during the time the invitation & reminders were send. (mostly holidays) & 3. players who deadbeat, but who have written the reason in the game chat before deadbeating. If you have 2 Yellow Cards you will be sent-off with a Red Card (Disqualification).Disqualification (Red Card): Disqualification will occur in the following cases: 1. for players who had the possibilty to join, but did not join their game after a reminder (exceptions under Warning Section) and 2. to players who deadbeated without a reason given before in the game-chat.
Notes, Warnings & Disqualifications will count for all upcoming IMEC's Tournaments![/spoiler]
Tickets for UEFA Champions League:
After all IMEC's National Cup Tournaments (21 Tournaments) have been played, the IMEC's UEFA Champions League will be played.
The following tickets can be won during the IMEC's FAI Cup:
Winner: Qualifying Round 3
Runner-Up: Qualifying Round 2
Semi-Finalists: Qualifying Round 1
Tournament in the IMEC's Series currently taking Sign-Ups: IMEC's Kúpello Elládos (estimated start in October)
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