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From http://www.whbpcvii.org/
The tournament will do this with a more accurate staging system for each Swiss Round (Bayesian), a more staggered advancement into the final elimination round (i.e. no teams from day 1 automatically advances and there’s less of a pressure cooker for the mid table) and a new final elimination system which still encompasses a second chance mechanism but is fairer for teams. The elimination round has all teams playing to an identical schedule and importantly both the teams in the grand final will have played the same number of games.
Importantly, this is how it breaks down:
Day 1
48 teams, split into 2 groups of 24 teams. Each team plays 5 rounds of Bayesian Swiss Rounds. (Average wait time between games of each team is 2 games).
Day 2
The now ranked teams are then merged into 2 evenly ranked groups of 16 teams. The field is now down to 32 teams. Each team plays a further 4 rounds of Bayesian Swiss Rounds to determine a final and more accurate seeding. (Average wait time between games of each team is 2 games).
Day 3
The top 20 teams proceed to the elimination round. These teams are split into 4 ranked groups of 5 teams. Each group plays a full round robin (4 games each) with the top 2 teams proceeding. The final 8 teams play out a single elimination final (quarter, semi and grand final)
The changes:
All games to be 15 minutes with an uncapped goal limit. The grand final will be 20 minutes. Dropping down the number of teams on day 2 meant an easier schedule and more chance for teams to rest. The final day of round robin still allows teams to mess up a game and proceed through while having a more realistic/fairer system to proceed into the top 8. Single elimination games will be more exciting than double elimination while also being much easier to follow. All teams play opponents that have played exactly the same amount of games. The two teams in the final would have played 7 games in total (32 team double elimination sees a team play a minimum of 6 games and maximum of 10 games). We felt that this combination is a much more honest and professional method which brings it in line with all other similar sports.