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I do have a thread on this in the NT forum but I wanted to share what is going on with the community at large. I had a epiphany a couple of weeks back, since so many nation's in the u21 competition have nothing to do after the first phase of worlds and the end of round robin in consolation why not organize a little tournament ?!? So I did, I painstakingly sent out invites and got quite a bit of positive response. In fact it was all positive, i did not hear from everyone invited to compete, but about 90% did and of those 100% who did reacted positively ! So now this is going to come to pass, I guess! I have broken the field down into three levels of competition, the big boys , larger micro and smaller micro. Rhatway we get what I feel will be three equally matched fields. Pairings in each field were determined by world rank with a minor exception in the big boy bracket where Canada and Misr somehow ended up for a scrimmage set for the first week of the competition. Which means Misr got a seat at the bug table, but piotek has farmed that program so well he can hang with anyone in that field. In retrospect both teams probably should have gotten byes in their respective fields, but by the time I came to that realization I had reached the point of no return as this has taken quite a bit of time and effort to put together.

So without further ado here is your field! All managers have been informed, as to how well this gets executed remains to be seen! FYI sites and home/away is up to those paired together! You've heard of eHarmony? Well this is bbHarmony lol



Big boy bracket

11 team field bracket is going to look funky

#1 Philippines bye

Vs winner of

8 Al Maghrib v 9 Mexico RESEEING CONFIRMED

4 Uruguay bye

5 Ireland bye

Will face each other in quarters CONFIRMED

2 Columbia bye

V winner of

7 Belarus v 1p Czechoslovakia CONFIRMED

3 Australia bye

V winner of

6 Canada v 11 Egypt/Misr CONFIRMED

A little off kilter but it's the best I can do considering Canada and Egypt are booked


Larger micro bracket

#1 Malaysia bye

V winner of

8 Scotland v 9 ? Romania withdrew due to birth of a new child! congrats!

4 Thai bye

V winner of

5 UAE v Saudi Arabis , will serve as a replacement match

2 crna gorna will now face 7 new Zealand with that winner. Now facing 10 Malta, please schedule correctly guys! CONFIRMED!



3 s. Africa vs Hanguk (wild card) CONFIRMED

Vs winner of

6 luxomburg v 11 crymu/Wales CONFIRMED


The small micro actually has the largest field with 15 nation's committed!

In the top half of the bracket

#1 Tournes/Tunisia (#57) Bye

Vs winner of

#8 Al Jazair (#80) vs #9 Bahamas (#83) CONFIRMED

#4 Barbados (#66) vs #13 Lubnan (#94) NOT CONFIRMED

Vs winner of

#5 Senegal (#69) vs #12 Bolivia (#93) CONFIRMED

In the bottom half of the bracket

#2 Nigeria (#59) vs #15 Nippon (71) CONFIRMED

Vs winner of

#7 Vietnam (#75) vs #10 Panama (#85) CONFIRME

#14 Guatemala (#95) NOT CONFIRMED

Vs winner of

#6 Jamaica (#71) vs #11 Macau (#89) NOT CONFIRMED



Last edited by Coach Lambini at 10/19/2019 10:01:15 PM

Great idea Lambini! Just one suggestion, can we establish a deadline for the other nation to accept the game proposal?

Things actually are pretty well set. I might be slipping in one more team or two but I think that we have a great field set up9

Ok I am officially closing the window. Some matchups have confirmed, others have not, and I even took my team (South Africa) off the bye line so Hanguk can participate. Y I hope this still can come together, but this is a lot to ask. IF you are not confirmed with your opponents for the first round which will be Monday I0-21 please do so asap. IF you took a invite but have second thoughts PLEASE let me know so I can maybe reshuffle the deck. This also applies to those who might have challenged the wrong team for this week.



Last edited by Coach Lambini at 10/17/2019 12:41:17 PM

Gentleman some of you can't help but put the proverbial fly in the ointment! Alas we are at the point of no return so things going off as best I can pull it off, but man is it going to look ragged!

The top post in this thread which has the matchups and seedings has been updated to reflect who has confirmed and who was not confirmed. If you would like to be in the tournament please let me know and then please start reaching out to the teams who have not had their matchups confirmed to see where you can be used as a substitute.

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 10/18/2019 12:51:35 PM

And at the end of the day the bracket we will be left with will not quite resemble the one we started with! But far as I am concerned we are going forward!

Here are the final pairings for the first round! Start times are US Eastern aka New York time followed by location let's see how many of you set these on neutral courts.

I will be reworking who faves who in the following round!


Major nation's division

Czech republic vs Belarus 09:30 Ukraine

Canada vs Misr (Egypt) 09:30 Ukraine

Uruguay vs Ireland 11:55 Italy

Al Mahrib vs Mexico 21:00 Mexico


Large Micro division

New Zealand vs Crna gorna 11:00 UAE

Cyrnu aka Wales vs Luxomburg 13:00 Luxomburg

South Africa vs Hanguk. 13:30 France

Saudi Arabia vs UAE 14:30 Portugal


Smaller micro division


Vietnam vs Panama 06:00 Taiwan

Nigeria vs Nippon aka Japan 06:30 Japan



Al Jazair vs Bermuda 11:00 Turkey

Bolivia vs Senegal 11:35 Romania


https://youtu.be/_s7qgNMqDJI



Last edited by Coach Lambini at 10/20/2019 4:00:44 PM

Here are you first round results


Majors

Czech republic 118 Belarus 74

Misr 100 Canada 86

Uruguay 145 Ireland 124

Mexico 131 Al Mahrib 112

Larger micro

Hanguk 103 South Africa 84

Crna gorna 103 New Zealand 88

Luxomburg 101 Wales 99

UAE 103 Saudi Arabia 70

Smaller micro

Vietnam 98 Panama 80

Nippon 121 Nigeria 70

Bahamas 132 Al Jazair 75

Senegal 111 Bolivia 90

Here are the pairings for the next round


Majors

Philippines vs Mexico NOT CONFIRMED

Columbia vs Czech republic CONFIRMED

Australia vs Misr CONFIRMED


Larger micro

Malaysia vs Scotland CONFIRMED

Prathet Thai vs UAE CONFIRMED

Crna gorna vs Malta CONFIRMED

Luxomburg vs Hanguk CONFIRMED


Smaller micro

Senegal vs Bahamas CONFIRMED

Nippon vs Vietnam CONFIRMED

Hmmmm seems like some teams are left with byes ! I may institute a second chance for some just to round out the brackets. Stay tuned!



Last edited by Coach Lambini at 10/26/2019 8:24:54 AM

Second round results

Majors
Philippines vs Mexico NOT PLAYED

Czech republic 107 Columbia 88

Misr 107 Australia 92

LARGE Micro


Malaysia 122 Scotland 96


Prathet Thai 101 UAE 94

Crna gorna 102 Malta 73

Hanguk 124 Luxomburg 93

Smaller micro

NIPPON 120 VIETNAM 83

Senegal 100 Bahamas 91


I may well condense this into two tiers, but let me take a look at who's left.