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Remove HCA for NT continental championships

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323269.5 in reply to 323269.4
Date: 3/10/2024 10:40:36 AM
BC Vitosha Sofia
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Ok, I was focusing on Europe indeed. Trouble is that it is always a strong county winning the HCA in Europe. Many strong nations here, so looking back 6 seasons only is definitely not enough. Another solution would be to make that 10-12-14 seasons back.

Didn't wanna suggest that, as it would benefit us greatly, among others...

On the other hand - Netherlands and Turkey did not get to the finals in the previous ECs, so might be that Lietuva were just way too strong this time around.

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323269.7 in reply to 323269.6
Date: 3/11/2024 3:03:22 AM
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At first, I thought that it might be fairer to impose HCA restrictions on teams qualifying for the World Championship and the second chance qualifiers.
This could allow more European teams to be restricted.
But I'm not sure whether there will be technical difficulties.

Later, I remembered that unlike other continents, the 1st round in Europe is very important.
Therefore, regardless of whether other continents are restricting the top 4 places or more, I suggest limiting the top 2 places in the first-round group in the past 6 seasons.
I believe this should be more fair and acceptable to more people.

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Date: 3/11/2024 6:36:07 AM
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Theoretically, the results of the Consolation Tournament will affect the groupings for the continental championship, because the game manual says,
Past performance will be used to seed teams based upon the World Rankings.
All ranking points that national teams receive, they keep for 28 weeks (i.e., two seasons).
Since the 1st round in Europe is crucial, the groupings are naturally important as well.
If the results of the Consolation Tournament can be clearly reflected in the World Rankings, then the Consolation Tournament should be attractive to top teams.
Perhaps the lack of matches for the 3rd and 4th place teams in the 1st round group is a problem.
Maybe we need to study whether the calculation method of the World Rankings can be improved.

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Date: 3/11/2024 12:14:06 PM
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How about this idea? The team from each confederation that advances the furthest will have the advantage of a favorable schedule in the first round of the next continental competition.
Is it attractive?

This is the snapshots of the U21 teams. https://imgur.com/a/IIW71NZ
IMO, Cyprus U21 has a "perfect" schedule. #1,#2,#3,#5 teams are separated in the schedule. /country/77/jnt/schedule.aspx
But it seems that the "perfect" schedule is rare.
If only the top three teams are required to be separated in the schedule, I guess that would be more common.

I'm not sure whether there would be technical difficulties and how to implement it, but it feels like it could be possible.

Last edited by little Guest at 3/11/2024 12:36:18 PM

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323269.12 in reply to 323269.11
Date: 3/14/2024 11:23:09 AM
KS Goldena
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I have easy solution: to limit HCA advantage until the end of the second round of the European Championship and thus play the semi-final matches on a neutral court.

This is even quite realistic that the pool of tickets for the semi-final and final matches would be divided 50% between supporters of each team so audience support should be equal😁

As a result, the winner of the consolation cup would have an easier path to qualifying for the World Championships and even a European Championship medal, but he would have to win this on a court and competition for the trophy would not be skewed.

Last edited by kozlik4 at 3/14/2024 2:28:47 PM

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323269.15 in reply to 323269.11
Date: 3/15/2024 10:39:25 AM
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On one hand, there is no desire for certain countries to be eligible to host the HCA, but on the other hand, there is a wish for the consolation tournament to have some meaning.
For the latter, if there are no additional advantages to offer, I suggest providing prestige: adding a trophy for the consolation tournament.
Winning the consolation tournament championship is not easy, and it should be worth recognizing with a trophy.
This way, participating in the consolation tournament would also be meaningful for countries that are not eligible to host the HCA.

Last edited by little Guest at 3/15/2024 10:40:27 AM

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