TournamentsNational CupNational Cup is played with a knock-out system in single game series. The game day is Tuesday. The maximum number of teams that can enter National Cup in one country (or the world league) is 8192. There is no home ice advantage in the National Cup and the profit from the ticket sales is split equally between both teams. The defeated semifinalists meet in the battle for third place.International cupsInternational cups is a common name for prestigious club competitions Champions' League and Cup Winners' Cup. Both competitions have 96 participants from all over the world.The preliminary round is always played in a double round-robin format with home and away games exactly as it is in the league. The home ice advantage applies to the preliminary round games and the money from the ticket and souvenir sales goes to the home team. The playoff uses a single game knockout system and the home ice advantage is not applied. The financial profit from the game is divided equally between both teams. The number of teams that can qualify from a specific country is determined by the ranking of countries which is calculated from the results of the teams from the given country in the last 3 seasons of the Champions' League and the Cup Winners' Cup. The biggest value is always given to the most recent season. The reigning champion from both competitions is automatically qualified for the next season and doesn't count for the country quota. If the winner of the Cup Winners' Cup qualifies also for the Champions' League, it's place in the CWC will be given to the next team in the National Cup ranking of that country.
The highest ranked teams in the top league qualify for the Champions' League. On the other hand, the most successful teams from the National Cup qualify for the Cup Winners' Cup. If the same team qualifies for both of these competitions, Champions' League has higher priority. In that case, the next team in line qualifies for the Cup Winners' Cup. If the decision has to be made between teams in 5th to 8th position in the National Cup, the higher seeded team qualifies. Credit tournamentsCredit tournaments are tournaments with the possibility to win credits. Every team that enters such a tournament must pay an entry fee. The entry fee is set by the founder of the tournament. The game operator provides credits for the prize pool of the tournament. The total amount of credits in the prize pool is usually 90% from the total number of credits collected from entry fees. The prize pool will be divided among the top teams based on the system predetermined by the founder. Apart from this, the founder may voluntarily donate a certain amount of credits that will be added to the prize pool.The creation of a credit tournament costs 50 credits. The founder selects the distribution of prizes, helpers, entry fee, number of teams and groups, playing format, starting date, game days and he/she may even set the distribution of teams into groups or pots. The founder has the right to reject any team that signs up for the tournament. The founder also has the right to have the organization fee partially refunded (maximum 40 credits), but only if the tournament starts successfully. The requested amount of credits will be deducted from the tournament prize pool. The tournament founder can pick up to three helpers. These helpers have the same rights as the founder. They can accept or reject teams, divide them into groups or pots, upload the tournament logo, enter the tournament website, thread and info. In case a team violates the internal rules of a tournament, the founder and his/her helpers have the right to forfeit the games of this team. Playoff games cannot be forfeited due to technical reasons. If the tournament founder or his/her helper rejects a team, the entry fee that the user paid while registering will be fully refunded. However, if the founder or a helper accepts the team's participation, this decision is final and the team cannot be removed from the tournament. If the tournament does not reach the required number of teams, it will be canceled and the organization fee will be forfeit. If the founder has made a donation to the prize pool, this will be fully refunded. One team cannot take part in two tournaments with conflicting dates. If a team signs up for two such tournaments, it will play in the one where its registration will be accepted sooner. If a team signs up for a tournament and already has friendly games scheduled for the same dates, the friendly games will be automatically canceled as soon as the tournament schedule is set. If a team takes part in a tournament that has Thursday as one of the game days and then qualifies for the Champions' League or Cup Winners' Cup, its games in the tournament will be forfeited with the result 0:5. Home ice advantage does not apply to tournament games and the money from the ticket and souvenir sales is divided equally between both teams. The same applies for playoffs, where the single game knockout system is used. The credit tournament games have the same parameters as the friendly games. That means that the attendance, player fatigue, chemistry and experience growth is the same as in the friendly games. If teams are tied on points, the tie breaking procedures are applied in the following order: goal difference, higher number of goals scored and overall team rating. The ranking of teams for playoffs is made after the preliminary round. The teams ranked first in their group will be ordered on the top based on the number of points, goal difference, higher number of goals scored, and overall team rating as the final tie breaker. The teams which ranked in lower places will be ordered in the same way. Then the playoff pairings will be determined based on this ranking. The top ranked team will play the last ranked team, the second place team will face the second last team etc. The same procedure is then used for all playoff rounds. |