Seedings
These are the finalized seedings for 200 League Season Finale! Thank you to bran for making the division graphics for this season!
You can find the seedings in the spoilers below:
Season Finale Format
Staff discussed many ways to run the final season of 200 League. After various different formats were presented and discussed, staff settled on a format that would best hold true to 200L.
Staff decided upon a 7-5-5 format to help balance divisions as best as possible. Over the last couple of seasons, Division 1 has not only become more competitive, but the amount of teams that could be considered Division 1 has grown. Therefore, the appropriate action was to balance Division 1 and allow Divisions 2 and 3 the opportunity to play in as balanced of a format as possible.
The following sections will describe the format in full.
7-Team Single Round Robin
In this system, teams will play in a single round robin system, facing all 6 teams in the division. At one point during the seven matches, each team will have a BYE.
Teams will play 6 matches throughout the season with the Top 4 teams advancing to Semi-Finals. Semi-Finals will be Seed 1 vs. Seed 4, Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 and will be a Best-of-3 match. All regular matches and playoff rules are outlined in the Mario Kart Universal ruleset, which can be found here.
The spoiler here outlines the schedule for the 7-Team Round Robin:
Week 1 (April 26th):
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 1
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 2
Week 2 (May 3rd):
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 3
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 4
Week 3 (May 10th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 5
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 6
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 7
Week 4 (May 17th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Semi-Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Semi-Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Semi-Final 3 (if necessary)
Week 5 (May 31st):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Final 3 (if necessary)
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 1
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 2
Week 2 (May 3rd):
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 3
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 4
Week 3 (May 10th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 5
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 6
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 7
Week 4 (May 17th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Semi-Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Semi-Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Semi-Final 3 (if necessary)
Week 5 (May 31st):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Final 3 (if necessary)
This schedule will lead to some weeks having more matches than others for teams. Please take a look at the schedule to determine what times your wars will be played at.
5-Team Double Round Robin
In this system, teams will play in a double round robin system, facing all 4 teams twice in their division. At two points during the 10 matches, teams will have BYEs.
Teams will play in 8 matches throughout the season with the Top 3 advancing to Semi-Finals. Semi-Finals will be Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 with Seed 1 receiving a BYE. The winner of Semi-Finals will play Seed 1 in a Best-of-3 Finals.
Semi-Finals will also be unique in this format, as instead of a Best-of-3, we are implementing a Best-of-2 system. The way this system works is that a 2-0 automatically advances a team to Finals, but a 1-1 will force a tiebreaker.
If the Semi-Final teams go 1-1, they will face off immediately following Semi-Final 2 in a 4-race GP to determine the winner. The host of this 4-race GP will be Seed 2. The room’s open time must be discussed immediately following Semi-Final 2. After 4 races if the result is tied, teams will then play 1 additional race continuously until one team wins. The results of this match must be shown on a separate table.
This playoff format will still follow the MKU playoff ruleset, which states that a winner of a playoff match must be determined. In other words, a winner cannot be determined by a draw (1-1-0). If a draw happens, players are to follow the MKU playoff ruleset as per usual.
The spoiler here outlines the schedule for the 5-Team Double Round Robin format:
Week 1 (April 26th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 3
Week 2 (May 3rd):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 4
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 5
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 6
Week 3 (May 10th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 7
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 8
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 9
Week 4 (May 17th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 10
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Semi-Final 1
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Semi-Final 2
Once Semi-Final 2 has concluded, if matches are tied 1-1, then a tiebreaker 4-race GP must commence immediately after.
Week 5 (May 31st):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Final 3 (if necessary)
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 3
Week 2 (May 3rd):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 4
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 5
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 6
Week 3 (May 10th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 7
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Match 8
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Match 9
Week 4 (May 17th):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Match 10
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Semi-Final 1
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Semi-Final 2
Once Semi-Final 2 has concluded, if matches are tied 1-1, then a tiebreaker 4-race GP must commence immediately after.
Week 5 (May 31st):
20 CEST / 2 PM EDT - Final 1
21 CEST / 3 PM EDT - Final 2
22 CEST / 4 PM EDT - Final 3 (if necessary)
This schedule will lead to some weeks having more matches than others for teams. Please take a look at the schedule to determine what times your wars will be played at.
We look forward to a great final season of 200 League and wish all teams participating the best of luck!
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