2008 Warrior Nation & SW.net Cup
Details:
· Online Fantasy Football Knockout Cup using EPL Fantasy Football stats.
· There are 144 teams invited from the Andre Samuel, Big and Picong leagues.
· All Gameweek points and Transfers will be tracked by the EPL.
· Start date is Saturday 22nd November 2008.
· Each team has been assigned an Overall Rank number, according to their Overall Points total at the end of Gameweek 13, which they will keep for the duration of the Cup. This was also used to determine Match pairings.
· Since there are more than 128 teams then there will be a short Playoff Round involving the 32 lowest ranked teams,with the remaining 112 teams on a ‘BYE’ till the 1st Round.
· There will be a total of 7 Rounds.
· Each Round will consist of 2 consecutive Gameweeks; the Quarterfinal Rounds to the Final will consist of 3 Gameweeks and a ‘REST’ Gameweek between each Round; therefore it will take 24 Gameweeks to complete theTournament.
· The player in the pairing with the highest Aggregate/Point total over the 2 Gameweeks; which will be determined by
combining the Points for the Gameweeks, will advance to the next round, while the loser goes home.
. This continues till there are only 2 teams left to contest the Final.
· A reminder announcement will be made in this thread in the week preceding a new round. Each of the match-ups in that round will also be listed.
· The winners of each round will be posted after the gameweeks’ that comprise the round have been completed. Any tie-breaking match-ups for the Rest Week will also be announced at this time.
· Check this thread for a record of each round and competition rules.
Rules:
1. There must be a minimum of 8 EPL matches in a Gameweek.
2. The EPL schedule can change at any time.
3. The WN selects the Gameweeks, with at least 1 ‘REST’ Gameweek between Rounds.
4. Regular transfer rules apply during each round.
5. The player in the pairing with the highest Aggregate/Point total over the 2 Gameweeks; which will be determined by combining the Points for the Gameweeks, will advance to the next round, while the loser goes home.
6. If there is a tied aggregate score after 2 matches, then the scores from the following ‘REST’ Gameweek will be used as the tiebreaker. If two teams are still tied after the tie-breaking gameweek, the team with the higher overall total score in the Fantasy Premier League will advance to the next round.
7. All scoring is done by the EPL and it is final.
8. The prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places are Warrior Nation membership kits or Membership Renewals.