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DOUBLES WORLD CUP III Discussion Thread
This year we are looking to open sign ups on the 20th of November, the Sunday on the weekend of Scarlet & Violet's release! Sign ups will be open for two weeks, meaning we're aiming to start the first round on the 5th of December.
We are looking to expand the tournament from 6 to 8 teams — with US Central and Italy as tentative additions — with 8 starters and 4 substitutes each. To realize this expansion, players who participated on US East or US West in World Cup II but are now US Central eligible can only play for US Central, and those eligible for Italy can no longer play for Europe. Players unaffected by region splits — such as APAC and Canada — will be allowed to grandfather in players who were on the World Cup II roster even if they would not have eligibility by normal means.
In this larger format we will change the playoffs from 3 teams with the #1 seed having a bye to the Finals, to a playoffs with 4 teams with the #1 seed fighting the #4th seed. We could also adjust the first round to have pools of 5 players instead of 4, meaning players would play 4 games in 2 weeks during this round.
The rest of the tournament will follow the same structure as last year's edition: pools will be bo1 SV (current gen) DOU, while the playoffs are 8v8 bo1 SV DOU with 3v3 bo1 tiebreakers if necessary. Substitutes in pools will be substituted for the entirety of the pool phase.
CURRENT LIST OF INCLUDED REGIONS (TENTATIVE UNTIL SIGNUPS OCCUR):
- US WEST
- US EAST
- CANADA
- LATIN AMERICA
- EUROPE
- ASIA PACIFIC & REST OF THE WORLD
- ITALY (NEW)
- US CENTRAL (NEW)
Use this thread to discuss potential changes to included regions, team sizes, pool sizes, tournament dates, and eligibility rules. For any questions you can DM or ping me on the Doubles Discord at May#3456. We're looking forward to another fun Doubles World Cup to kick off the new generation!
All players on the winning team will receive 1 custom avi!
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