To participate in this cup all you need to do is enter as as explained below and then do your regular 'FISO Goals' Premiership Predictions for the league.
HOW TO SIGN UP
YOU MUST SIGN UP BY ENTERING THE MINILEAGUE IF YOU WANT TO PLAY!
You need to join the 'CL Stylee Cup' minileague
League ID = 29
Password: clstylee
(click on, in order: 'FISO Games' in the banner across the top, 'FISO Goals' in the dropdown menu, 'My minileagues' on the left, then fill in the 'Join a Minileague' with the details above)
Deadline = Set 20 (whenever I get round to it on Dec 28th)
HOW IT WORKS
This and the other cups are effectively informal/unofficial side competitions run by me using scores in the formal/official FISO Goals competition created by Bristol Developments for FISO (which has replaced the informal/semi-official Premiership Predictions comps run by me and thelip in past years).
Qualifying is necessary as, due to its group structure (8 groups of 4) we are strictly limited to 32 entrants.
20 people will 'Pre-Qualify' and the remaining 12 places will be fought over during 'Qualification'
PRE-QUALIFYING
The following qualify automatically (assuming they sign up):
1. CL Stylee Cup 2009/10 Winner (Big Bird)
2. The top 19 (on season-long scores) other signed up players in the Qualifying minileague after Set 20 (or top 20 if Big Bird doesn't sign up).
Tie-Break Rule - if there is a tie for 19th (etc) place then all teams level on this point score will be split based on set 20 scores then set 19 etc until resolved. Those missing out will go into Qualifying.
QUALIFYING (12 more teams get through)
The remaining 12 spots will go to the winners of the Qualifying Rounds (which need not concern the pre-qualified 20). These will be held over the matches held after from Set 21 to Set 24 and will be done as a 4 Set minileague.
Late entrants will be allowed to join Qualifying at any time BUT will only start scoring from the time they enter and announce themseleves on this thread.
Tie-Break Rule - if there is a tie for 12th place etc in Qualifying then all teams level on this point score will be split based on the Set 24 scores then Set 23 etc until resolved. [/size]
GROUP MATCHES - Sets 25-30
Once Qualifying is resolved the 32 qualified teams will be split into Pots as follows:
Pot A - Big Bird and the 7 highest scoring pre-qualifiers
Pot B - The next 8 highest scoring pre-qualifiers
Pot C - The last 4 pre-qualifiers and the 4 top teams from Qualifying
Pot D - Teams 5-12 from Qualifying
One team from each pot, drawn at random, will go into each CL Stylee group.
In each group each team will play 6 group matches, home and away versus each other team, as per CL proper. Top 2 get through using UEFA CL tie-break rules where teams are level.
KNOCKOUT - Sets 31-36, two legged games. Set 37 = final. Set 38 = possible replay
All ties except the final will be knockout over two legs, home and away. Away goals counts if there is a tie and then usual tie-breakers. All draws will be totally random using the black bag with two special guests doing the draw each week as per previous seasons.
SETS/DATES
SET 20 (start), 28 Dec - Deadline for entries
SET 20 (end), 29 Dec - Allocation of 20 automatic qualification places
SETS 21-24, Pre-qualifying league for remaining 12 places
SETS 25-30, CL Stylee group games (8 groups of 4)
SETS 31-36 - Knockout stages (last 16, QFs, SFs - all 2 legs)
SET 37 - Final
SET 38 - Final replay (if required)
note - Set numbers may change if they don't pan out like the Premiership weeks.
Newcomers (FISO veterans and newbies alike) more than welcome - but you'll need to enter by the deadline(s) to get in.
As this is my own private comp, I'll be reserving the right to not admit or throw out anybody who doesn't treat FISO properly and doesn't post in good spirit. As a rule of thumb this will mean you are banned if you are on my foe list.
