Planet Kubb:Recording Kubb VM

This page is to brainstorm a possible way of recording the VM i Kubb into the Planet Kubb event/match system. The VM has an interesting format is different than other tournaments. (links provided for 2012 results)


 * There is a Friday tournament of 64 teams. (link)
 * This has it's own round robin groups and play.
 * The top 32 teams enter a 2nd round robin on Saturday, with the other 32 slots being used by previous years teams. Note that if fewer than 32 teams return there can be more than 32 teams that move to Saturday.
 * There is a Friday 2nd consolidation bracket for teams that will not progress to Saturday. (link)

Then Saturday has a fairly normal structure.


 * 64 team round robin with groups. (link)
 * Championship bracket. (link)
 * Consolation bracket. (link)

Challenges
This presents a challenge in a few ways to the way the Planet Kubb wiki is setup. Notably, there is no concept of a tournament having two round robins. Teams are not setup to be in multiple groups either, for two round robins. Aside from the round robin, having a Championship, Consolation and 2nd Consolation bracket would be fine. The problem really is in the round robin.

Divide into two events
The easiest way to make the VM i Kubb work in the system as it stands is to divide it into two events. I would suggest something like 2012 VM i Kubb Qualifier and 2012 VM i Kubb. Using two events would work really well. Notably:


 * The Friday round robin and 2nd consolation bracket would be associated with the Qualifier instance of the event. This event would have two brackets, a round robin and 2nd consolation. There would be no championship or consolation bracket for this event.
 * The teams that do not move onto Saturday would be done in this event.
 * All teams just have one round robin group, this fits the existing model fine.

Then Saturday is the real deal, and has a round robin consisting of the 32 teams that have prequalified and the 32 teams that play in from the Qualifier event. This then has a round robin and Championship and Consolation brackets. This would also work fine with the system as is.

Upside
This would allow us to enter the events right away. I actually kind of like seperating them as it makes data entry a bit easier.

Downside
It may be confusing at first that there are two events, but I think calling one Qualifier is actually spot on. Having never been to the VM, it took me a long time of looking at results to realize what was happening. This terminology actually makes more sense to me.