This thread will contain all information about the standings of the teams in each division and all match fixtures (fixture threads will also be posted, on a weekly basis, for each league). The league tables will be updated regularly and a matchlog will be kept.
Special thanks to Lord Willy, for his help formulating the league system and other discussions about the tournament format. An invaluable sounding board with great suggestions and ideas.
Legend:
POS | = | League Position |
P | = | Matches Played |
W | = | Matches Won |
D | = | Matches Drawn |
L | = | Matches Lost |
F | = | Rounds For |
A | = | Rounds Against |
RD | = | Round Difference |
PTS | = | Points |
Lvl | = | Level (Division C only) |
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Week 2
20/11/2011 - Bohemian Guard 6-14 Vaeringjar 20/11/2011 - Einherjar 5-15 Refesesesesferes 20/11/2011 - Guard of Istiniar 14-5 Court of Reveran 04/12/2011 - Renegades 17-3 Team Rush Rush Week 3 24/11/2011 - Refesesesesferes 3-17 Guard of Istiniar 27/11/2011 - Vaeringjar 16-4 Einherjar 27/11/2011 - Bohemian Guard 9-11 Renegades 08/12/2011 - Team Rush Rush 15-5 Court of Reveran Week 5 11/12/2011 - Refesesesesferes 4-16 Vaeringjar 15/12/2011 - Court of Reveran 13-7 Bohemian Guard 18/12/2011 - Guard of Istiniar 17-3 Team Rush Rush Week 6 19/12/2011 - Bohemian Guard 9-11 Team Rush Rush 22/01/2012 - Renegades 20-0 Refesesesesferes N/A - Vaeringjar vs Guard of Istiniar Week 9 08/01/2012 - Guard of Istiniar 20-0 Bohemian Guard 08/01/2012 - Vaeringjar 4-16 Renegades 09/01/2012 - Refesesesesferes 1-19 Court of Reveran Week 11 23/01/2012 - Court of Reveran 20-0 Vaeringjar 26/01/2012 - Refesesesesferes 3-17 Team Rush Rush 02/02/2012 - Renegades 7-12 Guard of Istiniar Week 12 29/01/2012 - Renegades 19-1 Court of Reveran N/A - Vaeringjar 0-20 Team Rush Rush 29/01/2012 - Refesesferes 9-11 Bohemian Guard |
Division A is comprised of 8 teams. It is the top division in the ENL and the winner of this division might be considered the best team in European Warband. At the end of each league cycle, the teams which place 7th and 8th will be relegated to Division B. The team that places 6th will face a team from Division B or C in a playoff match. The winner of this match will join Division A in the next cycle and the loser will join Division B.
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Week 2
19/11/2011 - Order of the Lion 10-10 Kreuzritter 19/11/2011 - Knight of Swan 8-12 SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 20/11/2011 - Sarrdakin 10-9 Korpi 20/11/2011 - Polish Eagles 15-5 Sons of Emperor 20/11/2011 - Armata Brancaleone 1-18 Legio IX Hispana Week 3 26/11/2011 - SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 12-8 Order of the Lion 26/11/2011 - Sons of Emperor 14-5 Sarrdakin 27/11/2011 - Korpi 6-14 Kreuzritter 27/11/2011 - Polish Eagles 16-4 Armata Brancaleone Week 4 03/12/2011 - Order of the Lion 10-10 Korpi 03/12/2011 - Kreuzritter 14-5 Sons of Emperor 04/12/2011 - SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 10-10 Legio IX Hispana 04/12/2011 - Sarrdakin 6-14 Armata Brancaleone Week 5 10/12/2011 - Sons of Emperor 13-7 Korpi 10/12/2011 - Polish Eagles 11-8 SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 11/12/2011 - Legio IX Hispana 20-0 Order of the Lion 12/12/2011 - Armata Brancaleone 8-12 Kreuzritter Week 6 17/12/2011 - Order of the Lion 6-14 Sons of Emperor 18/12/2011 - Legio IX Hispana 9-11 Polish Eagles 19/12/2011 - Korpi 7-13 Armata Brancaleone Week 8 30/12/2011 - Polish Eagles 17-3 Order of the Lion 03/12/2011 - Kreuzritter 3-17 SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 13/01/2012 - Armata Brancaleone 17-3 Sons of Emperor Week 9 08/01/2012 - Korpi 5-15 SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 16/01/2012 - Order of the Lion 10-9 Armata Brancaleone Week 10 14/01/2012 - Kreuzritter 11-9 Polish Eagles 15/01/2012 - SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible 15-5 Sons of Emperor N/A - Korpi 0-20 Legio IX Hispana Week 12 26/01/2012 - Armata Brancaleone 1-19 SYNDICATE_BT_Invisible N/A - Polish Eagles 20-0 Korpi |
Division B is comprised of 10 teams, sits directly below division A and directly above Division C. The Teams which finish in 1st and 2nd will be automatically promoted to Division A. The team that places 3rd will play in a playoff match against a Division C team. The winner of this match will face the team placed 6th in Division A and the winner of that match will enter Division A next cycle. The loser will enter Division B. The teams in 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th place, at the end of each cycle, will join Division C next cycle.
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Week 1
12/11/2011 - Order of Malta 8-12 Inquisition 12/11/2011 - Fight For Honour 13-7 Deutschritter 12/11/2011 - Golden Horde 6-14 The Kingdom of England 13/11/2011 - Ready To Fight 4-16 Royal Squad 13/11/2011 - Waechter von Myrtama 2-18 Warsong Clan N/A - Wolfpack 20-0 [no opponent] 14/11/2011 - ARMY 0-20 Foolocracy of Fedner 16/11/2011 - OBeRs 14-6 Légion Week 2 19/11/2011 - Golden Horde 15-3 Royal Squad 19/11/2011 - Order of Malta 6-12 OBeRs N/A - Warsong Clan 20-0 no opponent 20/11/2011 - Foolocracy of Fedner 20-0 Fight For Honor 20/11/2011 - Ready To Fight 0-20 Inquisition 23/11/2011 - Deutschritter 18-2 Waechter von Myrtana 24/11/2011 - ARMY 20-0 Wolfpack 24/11/2011 - Légion 19-1 The Kingdom of England Week 3 26/11/2011 - Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 1-19 OBeRs 26/11/2011 - Foolocracy of Fedner 3-17 Inquisition 27/11/2011 - The Kingdom of Sparta 4-16 ARMY 27/11/2011 - Red Eagle 20-0 Royal Squad 27/11/2011 - Golden Horde 0-20 Warsong Clan 27/11/2011 - Order of Malta 17-3 Ready To Fight 29/11/2011 - Wolfpack 13-7 Fight For Honor 30/11/2011 - Waechter von Myrtana 18-2 The Kingdom of England 30/11/2011 - Légion 6-14 Deutschritter Week 4 04/12/2011 - Ready To Fight 9-11 The Kingdom of Sparta 04/12/2011 - Runaway Scorpions 20-0 OBeRs [5] 04/12/2011 - Order of Malta 20-0 The Kingdom of England 04/12/2011 - Légion 0-20 Inquisition 04/12/2011 - Fight For Honor 5-15 Red Eagle 07/12/2011 - Foolocracy of Fedner 13-7 Deutschritter 07/12/2011 - Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 8-12 Waechter von Myrtana 08/12/2011 - White Wolves 0-20 ARMY 08/12/2011 - Wolfpack 10-10 Warsong Clan Week 5 10/12/2011 - Ready To Fight 4-16 Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 11/12/2011 - Deutschritter 12-8 OBeRs [5] 12/12/2011 - Red Eagle 0-3 Foolocracy of Fedner 13/12/2011 - Légion 19-1 The Kingdom of Sparta 13/12/2011 - Waechter von Myrtana 9-11 Wolfpack 15/12/2011 - Order of Malta 8-12 ARMY N/A - White Wolves 0-20 Warsong Clan N/A - Runaway Scorpions 0-20 Inquisition Week 8 01/01/2012 - Masters of Sword 12-8 The Kingdom of Sparta 03/01/2012 - Order of Malta 16-3 ARMY [5] 03/01/2012 - Deutschritter 16-4 Foolocracy of Fedner 04/01/2012 - Heroes 17-3 Waechter von Myrtana 04/01/2012 - Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 4-16 OBeRs 05/01/2012 - Basileia ton Romaion 2-18 Wolfpack 05/01/2012 - Runaway Scorpions 11-9 Warsong Clan [5] 05/01/2012 - Légion 0-20 Red Eagle [5] N/A - Inquisition 20-0 [no opponent] Week 9 08/01/2012 - Les Chevaillers d'Honneur 18-2 The Kingdom of Sparta 08/01/2012 - Masters of Sword 3-17 OBERS 08/01/2012 - Runaway Scorpions 16-4 Foolocracy of Fedner [5] 10/01/2012 - Gothic 7-13 Order of Malta 10/01/2012 - Heroes 14-6 Wolfpack [5] 10/01/2012 - Red Eagle 6-14 Warsong Clan 12/01/2012 - Deutschritter 11-9 Inquisition [5] 12/01/2012 - Basileia ton Romaion 17-3 ARMY [5] Week 10 14/01/2012 - Foolocracy of Fedner 12-8 OBeRs 15/01/2012 - Heroes 9-11 Red Eagle 15/01/2012 - Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 6-14 Order of Malta 15/01/2012 - Runaway Scorpions 9-11 Inquisition 16/01/2012 - The Kingdom of Sparta 3-17 ARMY 17/01/2012 - Masters of Sword 2-18 Basileia ton Romaion 19/01/2012 - Waechter von Myrtana 7-12 Wolfpack 19/01/2012 - Warsong Clan 7-11 Deutschritter Week 11 22/01/2012 - The Kingdom of Sparta 0-20 Les Chevaliers D'Honneur 22/01/2012 - Waechter von Myrtana 9-11 Warsong Clan 22/01/2012 - Heroes 8-12 Order of Malta 23/01/2012 - Masters of Sword 2-18 ARMY 24/01/2012 - Basileia ton Romaion 2-18 Foolocracy of Fedner 25/01/2012 - Runaway Scorpions 12-7 Deutschritter [5] 25/01/2012 - Red Eagle 11-9 Wolfpack 26/01/2012 - OBeRs 11-9 Inquisition [5] |
Division C sits below Division B and is the default entry point for all new teams into the ENL, as well as teams relegated from Division B. The format of Division C is quite different to the other two divisions, in that weekly fixtures are not pre determined but are decided each week in a picking process. This is to account for the potentially large amount of teams and possible drop outs from the Division. At the end of the cycle, if the top two teams are separated by 3 points or less, they will take part in a playoff match. The winner of this match will face the team placed 3rd in Division B, while the loser will join Division B. If the team that plays the 3rd placed Division B team wins, they will face the 6th place team in Division A and the winner of that match will join Division A next cycle. The losers of these matches will all join Division B.
Division C - Ladder Format:
Division C, unlike the other divisions is of flexible size (teams may leave and join, throughout the cycle) so it is unfeasible for the same "Round Robin" format to be used. Instead, a ladder format, to suit the specific needs of the division, has been formulated. The details of this are outlined below. Note: This was supposed to be the user friendly version, however I can see that it already looks like the Domesday Book. If anyone has any questions about the ladder, feel free to contact me (steam: captain_of_lust - PM: captain lust).
Points and Ranking:
- Teams are ranked firstly by total points, secondly by rounds won (highest to lowest) and thirdly by round difference (highest to lowest).
- Teams will be given levels, based on their number of wins. 0-2 wins is level 1, 3-5 wins is level 2 and 6+ wins makes a team level 3. These do not impact on the team rankings but play a role in picking and point scoring.
- Teams will earn 3 points for a win against a team of their level or lower, 5 points for a win against a team of a higher level, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
- Teams that don't have a fixture, in any given week, will be given 3 points.
- New teams joining the ladder will be entered into the next picking week, along with all the other teams.
- Teams may not join the ladder on the second week or final two weeks.
- If a team exits from the ladder, all the results of their matches will remain.
Fixture Picking: *The first picking session will take place on 18/11/2011. Fixtures for the first match week (deadline 17/11/2011) will be randomised.
This is where the ladder system is rather unique and special care is necessary for adequate understanding of the rules and principles.
- Fixture picking for the coming week will be done every Friday, from 18:00 to 20:00 GMT.
- Picks will only be accepted from team reps, in the first instance. Failing that, if a registered member of that team has made a pick, it will be taken.
- Within this timeframe, teams will be given individual timeslots for their pick and a league admin will be present to keep everything moving and running smoothly. It is recommended that teams dedicate an individual to handling the pick, so that they can keep track of what's going on and ensure their team can make their pick, when it's time.
- The picking order will be determined by these criteria:
- Firstly, teams with 0 points that were in the tournament the previous week will pick
- Priority within this group will be given firstly to any team that didn't play the previous week and secondly by order of rounds won (highest to lowest)
- Secondly, new teams will pick
- Priority within this group will be random
- From then onwards picking order will be determined by points (lowest to highest)
- For any teams that are equal on points, the order will be determined by rounds won (highest to lowest)
- Firstly, teams with 0 points that were in the tournament the previous week will pick
- If any teams are equal in the picking priority, their order will be determined by a random number generator.
- New teams will not be available for picking, unless they state otherwise in their application.
- Level 1 teams may not pick level 3 teams, unless there are no other options.
- If there are two teams left that are available for picking and one of them did not play in the previous match week, that team must be picked.
- Teams may not pick the team that they played against in the previous match week, unless there are no other options.
- If a team misses their pick, a random number generator will pick for them.
- Along with their pick, teams will be asked to name 3 or more dates for the match to be played on (which must be selected from the Saturday after the pick, to the Thursday deadline of that match week). The picked team must then reply, by midnight (GMT) on the Friday of the pick, on which of these days they wish to play, along with the timeslot (17:30 or 20:00 GMT) of their preference. If the picked team fails to do this, the picking team will decide on the date and timeslot themselves. This will be the Date and Time of the match. If the results of this scheduling process are unsatisfactory to any team, for whatever reason, a league admin should be contacted as soon as possible, to try and resolve the issue. Given the nature of the ladder, matches must be played by the deadline, so there is very little flexibility in the scheduling process.
- It is of paramount importance that teams make every effort to get their weekly matches played, since if it doesn't take place, league admins will have the final say on who gets points and any team judged to have been lackluster in their efforts will be penalised.