Announcement



Animals on Board-Cup

Titel
The winners of the tournament receive the title "King of the Animals".

Participation
This tournament is open to all players regardless of their nationality or main residence. All information are in English and German language. Participants outside Europe should be account to play at European times. Registration is possible until 30.12.2020 for registered members of WBIF Germany after login in the area MY WBIF - SIGN IN FOR T.. Unless specified otherwise the tournament rules for WBIF Germany applies.

Special conditions for team building.
The team formation is carried out by the tournamentdirector according to the following guidelines:

  • Each player registers as a single player.
  • All players are sorted based on PR of last games, maximum 25. The sorted list is divided into 4 groups of equal size.
  • One player from each group will be drawn for each team. The players will be seeded within the team based on their PR.
  • Players from other national associations will be divided up in such a way that international teams are created as far as possible.
  • Each team consists of 4 players.
  • The team will be assigned a name by the tournamentdirector. The team name consists of the combination of a backgammon term and a species of animal.

Classes
The tourney is open for participants of all classes.

Where to play
In general the matches have to be played at Heroes. Participants without an account with Heroes are asked to register there before registering for the tournament.

Mode
On each match day, 3 players of one team compete against 3 players of the other team, one player takes a break. The tournament management ensures an even rotation. In special cases a substitution within the team can take place. The substitution will be reversed by the tournamentdirector on the next possible matchday so that all players have the same number of matches.

All matches have to be played in quadruple-KO-format to 11 matchpoints with the Heroes clock setting Standard (10 seconds per move plus 22 minutes per match). The description for the Triple-KO mode applies accordingly. Detailed information about this format you can find here.

Schedule
The tournament will start a few days after registration closing. For the simultaneously played rounds 1-4 there will be a minimum 4 weeks, for the subsequent rounds there will be a minimum of 2 weeks to play your matches. The duration of the tournament will depend on the number of participants.

Questions
Please e-mail your questions to the tournamentdirector.