2019 MOF Checkers Tournament

MOF Checkers Tournament
Tournament Details
Host Country	Posaf
Dates	19 July - 23 July (2019)
Nations	9
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host counties)
Final Positions
Champions	Phyrria
Runners-up	Gymnasium State
Third Place	Millania
Fourth Place	Posaf
Tournament statistics
Matches Played	11
Attendance	73 (7 per match)
Best Player	Abby Batalia
Most Kings Captured	Nicolás Millán
Most Entertaining Nation	Gymnasium State
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The 2019 MOF Checkers Tournament, is an upcoming checkers tournament sanctioned by the MOF, hosted by Posaf from 19 July 2019 to 23 July 2019. The tournament will be the first of its kind for checkers and other eSport in the MOF.

Participant teams

Country	Ranking	Previous best performance
Posaf (host)	2	Runners-up (2019)
Phyrria	1	Champions (2018, 2019)
Slavistonia	3	Third-place (2019)
Millania	4	Runners-up (2018)
Ladonia	7	Quarter-finals (2019)
Gymnasium State	9	First Round (2019)
Arbreland	11	First Round (2019)
Nova-Occitania	Not Ranked	Never participated
Iustus	Not Ranked	Never participated

Draw

The 9 participating teams will be drawn into three groups. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into three pots with the two highest-ranked teams joining host nation Posaf in Pot 1. Each pot was organized by rankings from the past two MOF Games with unseeded Iustus, and Nova-Occitania in the last pot with eleventh seeded, Arbreland. The draw is set to be uploaded to YouTube on July 6, EDT at 12:00 PM that day, with a small MOF history piece at the end from the 2018 MOF Games.

For the draw, the Posafian Olympic Committee decided a draw format of consecutively picking one nation from every pot to make one group. Starting with selecting a nation from Pot 1, then Pot 2, and Pot 3 to make a group, rather than the traditional FIFA World Cup process.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Posaf (2) (hosts) Phyrria (1) Slavistonia (3)	Millania (4) Ladonia (7) Gymnasium State (9)	Arbreland (11) Iustus (NR) Nova-Occitania (NR)

Rules

Tie Breakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, none for a defeat);
2. Pieces left (PL) on the board after the game;
3. Kings that were captured (KC) at the end of the game;
4. Total pieces captured (TC) at the end of the game;
5. Drawing of lots.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Nation	Pld	W	L	PL	KC	TC	Pts	Qualification
1	Millania	2	2	0	6	3	12	6	Qualified
2	Posaf	2	1	1	3	5	9	3	Qualified
3	Nova-Occitania	2	0	2	0	1	6	0

19 July 2019	Posaf	1 - 0	Nova-Occitania	Main Venue, Squamily
11:45 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 3 Kings Captured: 4 Total Captured: 6	Report	Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 1 Total Captured: 3	Attendance: 8

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20 July 2019	Millania	1 - 0	Posaf	Main Venue, Squamily
11:30 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 3 Kings Captured: 3 Total Captured: 6		Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 1 Total Captured: 3	Attendance: 11

20 July 2019	Nova-Occitania	0 - 1	Millania	Main Venue, Squamily
12:00 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 3		Pieces Left: 3 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 6	Attendance: 7

Group B

Pos	Nation	Pld	W	L	PL	KC	TC	Pts	Qualification
1	Phyrria	1	1	0	6	0	6	3	Qualified
2	Arbreland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
0	Ladonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

19 July 2019	Phyrria	1 - 0	Arbreland	Main Venue, Squamily
12:15 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 6 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 3		Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 0	Attendance: 2

19 July 2019	Ladonia	forfeit	Phyrria	Main Venue, Squamily
12:45 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left Kings Captured		Pieces Left Kings Captured

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20 July 2019	Arbreland	forfeit	Ladonia	Essex Venue, Essex
12:10 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left Kings Captured		Pieces Left Kings Captured

Group C

Pos	Nation	Pld	W	L	PL	KC	TC	Pts	Qualification
1	Gymnasium State	2	2	0	6	4	12	6	Qualified
2	Slavistonia	2	1	1	2	4	8	3
3	Iustus	2	0	2	0	0	8	0

19 July 2019	Iustus	0 - 1	Gymnasium State	Rydina Venue, Squamily
12:00 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 4		Pieces Left: 2 Kings Captured: 2 Total Captured: 6	Attendance: 5

19 July 2019	Slavistonia	1 - 0	Iustus	Rydina Venue, Squamily
12:30 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 2 Kings Captured: 3 Total Captured: 6		Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 0 Total Captured: 4	Attendance: 4

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20 July 2019	Gymnasium State	1 - 0	Slavistonia	Main Venue, Squamily
12:30 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 4 Kings Captured: 2 Total Captured: 6		Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 1 Total Captured: 2	Attendance: 4

Ranking of second place teams

Pos	Nation	Pld	W	L	PL	KC	TC	Pts	Qualification
2	Posaf	2	1	1	3	5	9	3	Qualified
2	Slavistonia	2	1	1	2	4	8	3
2	Arbreland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 July – Squamily
	Millania	0
	Gymnasium State	1
					23 July – Squamily
					Gymnasium State	0
					Phyrria	1
					Third place
	21 July – Squamily			22 July – Essex
	Phyrria	1		Millania	1
	Posaf	0			Posaf	0

Semi-finals

21 July 2019	Millania	0 - 1	Gymnasium State	Main Venue, Squamily
12:40 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured:2 Total Captured: 4		Pieces Left: 2 Kings Captured:1 Total Captured: 6	Attendance: 5

21 July 2019	Phyrria	1 - 0	Posaf	Main Venue, Squamily
13:10 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 4 Kings Captured:2 Total Captured: 6		Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured:1 Total Captured: 2	Attendance: 8

Third Place

22 July 2019	Millania	1 - 0	Posaf	Essex Venue, Essex
12:30 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left:3 Kings Captured:3 Total Captured: 6		Pieces Left:0 Kings Captured:0 Total Captured: 3	Attendance: 9

Final

23 July 2019	Gymnasium State	0 - 1	Phyrria	Main Venue, Squamily
12:30 EDT (UTC-4)	Pieces Left: 0 Kings Captured: 1 Total Captured: 4	Report	Pieces Left: 2 Kings Captured: 3 Total Captured: 6	Attendance: 10