Süper 8
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| Sport | Rimthud |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 2020 (as a rugby union league) July 2022 (as a rimthud league) |
| Motto | "The ideal league!" |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |  Birgeshir |
| Most recent champion(s) | Mëzalspor QK |
| Most titles | Mëzalspor QK (3 titles) |
The Süper 8 (Super 8), is a virtual rimthud competition in Birgeshir.
It was previously known to be a rugby union competition until 2022 when the birgesh sport of rimthud (qængüm) was created.
The league emphasizes and takes full advantage of its virtual aspect, implementing "fast-paced" seasons, coed teams, flexible schedule and never-aging players.
History
The league was founded as a rugby union competition during June 2020 under the name of "Birgeş Lig tӕ Ragbi" and, in 2021, "Süper 8". It was played on two old SNES games, World Class Rugby 2: Kokunai Gekitou Hen '93 and World Class Rugby, because its simplicity was useful for the league's purposes and as a tribute to Retrogaming. In early 2022, Deniz Yürük started to work on a new birgesh sport with the intention of making it the new national sport of his micronation since the first birgesh sport of Brosatamış, which was created in 2013, didn't have much success. He felt the need of giving more importance and priority to things created within the micronation for the sake of "birgesh identity" instead of things created by humans and sports were no exception. When the rules of the new birgesh sport called qængüm (rimthud in English) were ready, the Tsaloj took advantage of the standstill situation the rugby union league was fallen into due to frequent bugs in World Class Rugby that were ruining the competition and decided to convert the league with all its eight teams into a rimthud competition instead of creating a new separate league for it. This decision was considered more reasonable since it was clear that the former rugby union league was going to eventually die. The name of the league, "Süper 8", was retained.
In late July 2022 the conversion of the league was announced and with it, the inaugural season.
Gameplay
The games are simulated in the offline browser game "HTML Rimthud Sim" by Amuself.
Format
There are 8 teams in the league and they play against each other twice. At the end of the regular season, the top three teams qualify for the playoffs: the first-placed team automatically gains a spot in the Grand Final while the second-placed team and the third-placed team play against each other in a semifinal to determine which one will play against the first-placed team in the Grand Final.
Previously, up until Season 4, the four highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs and the first-placed team did not automatically qualified for the Grand Final, playing in the semifinals instead against the fourth-placed team.
Seasons are not necessarily simulated once every year like in reality and previous Birgesh leagues, but rather every year can have an indefinite number of seasons.
Teams
Birgeshir is a non-territorial micronation. The only territorial claim considered acceptable by the Tsaloj would be in a house, apartment or even just a single room. For this reason, the "locations" represented by the eight teams in the league are named after some common rooms and spaces found in most conventional modern houses but do not necessarily represent the real physical place of Birgeshir.
| Club | Location |
|---|---|
| Daşarmak QK | Mutfak |
| Giriş Holüspor QK | Giriş Holü |
| Karyatlan QK | Balkon |
| Melxalk QK | Vanya |
| Mëzalspor QK | Otaq |
| Olimpëtvor QK | Otaq |
| Öturma Salof QK | Öturma |
| Şaspat QK | Otaq |
List of champions
Teams that have won multiple championships display gold stars above their team badges. In Birgeshir the practice is to award one star for five titles, two stars for ten titles, three stars for fifteen titles, four stars for twenty titles, and five stars for thirty titles or more.
| Year | Season | Champion | Runner-up | Table Toppers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | Mëzalspor QK | Şaspat QK | Mëzalspor QK : 42 pts |
| 2 | Mëzalspor QK | Olimpëtvor QK | Olimpëtvor QK : 42 pts | |
| 2023 | 3 | Şaspat QK | Karyatlan QK | Mëzalspor QK : 42 pts |
| 4 | Olimpëtvor QK | Mëzalspor QK | Mëzalspor QK : 48 pts | |
| 2024 | 5 | Olimpëtvor QK | Mëzalspor QK | Mëzalspor QK : 48 pts |
| 6 | Mëzalspor QK | Olimpëtvor QK | Olimpëtvor QK : 42 pts |