<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]<strong style='font-size: 14px;][span style='text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px; color: #444444;]These are the 8 groups of 6 entrants each for the first stage as per the nominations in the comments below.[/b]
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]GROUP A



Seed #1 - UnderAchievers - Aliir Squared - 128

Seed #16 - bjaensch - Below the Radar - 818 - Admin tbc

Seed #23 - schmicko - 22 Ton Salute - 1398

Wildcard 3 - HeavyMen - Heavymen -

Wildcard 4 - grav - Knights Who Say Ni - ADMIN

Wildcard 9 - Zander - Test Eagles - ADMIN





GROUP B

Seed #3 - Jason - The Floggers - 155

Seed #9 - Seymour Skinner - Flick My McBean - 453

Seed #21 - BigRon81 - On a(Clenbute)Roll- 1199 - ADMIN

#30 (unseeded) - stripey - Team Stripey - 2739 - also an extra in the DE league &amp;gt;&amp;gt;

Wildcard 1 - Malteaser - malteaser -

Wildcard 5 - Mick - EreCumDeOtStepperFC - 5809



GROUP C

Seed #8 - thokash - Lightning Bolt - 331 - Admin tbc

Seed #15 - blue steele - Blue Steele - 739

Seed #22 - Seany G - Carcinogenic Goats[span style='font-family: inherit; background-color: transparent;][span style='font-family: inherit; background-color: transparent;]- 1263 - Admin tbc

Wildcard 6 - tonyc - Kangas Dynasty - 4552

Wildcard 8 - Crafty Yarni - Crafty Yarni -

Wildcard 11 - jamabadar - Fantasy Addicts - ADMIN -&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;also an extra in the DE league &amp;gt;&amp;gt;



GROUP D - THE GROUP OF DEATH ???

Seed #7 - port_leschenault - SimplyTheBreust - 287

Seed #10 - PHIL - THE MEGREMS - 465

Seed #17 - Deano - We're Flying High - 853

#25 (unseeded) - peanuts - WhoGibbsa FC - 1796

#27 (unseeded) - TopHeavy - The Old Gillsy - 2486

#32 (unseeded) - JC - That's A Paddling - 2791



GROUP E

Seed #6 - Doobs - Doobia Dominators - 253

Seed #14 - Prince of Mugs - Highly Fevolved - 680 - ADMIN -&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;also and extra in the CH league &amp;gt;&amp;gt;

Seed #24 - stevebbb - Bafingwood FC - 1757

#31 (unseeded) - Jackos Dream - Jacko's Dream - 2755

Wildcard 10 - Iain (BlueBeliever) - TheTassieTitans - &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;also an extra in the CH league &amp;gt;&amp;gt;

Wildcard 12 - Anthak - anthak - ADMIN



GROUP F

Seed #4 - TheTassieHawk - SuperSquad2014 - 237 - CHIEF ADMIN

Seed #12 - LBJ - Wanderers - 605

Seed #20 - WTC - Wu-Tang Clan - 1171

#28 (unseeded) - Nick - Thru The Sticks - 2500

#35 (unseeded) - sNoz (aka Simonoz) - Simonoz - 3058

Wildcard 14 - EddieV - Ads Adventurers -

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GROUP G

Seed #2 - Tailgunner - Beast Mode - 143

#34 (unseeded) - DannyG - BLUEBAGGERS - 3028

#36 (unseeded) - choppers - Banchang Bullies - 3686

Wildcard 7 - Tylo - Tiger of Old - ADMIN

Wildcard 13 - jpk - Mierda - ?????

Wildcard 16 - Mad Mattigan - Oil, Beef, Hooked - ?????



GROUP H

Seed #5 - GRG - Whoknows? - 252

Seed #18 - headmandude - Wafty Boxes - 929

#26 (unseeded) - bgt2110 - Bastow FC - 2249

#29 (unseeded) - jp - Tent Crotchin - 2599

#33 (unseeded) - ViQBoZ - Ahmed myself Saad - 2939

Wildcard 15 - Tyze 1 - SF Bulls -


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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]1st Stage
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]48 teams playing in 8 groups of 6 in a single round robin from Rounds 3 to 7. <strong style='font-size: 14px;]A ladder is caculated based on W/L/D and % as a tiebreaker with the top 3 teams qualifying to the 2nd Round[/b] <strong style='font-size: 14px;][span style='background: #00ff00;][Schedule provided after Round 1][/b][span style='font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: transparent;] All 1st Stage matchups take place between teams that share 2 leagues and can therefore check their opponents progressive scores during each round, and the 1st stage fixture has been organised so that 49 of the 120 matchups (ie around 2 per team) between teams in Rds 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 also take place in a shared leagueto provide LIVE scoring.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]24 teams playing in 4 groups of 6 in a single round robin in <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Rounds 8, 9, 10, 14 & 15. [/b]
<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;][span style='background-color: #fcfcfc;]Group1 =Group A Winner, Group D Winner, Group B 2nd Place, Group E 2nd Place, Group C 3rd Place, Group F 3rd Place


<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; background: #fcfcfc;]Group 2 =Group B Winner, Group C Winner, Group G 2nd Place, Group H 2nd Place, Group A 3rd Place, Group E 3rd Place
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; background: #fcfcfc;]Group3 =Group E Winner, Group G Winner, Group D 2nd Place, Group F 2nd Place, Group B 3rd Place, Group H 3rd Place
<p style='margin-bottom: 10px; background: #fcfcfc;]Group4 =Group F Winner, Group H Winner, Group A 2nd Place, Group C 2nd Place, Group D 3rd Place, Group G 3rd Place
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Wins, losses and points scored and conceded carry over from the first stage and a ladder is calculated on W/L/D then Stage 2 head to head record between tied teams as first tiebreaker and overall % s the 2nd tiebraker. Group Winners qualify for the Quarter Finals and 2nd and 3rd in each Group qualify for the 3rd Stage/Repechage[span style='background: #00ff00;][Schedule provided after Round 7][span style='line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;] Around 60% of 2nd stage fixtures take place between teams that share a league and can therefore check their opponents progressive scores during the round for those matchups. It is unlikely that any of the Rds 8, 9, 10, 14 or 15 matchups (or matchups in the 3rd stage or later) will provide an opportunity for LIVE scoring.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]4 Knockout Matches in Round 16 (as above 2nd and 3rd in each Group will be drawn to play against 2nd and 3rd from one of the other groups, while Stage 2 Group Winners receive a Bye) [span style='background: #00ff00;][Schedule provided after Round 15][span style='line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;] The draw will not be random and will be determined based on maximising the number of matchups where the opposing teams share a league, with preference given to having the highest ranked 2nd placed teams (based on overall SC ranking) able to be matched with a 3rd placed opponent with which they share a league but did not play against in the 2nd stage.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Stage 2 Group Winners playing Repechage Winners in 4 Knockout Matches in Round 17 [span style='background: #00ff00;][Schedule provided after Round 16][span style='line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;] Again the draw will not be random with the goal of maximising the number of matchups where the opposing teams share a league, again with preference given to having the highest ranked Group Winners (based on overall SC ranking) able to be matched up with 3rd Stage winners with which they share a league but did not play against in the 2nd stage.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]2 Prelim Finals and the Grand Final in Rounds 18 and 19<strong style='line-height: 18px;] [/b][span style='line-height: 18px;](Grand Final in 1st[span style='line-height: 18px;] week of SC finals)
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;][span style='background: #00ff00;][Schedule provided after Round 17] Again for the SF the draw will not be random and we will try to maximise matchups that have opponents that share a league.
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<p style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Thanks for entering and good luck in the comp, cheers TTH and the Champions League admin team[span style='font-family: inherit; background-color: transparent;][span style='font-family: inherit; background-color: transparent;]