2nd NFALD Grand Prix
2020 — Online, US
The break list for open double-elimination rounds is on the pairings page (12 entries)
In JV and Novice, we will clear THREE to a single-elimination partial semifinal, which will happen during elims 3 & 4 (judge pool)
JV Semis: MoState CC vs Oak CC LT (winner hits MoState BL)
Novice Semis: KCKCC TS vs Hillsdale TC (winner hits CMU TT)
This will be an ONLINE tournament (using Zoom), and no entry fees will be charged.
Schools are expected to provide a full time judge for every two entries, but if schools need to hire judges through the tournament, please contact us. We will charge enough for judging to assure we have sufficient judging both days.
Updated Schedule (CST)
Zoom room link information will be shared with everyone in a later update. The schedule update is intended to minimize somewhat the pain for our PST friends without keeping our EST friends up too late.
Saturday, June 6th (prelim day)
9:00am Registration opens (we recommend that each squad ask their people to gather in their own digital space and notify the tournament ASAP if anyone cannot be found)
10:00am Round 1 preset (we will seek to blast each pairing at least 30 minute before start - report to your Zoom room ASAP, before prepping)
11:30am Round 2 preset
12:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm Round 3
3:15pm Round 4
5:00pm Round 5
6:45pm Round 6
Sunday, June 7th (elim day)
Double-elimination
10:00am Elim 1
11:00am Awards/Lunch Break
12:15pm Elim 2
2:30pm Elim 3
4:30pm Elim 4
6:30pm Elim 5
8:30pm Elim 6 (etc)
Although divisions will collapse, we will have people hit others eligible for the same break out where possible in pre-sets and may take this into consideration in power matching.
We plan to clear all entries with a 4-2 record, and then sort out break-out elims from the remainder before determining which 3-3's should clear to create a balanced double elim bracket in open. There will be only one final round (a team reaching finals without a loss would finish 2nd if they lost). We expect one breakout elim at most in JV/Nov, and an even number in open partials (12 most likely, but we will finalize this after prelims).