Hello,
Further to the season announcement, here are the fixtures of Match Day 1.
A warm welcome to debutantes: @navidjahanshahi and @caspermoeller89. The latter has just advanced from @poliac Silver to Golden League and might be a formidable opponent. @navidjahanshahi, however has joined via the qualifiers (as the second best) but might be a bit of mystery. He will test a seasoned veteran @manuvert in the first match day.
The schedule is known in advance and everyone can figure out their opponents from the season opening post. I will publish the fixtures 3 days ahead of the given Match Day.
League Stage Schedule
Match Day 1
Saturday, Nov 1
| Pairing | Players | Score |
|---|---|---|
| (P1_1 vs P7_4) | @mertin (DC, RL) vs @elizabethbit (Q10) | : |
| (P1_2 vs P7_3) | @revlat35 vs @alovely088 (Q9) | : |
| (P1_3 vs P7_2) | @danmaruschak vs @flemingfarm (Q4) | : |
| (P1_4 vs P7_1) | @cezary-io vs @browery (Q3) | : |
| (P2_1 vs P6_4) | @bucipuci vs @pjansen (Q11) | : |
| (P2_2 vs P6_3) | @erikklok vs @jjprac (Q8) | : |
| (P2_3 vs P6_2) | @new.things vs @davidthompson57 (Q5) | : |
| (P2_4 vs P6_1) | @manuvert vs @navidjahanshahi (Q2) | : |
| (P3_1 vs P5_4) | @racibo vs @silvertop (Q12) | : |
| (P3_2 vs P5_3) | @sk1920 vs @mushanov (Q7) | : |
| (P3_3 vs P5_2) | @tom45p vs @itz.inno (Q6) | : |
| (P3_4 vs P5_1) | @caspermoeller89 vs @actifit-godfish (Q1) | : |
| (P4_1 vs P4_4) | @benbow2017 vs @fredkese | : |
| (P4_2 vs P4_3) | @ptaku vs @wahacoce | : |
As we can see, the qualifiers are put against pre-qualified players. Who's going to surprise the on-paper-favorite? The last two pairs, however, are formed of players who had earned their entry via @poliac 24 Golden League performance. Those matches might be close.
Remember to post your @actifit report for Nov 1 (on the day of the activity, or the day after, both will work). The scores are not exactly equal to step counts. We divide the step count by 1000 and round the result to the nearest integer (0.5 rounds up to 1). Failure to post means a walk-over and 3 walk-overs in the League Stage equal to elimination from the tournament.
Match Day 2
Tuesday, Nov 4
P1 vs P6
P2 vs P5
P3 vs P4
P7 vs P7
Match Day 3
Friday, Nov 7
P1 vs P5
P2 vs P4
P6 vs P7
P3 vs P3
Match Day 4
Monday, Nov 10
P1 vs P4
P2 vs P3
P5 vs P7
P6 vs P6
Match Day 5
Thursday, Nov 13
P1 vs P3
P4 vs P7
P5 vs P6
P2 vs P2
Match Day 6
Sunday, Nov 16
P1 vs P2
P3 vs P7
P6 vs P4
P5 vs P5
Match Day 7
Wednesday, Nov 19
P2 vs P7
P3 vs P6
P4 vs P5
P1 vs P1
After 7 Match Days, the top 8 players will advance directly to the Playoffs, Round of 16 and will be seeded there. Players ranked in places 9-24, will play an additional Knock-out round and its winners will join the R16.
