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WFDF 2021-24 Appendix v1
Appendix E: Seeding, Schedule and Event Bids
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E7.
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Scheduling Rules

When creating the schedule for WFDF World Events, officials will take into account the following criteria. Each section is considered more important than the one following.

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All teams in the tournament must have the same path to the championship based on overall schedule structure. Example – No team is given an automatic “bye” to a later round in the event unless all teams had a similar opportunity to achieve that bye.

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E7.1.1.

An exception can be made if an event has an uneven number of teams in the initial pools. In this case teams in pools with more teams may need to play an additional game in round robin play, and an additional team from a larger pool may be eliminated from the next round over a pool with fewer teams.

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E7.1.1.

An exception can be made if an event has an uneven number of teams in the initial pools. In this case teams in pools with more teams may need to play an additional game in round robin play, and an additional team from a larger pool may be eliminated from the next round over a pool with fewer teams.

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