Nations Cup 2019/20

[CZ_Mango]

I will be interesting to see how the national teams of countries who got way stronger than in the past will do. India, Australia, Denmark or Netherlands for example have way stronger teams now. Some jumped from random 17/18+ to 2k1+ or even better.

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

I will be interesting to see how the national teams of countries who got way stronger than in the past will do. India, Australia, Denmark or Netherlands for example have way stronger teams now. Some jumped from random 17/18+ to 2k1+ or even better.

I agree. When you look back 2 or 3 Nations cups, Australia, Netherlands and Belgium, but also Austria were not contenders for the top 16 or even top 32, but now they have become much stronger.
I'm especially interested in countries that did not participate last time, but should be able to get 3 players. Some we know from the last 2v2 World Cup and some just would need to team up, but they definitely have 2 18++ players and more who could join. Some have enough players, but don't know each other, but who knows now. In the past we had 1600 rated teams too.
Serbia
Latvia
Greece
Israel
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Iran
Portugal
Bulgaria
South Korea
Guatemala
El Salvador
Pakistan
Iceland?, Ecuador?, Algeria?, Singapore?, Tunisia?, Lebanon?

 

[Tarsiz]

Latvia has a potential for a 2k+ team, I almost included them in my list but thought the UK or Australia had better chances to make the top 32.

8th_wonder (2k2), klavskis (2k), Knifer (2k) and Mr_Full (2k) would be a decent team. However I think someone told me Knifer doesn't play anymore.

Greece has at least one 2k player and a bunch of 18xx so they could form a team for sure.

For Iceland I only know a 15-16xx player. Some people on Voobly have the Icelandic flag on their profiles but I doubt most of them are from Iceland. I did see someone watching a stream in my office when I was working there last spring though!

 

[CZ_Mango]

Latvia has a potential for a 2k+ team, I almost included them in my list but thought the UK or Australia had better chances to make the top 32.

8th_wonder (2k2), klavskis (2k), Knifer (2k) and Mr_Full (2k) would be a decent team. However I think someone told me Knifer doesn't play anymore.

Greece has at least one 2k player and a bunch of 18xx so they could form a team for sure.

For Iceland I only know a 15-16xx player. Some people on Voobly have the Icelandic flag on their profiles but I doubt most of them are from Iceland. I did see someone watching a stream in my office when I was working there last spring though!

The biggest progress I see with Australia from 15x-17x tuna squad they made it to 185+-2k1 solid team. :-)

 

[robo]

The biggest progress I see with Australia from 15x-17x tuna squad they made it to 185+-2k1 solid team. :-)

Who are you calling tunas??

 

[Memeluke]

I don't think latvia will form a team unless you allow them to merge with other baltic countries

 

[CZ_Mango]

Who are you calling tunas??

Isn't that your official team nickname? :-D At least that is what I can see in every topic you guys are involved.

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

I don't think latvia will form a team unless you allow them to merge with other baltic countries

They had a 3-player team less than a year ago in the 2v2 World Cup and with 4 2k+ players, why should they merge? 90 % of all other countries in the world have less good players. If their 1v1 rating translated to all-map TG rating they would be top 16. They will not be in the Gold League, but could be top 16 of the Silver League.

 

[klavskisLV]

They had a 3-player team less than a year ago in the 2v2 World Cup and with 4 2k+ players, why should they merge? 90 % of all other countries in the world have less good players. If their 1v1 rating translated to all-map TG rating they would be top 16. They will not be in the Gold League, but could be top 16 of the Silver League.

What you fail to realise is that 8th wonder and knifer are very inactive at the moment, and me and full are just chilling, so it would require to pull preferably 8th wonder out of retirement to make a team which would need **** ton of practice to become decent on teamplay/chemistry, and that most likely will not happen.

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

What you fail to realise is that 8th wonder and knifer are very inactive at the moment, and me and full are just chilling, so it would require to pull preferably 8th wonder out of retirement to make a team which would need **** ton of practice to become decent on teamplay/chemistry, and that most likely will not happen.

I did not consider Knifer's activity, because I don't even know him much. But all assumptions here so far are only theoretical, because nobody knows yet about activity when the tournament starts or even the prize pool.
Of course the players need to want to play together, but then there are also players who don't even try to find a team, but fans want them to play. On the other hand, some players did not play a year or two, but want to come back for a Nations Cup. I don't think 8th wonder is one of those, but we can still hope.

 

[Double_N]

Many sports? I don’t know any but I’m interested.. can you name some ?

In rugby players are allowed to play if:

1. They were born in the country.
2. They have a parent or grandparent who was born in the country.
3. They have lived in the country for 36 consecutive months (three years) to qualify on residency immediately before playing.
4. They have completed ten years of cumulative residence in the country before playing.

What are rugby’s international eligibility rules? The lowdown

What are rugby’s international eligibility rules? Here's the lowdown on World Rugby's Regulation 8, which governs players' eligibility

www.rugbyworld.com

On top of that, some national federations may enforce further rules. E.g. you can play only if you played in the national leauge for so long, not if you played abroad.

 

[nimanoe]

Why all this discussion when we already have rules from the previous Nations Cups?
From the rulebook of NC 2017:

Players may represent a Nation in the SY

Nations Cup 2017 if:

1. The Player is a citizen of that Nation; or
2. The Player is entitled to permanently reside in that Nation, and has been a resident for at least the last 3 years.

By signing up to participate in the SY

Nations Cup 2017, Players agree to provide proof of eligibility under either Clause 1 or 2 above if a request is made by Tournament Administrators. Failure to do so may result in immediate disqualification from the Tournament.

A resident is defined as spending at least 9 months of each year in the country where residency is being claimed.

Proof of citizenship includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Passport; or
• National ID; or
• Citizenship certificate.

Proof of permanent residency includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Green card; or
• Permanent Residency visa.

 

[_Ra_]

who do I contact for Canada team?

 

[robo]

@Marauder

 

[Forever]

OMG finally NC announcement¡¡ Is it planned as a continuation of the previous 3 SY editions? I mean, is this SY NC 4 or NC 4 or what?

 

[Lanchi]

OMG finally NC announcement¡¡ Is it planned as a continuation of the previous 3 SY editions? I mean, is this SY NC 4 or NC 4 or what?

NC20

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

SY was just the sponsor. Now we will have a 3v3 version, which is a big change, but otherwise Nations Cup is Nations Cup, not too different. Still China SY, China B, Vietnam, Brazil A/B, Finland and Canada as favourites. But after that everything should be closer.

OMG finally NC announcement¡¡ Is it planned as a continuation of the previous 3 SY editions? I mean, is this SY NC 4 or NC 4 or what?