{"id":985,"date":"2015-05-22T00:12:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T21:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/antalya-2015\/?p=985"},"modified":"2015-05-22T21:26:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:26:53","slug":"competition-formats-for-esba-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/antalya-2015\/2015\/05\/22\/competition-formats-for-esba-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition formats confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The competition formats for the 1st ESBA Championship in Belek were finalized this week. Due to the different number of teams in various age categories, different tournament systems will be used in the championship.<\/p>\n<p>After some changes, 38 teams from 9 different countries will compete for medals in 11 different categories \u2013 four different age groups for women and seven different age groups for men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There will be three teams in the <strong>W35<\/strong> group, with teams playing each other twice for a total of four games.<\/li>\n<li>Since there were only one team each in <strong>W45<\/strong> and <strong>W55 <\/strong>categories, they will compete together with five teams from <strong>W50 <\/strong> These seven teams will be split into two groups and will play in a round robin format. The results of games between different age categories will count towards the final standings in all age categories. Afterwards, in the <strong>W50<\/strong> category, the best four teams will compete in semifinals and finals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five teams in <strong>M45 <\/strong>category and the only team in <strong>M40<\/strong> category will compete together in a single group, playing in a round robin format. The results of games between different age categories will count towards the final standings of <strong>M45<\/strong> In the M45 category, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and 4<sup>th<\/sup> placed teams after the round robin stage will play for 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place, while the 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> placed teams will play in the final.<\/li>\n<li>Five teams in <strong>M50 <\/strong>category will play in a round robin format. 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> placed teams after the round robin stage will play in the final.<\/li>\n<li>Five teams in <strong>M55<\/strong> category will play in a round robin format. 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> placed teams after the round robin stage will play in the final.<\/li>\n<li>Six teams in <strong>M60 <\/strong>category will be divided into two groups of three teams. After the round robin stage, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> placed teams in each group will play for 5-6 places, while 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place teams will play in semifinals and, then, finals.<\/li>\n<li>There will be three teams in <strong>M65 <\/strong>category, with teams playing each other twice for a total of four games.<\/li>\n<li>There will be three teams in <strong>M70 <\/strong>category, with teams playing each other twice for a total of four games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about the schedule will be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The competition formats for the 1st ESBA Championship in Belek were finalized this week. 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