The Bench Euros 2016!

[Jejima 1,414]

My father (in the UK) was taken to hospital by ambulance. Hopefully it will not prove to be serious.

For this reason, I plan to do the final bits of administration (announcing lie-ups, allocating the refiojis for each division, and requesting PK takers for the round of 16) tomorrow morning (my time) in about 14 hours time.

[kuroimori 1,634]

My father (in the UK) was taken to hospital by ambulance. Hopefully it will not prove to be serious.

For this reason, I plan to do the final bits of administration (announcing lie-ups, allocating the refiojis for each division, and requesting PK takers for the round of 16) tomorrow morning (my time) in about 14 hours time.

Hope your father is OK and take all the time you need, I am sure everyone here understands your priorities right now.

[Achiyama 1,246]

My father (in the UK) was taken to hospital by ambulance. Hopefully it will not prove to be serious.

For this reason, I plan to do the final bits of administration (announcing lie-ups, allocating the refiojis for each division, and requesting PK takers for the round of 16) tomorrow morning (my time) in about 14 hours time.

Hope your father is OK and take all the time you need, I am sure everyone here understands your priorities right now.

I totally agree with Kuroimori.

Cross fingers everything is fine with your Dad.

Take your time of course. We'll help as much as we can.

Achiyama

[shumitto 418]

Sorry about your father.

Give me Turkey if still available, or Poland.

[Jejima 1,414]

My father is in hospital with pneumonia. He is expected to kept in for a few days - but should be okay. Many thanks for the kind words.

[Jejima 1,414]

shumitto gets Turkey (Russia)

This leaves just two more teams, Poland (Wales) and Iceland (Croatia) left unclaimed.

Thankfully two of Bae Dat's favourite toys, Mr Froggy and Mr Fluffy are ready to step in as 'drones'.

In my wife's opinion, Iceland is too cold for frogs, whereas some rabbits like the snow....

So Mr Froggy will represent Poland, and Mr Fluffy will represent Iceland as 'drones'.

(I will now randomly roll up their squads.)

[Jejima 1,414]

Time to announce the full tables of competitors, and the refiojis for each group....

I have just realised that Maguroyama had originally volunteered to be one of the refiojis..... but with his withdrawal from the game, that leaves us a refioji short. As it is such short notice, I will try and look after two groups - but would greatly appreciate it if somebody else would be willing to take control of one of them.

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Group A

Refioji: Jakusotsu

Albania (France) - Kaiomitsuki

France (Albania) - Chokoryu (Wife of andonishiki)

Romania (England) - Jejima

Switzerland (Ukraine) - Achiyama

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Group B

Refioji: Achiyama

England (Romania) - Pitinosato

Russia (Turkey) - Chiyonosora (Baby son of andonishiki)

Slovakia (Belgium) - Jakusotsu

Wales (Poland) - Fujiko

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Group C

Refioji:Achiyama

Germany (N. Ireland) - hamcornheinz

N. Ireland (Germany) - Mischashimaru

Poland (Wales) - Mr Froggy (Frog toy of Bae Dat)

Ukraine (Switzerland) - Bae Dat (Baby son of Jejima and Fujiko)

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Group D

Refioji: Jejima

Croatia (Iceland) - chishafuwaku

Czech R. (Portugal) - Krisachiyama (Grandson of Achiyama)

Spain (Hungary) - McBugger

Turkey (Russia) - shumitto

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Group E

Refioji: Nekonishiki

Belgium (Slovakia) - kuorimori

Ireland (Italy) - Aoyume (son of andonishiki)

Italy (Ireland) - Nantonoyama

Sweden (Austria) - aminoumi (daughter of andonishiki)

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Group F

Refioji: Jejima

Austria (Sweden) - andonishiki

Hungary (Spain) - Nekonishiki

Iceland (Croatia) - Mr Fluffy (Rabbit toy of Bae Dat)

Portugal (Czech R.) - Ganzohnesushi

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[Jejima 1,414]

1st round match-ups

Group A - (Refioji Jakusotsu)

Chokoryu (France) vs Jejima (Romania)

Kaiomitsuki (Albania) vs Achiyama (Switzerland)

Group B - (Refioji Achiyama)

Fujiko (Wales) vs Jakusotsu (Slovakia)

Pitinosato (England) vs Chiyonosaro (Russia)

Group C - (Refioji Achiyama)

Mr Froggy (Poland) vs Mischashimaru (N. Ireland)

hamcornheinz (Germany) vs Bae Dat (Ukraine)

Group D - (Refioji Jejima)

shumitto (Turkey) vs chishafuwaku (Croatia)

McBugger (Spain) vs Krisachiyama (Czech R.)

Group E - (Refioji Nekonishiki)

Aoyume (Ireland) vs aminoumi (Sweden)

kuroimori (Belgium) vs Nantonoyama (Italy)

Group F - (Refioji Jejima)

andonishiki (Austria) vs Nekonishiki (Hungary)

Ganzohnesushi (Portugal) vs Mr Fluffy (Iceland)

Edited June 10, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Announcement to players in Group D (shumitto, chishafuwaku, McBugger and Krisachiyama) and Group F (andonishiki, Nekonishiki and Ganzohnesushi (as he is a 'drone', Mr Fluffy won't need to enter line-ups).

Due to my time zone, the deadline for submitting your first round line-ups (either by PM or email) to me is 6 hours before the kick-off of France vs Romania. That should be 3pm France time, which is 10 pm Japan time.

But I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me your line-ups as soon as possible.

[Jejima 1,414]

Group A

Refioji: Jakusotsu

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
Chokoryu	France ®	Belgium	Italy	Austria	Switzerland	Sweden	Czech R.	Slovakia	Albania ©	_____
Jejima	Spain	England ©	Italy	Austria	Poland	Wales	Iceland	Romania ®	N. Ireland	_____
Kaiomitsuki	France ©	England	Portugal	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine	Ireland	Slovakia	Albania ®	_____
Achiyama	Germany	Belgium	Italy	Croatia	Switzerland ®	Ukraine ©	Czech R.	Slovakia	Hungary	_____

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Group B

Refioji: Achiyama

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
Fujiko	France	England	Portugal	Austria	Poland ©	Wales ®	Czech R.	Romania	Hungary	_____
Jakusotsu	Germany	Belgium ©	Italy	Croatia	Poland	Turkey	Ireland	Slovakia ®	N. Ireland	_____
Pitinosato	France	England ®	Portugal	Austria	Switzerland	Ukraine	Czech R.	Romania ©	N. Ireland	_____
Chiyonosaro	France	England	Italy	Croatia	Russia ®	Turkey ©	Czech R.	Romania	Hungary	_____

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Group C

Refioji: Achiyama

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
Mr Froggy	Spain	England	Italy	Austria	Poland ®	Wales ©	Ireland	Romania	Albania	Drone
Mischashimaru	Germany ©	Belgium	Italy	Austria	Switzerland	Sweden	Czech R.	Slovakia	N. Ireland ®	_____
hamcornheinz	Germany ®	Belgium	Italy	Austria	Russia	Turkey	Czech R.	Romania	N. Ireland ©	_____
Bae Dat	Germany	England	Italy	Croatia	Switzerland ©	Ukraine ®	Ireland	Slovakia	Albania	_____

NB: Due to drone rules, Mr Froggy's line-up for each group match will be as follows:-

Mr Froggy: Poland ®, Wales ©, Spain, England, Italy, Austria, Ireland, Romania, Albania

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Group D

Refioji: Jejima

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
shumitto	Germany	Belgium	Italy	Austria	Russia ©	Turkey ®	Czech R.	Romania	Hungary	_____
chishafuwaku	France	England	Portugal	Croatia ®	Switzerland	Turkey	Iceland ©	Romania	Albania	_____
McBugger	Spain ®	England	Italy	Croatia	Poland	Turkey	Ireland	Slovakia	Hungary ©	_____
Krisachiyama	Germany	England	Portugal ©	Croatia	Russia	Sweden	Czech R. ®	Romania	N. Ireland	_____

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Group E

Refioji: Nekonishiki

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
Aoyume	Germany	Belgium	Italy ©	Croatia	Poland	Ukraine	Ireland ®	Slovakia	Hungary	_____
aminoumi	Spain	Belgium	Portugal	Austria ©	Switzerland	Sweden ®	Czech R.	Romania	Hungary	_____
kuroimori	France	Belgium ®	Portugal	Croatia	Poland	Wales	Iceland	Slovakia ©	N. Ireland	_____
Nantonoyama	Germany	Belgium	Italy ®	Austria	Switzerland	Ukraine	Ireland ©	Slovakia	Hungary	_____

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,414]

Group F

Refioji: Jejima

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M	Really Low M	Notes
andonishiki	Germany	England	Italy	Austria ®	Russia	Sweden ©	Czech R.	Slovakia	Hungary	_____
Nekonishiki	Spain ©	England	Portugal	Croatia	Russia	Sweden	Czech R.	Slovakia	Hungary ®	_____
Ganzohnesushi	Germany	Belgium	Portugal ®	Croatia	Poland	Sweden	Czech R. ©	Romania	Hungary	_____
Mr Fluffy	Spain	England	Portugal	Croatia ©	Russia	Turkey	Iceland ®	Romania	Albania	Drone

NB: Due to drone rules, Mr Fluffy's line-up for each group match will be as follows:-

Mr Fluffy: Iceland ®, Croatia ©, Spain, England, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Albania

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[mischashimaru 3]

Here is my PM to Jejima:

Sent 06 June 2016 - 15:18

My first Choices were:

N. Ireland (Germany) - mischashimaru

and my 9 plus-Teams are:

France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Rep., Slovakia and Albania

Thx.

mischashimaru

EDIT:

So I have to delete France and Albania, and everything should be fine....

Edited June 9, 2016 by mischashimaru

[Jejima 1,414]

Here is my PM to Jejima:

Sent 06 June 2016 - 15:18

My first Choices were:

N. Ireland (Germany) - mischashimaru

and my 9 plus-Teams are:

France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Rep., Slovakia and Albania

Thx.

mischashimaru

EDIT:

So I have to delete France and Albania, and everything should be fine....

Don't worry - I have your line-up (and many others), I am slowly working through them..... I am updating the tables as I go along!

[Jejima 1,414]

We are just waiting for entries from andonishiki's children (he told me that they are on the way!), and from shumitto - I have PM'd him :-)

All present and correct! :-)

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Jakusotsu 6,049]

To Chokoryu, Jejima, Kaiomitsuki, and Achiyama:

Acting as your Group A gyoji, please send me your picks per PM or email. Technically, the deadline is the first kickoff time in France, but I'd like to publish the roster as soon as possible.

[Jejima 1,414]

Being a little pressed for time, I am cutting and pasting (with some changes) posts from the previous Bench World Cup...

Okay everyone, we need to start sending our line-ups for the first round of matches to our respective refiojis. If you don't know how to contact your refioji (or if the refioji does not know how to contact their group members), let me know, and I will let you know the email address(es) required.

The first round of matches is based on the real first round matches for the Euros (you can see the real Euro matches in post #108 above, with the teams in brackets).

Please make sure that you know the time of the deadline for your entry. Each group (due to different time zones of the refiojis) will have a different time.

Remember that your ® team is very powerful if it wins, but can be a nightmare to your chances if it draws or loses. Your © team is 'normal' with a win, but is powerful with a draw, and bad if it loses. Your other 8 (N) teams do well if they win, are neutral if they draw, but could break your chain if they lose. With that under consideration, you need to arrange your squad in order (with the most likely to win their first round match first, to the team you think has the least chance of a win last), and send that to you refioji.

Please make your subject line-up like this.....

Jejima Round 1 Selection

Then send your line up like this.... (Please indicate your ® and © picks to make it easier for your refijoi.) Make sure you send it to your correct refioji!

Jejima: 1. Netherlands, 2. England ©, 3. Romania ®, 4. Scotland, 5. Norway, 6. San Marino, 7. Andorra, 8. Serbia, 9. Moldova
Comment: Please add a comment! It makes the game more fun. (Really.)

[Jejima 1,414]

More cutting and pasting....

In addition to sending your first round line-ups to your refioji, you need to send to me either by PM or by email your penalty takers for the round of 16. (I can't use the Survey Monkey questionnaire this time around, as you are only allowed 10 questions for a 'free' survey - and we need 12 for this one ;-))

Deadline for the entries of Penalty Takers is the kick-off for the first match in the Euros. (France vs Romania) which is 10th June, 9 pm French time, (11th June, 4 am Japan time).

Copying and Pasting from the rules thread:-

Round of 16 Penalty Shoot-out

If the round of 16 match ends in a 'draw' after extra time, there is a penalty shoot-out.

For this, you need to predict which teams you think will make it to the quarter-finals. The list of 11 penalty takers needs to be sent by email or PM before the first match of the Group Stages. (i.e. before the very first match of the tournament.)

These are the teams that you think will make it to the quarter-finals in the order of likelihood. So, if you think that England are definitely going to reach the quarter-finals, put them in first position.

Penalty shoot-outs will be done in this way....
The first five teams in each player's line-up, will be used. If a team has reached the quarter-finals, it scores its penalty (so you can score your first five penalties), if it hasn't reached the quarter-final, it misses. If there is a tie after the first five penalties, it is sudden death from the sixth team onward. If it is still a tie we go back to the first team on the list to continue the sudden death. After that it is the player with the fewest red cards, then fewest yellow cards that progresses. After that, it is the player that did best in the group matches, that progresses. If still evenly matched, then, the player who has/had the lowest ranked ® team at the start of the tournament will progress.

The deadline for the list of penalty takers for the round of 16 matches is time of the first kick-off of the first match of the tournament.

Anyone missing this deadline, gets a yellow card (as per the fair play rules). Anyone not entering a penalty taker line-up before the first match of the tournament kicks off will be 'assigned' a penalty taker list in the reverse order of the player's teams' odds at the start of the tournament, as previously given. (I.e. the lower Maegashira pick first, with the Yokozuna pick last, and no team for slot 11 for 'Bench World Cup', and no teams for slots 9, 10 and 11 for 'Bench Euros'.)

[Achiyama 1,246]

To Fujiko, Jakusotsu, Pitinosato and Chiyonosaro (Group B members):

Deadline for submitting your line-ups for the 1st round of group matches is 30 min. before the start of the first match France vs. Romania

The sooner the better!

Please, send your line-ups by PM or e-mail. Thanks

Achiyama

Refioji Group B

Edited June 9, 2016 by Achiyama

[Achiyama 1,246]

To Mishashimaru, Hamcornheinz and Bae Dat (Group C members):

Deadline for submitting your line-ups for the 1st round of group matches is 30 min. before the start of the first match France vs. Romania

The sooner the better!

Please, send your line-ups by PM or e-mail. Thanks

Achiyama

Refioji Group C

Edited June 9, 2016 by Achiyama

[Jejima 1,414]

Round of 16 Penalty Takers received from:-

mischashimaru

Kaiomitsuki

Jakusotsu

Nantonoyama

Mr Froggy (drone line-up)

Mr Fluffy (drone line-up)

kuroimori

Edited June 9, 2016 by Jejima

[Nekonishiki Banji 382]

Hello players of Group E, I am waiting for your entries. You can send them by PM or if you prefer, in e-mail to ledeczi AT gmail DOT com.

Kuroimori (received)

Aoyume (received)

Nantonoyama (received)

Aminoumi (received)

The deadline is 30 minutes before the start of the first match France vs. Romania, but it would be great if I had your entries as soon as possible.

Also, please don't forget to send your Penalty Takers to Jejima.

Nekonishiki

Refioji Group E

Edited June 10, 2016 by Nekonishiki Banji