LIDA - Playoff Structure

PLAY-OFF STRUCTURE

FALL 2009

GOLD CONFERENCE

The Diamond and Ruby Divisions on Monday night and the
Gold and Silver Divisions on Tuesday night.

BLUE CONFERENCE

The Sapphire Division on Monday night and the
Copper, Bronze and Nickel Divisions on Tuesday night.

RED CONFERENCE

NONE

QUALIFIERS

All teams in the TOP half of each division qualify for the play-offs.

GOLD CONFERENCE

All qualifing teams advance to the first round of the play-offs.

BLUE CONFERENCE

All qualifing teams advance to the first round of the play-offs.

RED CONFERENCE

NONE

~ ELIMINATION ROUND ~
NONE

~ FIRST ROUND ~

THE PLAY-OFF STRUCTURE IS AS FOLLOWS: -- All Gold Conference teams in the first round of the play-offs will be placed in numerical order (regardless of division) 1 through 8 based on their season point total. The team with the highest point total will play the team with the lowest point total .

~ MONDAY GOLD and TUESDAY GOLD CONFERENCE TEAM SET-UP ~

8 vs 1

7 vs 2

6 vs 3

5 vs 4

MONDAY BLUE CONFERENCE -- The first through fourth place teams will play the first round and will be placed in numerical order 1 through 4 based on their season point total.

~ MONDAY BLUE CONFERENCE TEAM SET-UP ~

1 vs 4

2vs 3

TUESDAY BLUE CONFERENCE -- All first, and the second place team with the highest season point total have a bye. The remaining teams will play the first round and will be placed in numerical order (regardless of division) 1 through 12 based on their season point total.

~ TUESDAY BLUE CONFERENCE TEAM SET-UP ~

Bye vs 1

Bye vs 2

Bye vs 3

Bye vs 4

12 vs 5

11 vs 6

10 vs 7

9 vs 8

THE PLAY-OFF DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

~ MONDAY GOLD CONFERENCE TEAMS ~
Elimination	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3		CHAMPIONSHIP
Wednesday	Mon / Mon	Mon / Wed	Mon / Wed		Mon / Tue / Wed
N/A	12/21 - 28	1/4 - 6	1/11 -13		1/18 - 19 - 20
~ MONDAY BLUE CONFERENCE TEAMS ~
Elimination	Round 1	Round 2	Round 2	Round 3	CHAMPIONSHIP
Wednesday	Mon / Mon	Mon	Mon	Mon / Wed	Mon / Tue / Wed
N/A	12/21 - 28	1/4	1/11	1/18 - 20	1/25 - 26 - 27
~ TUESDAY GOLD CONFERENCE TEAMS ~
Elimination	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3		CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday	Tue / Tue	Tue / Thu	Tue / Thu		Mon / Tue / Wed
N/A	12/22 - 29	1/5 - 7	1/12 -14		1/18 - 19 - 20
~ TUESDAY BLUE CONFERENCE TEAMS ~
Elimination	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday	Tue / Tue	Tue / Thu	Tue / Thu	Tue / Thu	Mon / Tue / Wed
N/A	12/22 - 29	1/5 - 7	1/12 -14	1/19 - 21	1/25 - 26 - 27

NOTE: - HOME ADVANTAGE - The team with the highest season point total WILL HAVE THE HOME ADVANTAGE for the FIRST MATCH of the two match play-off round. For the championship round, match one, the Monday Champion will have the home advantage, match two - the Tuesday Champion will have the home advantage, the third match of this round WILL BE PLAYED at a NEUTRAL bar selected from the current bar list by the team captains involved. The team with the HOME ADVANTAGE for the third match of the Championship round WILL BE the team that is AHEAD after the first two matches. Should there be a 20-20 tie going into match 3, the toss of the coin will decide it.

NOTE: - TIES - In the event that more than one team ends the season with the same point total (tied) then the team in the higher division will be placed first. If the teams are in the same division then the team with the best win-loss-tie (W-L-T) record will be placed first. In the event that there is still a tie the team who scored the highest total points in the two matches they played against each other will be placed first. In the event that a tie still exists then the Association will place the teams. In the event this is a tie for FOURTH place (or second place in a four team division) then a five person 1001 double on - double out match will be played at the location of the first round opponent. This tie breaker will be played at 7 PM on the night that the first round of the playoffs starts. The winner will then stay and play the first match of round one. The start of the game will be decided by the toss of a coin.