Season 16 Heads-up

Hello Actifit'ters,

While, Season 15 ends this coming weekend with the Final Four tournament (March 7-10), I am ready to reveal plans for the next season. As it becomes our little tradition, the new season will be played after the current @poliac edition, which kicks off today.

Format

1. Group stage with 4 groups, 6 players each. Single round robin
2. 2 Rounds of Playoffs
   Round 1: 4 best players from each group; paired A1 vs B4, A2 vs B3 (...) D1 vs C4
   Round 2: Winners of round 1, paired in such a way that group winners can meet only in the Final Four
3. Final Four

Roster

The Top Seeds in each group are the 4 best players of the current @macfit season (still in progress - Final Four participants: @bucipuci, @danmaruschak, @merthin or @manuvert)

Group A:

1. @macfit season 15 Winner
2. @macfit season 15 8th place (@browery)
3. @poliac season 17 Winner (or the next best person after allocation of slots 1-2 in each group here)
4. @macfit ranking best player (after allocation of slots 1-3 in each group here)
5. Q4
6. Q5

Group B:

1. @macfit season 15 runner-up
2. @macfit season 15 7th place (@benbow2017)
3. @poliac season 17 Runner-up (or the 2nd best person after allocation of slots 1-2 in each group here)
4. @macfit ranking 2nd best player (after allocation of slots 1-3 in each group here)
5. Q3
6. Q6

Group C:

1. @macfit season 15 3rd place
2. @macfit season 15 6th place (@mervinthepogi)
3. @poprzeczka February Winner (or the next best person after allocation of slots 1-2 in each group here - @cezary-io)
4. @poliac season 17 4th place (or the 4th best person after allocation of slots 1-3 in each group here)
5. Q2
6. Q7

Group D:

1. @macfit season 15 4th place
2. @macfit season 15 5th place (@masoom)
3. @poprzeczka March Winner (or the next best person after allocation of slots 1-2 in each group here)
4. @poliac season 17 3rd place (or the 3rd best person after allocation of slots 1-3 in each group here)
5. Q1
6. Q8

Q1-Q8 are winners of the qualifiers.

Schedule

Qualifiers: April 5-6
Group Stage: April 11-15
Playoffs Round 1: April 20 (brackets known in advance)
Playoffs Round 2: April 21-22 (brackets known in advance)
Final Four: April 26-28

Eligibility

All players mentioned above by name are already in. Some will win a slot by playing @poliac and @poprzeczka or from @macfit ranking. All others will be invited to try to get in via qualifiers.

The invitations will be extended to all current @poliac, @poprzeczka and @macfit players.

@benbow2017; @browery; @bucipuci; @cezary-io; @cryptospa; @danmaruschak; @davidthompson57; @fredkese; @manuvert; @merthin; @mervinthepogi; @mushanov; @new.things; @notak; @practicaleric; @ptaku; @sk1920; @trezzahn

@actifit-godfish; @anna-newkey; @asia-pl; @atongis; @awah; @chichi18; @cindee08; @elizabethbit; @erikklok; @homesteadlt; @krakonos; @masoom; @pinkhub; @pjansen; @racibo; @silvertop; @stefannikolov; @svanbo.

@edycu007, @drolobes, @marianomariano, @aleximprovement, @flaxz, @stdd, @alzee, @assassyn, @jmis101, @davidxxl + anyone else reading this and willing to play.