THESE ARE THE RULES and some items may change before the tournament starts. PERIODICALLY CHECK THIS TOPIC! 

The Mediterranean Vote League #1 will start officially on Saturday October 3, after which, no changes allowed.

General Rules of the Mediterranean Vote League #1

1. Definition: 

Mediterranean League is a tournament played by the Mediterranean Groups with 12 ranked teams. 

MVL#1 will start on Saturday October 3, 2009 and should last approximately within 6 months.

2. Paired Groups: 

The pairing board teams are made by the ranking on basis each team's number of members multiplied with average rating, according to data taken at October 1, 2009.

3. Methodology: 

ROUND-1 (semifinal): 3 groups á 4 teams. Group winners goes to ROUND 2 . 
Schedule: October-December 2009.

ROUND-2 (final): 1 group 3 groups. Group winner is the Champion!
Prel. schedule: Januari-March 2010. 

4. Match challenges and group classification:

All groups, team challenges and dates will be determined by pairing established. A guideline for each round that describe this more in detail will be send to the teams before the round starts.

After the date of the public pairing has 7 days to accept the challenges. If a team refuses to play or does not meet these dates will miss the game with a score of 5-0.

The group will make challenges, with the following characteristics: 

"MVL#1 Round1: TEAM A vs TEAM B" 
/standard / 3 days move

Victory will count as 10 points, lost as 0, and a draw (in  case of) 5. 

The group winners are the teams that:
in first hand - has the most points in each group
in second hand - if two teams have the same points, the one who won the game between them, otherwise the team that was best ranked before the tournament started.

5. The general rules and recommendations: 

All questions, complaints, suggestions or ideas for improvement should be sent to the Mediterranean League HQ." 

Any changes in team names or other information affecting the proper functioning of this championship, should be reported immediately! 

2 directors of each participating team in the league are encouraged to join this Mediterranean League HQ. 

Check the forums regularly for updates.

Paired Groups