WL2023 Divisions

The 2023 season of the World League will be getting underway shortly.  

A few reminders for everyone to be aware of:

1. As in the last years, we will be strictly enforcing start times. Matches need to have the scheduled start time set, and the required participation needs to have been met by that time so that matches can start automatically at the day and time scheduled for the round.
2. Divisions A, B and C will be played in a round robin format, and divisions D, E and F will be played in a swiss system format.
3. Players are only allowed to play official World League matches for 1 team each season and will have their match scores adjusted if they violate this rule multiple times.
4. All closed accounts will continue to be included in the match score adjustments.

Here are the divisions based on the WL2022 standings as of Jan 1, 2023, which are also shown briefly on the left side of the table below.  Please note that these are not the final standings for the 2022 season, just the interim standings used for setting the divisions this season.  Final standings for 2022 will be announced when all matches have a decisive result.

A couple of notes on the divisions:

1. Two teams have dropped out of the top divisions, so there are much less relagations this year than usual.
2. Participation has been an important criterion for promotions again, as can be seen in a couple of places. For finding a third team that could get promoted from Division F to Division E, Team Hong Kong was chosen due to its best participation.

Team Canada to A.

Thanks!!!

Thanks, ilmago, for all the effort you put into this league!! Looking forward to the new games in 2023. Good games and a lot of fun for all the teams!!

Michael M.