The quarter finals and semi finals are played in 2 games (home & away).

If equality in the first game, the second game shall be setup with overtime + penalty shootouts.
If equality over both games (for ex : 2-1 + 0-1), a third game shall be played in 15 min with overtime + penalty shootouts.

The final is 1 game with overtime + penalty shootouts.

When ? The final stage will happen at the end of the league season.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE BRAKES

• During the Legend League season, there will be International league breakes.

You have to play your official games during the 1 week league break (Monday to Sunday) to play all of your official fixtures (1 fixture = 2 matches home & away).

An official game schedule will be provided by the admins.

• If a team fails to play their official matchday during the week (shows up late, not enough availability days, not engaging with the opponents to organise the game…), the admins shall award the victory to the team who has made the most efforts (admins will ask for proof).
  

• Strike system for teams responsible of being late on schedule :

1 strike = Friendly reminder.

2 strikes = -1pt (sanction is repeated for every additional strike)

*Reporting your results takes roughly a minute and captains have now access to the report tool from their mobile.

TO PARTICIPATE AS A NATION

• The nations team must be composed of a group of players that share the same nationality in real life.

Players with multiple nationalities, will have to choose 1 definitively from the moment of their first national selection (in friendly or official). If you don't know how to choose, think of the national team that you have supported since you were a kid !

• Only nationalities recognised by the United Nations (check here : https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), will be able to create a national team in the WAPES League.

• Consolidated group of real nations are allowed to exist, but can be composed of only players with nationalities that do not already have an established Nations Team in WAPES.

For example : A player from Ivory Coast can play for “African Nations team” only if an Ivory Coast National Team does not exist yet.

*Admin note : Football shall be preserved from politics. This is about playing and sharing one passion, uniting compatriot players from different clubs all around the community to stand as one. Be united, be proud !

Create a nation for 1 night !

• During the nations week break, we encourage national teams that don’t yet exist in WAPES League, to organize friendly nations games. This is the best time for it, as the clubs are on their break and the players are likely free during the week!
  

• Try it, become a captain for your nation during the league breaks !
  Unite players from your nation, and give it a try in friendly games with other nations or with mixrooms ! Admins will offer support to your initiative.

TRANSPARENT MANAGEMENT

• Each nation will need to have at minimum 2 captains from 2 different teams.
  Captains have an obligation to be transparent in their management.
  No bias allowed based on friendship/proximity.

All selection shall be based on footballing reasons.

• If a democratically elected or popularly supported captain choice were to appear,

he shall be included in the captains group.

A NEW SELECTION SYSTEM

• A new national leaderboard will rank players from each nation, based on their performances in the WAPES Legend league. The ranking system takes data from the current league ranking system (the calculation is a weighted average of: your club ranking in your division, your average notation rating in game, your contribution to team performance as part of the attack, midfield, defense, or goalkeeping, your average ranking from the previous season etc.).

We have also introduced a special Bonus / Malus called "current form", an indicator based on your 4 latest performances in the official WAPES Legend league games.

This leaderboard is generated and updated automatically following Legend league games. It is meant to be both a tool for national managers to see what players are worthy to be called, but also to ensure an equal treatment and visibility for all players of the WAPES league, based on current performance ranking.

The full nations leaderboard will be available for each player to see on the wapes website how close or not they are from being called to play for their nation.

• The first 24 players of each national leaderboard will be considered as "selectable".

From that selection, the national managers make their choices.

National managers will have to choose from the Top 6 attackers, 7 midfielders, 8 defenders and Top 3 goalkeepers given by the national leaderboard to build their lineup for the next game (friendly or official).

As the top 24 players on ranking can change week to week, managers are required to adapt to the changing list of players. If the nation is facing a particular shortage in players in one given area (attackers, midfielders, defenders, goalkeepers). For example: only 2 attackers available out of 6.

Captains are required to adapt their lineup/formation/tactics and use another player from the 24 player list in order to fill the hole.

Captains are advised to follow the hierarchy on the ranking table, as close as they possibly can, into their formation system.

• When to use the selection sheet ?
  For official games : From Monday 2 am CET, at the beggining of the international break.
  (If league captains enter their league results later, this can penalize their players in the national ranking)
  For friendly games, national captains can use the national sheets at the time that arranges them for organisation.

In case a player does not want to be called for nation games, please inform admins so we can remove you from the nations lists.

Player sanctions / REPLAYS

If a created player is caught above limitations in an official game :

• For minor BAL violations the offended team can ask for immediate replay ONLY.
  (15min max after the end of each game). Captains are provided with a mobile application (made by community member Kaupp), through which they can check the legality of players, very quickly.

Once captains have agreed on the results and 15min have passed, they are validated definitively.

• In case of major BAL violations (+5 accumulated points in total, across categories: player stats, illegal position, height, skill card...), captains will be allowed to report the evidence in the 24 hour max window after the game. In the case that such a violation is discovered, Admins will take action to enforce a replay. 🆕

• Individual player sanctions :

1st warning = Player suspension (1 official matchday : home and away)

2nd warning = Player suspension (3 official matchday : home and away)

*If you have any questions about the BAL tutorial, please ask Admins or Staff members on Discord. All captains should ask their players to share screenshots of their BAL to prevent mistakes. In addition to sanctions, if a player or a team seems dishonest (abused capacities in any type of game (official, friendly or mixed) or transfer rules), players and captains can receive after warnings up to a definitive suspension.

• Additional sanction for abusive tackling (official, friendlies, mixrooms...)
  Tackling a player too aggressively, repetitively, or outside of a challenge, is considered as an abuse against community policy. Players reported doing these tackles will face warnings of misconduct.
  

• Players are strictly forbiden to pause an official game. Only captains are authorized to go into pause menu, and only in case of a disconnection ! If a team is repetively reported using pause to much, the team will face warnings.

IN CASE OF DISCONNECTION

• If a player is disconnected during an official game, the game shall continue playing to its end.
  Only if the game has just started and no goals have been scored yet,
  captains only can pause the game and ask for a restart.
  If a player disconnects by his own choice (for example : to force a restart), before or without the opponents captain’s consent, he will face a sanction of 1 matchday suspension. 🆕
  

• In case of a disconnection, the AI is part of the game. If the AI scores or assists, the goals are validated.

• But no AI player is authorized to take free-kicks. If the AI takes a free-kick (direct shoot, pass, corner...) the goal will be invalidated. You need to change shooter so the AI doesn't take free-kicks.

ISSUE REPORT

• Always keep an open discussion with the opposing captain. Most problems can be solved this way.
  

• If you can't find a solution with your opponents and feel necessary to make a claim against a team or a player. Please follow this procedure : 🆕

1. Fill in a report sheet (click to open) and notify admins by DM. Make sure you give admins all the information (facts, screenshots, videos…) that can prove or support your claim.

2. The admins will solicit the accused team or player to give his version of events and a chance to defend him/themselves.

3. Admins will take the fairest decision possible, based on the proof and arguments provided, on the official report form. On this form, please explain your case, as clear and concise as possible, and with as much detail as possible, as THIS WILL BE THE ONLY DOCUMENT WE WILL BASE OUR DECISION ON. Any other info communicated to admins outside of the report form, will not be considered as eligible.

• Remember, we expect all captains to deal with situations respectfully like honorable gentlemen.

We are a community before a competition, this is a game, and we need each other to play it and have fun <3.