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Hello all and welcome to the forum for the National Tournament of Season 33. Last season saw Tide of Fire regain his crown in a convincing manner and will be looking to be the first manager in England to win the cup and league treble, can anyone stop him?

ROUND ONE SUMMARY
For the first time in five seasons, an EBBL team wasn't knocked out in the first round with all teams brushing aside their bot opponents. Throughout all of the fixtures in the first round, there were only twelve games with both sides being active. There was a minor upset with the 123rd seed, ASD EUREKA knocking a strong division II side in Southern European, prevailing by a score of 102-88. There were also close games for two other division II sides taking on a division III side with T20 Cricketers beating UK Shylock 103-92 and Carolina BC victorious over England Giants by a score of 99-87. In the first division II match up of the season, BCSpading overcome Bc Reds by a 21 point margin.

The biggest fixtures in the second round will see a couple of EBBL sides put into action with Durham Wasps taking on former division II.3 opponent, Camborne Crusaders and Club Deportivo San Andres travelling to the home of Spikey Pumpkins. The second round also drew two former EBBL sides against each other with SuperHands taking on Wrose Warriors.

Note: please feel free to vote on the poll for your tournament winner

Poll:  Who will win the cup?

The Crusaders managed to beat me to the signature of their new point guard last week. I'll have to make sure we win this time. ;)

There's a very similar player that I have a bid on, feel free to snatch that guy away from me ;P

The second round saw all EBBL teams book their places into the next round with Durham Wasps smashing Cambourne Crusaders 106-50 along with Club Deportivo San Andres producing a miraculous fourth quarter comeback to send Spikey Pumpkins crashing out. The division II match up between Wrose Warriors and SuperHands saw the latter overcome their opponents by a score of 76-97. There was also a couple of minor upsets with 108th seed, Marikina Floods defeating an established division II team in The Admirals and last season's EBBL side, The Arrelles losing to Benfica Team of division III.

The third round sees no EBBL sides matched against each other with the majority of the teams facing easy opposition however Tatatallfella is in for a tough game at home to Baro Kiaules whilst Club Deportivo San Andres travel to the home of LT-UniTed. There are also a couple of nice division II games with Cambois Donkeys taking on SuperHands and KK ALYTUS matched against Reading All-Stars.

Teams remaining are as follows:
EBBL (16/16)
II.1 (15/16)
II.2 (14/16)
II.3 (13/16)
II.4 (11/16)

Good luck to all teams involved next week.

Last edited by js8 at 11/27/2015 7:44:51 AM

ROUND THREE SUMMARY
The third round saw the first big shock of the tournament with EBBL side, Lithuania BC crashing out against third division side HK Stars by a score of 92-87. There was also worry for another EBBL side, Club Deportivo San Andres who exchanged blows with LT-UniTed throughout the fourth quarter but the former managed to hold on to secure a 88-87 win. Tatallfella was also given a really good contest by Baro Kiaules by the EBBL side managed to close out the game by a margin of twelve points. The division II contests saw Cambois Donkeys and Reading All-Stars reach the next round with wins against SuperHands and KK ALYTUS respectively.

The fourth round will be the first of the EBBL match ups with two mouth-watering games in prospect. Gauson will take on last season's champs Tide of Fire whilst new jersey2 packs their bags for a trip to Sabre of Valiente. M Dogs will also have their hands full against division II side T20 Cricketers whilst the division II clashes will also catch the eye with Surrey Heat playing Lusitania Brasil All Stars, Margate Marauders travelling to Stiggs and Narborough Pheonix hosting Allll Stars.

Teams remaining are as follows:
EBBL (15/16)
II.1 (10/16)
II.2 (11/16)
II.3 (10/16)
II.4 (9/16)

Good luck to all teams involved.

Last edited by js8 at 12/3/2015 5:12:18 PM

Really good win by HK Stars considering they lost two starters during the game.

kotwa @ Cambois Donkeys and BC ANGLIOKAI get to visit me for another two div II matchups. Unsure whether you picked out the best or meant to mention all. I'm not established d2 yet, but the other matchup deserved a mention!

I think you forgot to mention the Stinkies [3] @ js8 [30]! It's the lowest ranking level apart from the 2 EBBL games.

Yeah I did see our fixture but didn't mention it for some reason, probably cause my own team was involved.


@gully

Really good win by HK Stars considering they lost two starters during the game

Yes it was a fantastic win.

@overmars

kotwa @ Cambois Donkeys and BC ANGLIOKAI get to visit me for another two div II matchups. Unsure whether you picked out the best or meant to mention all.

I didn't actually see the one between Cambois Donkeys and Kotwa but I don't mention all as sometimes there are too many, just a brief summary really so don't take no offence you were mentioned

Looking forward to warmly welcoming Gauson to The Crematorium

Looking forward to warmly welcoming Gauson to The Crematorium

I'm really looking forward to this one too, both been good this season.