Worlds 2008 - Who are qualified for the main event

[Ringbearer]

Here we will make a list of those qualified for the main event:

Last years top 4 of Worlds:
Agustin Lozano
Heiner Viefhues
Charles Jenkins
Mikko Vitemaki

Organisers of Worlds:
1. Mark Alfano
2. Joe Bisz

Top 2 of Euro 08
1. Agustion Lozano
2. Enrique Navarro
3. Librado Pacha (gets one since Agus qualified trough Worlds 07)

Organisers of Euro 08
1. Manuel Cabezali
2. Antonio Flores

Nations cup GCCG:
1. Ilkka Launonen
(Teemu and Mikko already have a bye)

USA top 4:

Germany top 2:
1. Markus Wähner
2. Mario Nau-Theissen
(backup)
3. Patrick Laxander
4. Hans-Werner Milpetz

Spain top 2:
1. Enrique Navarro (has one already)
2. Manuel Cabezali (has one already)
3. Librado Pacha (has one already)
4. Marc Roca
5. Juan????
(backup)
6. Agustin (has one already)
7. Coro
8. Antonio

Netherlands top 2: + organising country
1. Alfond van Impelen
2. Wouter van Impelen
3. Wim Heemskerk
(backup)
4. Bert Claessen
5. Chris v/d Meer

Finland:
1.Teemu Drews
(backup)
2. Mikko Vitemaki (has one already)
3. Miika Karmista

Sweden
1. TBA

Italy
1. TBA

Argentina
1. TBA

Austria
1. Bernd Brunner

Belgium
1. Kris van Beurden

Poland
1. Highwayman (whoever he may be)

[Bruce]

How do the slots for the national tournaments work? If a national champion doesn't show up for worlds, does the vice-champion get the slot for the main event? And what about if the second doesn't show up? How far is potentially the national slot "transferable"?

[Ringbearer]

From what I know the standings at last national championchip count. We can guarantee byes to people who are coming beforehand only.

The problem with this is that if someone who has a bye shows up unannounced on saturday, someone who didnt play qualifier because he thought he would get the bye is out.

So all with byes, report in.

And Bruce: can you show me a standing of last Italian championships?

[Darksatin]

And Bruce: can you show me a standing of last Italian championships?

You can see it at :
http://www.meccg.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=781
(but I don't speak Italian and I don't know who is behind the usernames !)

[Bruce]

And Bruce: can you show me a standing of last Italian championships?

You can see it at :
http://www.meccg.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=781
(but I don't speak Italian and I don't know who is behind the usernames !)

That's the right link. By the way, I'm the one who got 7th. Actually, the chances that any one of the first six classified shows up are roughly 0,0001%.

Anyway I'll arrive on friday, so that I'll be able to play the qualifier if I have to.

[Sauron]

I don't know how other national councils handle it but for the US if an American was going to Worlds in Europe and there were available open slots and they had participated in a tournament they could be granted a bye.

But yes all byes should be arranged before the tournament.

[Ringbearer]

Bruno,

if you preregistered and no top 6 shows up, you're in. Can you provide me with a list of names though for safe-checking.

Bert

[Kabuto]

Gents,

As much as I'd like to have a seed my name should not be in the list as organizer of Euro Championships. It is Antonio Flores who deserves the priviledge.

Heraclio Sanchez

[Ringbearer]

Agus mentioned you did, so thats why you were in. I will change it.