CIL World Cup Rules

Hello and welcome to the first ever CIL World Cup!  We're doing a quick send-off for Gen 7 in the form of a World Cup-style tournament that will be detailed below.  Standard CIL rules, such as those regarding coaching substitutions, or no-shows still apply but unique rules will be specified in this post.  For more detail on such rulings, please refer to: https://kevincgames.blogspot.com/2018/08/cil-season-6-rules.html

This document will be updated as coaches vote on key issues, so stay tuned for more info!

Tournament Structure

• First Draft
• This is the draft you'll use for the duration of the Divisional Stage.
• No free agency swaps will be made, but unlimited trades are ok.
• If a coach delays their pick for over 24 hours, they will be skipped over. Any missed picks can be made up after the draft has concluded.

• The Divisional (group) Stage
• You'll play everyone in your division once.  Differential may come into play in the event of tying records, so make sure to give it your all :]
• Two weeks to get each game sorted away, as usual.

• A new draft
• Prior to the draft, coaches may franchise one Pokemon to continue on to their second draft
• In the event a coach elects not to franchise, they will simply have an additional pick (out of order) at the end of the first round to balance their choice not to franchise.
• Draft order will be determined by your success in the Divisional Stage so better performances will be rewarded in the draft you will use for the bracket.
• No roster changes will be permitted, so choose wisely!
• If a coach delays their pick for over 24 hours, they will be skipped over. Any missed picks can be made up after the draft has concluded.

• Single Elimination bracket.
• Win or go home.  It's that simple.

Format

• The tournament will be conducted using only Pokemon in the GBA's Tier 4 (T4) and Tier 5 (T5). 
• Each team will be composed of five T4 Pokemon and six T5 Pokemon.
• Each team will have a budget of 100 points to spend on Z-Captain users for a maximum of 3 possible Z-Captains.
• T4 Pokemon will cost 40 points
• T5 Pokemon will cost 30 points
• Unlike the previous season, baton passing stat boosts will no longer be permitted.  You may still use Baton Pass in combination with Substitute or just plain on its own.