World Championships draw on 12 November
The official draw for the UNIF Futnet World Championships 2017 - Women and U21 Men will take place on 12 November at 12.00 CET in Nymburk, Czech Republic. Read more to learn about the seeding and playing system. The official draw for the UNIF Futnet World Championships 2017 - Women and U21 Men will take place on 12 November at 12.00 CET in Nymburk, Czech Republic. Read more to learn about the seeding and playing system.
Among the guests are Kamil Klenik, President of UNIF and Czech Futnet Association and Jana Kárniková, current Czech record holder in shot put and a great fan of futnet. The draw will be broadcasted live on youtube, here is the link to watch it.
The countries will be seeded according to the results at 2015 World Championships (WCh) in each discipline – single, double, triple.
Women
Seeding into groups: 1st and 4th team from WCh 2015 in Group A and 2nd and 3rd team in Group B
SINGLE (10 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Hungary, 2.Switzerland, 3.Czech Republic, 4.Romania
Group A Hungary Romania
Group B Switzerland Czech Republic
2nd pot: Slovakia, Poland
3rd pot: Colombia, Denmark, Iraq, Italy
DOUBLE (9 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Czech Republic, 2.Hungary, 3.Slovakia, 4.Switzerland
Group A Czech Republic Switzerland
Group B Hungary Slovakia
2nd pot: Romania, Denmark
3rd pot: Colombia, Iraq, Italy
TRIPLE (9 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Czech Republic, 2.Hungary, 3.Slovakia, 4.Switzerland
Group A Czech Republic Switzerland
Group B Hungary Slovakia
2nd pot: Romania, Denmark
3rd pot: Colombia, Iraq, Italy
Playing system
There will be 2 groups of 4-5 teams where teams play each other. The winners of the group advance directly to the semifinals while the second team in the group plays a quarterfinal against the third team from the other group, the winners of these quarterfinals advance to the semifinals. The rest of the teams play for 7th-10th place.
U21 Men
SINGLE (12 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Czech Republic, 2.Romania, 3.Hungary, 4.Slovakia
Group A - Czech Republic
Group B - Slovakia
Group C - Hungary
Group D - Romania
2nd pot: Denmark, France, Korea, Poland 3rd pot: India, Iraq, Italy, Spain
DOUBLE (12 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Czech Republic, 2.Slovakia, 3.Romania, 4.Hungary
Group A - Czech Republic
Group B - Hungary
Group C - Romania
Group D - Slovakia
2nd pot: Denmark, France, Korea, Poland 3rd pot: India, Iraq, Italy, Spain
TRIPLE (11 teams)
WCh 2015 - 1.Czech Republic, 2.Slovakia, 3.Romania, 4.Hungary
Group A - Czech Republic
Group B - Hungary
Group C - Romania
Group D - Slovakia
2nd pot: Denmark, France, Italy, Korea
3rd pot: India, Iraq, Spain
Playing system
There are four groups of three where teams play each other and the best two advance to quarterfinals: A1-C2, B1-D2, C1-A2, D1-B2 Quarterfinal winners then go on to play in the semifinals (if seeded teams win, it will be 1st vs 4th from last WCh and 2nd vs 3rd from last WCh):
Semifinal 1: winners of A1-C2 vs B1-D2
Semifinal 2: winners of C1-A2 vs D1-B2
The rest of the teams play for final standings.