Applications are now officially open and they're ending on February 28th 23:59.

If you wish to apply for the tournament, you'll need to send a PM to Schultzika(me). Your message must contain links to the players' profiles (your teammate and your own). Soon after you should get a message of approval from me.
The only requirement for the tournament is that both players from each team have one of these flags(players do not necessarily need to be from the same country):

1. Serbia
2. Croatia
3. Slovenia
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. Macedonia
6. Montenegro

Solo applications are not taken into consideration. If you're having troubles finding teammates, there are plenty of players in #balkan channel.

Hosts: the ones who started it all

1. Schultzika
2. Dostedt

Coordinator: responsible for making schedules and tables

1. Gumica

Streamers: responsible for live streaming the tournament

1. Schultzika

Commentators: voices you'll be hearing in live streams

1. Schultzika
2. Dostedt
3. MaridiuS
4. Seni

Map pickers: responsible for picking a suitable map pool for each stage of the tournament

1. MaridiuS

The tournament will start off with a group stage. Number of groups and number of teams in each group will vary depending on the number of teams applied. The tournament will then proceed to the double elimination stages. Also, depending on the number of teams applied, first elimination round will be either round of 32 or 16. Most likely it will be round of 16, since the expected number of teams applied is about 40.

Once the application phase is over, all teams will be sorted by their average pp score. Then, each team will be given a seed number depending on their pp. Better teams will be put in higher seed groups and so on. Number of seed groups will also depend on the number of teams applied. All seed groups will have the same amount of players, with the exception of last seed group which will most likely have less players, since we don't know how many teams will apply.

After the seed groups have been decided, real groups will be randomly drawn. Each group will be given one team from each seed group, with the exception of last seed group which will probably have less players. That way, all groups will be somewhat equal in terms of skill and number of teams.

Each round will have a different map pool consisting of 18 maps:

1. 5 No Mod
2. 3 Hard Rock
3. 3 Hidden
4. 3 Double Time
5. 3 Free Mod
6. 1 Tie Break

Map pools will always be published on Sunday evening, 6 days before the next tournament stage. That's the given time for preparation. Once the scheduled time comes, all teams will proceed to play their matches according to the protocol described later in this post.

The tournament will be held over the course of 2 months on the following days:

1. Group stage: 9th and 10th March
2. Round of 16: To be announced
3. Quarter finals: To be announced
4. Semi finals: To be announced
5. Finals: To be announced

Rules regarding scheduling and rescheduling

1. Excel Spreadsheet containing dates and times for each match in the tournament will be posted in the beginning of March, after groups have been selected and before the matches are played.
2. Each additional (updated) tournament spreadsheet will be posted on Sunday evening or at the very least, Monday.
3. By participating in the tournament, you're expected to be available and able to play your matches on Saturdays and Sundays.
4. Reschedule requests for the following week are granted only if such request is made by Wednesday (23:59CET/CEST). Notify Schultzika for assistance as soon as possible in such scenario. Tip: check your upcomming matches after you finish all of your matches in one given week, or wait for the updated spreadsheet.
   
   If you try to reschedule after Wednesday - you can't. We wont allow it even with consent of both teams. If you don't come to your scheduled time, you lose 5:0.
5. OBC staff takes full liberty to pick a new match schedule or retain the original one if both parties cannot reach a consensus.
6. OBC staff takes full liberty to reject a reschedule request in case of unreasonable demands, trolling, or abuse.

If you wish to reschedule your match, contact Schultzika as soon as possible! Details are in the box above.
Some matches will not be overseen by the tournament staff. That means the players will have to organize the matches themselves. Protocol for a match is stated bellow. Make sure to follow these rules. In case you have a question, feel free to ask any of the tournament staff members. There will surely be someone online at the time of each match.


Creating a room
When the time of your match comes, contact your opponents. Anyone can make the room you'll play in. The name of the room MUST follow this format:
OBC2019: (team x) vs (team y)
For example:
OBC2019: (team 13) vs (team 24)
The room must have a password (any password will do). When everyone enters the room, team with the higher pp sum MUST BE blue. The other team is red.
Players from the blue team MUST BE on slots 1 and 2 in the room, while the red ones MUST BE on 3 and 4.


Warmup
1. Blue team chooses warmup map - the map is played.
2. Red team chooses warmup map - the map is played.
-Warmup maps can be anything(ranked or not) but the length must be under 7 minutes.


Ban phase
3. In ban phase, blue team first bans one map, then the red one and so on(to ban a map, just type the name of the song in chat).

1. Teams in seed 1 and 2 have 2 bans available
2. Teams in seed 3 have 3 bans available
3. Teams in seed 4 have 4 bans available
4. Teams in seed 5 have 4 bans available
5. Teams in seed 6 have 4 bans available
6. Teams in seed 7 have 4 bans available

This is so the weaker players don't have to play the maps they can't even play.
IMPORTANT: These rules apply only in group stage. In the elimination stage of the tournament, all teams have only 2 bans.
Tie break map cannot be banned.
IMPORTANT: A team doesn't have to use all their bans.


Playing
4. The match starts - red team chooses a map from the map pool, then the blue team and so on.
-This is repeated until one team wins(number of wins required depends on the tournament stage).
-Each map from the map pool can be played only once.
-Maps must be played with specified mods.
-Free mod maps are played with free mods, no mod must stay no mod.
If a team plays a freemod map, at least 1 of their members MUST USE EITHER HD, HR, OR BOTH
5. If the result is a tie, tie break map is played.
-Tie break is treated as freemod except nobody is forced to use any mods.
6. When the winner is decided, anyone from the winning team must send Schultzika a match link(when you create a multiplayer room under the Multiplayer tab BanchoBot will say "Match history available here").
-If you don't send Schultzika the match link - both teams get 0 points.


Missing players?

1. You're allowed to be 15 minutes late. If a team doesn't show up, they lose 4:0
2. Team is allowed to play with 1 member missing(1v2 is allowed though unrecommended)
3. If a player disconnects while playing, the map is played 1v2 until the end. Other maps are still 2v2 if the player reconnects

Badge for the tournament winners.
Eternal glory for every soul that clashed on circly osu! fields of honor.

Supporters most likely - we'll announce the actual quantities later.

No Mod:

1. Matsumoto Sara - Ouka Sange [Lunatic]
2. KOTOKO - Sakuranbo Kiss ~Bakuhatsu Damo~n~ [Jumping]
3. kors k - Insane Techniques [Another]
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4. xi - Blue Zenith [toybot's Insane]
5. Ghost - From The Pinnacle To The Pit [Insane]

Hard Rock:

1. Pegboard Nerds - Emoji [HackSL's Light Insane]
2. Hommarju feat. R.Cena - Chousai Kenbo Sengen [Hard]
3. Primastella - Koigokoro [Delis' Insane]

Hidden:

1. Rameses B - Sweet Surrender (ft. Charlotte Haining) [Insane]
2. Shawn Wasabi - Marble Soda [Narcissu's Insane]
3. Usa - Shining/STREAM [Lunatic]

Double Time:

1. senya - Koyoi Index [Hard]
2. M2U - Gypsy Tronic [Hard]
3. Rib - Sarishinohara [Hard]

Free Mod:

1. Akatsuki Records - WARNING x WARNING x WARNING [Insane]
2. EastNewSound - Sadistic Paranoia [Lunatic]
3. Tiara - BALLOON [White]

Tie Break:

1. Liz Triangle - Messiah [Vass' Desire]

No Mod:

1. Buta-Otome - Sharekoube [Insane]
2. THE ORAL CIGARETTES - 5150 [Irohas' Insane]
3. Aki - Wanna Be My Dream [Insane]
4. Street - Maritime Police [Lasse's Insane]
5. Igorrr - Tout Petit Moineau [Light Insane]

Hard Rock:

1. senya - Youyoumu no Gotoku (Autobahn Remix) [Lunatic]
2. Pendulum - Crush (Radio Edit) [Insane]
3. yuikonnu - Ghost Rule [Hyper]

Hidden:

1. Lily - Lily Lily Burning Night [Insane]
2. Otokaze - Ame Michi [Insane]
3. Ocelot - YUKARI [Mikiwak's Insane]

Double Time:

1. Mitchie M - Viva Happy [Gero's Hard]
2. Yuuki Aoi - Mata Ashita [Insane]
3. Nightwish - Elan [Hard]

Free Mod:

1. ALiCE'S EMOTiON - LUNA [Insane]
2. Aiobahn & Yunomi - Ginga Tetsudou no Penguin ft. nicamoq (Stripe.P Remix) [Kaifin's Insane]
3. nmk - sola [cwR's Insane]

Tie Break:

1. Sakamoto Maaya - Okaerinasai (tomatomerde Remix) [Collab]

No Mod:

1. Camellia feat. Nanahira - Tsukitourou [Insane]
2. cosMo@BousouP - Oceanus [Asagi's Insane]
3. succducc - me & u [sing's insane]
4. Jeff Williams - Time to say Goodbye (feat. Casey Lee Williams) [Milar1ngo's Insane]
5. Amane - BOOZEHOUND [Hard]

Hard Rock:

1. Yooh - LegenD. [HypeR.]
2. yuikonnu - Ai no Scenario [Insane]
3. ALiCE'S EMOTiON - Ghostly Parapara Ship (Hardcore Edit) [Lunatic]

Hidden:

1. IOSYS - Tanoshii Yoru no Ochakai - Ringo's Tea Party [Lunatic]
2. sana - Kotonoha Clinic [Moroi]
3. Tsukasa - Visions [Insane]

Double Time:

1. senya - Hitorishizuka [Satellite]
2. Zeami feat. Ayane - Senpuu no Mai [Hard]
3. UNDEAD CORPORATION - Hafuri [Hard]

Free Mod:

1. Neople - Evil Tower 1 [Difficult]
2. SirensCeol - Nightmare (Maxin Remix) [Another]
3. Eleharmonica remixed by kors k - Der Wald (kors k Remix) [Jace's Insane]

Tie Break:

1. Demetori - Kuuchuu ni Shizumu Kishinjou ~ Counter-Clock World [Lunatic Collab]

No Mod:

1. Toyosaki Aki - MORE&MORE [Insane]
2. paraoka - Dreadnought [Insane]
3. Nanahoshi Kangengakudan feat.Matsushita - Dance Number o Tomo ni [Insane]
4. Kanpyohgo - Unmei no Dark Side -Rolling Gothic mix [Satellite's Lunatic]
5. YUC'e - Future Candy [Insane]

Hard Rock:

1. void feat. Komatsuna - Akatsuki no Tsuki [Frey's Another]
2. Hiroyuki Sawano feat. Mika Kobayashi - Bios [Insane]
3. Lapfox Trax feat. guilhox - Lapfoxed Forever [Insane]

Hidden:

1. Miki Sayaka vs. Miki Sayaka (fw. Miki Sayaka) - squartatrice [Hyper]
2. Dee! feat. Nomiya Ayumi - Hito Ayumishi Unmei ni Yosete [Lunatic]
3. Pegboard Nerds - We Are One (Original Vocal Mix) [Insane]

Double Time:

1. Infected Mushroom - The Legend of the Black Shawarma [Desperate's Hard]
2. Perfume - Kasuka na Kaori [Aroma]
3. FELT - Sky Gate [Lunatic]

Free Mod:

1. Paperblossom - Blumenkranz [Insane]
2. Wotamin - Gigantic O.T.N [SCV's Insane]
3. UNDEAD CORPORATION - Yoru Naku Usagi wa Yume o Miru [ChekidiuS' Insane]

Tie Break:

1. Tsukasa - Heaven's Race Guitar Style [Collab]

No Mod:

1. Duca - COLD BUTTERFLY [Insane]
2. S.S.H. - The Decisive Battle with the Fugitives [Insane]
3. Feint - Tower Of Heaven (You Are Slaves) [Extra]
4. Sota Fujimori - Move That Body -Extended Mix- [RLC's Insane]
5. Zips - Reiwai Terrorism [Insane]

Hard Rock:

1. Hanatan - Kitsune no Yomeiri [Beren & Blove's Insane]
2. C-Show - PANIC HOLIC (VIP) [Insane]
3. Memme - Starving Days [Another]

Hidden:

1. YURRY CANON - Nadeshiko color Heart [Insane Collab]
2. P*Light feat. yukacco - Stargazer (DJ Shimamura Remix) [RLC's Constellation]
3. PSYQUI - Hype feat. Such (lapix Remix) [Reform's Insane]

Double Time:

1. ChouCho - Happy Fate [HAPPY END]
2. senya - Higanbana [Satellite]
3. Eve - As You Like It [619's Insane]

Free Mod:

1. Pegboard Nerds - 20k (Aero Chord Remix) [Vass-RJ's Insane]
2. Hanatan - Nijigen Dream Fever [Insane]
3. DJ YOSHITAKA feat. Hoshino Kanako - MAX LOVE [Insane]

Tie Break:

1. Rita - Blue Liner [Liner]