StavRate League

Basics

• Any player can participate in the StavRate League.
• Each match in the StavRate League closes individually for editing when it starts. The opponent's bet for a match becomes visible when that match starts.
• To participate in the StavRate League, you must confirm your participation before the start of each season by taking part in the qualifying round.
• If any match in the bet does not take place or is not completed within 24 hours of its initial or planned start time, it is removed from the bet.
• Only one account per person is allowed to participate in the StavRate League.
• A tour is considered to have taken place if 6 or more matches have been played.
• If any match included in the bet is postponed, the administration may replace it with another match no later than 3 days before the start of the first match in the bet. Otherwise, the postponed match is removed from the bet.

Formation of Leagues and League Levels

• The StavRate League has several levels: Super League, Leagues 1-5, and Qualifying League.
• All participants at each level are divided into parallel groups of 12 players.
• Players are assigned to groups based on their results from the previous season, and in equal cases the final order is determined by blind draw.
• Super League: the medalists of the previous season's Super League and League 1 qualify for the next Super League. At the end of the season, only the current Super League medalists remain there, while players who finish from 4th to 12th place move to League 1.
• League 1: in addition to the relegated players from the Super League, League 1 includes players who kept their places in League 1 and the promoted players from League 2. At the end of the season, the top 3 move up to the Super League, places 4-8 stay in League 1, and places 9-12 move down to League 2.
• Leagues 2-4: in each of these levels, the top 4 move up, places 5-8 stay in the same league, and places 9-12 move down one level.
• League 5: the top 6 players move up to League 4, while places 7-12 remain in League 5. No one is relegated below League 5.
• Qualifying League: players who join the competition during the season take part in the Qualifying League.
• If places need to be filled when forming groups for a new season, the system fills them with players from the next lower level according to the previous season's results.
• To keep a place in the regular league structure for the next season, a player must either play at least 9 matches during the current season or, before the new season starts, visit the site or app on at least 5 of the last 7 days or have an active Premium status.
• When a qualifying round is held before the season starts, the final distribution into leagues and subgroups is completed after that round.

Rules of the Game

• A StavRate League season lasts 11 rounds, so each participant plays one match against every other opponent in the group.
• A win over an opponent brings 3 league points, a draw brings 1, and a loss brings 0.
• Places in the standings are determined in the following order:
  • Number of league points;
  • If league points are equal, total scored points;
  • If still equal, the result of the head-to-head match;
  • If still equal, success percentage in the StavRate League;
  • If all of the above are equal, the final order is determined automatically by the system.
• If your opponent in a tour does not submit a prediction, you need to score at least 1 point to get the win. If you score 0 points, you receive 1 league point for a draw. The opponent who did not submit a prediction receives no points in the standings in any case.

Qualifying League

• Anyone who does not participate in the Super League or StavRate Leagues 1-5 can compete in the Qualifying League during the season.
• Participants submit predictions for each round without having a predetermined opponent. After the deadline passes, all players who submitted predictions and do not yet have a pair are randomly matched with each other.
• If, after this pairing, a player is left without a human opponent, they play against the virtual opponent BotNormal.
• The winners of the Qualifying League at the end of the season also receive awards.
• The same participation rule applies to Qualifying League players as well: to be included in the regular league structure for the next season, they must either play at least 9 matches during the season or, before the new season starts, visit the site or app on at least 5 of the last 7 days or have an active Premium status.