Structure and Format Infomation
It is the responsibility of the League Managers (sysops) to contact the Data Manager with all updates to this information.
Format
The pyramid will consist of 6 tiers as follows:
Tier 1 - 1 squad
Tier 2 - 2 squads
Tier 3 - 4 squads
Tier 4 - 8 squads
Tier 5 - 16 squads
Tier 6 - 32 squads
Regular Season
Reguar season is 17 rounds. Each team will be automatically matched up with the team with the closest w/l ratio, +/-, followed by h2h.
1 spot in each tier will be made available every week. The top team in each tier will challenge the bottom tier in tier above and so forth. Every other team will play other teams within their own tier with a similar w/l ratio. If w/l ratio is tied amongst 2+ teams, +/- will be used to determine the matchups.
*Note that h2h has precedent over +/- for seeding in playoffs.
*There will be no "challenge" matchups during the first 5 weeks of the regular season. Squads will vacate empty spots in tiers above as they improve their record.
*No team will play another team 2 weeks consecutively regardless of any rules unless there is discretion from the league manager(s).
Playoff Rounds
The squads in the top 3 tiers will make the playoff and their position will be based on the following:
1) Tier
2) Win/Loss Rank
3) Head 2 Head
4) Differential
Playoffs will be a standard best of 1 elimination bracket.
Quarter Finals - All matches are best of 1:
1vbye
2v7
3v6
4v5
Semi Finals - All matches are best of 1:
1 plays Winner of 4v5
Winner of 2v7 plays Winner of 3v6
Championship Series:
Two remaining teams play in a Best-of-Three series for the Championship.
Playoffs
Teams in tier 4 will be admitted into the IML playoffs then seeded based on the following criteria:
1. Win/Loss Rank
2. Head to Head
3. Differential
Playoffs will be a standard best of 1 elimination bracket.
Quarter Finals : Best of 1
1v8
2v7
3v6
4v5
Semi Finals : Best of 1
Winner of 1v8 plays Winner of 4v5
Winner of 2v7 plays Winner of 3v6
Championship Series:
Two remaining teams play in a Best-of-Three series for the Championship.
Playoffs
Teams in tier 5 and tier 6 will be admitted into the AML playoffs then seeded based on the following criteria:
1) Tier
2) Win/Loss Rank
3) Head 2 Head
4) Differential
Playoffs will be a standard best of 1 elimination bracket.
Due to the nature that AML can have as many as 48 teams, matchups will be done in the same fashion as Pro/IML in a top seed vs bottom seed in a best of 1 format.
Championship Series
Two remaining teams play in a Best-of-Three series for the Championship.
