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Remove HCA for NT continental championships

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From: mink0ff
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Date: 3/10/2024 7:27:04 AM
BC Vitosha Sofia
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It's ridiculous atm. Way too much of an advantage.

WC are played at neutral ground, why not do the same for continentals?

From: Tarikz

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Date: 3/10/2024 9:32:15 AM
KK Zulfikars
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While I agree it's too big of an advantage, teams participating in the Consolation Tournament should still be able to play for something meaningful - what could be an alternative to this?

From: mink0ff

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Date: 3/10/2024 10:26:37 AM
BC Vitosha Sofia
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Yep. Fair point, mate.

That was actually the only thing 'against' that I could think of.

A nice solution would be to cut the HCA in half or even a third but I don't think that could be implemented easily. Another possibility is to keep it 'as is' but only for the first part of the continental competition and play the final part at neutral court.

I don't have a flawless solution. I only know I don't like it as it is atm...

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Date: 3/10/2024 10:40:36 AM
BC Vitosha Sofia
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Ok, I was focusing on Europe indeed. Trouble is that it is always a strong county winning the HCA in Europe. Many strong nations here, so looking back 6 seasons only is definitely not enough. Another solution would be to make that 10-12-14 seasons back.

Didn't wanna suggest that, as it would benefit us greatly, among others...

On the other hand - Netherlands and Turkey did not get to the finals in the previous ECs, so might be that Lietuva were just way too strong this time around.