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on 6/17/2012, 8:00 pm
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2012 Millennium Sunday Softball League playoff format and tiebreakers (62 Teams, 6 Champions)
1. Playoff Format:
The Millennium Sunday Softball League will have a minimum of 42 out of 62 teams qualify for the playoffs.
All playoff series will be played as a Best-of-3 on the same Sunday.
The teams with the best records for that series will be the home team and have choice of field selection.
Note: In all Best-of-3 playoff series the highest seeded team must be the home team in Game #1 and Game #3 (if necessary).
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2. Playoff Teams - Millennium "A" Division
At the end of the regular season all six teams in the division will qualify for the playoffs and will use the following tiebreaker(s) for playoff seeding in the division.
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a. Their won-loss record
b. Their won-loss record vs. each other
c. Total wins against "A" Division teams
d. Teams with the highest run differential in games played vs. each other
e. Coin Toss
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3. Playoff Teams - Millennium American/National "B" Division
The top four teams in both the Millennium "B" American & National Divisions will automatically make the playoffs, regardless of overall record and will use the following tiebreaker(s) listed below for playoff seeding in the division.
Teams ranking lower than fourth place in either sub-division can still qualify for the playoffs as long as they recorded a winning record in "B" Division games (at least 8 wins in the Division).
If only eight teams qualify for the playoffs in the "B", the format will be crossover style in the quarterfinals with the #1 seed in the American sub-division playing the #4 seed in the National sub-division, #2 vs. #3 and so forth.
If a ninth team qualifies based on the eight-win rule, the fourth place team with the worse record will play the ninth team in a play-in game to qualify for the quarterfinals.
If a tenth team qualifies based on the eight-win rule, both 4th place teams will play the ninth and tenth teams (seeded by record) in a play-in game to qualify for the quarterfinals.
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a. Their won-loss record
b. Their won-loss record vs. each other
c. Total wins against "B" Division teams
d. Teams with the highest run differential in games played vs. each other
e. Run differential in all division games
f. Coin Toss
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4. Playoff Teams - Millennium "C" & "D" Divisions
At the end of the regular season the top six teams in the division will qualify for the playoffs with the division winner and runner-up receiving a bye in the first round, and will use the following tiebreaker(s) for playoff seeding in the division.
Note: Any team that finishes the regular season with a .500 record or better is guaranteed to make the playoffs.
Examples of seeding if more than six teams advance to the playoffs:
7 Teams - Division Winner receives a bye in the First Round of playoffs
8 Teams - All teams will participate in the First Round of playoffs
After the tiebreakers are applied and if more than eight teams qualify for the playoffs then a one-game playoff between the lowest seeded teams will be played at 11:00 a.m. on the same day as the First Round of the playoffs begin, with the winner(s) moving on to play the highest seeded team(s) in a three-game playoff series beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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a. Their won-loss record
b. Their won-loss record vs. each other
c. Teams with the highest run differential in games played vs. each other
d. Coin Toss
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5. Playoff Teams - Millennium American/National "E" & "Rec" Divisions
The top four teams in both the Millennium American/National "E" & "Rec" Divisions will automatically make the playoffs, regardless of overall record and will use the following tiebreaker(s) listed below for playoff seeding in their divisions.
Teams ranking lower than fourth place in either sub-division can still qualify for the playoffs as long as they finish the regular season with a .500 record or better.
If only eight teams qualify for the playoffs in these divisions, the format will be crossover style in the quarterfinals with the #1 seed in the American sub-division playing the #4 seed in the National sub-division, #2 vs. #3 and so forth.
If a ninth team qualifies based on the .500 record or better rule, the fourth place team with the worse record will play the ninth team in a play-in game to qualify for the quarterfinals.
If a tenth team qualifies based on the .500 record or better rule, both 4th place teams will play the ninth and tenth teams (seeded by record) in a play-in game to qualify for the quarterfinals.
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a. Their won-loss record
b. Their won-loss record vs. each other
c. Total wins against teams in their sub-division
d. Teams with the highest run differential in games played vs. each other
e. Run differential in all division games
f. Coin Toss
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