Forfeit Affected. Positions If 2 or more teams finish level on competition points and any of those teams were involved in a forfeited match in the round games, the forfeit may cause some obvious problems. When a non-offending team has been involved in a forfeit, the ‘for and against’ from that forfeit will not count in final calculations. Similarly for the other teams that finish on equal points, they will have the ‘for and against’ from the forfeited team deducted from their total For teams involved in competing against teams on 2 occasions during the tournament, the calculations for the benefit of this rule will be corresponding game in each round. EXAMPLE: Team C – forfeits to Team A in game 3 (first round) Team A – wins 5-0 on forfeit Team B – defeats Team C 5-1 in game 4 (second round) If after the round games the ‘for and against’ is Team A – 50 for and 10 against (+40) Team B – 60 for and 20 against (+40) The above results would be recalculated with the result being Team A – 45 for and 10 against (+35) Team B – 55 for and 19 against (+36) Therefore, Team B would gain the higher position. For the purpose of keeping record, if a forfeit occurs, the non-offending team will be rewarded with the 5-0 win and 3 competition points. The offending team will receive no competition points and a score of 0-5 against their record. This section only deals with forfeited affected positions for non-offending teams. The team causing the forfeit will have their calculations treated as normal. They have been penalised by receiving no competition points for the match they forfeited. NB: Forfeits for any reason in the final series will negate the forfeiting teams right to participate further in the tournament.
