On Tuesday October 12 WFTDA representatives drew the order of which teams will face-off for the first bouts of the
championship tournament. The tournament is a single elimination, advantage seeding, pool play structure. In the first round (Friday) the top seeds (East: Gotham; West: Rocky Mountain; South Central: Kansas City; North Central: Windy City) get a bye, while the number 2 team from a region faces a number 3 team from another region.
A bye means that the top teams do not play until Saturday. The number 2 and 3 ranked teams will duke it out on Friday to determine who will advance:
The Texas Rollergirls (South Central #2) will take on the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (West #3); the Minnesota RollerGirls (North Central #2) will take on the Charm City Roller Girls (East #3); the Philly Roller Girls (East #2) will take on the Mad Rollin' Dolls (North Central #3); and the Nashville Rollergirls (South Central #3) will take on the Oly Rollers (West #2).
Yikes! I do not know who I will root for in the Minnesota / Charm City game. I've liked
Minnesota for awhile, but have been loving Charm City since Eastern Regionals. I'll also have my eye on the Nashville Rollergirls. Mr. T's mother lives in Nashville and I'll be visiting there over Thanksgiving. But they have to take on Oly!
Check out this video of the seeding announcement. It just makes me love WFTDA even more because you can tell that the organization, while well established, is still so very much grass roots.
