Upper Division
Format
The Upper Division is a 12-16 person Double Elimination bracket determined by initial seeding and the players’ win records when qualifying from the Lower Division bracket.
All matches on Winners Side are Best of 2 cumulative except for Winners Semi-Final, which is Best of 5.
On Losers Side, all matches are Best of 3 except for Losers Quarter-Final, which is Best of 5.
In total, 4 players will be promoted to the Super Upper Division as the bottom 4 seeds. Placements between seeds are determined by winning from Winners or Losers Side.
Song Pool Probabilities
| Round Title | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners Round 1 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Winners Quarter Finals | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Winners Semi Finals | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Losers Round 1 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Losers Round 2 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Losers Quarter Finals | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Losers Semi Finals | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Match Procedures
Upper Division Best of 2 Cumulative Match Procedure
- TO asks the higher seed whether to ban 1st or ban 2nd. TO assigns the lower seed the option the higher seed did not pick.
- The TO will draw 6 songs.
- If both players agree, they can redraw the songs once. Otherwise, keep the draw as is.
- Players will now execute their preferences: P1 Ban 1, P2 Ban 1, P1 Ban 2, P2 Ban 2.
- Players will play the remaining songs from left to right.
Best of 3 Match Procedure
- TO asks the higher seed whether to ban 1st, pick 2nd (Pick Order 1, or PO1) OR ban 2nd, pick 1st (PO2).
- TO assigns the lower seed the option the higher seed did not pick.
- The TO will draw 7 songs.
- If both players agree, they can redraw the songs once. Otherwise, keep the draw as is.
- Players will now execute their preferences: PO1 Ban, PO2 Ban, PO2 Pick, PO1 Pick
- Players play the songs in this order: PO2 Pick, PO1 Pick, then the remaining song from left to right.
- If a player wins their first 2 songs, the remaining tiebreaker song will not be played.
Best of 5 Match Procedure
- Both players will write down 3 pocket picks each privately. (See Pocket Picks for more details about selection.)
- TO asks the higher seed whether to ban 1st, pick 2nd (PO1) OR ban 2nd, pick 1st (PO2).
- TO assigns the lower seed the option the higher seed did not pick.
- TO asks both players to reveal their pocket picks.
- Each player will pick one of their opponent’s pocket picks to play for the set. These will be the first two songs of the set.
- The TO will now draw 9 songs. The first two songs in the draw will be replaced by the players’ pocket picks.
- If both players agree, they can redraw the songs once. Otherwise, keep the draw as is.
- Players will now execute their preferences: PO1 Ban, PO2 Ban, PO2 Pick, PO1 Pick
- Players play the songs in this order: Pocket Pick 1, Pocket Pick 2, PO2 Pick, PO1 Pick, then the remaining leftmost song in the Card Draw.