And so begins the journey east!

The Bowdoin based crew heads out today, flying via Frankfurt on their way to Singapore. Chown-Dawg, Nathan, Octavian, and Elise will be landing in the host nation early Friday! I myself (Jack) depart from the beautiful city of Berlin tomorrow and will arrive Friday. At some point soon (I think), we’ll be joined by Wils, as well.

We’ve got a small team this year, but we’ve got the FIRE and we’re looking forward to a great competition. Andrew, Octavian, and Nathan (along with the Chown-Dawg, of course) have been working furiously on campus for the past month, and we’re all excited to put on a good showing this year.

We’re going to be part of an Exhibition match for Singapore’s Minister of Education, as well, which will be an honor for all of us. It will be taking place after the opening ceremonies on June 20. Participating in the demo with us will be B-Human of Germany, rUNSWift of Australia, and Team Nanyang of Singapore. We’ve got lots to do before then, but it’ll be a great warm up for the competition.

Get ready for an onslaught of updates and posts from competition!

Roll!

Jack

P.S.

Here are the group assignments and schedule for play, as they stands now:

Team Assignment

A1 B-Human
A2 UPennalizers
A3 MRL

B1 CMUrfs
B2 Cerberus
B3 Robo Eireann

C1 Nao Devils
C2 CHITA Homonids
C3 Open

D1 NTU Robot Pal
D2 Nimbro
D3 Kouretes

E1 Austrian Kangaroos
E2 WrightEagle Unleashed
E3 Team Nanyang

F1 Austin Villa
F2 BURST
F3 rUNSWift

G1 NUBots
G2 TJArk
G3 ZaDeat

H1 Northern Bites
H2 L3M
H3 Nao Team HTWK

Round 1 Schedule – Refereeing teams are in parenthesis
Monday June 21

FIeld A – Groups A, B
9:00 A1 – A3 (B1, B2)
10:00 B1 – B3 (A1, A3)
12:00 A2 – A3 (B1, B3)
13:00 B2 – B3 (A2, A3)
15:00 A1 – A2 (B2, B3)
16:20 B1 – B2 (A1, A2)

Field B – Groups C, D
10:20 D1 – D3 (C1, D2)
13:20 D2 – D3 (C2, D1)
15:20 C1 – C2 (D2, D3)
16:40 D1 – D2 (C1, C2)

Field C – Groups E, F
9:20 E1 – D3 (F1, F2)
10:40 F1 – F3 (E1, E3)
12:20 E2 – E3 (F1, F3)
13:40 F2 – F3 (E2, E3)
15:40 E1 – E2 (F2, F3)
17:00 F1 – F2 (E1, E2)

Field D – Groups G, H
9:40 G1 – G3 (H1, H2)
11:00 H1 – H3 (G1, G3)
12:40 G2 – G3 (H1, H3)
14:00 H2 – H3 (G2, G3)
16:00 G1 – G2 (H2, H3)
17:20 H1 – H2 (G1, G2)

Penalty Shootouts (as necessary) will be played at 7:00.

Intermediate Round Schedule
Tuesday June 22
Field A
X1: 9:00 Second Place Group A vs. Third Place Group B (1st A, 1st B)
X2: 10:30 Third Place Group B vs. Second Place Group A (1st A, 1st B)

Field B
X3: 9:00 Second Place Group C vs. Third Place Group D (1st C, 1st D)

Field A
X4: 9:00 Second Place Group E vs. Third Place Group F (1st E, 1st F)
X5: 10:30 Third Place Group E vs. Second Place Group F (1st E, 1st F)

Field A
X6: 9:00 Second Place Group G vs. Third Place Group H (1st G, 1st H)
X7: 10:30 Third Place Group G vs. Second Place Group H (1st G, 1st H)

Second Groups Form as Follow (Teams places indicate number, eg. Pool A winner s I1):
Group I: WInner Pool A, Winner Pool E, Winner X6, Second Place D
Group J: Winner Pool B, WInner Pool F, Winner X7, Winner X3
Group K: Winner Pool K, WInner Pool C, Winner X1, Winner X5
Group L: Winner Pool D, Winner Pool H, Winner X2, Winner X4

Note: Games are refereed by the other two teams in the pool (e.g. L1 – L2 is efereed by L3, L4)
Field A – Group L
13:00 L1 – L2
15:00 L3 – L4
16:20 L1 – L4
17:40 L2 – L3

Field B – Group I
12:00 I1 – I2
14:00 I3 – I4
15:20 I1 – I4
16:40 I2 – I3

Field C – Group K
12:40 K1 – K2
14:40 K3 – K4
16:00 K1 – K4
17:20 K2 – K3

Field D – Group J
12:20 J1 – J2
14:20 J3 – J4
15:40 J1 – J4
17:00 J2 – J3

Wednesday June 23
Field A
9:20 L1 – L3
10:40 L2 – L4

Field B
8:00 I1 – I3
9:40 I2 – I4

Field C
9:00 K1 – K3
10:20 K2 – K4

Field D
8:30 J1 – J3
10:00 J2 – J4

Quarterfinals (Field A), Referees to Be Determined
Q1: Winner I vs. Second Place K
Q2: Winner J vs. Second Place L
Q3: Winner K vs. Second Place I
Q4: WInner L vs. Second Place J

14:00 Q1
15:00 Q2
16:00 Q3
17:00 Q4

Thursday June 24
Semi-Final 1: WInners of Q1, Q2
Semi-Final 2: Winners of Q3, Q4

8:00 Semi-Final 1
9:30 Semi-FInal 2

12:00 3rd Place Game
1:30 Championship

Challenges
Passing Challenge Tuesday June 22, 19:00
Open Challenge, Wednesday June 23, 11:00
Dribbling Challenge, Wednesday June 23, 19:00