2022 National Champions – GVSU

KALAMAZOO – WMU Student Recreation Center, at Nationals 2022: 
GVSU def MSU 5-1 in the 2022 Championship match.

Grand Valley State Club Dodgeball is the National Champion for the 2022 college dodgeball season. At the conclusion of the 44 match event, the Director of Nationals, Peter Broe [WMU], along with the rest of the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association Executive Board, presented the Championship trophy to GVSU on Sunday afternoon.

The 2022 Season included 172 ranked matches across and 22 events.

This is GVSU’s 11th National title. This was the 16th National Championship for Collegiate Dodgeball competition; the NCDA was founded April 9th, 2005.

GVSU was the second rated team (48.593) going into Nationals, and was seeded #1 in the Tournament Bracket with a 50.149.

GVSU finishes the 2022 Season with 20 wins and 2 losses, including one win and one loss in overtime.

Worlds 2019 Full Results

CANCUN – Polifórum Benito Juárez: The World Dodgeball Federation holds Worlds 2019 over November 26-December 1, with the Mexican Dodgeball Federation as host. 

If you missed the feature article detailing the mechanics of the ranking system, take a gander at the Complete History of the WDBF which were released prior to Worlds 2018.  Gonzalez Rankings will soon be published for the 2019 year.

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Standings as of 2019-10-08

Standings are aimed to be released by the end of every Tuesday. 

In the 2020 Season, we have 11 technical upsets in 33 ranked matches (66.67% success rate) across 5 events.

The Gonzalez System is a computer ranking model similar to Elo and is a rating exchange system based on research performed by World Rugby. It has been adapted by the NCDA to the demands of College Dodgeball, but can be tuned and customized endlessly to incorporate accurate data. It has been used to help determine seeds for the Nationals bracket since Nationals 2014, and was used exclusively for the each Nationals bracket since 2017.

With only two matches this weekend, I recommend Hunter’s NCDA Scorigami post from last season for some fun supplemental reading.

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Ballot Results for the 2020 Season

Below are the results of the preferential election for the 2019/2020 NCDA Rulebook, select Policies, and 2020 Executive Board. The Rulebook is scheduled to be released prior to the start of the 2020 Season.

Extra special thanks to the 29 Member Teams that submitted ballots. There are 32 active Member Teams. Overall there were 24 Member Teams with voting rights that submitted ballots, with 5 non-voting teams submitting ballots for the record.

Nationals 2020 Selection

Special thanks to Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and Ohio University for their time and effort in putting together bids to host Nationals 2020.  Here were the final results for Nationals 2020 selection:

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2019 National Champions – Towson

ALLENDALE – GV Fieldhouse, at Nationals 2019: 
Towson def GVSU 3-2 in the 2019 Championship match.

Towson University Club Dodgeball is the National Champion for the 2019 college dodgeball season. At the conclusion of the 54 match event, the Director of Nationals, Brandon Meisel [GVSU], along with the rest of the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association Executive Board, presented the Championship trophy to Towson on Sunday afternoon.

The 2019 Season included 270 ranked matches across and 32 events, with 39 participating Member Teams. The NCDA has 761 registered members across 28 States as of 2019-04-14.

This is Towson’s first National title, and the first for an East Coast member team. This was the 15th National Championship for Collegiate Dodgeball competition; the NCDA was founded April 9th, 2005.

Towson was the second rated team (52.786) going into Nationals, and was seeded #2 in the Tournament Bracket with a 54.276, behind eventual National Runner Up, Grand Valley State Club Dodgeball. GVSU had a 58.514 rating giving them the #1 seed in the Tournament Bracket.

Towson finishes the 2019 Season with 30 wins and 4 losses, including two losses in overtime.

Nationals 2019 Saturday Results

ALLENDALE – GV Fieldhouse: In the first day of Nationals 2019,

SVSU def CSU 3-1
CMU def Miami 3-2 OT
Akron def DePaul 5-0
BGSU def Ohio 3-1
UWP def Kent 3-0

UMD def OSU 5-1
NSU def UC 4-0
GVSU def MSU 5-1
Towson def UK 3-0
PSU def UNG 2-1

UWP def GSU 5-0
VCU def Kent 3-2 OT
CMU def OSU 2-1
UK def CSU 2-1 OT
Miami def UC 1-0 (F)

UMD def DePaul 8-0
BGSU def UNG 5-0
Towson def SVSU 3-0
MSU def Akron 3-1
GSVU def Ohio 3-2 OT

VCU def PSU 3-2 OT
OSU def NSU 3-1
Miami def GSU 6-0
SVSU def Kent 3-1
MSU def UWP 2-1 OT

UK def DePaul 4-0
UC def GSU 3-2 OT
Towson def BGSU 2-1
Akrong def UNG 3-1
CSU def NSU 5-0

VCU def CMU 3-2 OT
UMD def Ohio 2-1 OT
GVSU def PSU 2-0

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2019 Michigan Dodgeball Cup

EAST LANSING – IM West: In the 2019 Michigan Dodgeball Cup,
MSU def CMU 3-1
SVSU def WMU 9-0 (Inducting)
GVSU def SVSU 3-1
CMU def WMU 10-0
GVSU def CMU 2-1
MSU def WMU 8-1
SVSU def MSU 4-1
GVSU def WMU 3-0
GVSU def MSU 3-2
SVSU def CMU 3-1

GVSU is the 2019 Michigan Dodgeball Cup champion.

The War III

AKRON: in The War III,

DAY 1:
SVSU def Akron 4-3 OT
VCU def UK 5-1
VCU def Kent 3-2 OT
UK def OSU 2-1 OT
Akron def OSU 3-0
Miami def PSU 3-1
Ohio def PSU 4-3 OT
Kent def BSU 6-1
Towson def SVSU 3-1
UK def BSU 4-1
Ohio def VCU 4-0
Miami def OSU 3-1
PSU def BSU 8-0
SVSU def Kent 3-2
Towson def Miami 2-1 OT
CMU def BGSU 4-0
MSU def Ohio 4-2
Towson def CMU 3-2
MSU def CSU 3-2
CSU def BSU 5-0
BGSU def Ohio 4-1
MSU def Towson 3-2 OT
CMU def Akron 4-1
Akron def Ohio 4-3 OT
BGSU def CSU 4-0
Akron def BSU 0-0 (F)

DAY 2:
CMU def BGSU 4-0
MSU def Ohio 4-2
Towson def CMU 3-2
MSU def CSU 3-2
CSU def BSU 5-0
BGSU def Ohio 4-1
MSU def Towson 3-2 OT
CMU def Akron 4-1
Akron def Ohio 4-3 OT
BGSU def CSU 4-0
Akron def BSU 0-0

Standings as of 2018-12-04

Standings are aimed to be released by the end of every Tuesday. 

In the 2019 Season, we have 26 technical upsets in 128 ranked matches (79.69% success rate) across 19 events. Additionally, there have been four JV matches entered into the Records.

The Gonzalez System is a computer ranking model similar to Elo and is a rating exchange system based on research performed by World Rugby. It has been adapted by the NCDA to the demands of College Dodgeball, but can be tuned and customized endlessly to incorporate accurate data. It has been used to help determine seeds for the Nationals bracket since Nationals 2014, and was used exclusively for the Nationals 2017 and 2018 bracket. 

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Final WDBF Standings for 2018

LOS ANGELES – Hangar Studios: The World Dodgeball Federation holds Worlds 2018 (WDBF Dodgeball World Championships 2018) over October 10-13, with USA Dodgeball playing host. If you missed the feature article detailing the mechanics of the ranking system, take a gander at the Complete History of the WDBF. An article detailing all types of Technical Upsets is in the works for the next week.

With the completion of Worlds 2018 and the season, the final standings have been determined:

WDBF Womens, Sorted.

Standing Nation Rating Status
1 🇺🇸 United States 49.466 (+4.712) 2018 Gold
2 🇲🇾 Malaysia 48.573 (+3.113) 2018 Silver
3 🇦🇺 Australia 46.861 (+1.674) 2018 Bronze
4 🇨🇦 Canada 40.967 (-0.995) 2018 4th
5 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 40.187 (-1.121) 2018 Attended
6 🇮🇹 Italy 34.951 (-1.966) 2018 Attended
7 🇲🇽 Mexico 33.714 (-5.418) 2018 Attended
8 🇨🇲 Cameroon 41.350* 2018 Non Attending
9 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 38.650* 2018 Non Attending

* denotes a provisional rating (< 6 matches)
Gonzalez Standings WDBF Womens

WDBF Mens, Sorted.

Standing Nation Rating Status
1 🇲🇾 Malaysia 53.086 (+4.421) 2018 Gold
2 🇺🇸 United States 50.161 (+7.388) 2018 Silver
3 🇨🇦 Canada 49.454 (+5.396) 2018 Bronze
4 🇦🇺 Australia 43.907 (-0.970) 2018 4th
5 🇲🇽 Mexico 41.212 (-0.620) 2018 Attended
6 🇳🇿 New Zealand 39.167 (-1.625) 2018 Attended
7 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 38.840 (-0.755) 2018 Attended
8 🇮🇹 Italy 35.194 (-2.605) 2018 Attended
9 🇦🇷 Argentina 29.370 (-10.630) 2018 Attended
10 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 42.135* 2018 Non Attending
11 🇨🇲 Cameroon 40.215* 2018 Non Attending
12 🇹🇩 Chad 39.000* 2018 Non Attending
13 🇬🇦 Gabon 38.650* 2018 Non Attending

* denotes a provisional rating (< 6 matches)
Gonzalez Standings WDBF Mens

Ranking Order:

  1. Inactive Member Nations are not listed
  2. Sort Worlds attendees first, then others.
  3. Sort the most recent Worlds medalist according to their placing; Gold, Silver, Bronze, 4th finishers of the last Worlds will always have a standing of 1-4.
  4. Sort by Gonzalez rating

Full details of the system can be found in the Complete History of the WDBF

Worlds 2018 Full Results

LOS ANGELES – Hangar Studios: The World Dodgeball Federation holds Worlds 2018 (WDBF Dodgeball World Championships 2018) over October 10-13, with USA Dodgeball playing host. If you missed the feature article detailing the mechanics of the ranking system, take a gander at the Complete History of the WDBFContinue reading “Worlds 2018 Full Results”

Worlds 2018 Championship Bracket Results

LOS ANGELES – Hangar Studios: The World Dodgeball Federation is holding Worlds 2018 (WDBF Dodgeball World Championships 2018) over October 10-13, and USA Dodgeball is playing host. If you missed the feature article detailing the mechanics of this system, take a gander at the Complete History of the WDBF. Here if you missed Day 1!or Day 2! Here are the Champsionship Bracket results, with the final medal matches being played Saturday, starting at 12:30 PDT.

ITA def ARG 9-7 (M)
AUS def HKG 5-4 (W)
CAN def ITA 16-1 (W)
USA def MEX 11-2 (W)
USA def ITA 15-2 (M)
CAN def MEX 11-5 (M)
MYS def HKG 9-2 (M)
AUS def NZL 7-3 (M)
MYS def AUS 5-3 (W)
USA def CAN 8-5 (W)
USA def CAN 10-4 (M)
MYS def AUS 6-5 (M)

[OT matches were not noted]

[Source]

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Worlds 2018 Round Robin Results

LOS ANGELES – Hangar Studios: The World Dodgeball Federation is holding Worlds 2018 (WDBF Dodgeball World Championships 2018) over October 10-13, and USA Dodgeball is playing host. If you missed the feature article detailing the mechanics of this system, take a gander at the Complete History of the WDBF. Here if you missed Day 1! And finally, Day 2 Round Robin results:

MEX def ITA 7-4 (M)
CAN def NZL 11-5 (M)
USA def AUS 7-3 (M)
MYS def HKG 10-2 (M)
MYS def USA 6-4 (W)
NZL def HKG 6-5 (M)
MYS def ITA 15-2 (M)
AUS def ARG 12-0 (M)
CAN def MEX 12-6 (M)
CAN def ITA 13-1 (W)
USA def MEX 13-0 (W)
HKG def CAN 11-10 (W)
MYS def ITA 10-2 (W)
MYS def AUS 4-2 (M)
USA def MEX 13-1 (M)
CAN def ITA 14-5 (M)
NZL def ARG 10-4 (M)
USA def CAN 8-4 (W)
AUS def ITA 17-0 (W)
MYS def HKG 11-4 (W)
AUS def HKG 8-5 (M)
CAN def USA 8-6 (M)
ITA def ARG 9-2 (M)
MYS def MEX 11-3 (M)
AUS def HKG 8-7 (W)
USA def MYS 7-6 OT (M)
AUS def NZL 6-3 (M)
MEX def ARG 11-2 (M)
HKG def ITA 12-5 (M)
CAN def MEX 16-0 (W)

[OT matches were not noted, except for one entry (USA def MYS 7-6 OT]

[Source]

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