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The World Cup Committee (WCC) elect the hosts of each World Cup, as well as nominate potential WCC Presidents. The Committee was established after World Cup 21 by Spaam, recognising the need for a formal codified constitution. Contrary to popular belief, the World Cup is actually run to a set of rules, which are subject to amendments and major changes from time to time. These proposals were called Proposal 998 and 999.

Following the recognition of the requirement of updated rules, Commerce Heights proposed new rules and procedures which were passed by the World Cup Committee, called Proposal 1093.

In the run-up to World Cup 47, World Cup President Starblaydia re-codified the many, varying rules and their amendments into a formal constitution - building on the work started by his predecessor, The Archregimancy. This constitution was put to a vote and passed by the WCC by a near-unanimous majority.

Members may only be excluded from the WCC by general consensus.

Contents

Constitution of the World Cup Committee

This constitution replaces all previous World Cup Committee rules.

Overview

The World Cup Committee (WCC) is a body of nations to regulate and run the Nationstates World Cup (NSWC or WC) and its two associated tournaments, the Baptism of Fire (BoF) and Cup of Harmony (CoH), made up of nations involved in those tournaments. It is older than the World Assembly, but younger than the United Nations before it Ceased and Desisted.

1. Organisation

The World Cup Committee consists of: A President, a Vice-President and two types of members. 'Regular' WCC members, and 'Executive' members who form the Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC). It is, contrary to popular belief, run by a set of rules, which are detailed in this constitution.

1.1 The World Cup Committee

1.1.1 Entry

Nations are admitted to the WCC in two ways:

i) Posting a valid, timely roster or squad list in each of the most recent two completed World Cup's official Roster threads grants membership of the WCC. This must then be renewed each Cup to maintain membership.

ii) Hosting a World Cup to its completion, which grants a nation permanent membership of the WCC, as long as it has participated in the most recent World Cup.

1.1.2 Rights and Obligations

WCC members are allowed to: i) Nominate and vote for a WCC President and Vice-President ii) Vote on World Cup hosting bids. iii) Propose and vote on changes to the WCC Constitution

1.2 The Executive World Cup Committee

1.2.1 Entry

Users of nations which have hosted a World Cup to its completion are admitted permanently to the EWCC. However, that user may only exercise their privileges as an EWCC member as long as one of their nations has participated in the most recent World Cup.

1.2.2 Rights and Obligations

EWCC members are allowed to, in addition to the rights of a WCC member:

i) Vote on Cup of Harmony hosting bids

ii) Vote on Baptism of Fire hosting bids.

1.2.3 Other (E)WCC Rules

i) The list of members of the EWCC and WCC must be publicly available.

ii) Should one person control multiple nations on the WCC or EWCC, those nations will have only one combined vote, and be considered as a user.

iii) Should one person deceive people into believing that their nations participating in WCC-sanctioned events are controlled by separate people, all nations controlled by that person will be removed from the WCC and EWCC, and can only be reinstated by a vote of the EWCC.

1.3 The Presidency

The WCC President acts as a figurehead for the World Cup Committee, and is elected from a list of nominees nominated by the WCC. The President calls for and collects the votes (via telegram, instant message, smoke signal, carrier pigeon, etc) for World Cup Host, Cup of Harmony Host and WCC President votes, as well as begins and maintains the World Cup Signups thread. The President is usually a pillar of the World Cup community.

1.3.1 Appointment

i) Presidential terms shall last for three World Cups (eg 46-48, 49-51, 52-54, etc)

ii) Elections for the WCC President shall be held after every third World Cup, giving adequate preparation time for any hand-over to take place immediately upon completion (i.e. the World Cup and Cup of Harmony Finals) of the last Cup in the Presidential cycle.

ii) Any WCC user may nominate any one other user for the position and any user receiving more than two nominations will be considered a candidate.

iii) Any user can decline to receive nominations.

iv) If there is only one candidate for President, that candidate will become the President. Otherwise, the WCC will vote on which of the candidates should be the President immediately after the nomination process. The candidate with the most votes will be the President and the candidate with the second-most votes will be the Vice-President.

v) If the President is unable to fulfill his/her duties, then the interim President shall be the first available person of: the Vice-President, the candidates in the most recent presidential election (sorted by highest vote total), the members of the EWCC (sorted by earliest WC hosted), and the hosts of the Baptism of Fire tournament and Cup of Harmony (sorted by earliest tournament hosted). If two or more eligible successors are equal in any of these criteria, then they shall be sorted in alphabetical order.

1.3.2 Responsibilities

i) The WCC President is responsible for initiating all WCC or EWCC votes, and makes the final decision on what proposals are voted upon, except when that decision would contradict a rule.

ii) The President maintains and provides the lists of WCC and EWCC members, determines the length of time of every vote, and may choose how to proceed if an EWCC or WCC vote results in a tie.

ii) The President will initiate World Cup Signups with the official NSWC Signups forum account, who's password will be made known to all Presidents.

iii) If the President is involved in a WCC-sanctioned hosting vote as a candidate, the Vice-President will be called on to collect the votes.

1.4 The Vice-President

i) The Vice-President is selected in accordance with rule 1.3.1

ii) The Vice-President is the first user responsible for taking over if the sitting WCC President is unable to fulfill his/her duties.

iii) If the President and Vice-President are both involved in a WCC-sanctioned hosting vote as candidates, members of the EWCC will be called on to collect the votes.

2. WCC-Sanctioned events

2.1 Overview

i) The World Cup, Cup of Harmony, and Baptism of Fire tournaments are the only WCC-sanctioned events. The WCC has no rights or responsibilities over the running of any other event.

ii) The host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event have complete control and responsibility of that event, except where that control has been given to the WCC, EWCC, or WCC President by other rules.

iii) A party bidding to host a WCC-sanctioned event must clearly declare, before voting starts, any significant changes from the normal operation of the event.

iv) The EWCC may vote to replace the host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event if they are no longer able to proceed as hosts or if there is a serious problem with how the event is run by the host(s). Should this happen, the President must choose the replacement host(s) from available bids.

2.2 The Baptism of Fire

The Baptism of Fire is the first event in the World Cup cycle, being a pre-World Cup tournament for newcomer nations. It is a warm-up event that has continually unearthed the best new nations in world football. And the worst. In fact, all of them, regardless of quality.

2.2.1 Entry

The conditions for entry into the BoF are:

i) A nation must not have previously participated in a Baptism of Fire

ii) A nation must have zero KPB points at the beginning of the World Cup cycle

iii) A nation must have signed up for the World Cup in the appropriate Signup Thread and also indicated a wish to enter the Baptism of Fire.

2.2.2 Hosting

i) Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup may bid to host the BoF.

ii) Two-host bids are the preferred format, though any number of hosts are acceptable.

iii) The EWCC will be directed by the President to vote: a) for one of the offered bids, b) to officially abstain, or c) to re-open the process for new bids.

2.3 The World Cup

The World Cup is the second, and most important, event in the World Cup Cycle. It will always consist of 32 teams (including the co-hosts), who have been whittled down by the Qualifying Process to turn scores of hopeful countries into thirty relieved ones and countless disappointed ones. It is the longest running sports competition on Nationstates, dating back to early 2003 when internet piracy barely existed, and Max Barry was still trying to simply promote a book.

2.3.1 Entry

The conditions for entry into the World cup are:

i) A nation must have signed up for the World Cup in the appropriate Signup Thread

ii) A user may only sign up one nation in their first entry, but may from their second entry onwards sign up a second nation known as a puppet. This nation will be treated separately for the purposes of BoF/WC/CoH entry, but will not give the user a second vote on the WCC or EWCC.

2.3.2 Hosting

i) Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup may bid to host the World Cup, except if the user has hosted one of the previous two cups.

ii) Bids must consist of at least two hosts.

iii) The WCC will be directed by the President to vote: a) for one of the offered bids, b) to officially abstain, or c) to re-open the process for new bids.

2.4 The Cup of Harmony

The Cup of Harmony is the third and last event in the World Cup cycle. It is designed to be the Cup of Losers Non-Qualifiers, who have failed to get to the World Cup itself but have still demonstrated an insane desire to try and lift some sort of silverware. Originally called the Frosty Cup, the term Cup of Harmony is a much better name for the participating nations who just couldn't make it to the actual World Cup.

2.4.1 Entry

The conditions for entry into the Cup of Harmony are:

i) A nation must have signed up for the corresponding World Cup in the appropriate Signup Thread

ii) That nation must have failed to qualify for that World Cup, given the conditions set by the hosts.

iii) That nation must have posted at least one roleplay in the appropriate RP thread during the corresponding World Cup

iv) That nation must also have indicated a desire to play in the Cup of Harmony.

2.4.2 Hosting

i) Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup may bid to host the Cup of Harmony.

ii) Two-host bids are the preferred format, though any number of hosts are acceptable.

iii) The EWCC will be directed by the President to vote: a) for one of the offered bids, b) to officially abstain, or c) to re-open the process for new bids.


3. Official Rankings

Originally created by Kaze Progressa, with some modifications by Bedistan, the KPB rankings are the only place to compare one nation's skill (or lack thereof) with another.

3.1 KPB Rankings

i) Every World Cup shall use the official KPB Rankings system to determine ranks before the Qualifiers begin

ii) The ranking formula must be public

iii) The full list of ranks must be made publicly available in a suitable format

iv) Any changes to the KPB formula must be approved by WCC vote.

3.1.1 KPB Updates

i) The ranks must be updated in a timely manner by responsible and knowledgeable WCC members

ii) The ranks must be updated after the Baptism of Fire, so new nations receive their correct rank going into the World Cup (Qualifiers).

iii) The ranks may be updated after World Cup Qualifiers at the request of the World Cup hosts.

iv) The ranks must be updated after the World Cup and Cup of Harmony Finals have both finished.

4. Rule Changes

4.1 Procedure

i) This constitution takes effect once passed by a two-thirds majority of the WCC.

ii) The WCC may vote to amend or repeal any portion of this proposal.

iii) The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated. Passage of a new proposal shall be achieved only if the proposal receives a majority of votes from those voting. If multiple contradicting proposals concerning the same subject are considered for vote simultaneously, at least two rounds of voting must be held, with an Instant Runoff/Preferential system also fulfilling this requirement.

4.2 Definitition of: "The (E)WCC may vote..."

i) When an EWCC or WCC vote is initiated by the President, a plurality vote (first past the post/most votes wins system) of that committee is required to make a decision, unless otherwise mandated.

ii) Any proposal by a WCC member can, if supported by three other WCC members, be put to a WCC-wide vote.

History of the Rules

Proposal 1093

This proposal nullifies all previous World Cup Committee rules.

Article I: Committees

  • §1. The Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) consists of all currently-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup, and all nations controlled by a player that has hosted a World Cup that participated in the most recent World Cup. (as amended by Proposal 1094)
  • §2. The World Cup Committee (WCC) during a particular World Cup consists of all nations that posted a roster during each of the previous two World Cups, as well as any member of the EWCC.
  • §3. The list of members of the EWCC and WCC must be publicly available.
  • §4. Should one person control multiple nations on the WCC or EWCC, those nations will have only one combined vote.
  • §5. Should one person deceive people into believing that their nations participating in WCC-sanctioned events are controlled by separate people, all nations controlled by that person will be removed from the WCC and EWCC, and can only be reinstated by a vote of the EWCC.
  • §6. When an EWCC or WCC vote is initiated by the President, a plurality vote of that committee is required to make a decision.

Article II: WCC President and Vice-President

  • §1. The WCC will nominate candidates for WCC President after every third World Cup. Any nation receiving at least two nominations will be considered a candidate.
  • §2. If there is only one candidate for President, that candidate will become the President. Otherwise, the WCC will vote on which of the candidates should be the President immediately after the nomination process. The candidate with the most votes will be the President and the candidate with the second-most votes will be the Vice-President.
  • §3. If the President is unable to fulfill his/her duties, then the interim President shall be the first available person of: the Vice-President, the candidates in the most recent presidential election (sorted by highest vote total), the members of the EWCC (sorted by earliest WC hosted), and the hosts of the Baptism of Fire tournament and Cup of Harmony (sorted by earliest tournament hosted). If two or more eligible successors are equal in any of these criteria, then they shall be sorted in alphabetical order. (added by Proposal 1337)

Article III: WCC-Sanctioned Events

  • §1. The World Cup, Cup of Harmony, and Baptism of Fire Tournament are the only WCC-sanctioned events. The WCC or EWCC must not intervene in running any other event.
  • §2. If two or more parties bid to host the World Cup, the WCC will vote to determine the host(s).
  • §3. A player behind a nation that has hosted the last World Cup may not submit a bid to host or co-host the next World Cup. (amended by ESF/Legalese proposal)
  • §4. If two or more parties bid to host the Cup of Harmony or Baptism of Fire Tournament, the EWCC will vote to determine the host(s).
  • §5. A party bidding to host a WCC-sanctioned event must declare, before voting starts, any significant changes from the normal operation of the event.

Article IV: Responsibilities

  • §1. The WCC President is responsible for initiating all WCC or EWCC votes, and makes the final decision on what proposals are voted upon, except when that decision would contradict a rule. The President also provides the lists of WCC and EWCC members, determines the length of any vote, and may choose how to proceed if an EWCC or WCC vote results in a tie.
  • §2. The host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event have complete control of that event, except where that control has been given to the WCC, EWCC, or WCC President by other rules.
  • §3. The EWCC may vote to replace the host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event if they are no longer able to proceed as hosts or if there is a serious problem with how the event is run by the host(s). Should this happen, the President must choose the replacement host(s) from available bids.

Article V: Rules Changes

  • §1. This proposal takes effect once passed by a two-thirds majority of the WCC.
  • §2. The WCC may vote to amend or repeal any portion of this proposal.
  • §3. The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated. Passage of a new proposal shall be achieved only if the proposal receives a majority of votes from those voting. If multiple contradicting proposals concerning the same subject are considered for vote simultaneously, at least two rounds of voting must be held, with an Instant Runoff/Preferential system also fulfilling this requirement.(as amended by Novapsolu Proposal Majority Requirement)

Vilitan Proposal on the Reform of the Host Selection System

The Vilitan Proposal required that applicants to host the World Cup telegram a bid to the WCC president containing certain information, that the president post these bids without revealing who created which bid, allowed one week for questions to be asked, then revealed the names of the bidders and allowed them to answer the questions. The host vote was changed to require a majority of votes, with a runoff vote held if no bid received a majority of votes. The proposal first took effect in the World Cup 35 host vote, and was repealed by Proposal DR1 after the World Cup 36 host vote.

Proposal 1094

Proposal 1093, Article I, section 1 shall be struck out and replaced with the following:

§1. The Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) consists of all currently-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup, and all nations controlled by a player that has hosted a World Cup that participated in the most recent World Cup.

The original section read, The Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) consists of all currently-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup.

Proposal 1095

To Alter Proposal 1093 (perhaps 1094) to insert a new clause between Article III.2 and Article III.3 making a new Article III.3 and making the current III.3 into III.4 and so on.

The new Article III.3 shall read...

"§3. A player behind a nation that has hosted one of the last 2 World Cups may not submit a bid to host or co-host the next World Cup."

(Previously, a player behind a nation that had hosted one of the last 3 World Cups could not have submitted a bid to host or co-host the next World Cup.)

This proposal was superseded by the ESF/Legalese proposal, passed around World Cup 42.

Proposal DR1

1) The Vilitan reforms to the World Cup bidding process are hereby repealed.

2) Henceforth, if no bid receives an absolute majority in the vote to choose a World Cup host, the World Cup president shall hold a second round of voting between the top two vote winners of the first round, the winner of which shall co-host the cup (in the case of a second round tie, the bid that received the most votes in the first round shall be declared the winner; if there is still a tie, a vote of the EWCC will be held to decide the winning bid).

Novapsolu Proposal Majority Requirement

Article V, §3. Shall be modified to read: "The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated. Passage of a new proposal shall be achieved only if the proposal receives a majority of votes from those voting. a)If multiple contradicting proposals concerning the same subject are considered for vote simultaneously, at least two rounds of voting must be held, with an Instant Runoff/Preferential system also fulfilling this requirement. </blockquote>

Proposal 1337

Proposal 1337 gave Article 2, Section 3, its current wording. Previously, it read "If the President is unable to fulfill his/her duties, then the Vice-President will take over. If there is no Vice-President, or the Vice-President is also unavailable, the EWCC must elect someone to act as President." The proposal was written by the Unified Capitalizt States after an occasion when neither the sitting president, Vephrall, nor the vice-president, Casari, were available to collect votes.

ESF/Legalese proposal

Shall the WCC modify the III.3 of the WCC Rules, so that they read as follows (change made in italics): "§3. A player behind a nation that has hosted the last World Cup may not submit a bid to host or co-host the next World Cup." ?

The ESF/Legalese proposal was passed, 7 to 3.

The President

Current President: Starblaydia

Out-of character duties

The WCC President acts as something of a figurehead for the World Cup Committee, and is elected from a list of nominees nominated by the WCC. The President calls for and collects the votes (via telegram, instant message, smoke signal, carrier pigeon, etc) for World Cup Host, Cup of Harmony Host and WCC President votes. The President is usually a pillar of the World Cup community and is currently Starblaydia.

The runner-up in the Presidential elections becomes the Vice-President, ready to take over in case the President is inexplicably unable to perform their job for whatever reason.

In-character duties

Starblaydia has attempted to bring more of an IC role to that of President by having Simeone Di Bradini serve ICly as President, followed by Giovanni Lopez upon re-election after World Cup 27. A recent IC President was James Gaines, ex-head of the Bazalonian national soccer association, the BFSA.

Former Presidents

Ariddia, Total n Utter Insanity, Lemmitania, Snub Nose 38, Kaze Progressa, Rejistania, Bedistan, Starblaydia, Bazalonia, Vephrall, The Archregimancy.

Rules for WCC President Nominations

  • You may nominate one, and only one, candidate.
  • You may not nominate yourself.
  • A candidate must receive at least two nominations to become a candidate.
  • A candidate may refuse nominations.

WCC Presidents are elected every three cups. The next election is ongoing, and will decide the president for World Cups 52 through 54.

The Executive World Cup Committee

The Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) is made up of representatives from all still-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup at some point in the past. As a lot of these experienced nations hang around in #sport, they provide most of the discussion and ideas for World Cup reform. As such they are consulted in 'Executive' situations when fast decisions are needed. They also constitute the old 'Host Selection Committee' to decide the host of the Cup of Harmony. Formerly, these were the only nations allowed into the WCC before Spaam's proposals, making the WCC appear to be somewhat of an "old boys' club", particularly centered around #nssport.

EWCC Members


Former EWCC members

The following EWCC members have ceased to exist, and have not been replaced by a puppet:

Notes

* These nations are both active and controlled by the same user, and hence share one EWCC vote.

† World Cup 6 was slated to be hosted by Kingsford and Spaam, but RL issues prevented this from happening and Lemmitania took over hosting of the Cup. Both Kingsford and Spaam are still EWCC members.

‡ World Cup 16 was slated to be hosted by Rejistania and Brazillico, but Brazillico began to become inactive after doing the group draw of the qualifiers and ceased to exist at the end of the world cup. In this case, the Brazillican team was still allowed to participate, but all matches were played in Rejistania.

§ World Cup 22 was supposed to be co-hosted by South Osettia and Liverpool England, but RL issues got in the way of South Osettia right after the scorination of Matchday 3. South Osettia kept his EWCC position but was replaced in co-hosting by Vilita and Legalese, who formed the runner-up bid for WC22. Liverpool England, Vilita, and Legalese continued World Cup 22.

‖ These nations have ceased to exist, but their owners are still active in the World Cup using a different nation.

World Cup 5 was slated to be hosted by Tanah Burung and Al Quds; however, Al Quds ceased to exist before the Cup could start. A single-elimination playoff was held among the eight fourth-place qualifying finishers to determine who would take the co-hosts' place in the Cup, and Bedistan won the spot.

WCC Members

As of the end of World Cup 44, the following users (puppets do not have WCC votes if the main nation is already in the WCC) are members of the World Cup Committee, having posted rosters in the appropriate threads for World Cup 43 and 44, and/or being active members of the Executive WCC:



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