ISML 2011/Preliminaries

The preliminary rounds of ISML 2011 will be contested by 144 girls for 50 regular season spots. Out of those 144 girls, 48 were directly invited, while the remaining 96 were decided through nomination votes.

Format
Triple Threat Group Stage
 * 144 girls are split into 16 groups of 9
 * Single round robin
 * Vote 1 girl per trio
 * 1st placer from each group will advance to the Regular Season (16 total); the rest are relegated to Phase 2
 * Matches are done by trios (1 v 1 v 1), seeded using the following:
 * Round 1: 168, 249, 357
 * Round 2: 147, 258, 369
 * Round 3: 159, 267, 348
 * Round 4: 123, 456, 789
 * Contestants are awarded points after each match:
 * 1st: 4 pts
 * Tie for 1st: 3 pts
 * 2nd: 2 pts
 * Tie for 2nd: 1 pt
 * 3rd: 0 pts
 * Tiebreakers:
 * (1) Head to head
 * (2) Win percentage
 * (3) Vote difference (VD)
 * (4) Total votes earned (VF)
 * (5) Latest head to head result in the 2010 main three saimoe tournaments (ISML 2010, Saimoe 2010, KBM 2010)
 * (6) Best result in the 2010 main three saimoe tournaments
 * (7) Latest anime debut
 * (8) Staff selection

Results
Groups A-H

Groups I-P

Format
Single-elimination bracket
 * 128 girls are split into 16 brackets of 8
 * Seeded using Phase 1 Points
 * Seeding may be adjusted to avoid matches between girls from the same series
 * Winner of each bracket qualifies for Regular Season (16 total); the rest are relegated to Phase 3

Format
Limited-Voting Elimination Groups
 * Vote 3 girls per group. Lasts 3 rounds. After every round, a certain number of girls will survive, while the bottom-ranked girls are eliminated.
 * The ISML staff will manually reassign girls after every round to minimize rematches
 * If a match is tied, it will be broken using the highest average of votes earned in Phase 1 and Phase 2.
 * Round 1: 112 girls = 14x8 groups
 * Top 5 survive
 * 2 more girls with the highest vote percentage (VF%) in Round 1 also survive - marked by (VF%)
 * Round 2: 72 girls = 9x8 groups
 * Top 5 survive
 * 3 more girls with the highest vote percentage (VF%) in Round 2 also survive - marked by (VF%)
 * Round 3: 48 girls = 6x8 groups
 * Top 3 qualify for Regular Season (18 total)

Round 1
Results

Round 2
Results

Round 3
Results