Euroleague Fantasy Challenge

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge is a simulation game that allows users to show their skills in creating virtual basketball teams consisting of players who take part in the 2009-10 Euroleague. Each Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Challenge team will consist of 10 players at a time. A Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team's weekly score will be based on the official index rating of all 10 players and the success of their teams in real Euroleague games. Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge will be played during Euroleague Regular Season and the Euroleague Top 16. The weekly and cumulative scores of all participating Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams will determine rankings.

VALIDITY

Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge will start on October 21 and will last until the final date of the Euroleague Top 16, on March 11, 2010. Fans may register teams at any time from the launch of the 2009-10 Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge through the Regular Season and the Top 16.

INSCRIPTION RESTRICTIONS

Completion of the official registration form and acceptance of the legal terms and conditions, both in English, will be required to take part in the Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge. Users will be prompted to register, accept all rules and confirm receipt of their user name and password by e-mail before taking part in the game. Euroleague employees and all paid Euroleague collaborators may play the game but are not eligible to win any prizes. Should any of the above-mentioned win a prize, this would go to the next-ranked team.

COMPETITION SYSTEM

Each registered user may create ten (10) teams only.

Each team will have an initial budget of 500 credits and must put together a team with ten (10) players distributed as follows:

2 point guards
4 shooting guards and small forwards
4 power forwards and centers

A team with less than ten (10) players on its roster once the weekly playing cycle begins will not be a valid team. Such teams will receive no score for that week. Each team will be allowed to substitute three (3) players per week. The substitution period begins shortly after all weekly Euroleague games are complete and will expire one (1) hour before the start of the next week's first game. Unlimited changes will be allowed between the end of the Regular Season and the start of the Top 16. Once the Top 16 starts, a limit of three (3) changes will be allowed between weeks, the same as during the Regular Season.

SCORING

Each official Euroleague player will get his own Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge score for each and every Euroleague game in which he officially plays one second or more. His score will be the equivalent of his official Euroleague statistical index rating in that game, plus a 10% bonus when his Euroleague team wins. The bonus will not be applied if a player receives an index rating of zero (0) or lower. The index rating is calculated as follows:

Index rating = (PTS + ASS + REB + BLK + STL + FLD + FT1M + FG2M + FG3M - TO - BLKA - FOULS - FT1A - FG2A - FG3A)

PTS = points scored, ASS = assists, REB = rebounds, BLK = blocks made, STL = steals, FLD = fouls drawn, FT1M = free throws made, FG2M = two-point shots made, FG3M = three-point shots made, TO = turnovers, BLKA = blocks against, FOULS = fouls committed, FT1A = free throws attempted, FG2A = two-point shots attempted, FG3A = three-point shots attempted.

Players who do not appear in a game will receive a Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Challenge score of zero (0) for that week.

The score of each Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team is obtained adding the individual scores of its ten (10) players, negative scores included. Each Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team will have a weekly score and, starting the second week, an accumulated score. New weekly and accumulated standings for all Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams will be published after the conclusion of each week of Euroleague games.

PLAYER COSTS, BUYING AND SELLING

A starting budget of 500 credits for the purchase of 10 players is available to each new Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team.

An individual purchase price in credits has been established before the season for approximately 275 players total, an average of 11 for each Euroleague team. New players may be added to the Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge list of available players as they are officially registered, confirmed eligible and/or play in the Euroleague.

The price of players may rise or fall after the season begins, depending on their average index ratings in Euroleague games and the success of their teams. Index rating points will be applied to each player's price in credits at a rate of one to four (1 index rating point = 4 credits). The same rate will be applied to the 10% bonus for players with positive index ratings in weeks when their teams win official Euroleague games. A player's price may not go up or down more than 15% from one week to the next, although his average index rating may keep his price rising or falling. No player's price can fall below 5 credits. There is no maximum price in credits for a player.

Before the start of the Euroleague season, players may be bought and sold freely up to the limit of 10 players and 500 total credits per team.

After the start of the season, no more than three (3) players per Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team may be bought or sold, according to their current price in credits.

If fewer than 500 credits are spent at the time of creating a Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team, the extra credits remain available for use in the future. The worth of a Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge team may rise above 500 points due to increases in the value of that team's players.

STANDINGS

The Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge will calculate and publish the following standings each week:

1.- Top score, current week: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to score totals for their 10 players in one week.)
2.- Top score, overall: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to accumulated score totals for all weeks played to date.)
3.- Most points: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to accumulated points scored by their players in Euroleague games.)
4.- Most rebounds: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to accumulated rebounds collected by their players in Euroleague games.)
5.- Most three-pointers made: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to accumulated three-pointers made by their players in Euroleague games.)
6.- Most assists: (Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams ranked according to accumulated assists made by their players in Euroleague games.)

All standings will be accessible generally and by country.

TIE-BREAKERS

If two or more Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge teams are tied in any weekly standings, the tie will be broken according to the following criteria and in this particular order.

1. The team with fewer credits spent on its team that week will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
2. The highest-ranked team in the overall standings will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
3. The team with the most unused credits will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
4. A draw will be declared.

If two teams are tied in any of the general standings of the Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge, the tie will be broken according to the following criteria and in this particular order.

1. The team with the best average of index rating points per game will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
2. The team with the most unused credits will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
3. The tied team with the better cumulative score after deducting the single worst week for each will be ranked highest. If the tie remains unbroken, then:
4. A draw will be declared.

PRIZES AND WINNERS

The following prizes will be awarded:

Grand Prize winner: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative score after combining its Regular Season and Top 16 scores.
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Regular Season winner: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative score during the Regular Season only.
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Top 16 winner: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative score during the Top 16 only.
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Most points: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative amount of official points scored by its players in real Euroleague games during the Regular Season and Top 16 combined.
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Most rebounds: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative amount of official rebounds collected by its players in real Euroleague games during the Regular Season and Top 16 combined.
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Most three-pointers: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative amount of three-point shots made by its players in real Euroleague games during the Regular Season and Top 16 combined.
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Most assists: The winner will be the team with the highest cumulative amount of assists made by its players in real Euroleague games during the Regular Season and Top 16 combined.
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NOTE: Each user is prohibited from winning more than one end-of-season prize, which include all except the weekly and end-of-phase prizes. If a user ranks high enough to win more than one end-of-season prize, he or she must choose which one to keep, and the other or others will be awarded to the runner-up in each category.

PRIZE REGULATIONS

Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge winners will be notified by registered e-mail and/or telephone within seven days of the end of the week in which they have won a prize.

To receive a prize, the winner must respond to notification by e-mail to fantasychallenge@euroleague.net within 15 days of being notified that he or she has won. After 15 days without response from the winner, or in the case that the winner be inaccessible by either e-mail or telephone, the prize may be revoked.

All prize deliveries will be arranged directly with the winner following his or her response to notification of having won. Euroleague Basketball will not be responsible for possible loss or damage to the prize in shipping.

OTHER

All users must accept all rules, regulations, terms and conditions in order for registration to be considered complete and a Euroleague Basketball Sportingbet Challenge team created. The rules, regulations, terms and conditions in English are the official versions. Euroleague Basketball retains the right to disqualify any team that does not follow these rules and change the name of a team if the name chosen by the user is considered offensive. In that case, the name will be changed to the user name followed by a team identification number. For any comment regarding this game please write to fantasychallenge@euroleague.net

IMPORTANT

Participation in Sportingbet Euroleague Basketball Fantasy Challenge shall not be deemed to include any right to compensation of any kind. Participation and prizes are given at the sole discretion of Euroleague Basketball, which retains the right to cancel Sportingbet Euroleague Basketball Fantasy Challenge with no previous warning for any reason of its choosing. Moreover, the organization will have the right to interpret and/or modify all or any part of these rules as it deems appropriate.