The standings are the heart of My League, under Competitions in the sidebar: its OVERVIEW tab shows both conference tables of your division, with the relative rankings of each team. We advise you to check them after every game to keep track of your opponents. Teams that are still in the National Tournament have a small trophy icon next to their name.
When the 22 league games are concluded, the four top-ranked teams in each conference will make it to the playoff round. All season long the tables mark the playoff places, the relegation playout and the automatic drop, and the STAGES tab follows the season through the regular season, the playoffs and the playout. As the season progresses, certain players will perform magnificently on the court. The STATISTICS tab keeps the league leaders in average points-per-game, rebounds-per-game and assists-per-game. Tapping any player takes you to his page, with his statistics game by game and season by season.
Ties in the standings are broken first by number of forfeits (the fewer, the better), followed by point differential, then points scored.
At the end of the regular season, the managers of the league vote for its most valuable player (MVP), and a judge fills in the ballot of any club that does not vote; see Prizes, goals and milestones for how the vote works. The results of every past vote remain available. The overall league leaders and the MVP will have a note in their history page about their final position in the MVP voting. The team that owns the MVP is also given a trophy, shown on its team page. Using the season picker at the top of My League, you can view the final standings of your division in previous seasons.
Playoffs, and Promotion and Demotion of Teams
The four top-ranked teams in each conference will make it into the playoffs. There is a one-game elimination match between the 1st- and 4th-ranked teams and between the 2nd- and 3rd-ranked teams in each conference, followed by an elimination match between the two winners. When these champions are decided, the winners from each conference face off in a best-of-three showdown. The winner of the division finals is crowned champion of the division, and is promoted to a higher level of divisions. Some extra promotion spots will be awarded to teams with the best regular season record (conference ranking being the most important criteria). And finally, to keep our community fresh and lively, the next best teams in your division will promote to fill in any Bot-controlled team spots in higher leagues. Clubs move between neighbouring leagues according to the standings, not at random: the clubs going down leave the league above, and the best-placed clubs of the league below take their places.
Because the league finals tie-breaker match revenue goes to charity, both the league champion and runner up receive a fixed amount award after the finals. The amounts are determined for each division level specifically. The runner up is awarded exactly half the specified amount. They are as follows:
- DIV I: $ 400 000
- DIV II: $ 250 000
- DIV III: $ 150 000
- DIV IV: $ 100 000
- DIV V: $ 80 000
- DIV VI and beyond: $ 60 000
To help the newly promoted teams compete in the higher leagues, promoting teams will now receive a one-time bonus. Both promoting league champions and teams that promoted from a bot cleanup or otherwise will get the extra cash and both will get the same boost to their season ticket holders and arena income. The bonus for promoting to a higher league is as follows:
- Promotion into DIV I: $ 1 500 000
- Promotion into DIV II: $ 750 000
- Promotion into DIV III: $ 450 000
- Promotion into DIV IV: $ 300 000
- Promotion into DIV V: $ 225 000
- Promotion into any lower division: $ 225 000
The end of a season isn't all fun and glory, however. Up to five teams from each league will be demoted to a lower level of divisions, as many as the league below has clubs with a manager ready to take their places. The 8th seed in each conference is automatically demoted, and the 5th-ranked team from each conference competes with the 7th-ranked team from the other conference in a best-of-three relegation series. 6th teams from both conferences will face each other (home court advantage going to the better record team).
For the single-match eliminations in the playoffs, the team with the higher standing is given the home-court advantage. When there is a best-of-three series, the team with the better win-loss record has the home-court for the first match and for the tie-breaker (if a third game is necessary), and the lower-ranked team has the home-court for the second match.
In the Play-Down, however, the 5th seeded will always receive the first and the eventual tie-breaker game home court advantage against the 7th seeded of the other conference, regardless of their win-loss record.
The revenue from ticket sales to playoff and relegation games is split in half between the home team and the visitors.