Marble League Showdown 2019

Marble League Showdown 2019
Marble League Showdown logo for the 2019 season.
Duration	16 August 2019 - 13 September 2019
Location	Seven Seas Stadium
Teams	12
Events	4
Link	Marble League Showdown (B-League) - ALL EVENTS - Jelle's Marble Runs
Standings
Champions	Snowballs - 53pts
Runners-up	Hornets - 48pts
Third Place	Rojo Rollers - 37pts
Chronology
Previous	None
Next	Marble League Showdown 2020

The Marble League Showdown 2019 was the secondary competition to Marble League 2019 and the first ever Marble League Showdown. There were 4 events.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the Marble League Showdown 2019, including the 8 Marble League teams that failed to qualify for Marble League 2019, the top 2 Hubelino teams of the Hubelino Tournament 2018 and 2 fan-made teams.

Fan Team Contest

The Fan Team Contest, introduced in 2019, allowed fans to submit a team for election to compete in the Marble League Showdown. There were a lot of different rules for the submission

Phases

• Submission phase from 26 February - 5 March
• Promotion phase from 6 March - 10 March
• Voting round 1 from 11 March - 15 March
• Voting round 2 from 18 March - 22 March

Voting System

• Voting Round 1 gave each voter the ability to choose up to 5 teams out of the 21 submitted teams to give a vote to. Then the net result was taken. In the end 8 teams advanced.
• Voting Round 2 used the "single transferable vote" system. Each voter would rank the 8 fan-made teams based on preference. The team with the least raw first-position votes had its votes transferred to whichever team the voter had ranked second. This went on for each round until only two teams remained.

Voting Results

• Voting Round 1: results
• Voting Round 2: results & raw votes

Competing Teams

Team Name	Method of Qualification	Year of Origin
Limers	13th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Team Momo	14th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Rojo Rollers	15th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Kobalts	16th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Jawbreakers	17th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Snowballs	18th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Shining Swarm	19th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2017
Team Primary	20th Place in ML2019 Qualifiers	2016
Bumblebees	Winners of HT2018	2018
Minty Maniacs	2nd Place in HT2018	2016
Hornets	Winner of Fan Team Contest	2019
Turtle Sliders	2nd Place in Fan Team Contest	2019

Main Tournament

No.	Event	Air date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Sand Rally	16 August 2019	Jawbreakers (Candy)	Hornets (Vespa)	Snowballs (Snowstorm)
2	Collision	25 August 2019	Rojo Rollers	Hornets	Shining Swarm
3	Funnel Race	6 September 2019	Snowballs (Snow)	Minty Maniacs (Minty Swirl)	Rojo Rollers (Rojo Dos)
4	Balancing	13 September 2019	Team Primary	Snowballs	Hornets

Event 1: Sand Rally

Event 1 of the Marble League Showdown was the sand rally. The race was contested on the same course as the Marble League 2019 finale.

Event 1 Results:

Placements	Team	Marble	Time	Points
1st	Jawbreakers	Candy (C)	2:12.96	20
2nd	Hornets	Vespa	2:13.67	15
3rd	Snowballs	Snowstorm	2:14.56	12
4th	Team Momo	Momomomo	2:14.78	9
5th	Kobalts	Azure (C)	2:14.81	7
6th	Bumblebees	Bramble	2:14.83	6
7th	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Cuatro	2:15.28	5
8th	Minty Maniacs	Minty Drizzel	2:15.55	4
9th	Turtle Sliders	Squirt	2:16.26	3
10th	Team Primary	Prim	2:16.58	2
11th	Shining Swarm	Sparkle	2:17.17	1
12th	Limers	Goolime	2:18.78	0

Event 2: Collision

Event 2 Results:

#	Team	Group	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Points
1st	Rojo Rollers	D	Winner final								20 pts
2nd	Hornets	A	Runner-up final								15 pts
3rd	Shining Swarm	A	Winner 3rd place match								12 pts
4th	Team Primary	D	Loser 3rd place match								9 pts
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5th	Turtle Sliders	C	Loser Quarter-final A				3	4	-1	N/A	7 pts
6th	Snowballs	C	Loser Quarter-final C				2	3	-1	N/A	6 pts
7th	Team Momo	B	Loser Quarter-final D				2	3	-1	N/A	5 pts
8th	Jawbreakers	B	Loser Quarter-final B				1	4	-3	N/A	4 pts
Eliminated in the group stage
9th	Bumblebees	D	2	0	1	1	5	6	-1	1	3 pts
10th	Limers	C	2	0	1	1	4	6	-2	1	2 pts
11th	Kobalts	A	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	1	1 pts
12th	Minty Maniacs	B	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0	0 pts

Rankings for 5th-8th based on result in the quarter-final.
Rankings for 9th-12th based on results in group stage.
Tiebreakers are based on points difference in the group stages.

Event 3: Funnel Race

Event 3 Results:

Placements	Team	Marble	Time	Points
1st	Snowballs	Snow	1:59.74	20
2nd	Minty Maniacs	Minty Swirl	1:56.21	15
3rd	Rojo Rollers	Rojo Dos	1:44.70	12
4th	Bumblebees	Bromble	1:38.56	9
5th	Shining Swarm	Shiny	1:27.28	7
6th	Hornets	Stinger (C)	1:21.76	6
7th	Team Primary	Mary	1:27.78	5
8th	Kobalts	Meepo	1:24.86	4
9th	Jawbreakers	Sugar	1:23.45	3
10th	Turtle Sliders	Dash	1:21.25	2
11th	Team Momo	Mo	1:19.56	1
12th	Limers	Limelime	1:16.25	0

Event 4: Balancing

Event 4 Results:

Placement	Team	M1	M2	M3	M4	Score	Points
1st	Team Primary	57	99	130	130	416	20
2nd	Snowballs	33	102	130	130	395	15
3rd	Hornets	40	64	130	130	364	12
4th	Team Momo	44	88	94	120	346	9
5th	Kobalts	33	52	130	130	345	7
6th	Limers	29	75	79	130	313	6
7th	Bumblebees	30	38	57	120	245	5
8th	Jawbreakers	26	28	39	130	223	4
9th	Minty Maniacs	37	41	66	70	214	3
10th	Shining Swarm	23	31	61	97	212	2
11th	Turtle Sliders	34	36	65	72	207	1
12th	Rojo Rollers	37	44	47	67	195	0

Standings

Standings After Each Event

Team	Sand Rally	Collision	Funnel Race	Balancing
Snowballs	3rd	4th	1st	1st
Hornets	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd
Rojo Rollers	7th	2nd	2nd	3rd
Team Primary	10th	7th	8th	4th
Jawbreakers	1st	3rd	4th	5th
Team Momo	4th	5th	9th	6th
Bumblebees	6th	9th	7th	7th
Minty Maniacs	8th	11th	6th	8th
Shining Swarm	11th	6th	5th	9th
Kobalts	5th	10th	10th	10th
Turtle Sliders	9th	8th	10th	11th
Limers	12th	12th	12th	12th

Overall Standings

Team	Sand Rally	Collision	Funnel Race	Balancing	Total
Snowballs	12	6	20	15	53
Hornets	15	15	6	12	48
Rojo Rollers	5	20	12	0	37
Team Primary	2	9	5	20	36
Jawbreakers	20	4	3	4	31
Team Momo	9	5	1	9	24
Bumblebees	6	3	9	5	23
Minty Maniacs	4	0	15	3	22
Shining Swarm	1	12	7	2	22
Kobalts	7	1	4	7	19
Turtle Sliders	3	7	2	1	13
Limers	0	2	0	6	8

The bottom four teams (Shining Swarm, Kobalts, Turtle Sliders and Limers) failed to qualify for the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers.

Final Standings

Rank	Team	G	S	B	Tot.	Pts:
1st	Snowballs	1	1	1	3	53
2nd	Hornets	0	2	1	3	48
3rd	Rojo Rollers	1	0	1	2	37
4th	Team Primary	1	0	0	1	36
5th	Jawbreakers	1	0	0	1	31
6th	Team Momo	0	0	0	0	24
7th	Bumblebees	0	0	0	0	23
8th	Minty Maniacs	0	1	0	1	22
9th	Shining Swarm	0	0	1	1	22
10th	Kobalts	0	0	0	0	19
11th	Turtle Sliders	0	0	0	0	13
12th	Limers	0	0	0	0	8

Trivia

• The Marble League Showdown saw the Minty Maniacs return to a ML-related competition after previously withdrawing from participation in Marble League 2019 Qualifiers. They will be the first team to come out of "retirement".
• The four teams that did not place in the top eight (Shining Swarm, Kobalts, Turtle Sliders, and Limers) will participate next in the Marble League Showdown 2020.
• In the Balancing event, the Rojo Rollers were the only team that got less than 200 points.
• The tournament was sponsored by SeatGeek.
• Four teams from the Showdown went on to qualify for Marble League 2020, with Minty Maniacs finishing highest among them, in third place.