Conquiz Tournaments Q3-2023

The Conquiz Tournaments Quarter 3 - 2023 - was the 2nd edition of the Conquiz Tournaments that has been ever made and was held beetwen 26 to 28 August 2023.

Conquiz Tournaments Q3-2023
Dates
Final	28 August 2023
Host
Venue	Online
Executive supervisor	Mark Nightingale
Participants
Number of entries	12
Debuting countries	Denmark Germany South Korea Spain Thailand Vietnam
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Croatia Greece Kazakhstan Netherlands Portugal
Participation map
Vote
Winning song	Denmark

The tournament was attended by 12 countries, of which Denmark, Germany, South Korea, Spain and Thailand participated for the first time. Croatia, Greece, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands and Portugal refused to participate. Australia (from Second Chance), Denmark, Japan, Lebanon and Vietnam qualified for the final. Denmark won over nine hands with a total of 658 points.

The Game

The "UNO" on the buddyboardgames.com platform was chosen as the game of this season.

Rules

Uno cards

The competition consists of two stages: two semi-final groups of six countries, a second chance for third and fourth places in each of the groups and a final in which 5 players will take part: two qualified players from each group directly to the final and one second chance winner. In each of the stages, the meeting ends when one of the players reaches 500 points, so an unlimited number of hands can be played. In case of equal points, an additional round will be held between the contested players. In case of equality of points in the final, the results of the group stage will be taken into account.

Points are awarded as follows: the winner of the distribution receives the sum of points from the remaining cards in the hands of opponents, which give: cards with a face value of 0-9 - 0-9 points, respectively, color restriction cards - 20 points, and joker cards - 50 points.

Participating Countries

Twelve countries have confirmed their participation in the second season - Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam. Portugal withdrew due to lack of free time, also with Croatia, Greece, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.

Group A

The match in the group was played on 26 August 2023, at 17:10 (GMT+3). Since only the first two positions were revealed in the first game, since the other four players did not score, the second game was played for 3rd-4th place (for getting into the Second Chance). In total, 12 distributions of cards were played.

Table key

	Promoted to the Final
	Promoted to the Second Chance

Place	Country	Points		Dealing cards					Dealing cards 2
				1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Japan	539 / None		—	233	—	306		Finished
2	Lebanon	389 / None		254	—	135	—		Finished
3	Germany	000 / 509		—	—	—	—		109	130	—	068	—	—	057	125
4	Thailand	000 / 335		—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	335	—	—
5	Israel	000 / 111		—	—	—	—		—	—	111	—	—	—	—	—
6	Canada	000 / 080		—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	080	—	—	—

Group B

The match in the group was played on 27 August 2023, at 17:05 (GMT+3). Since only the first two positions were revealed in the first game, since the other four players did not score, the second game was played for 3rd-4th place (for getting into the Second Chance). In total, 13 distributions of cards were played.

Table key

	Promoted to the Final
	Promoted to the Second Chance

Place	Country	Points		Dealing cards					Dealing cards 2
				1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Vietnam	603 / None		131	—	225	247		Finished
2	Denmark	140 / None		—	140	—	—		Finished
3	Spain	000 / 594		—	—	—	—		—	—	—	121	—	089	216	—	168
4	Australia	000 / 385		—	—	—	—		180	—	082	—	123	—	—	—	—
5	South Korea	000 / 234		—	—	—	—		—	234	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Hungary	000 / 052		—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	052	—

Second Chance

The match in the group was played on 28 August 2023, at 20:05 (GMT+3). In total, 14 distributions of cards were played.

Table key

Promoted to the Final

Points	Country	Points		Dealing cards
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Australia	523		075	—	032	—	—	099	—	—	—	—	128	—	—	189
2	Germany	452		—	—	—	068	038	—	—	031	237	078	—	—	—	—
3	Thailand	258		—	114	—	—	—	—	072	—	—	—	—	072	—	—
4	Spain	094		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	094	—

Incident: After the eighth hand, the Spanish player left the table due to personal employment. In an emergency situation, a replacement player (a member of Denmark) was called to the place of the Spanish chair, but the replacement could not stop the hand with a victory. As a result, Spain should have finished with a score of 0 points, since no points were received for the first 8 hands, but after the ninth hand played, Germany received 237 points, because of which the Australian participant raised a scandal. Claims of the Australian participant were caused by the fact that due to the replacement of the Spanish participant, there were changes in the cards in his hands. In the end, the Spanish participant appeared online and announced that he would be able to continue participating. In the course of long discussions, the game was continued with the players declared for a second chance.

Final

The match in the group was played on 28 August 2023, at 21:35 (GMT+3). In total, 9 distributions of cards were played.

Place	Country	Points		Dealing cards
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Denmark	658		216	105	153	—	—	—	—	—	184
2	Lebanon	239		—	—	—	095	—	—	—	144	—
3	Vietnam	218		—	—	—	—	—	152	066	—	—
4	Japan	103		—	—	—	—	103	—	—	—	—
5	Australia	000		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Reviews

On August 26, the Japanese delegation expressed interest in holding a separate UNO championship at IECO once every two months, depending on the success of the second season of Conquiz.