Maklohi Vai Baseball Tournament

The Maklohi Vai Baseball Tournament was a ten-nation knockout tournament. Signups opened August 23, 2012. The tournament ran from August 28, 2012 to September 3, 2012. It is not expected to run a second edition.

Format
Maklohi Vai, hosting, drew random seeds for the ten teams participating, not including the first four teams to sign up. They were--

Free Swiss States (FSS): 10

Estope (EST): 10

Grazak (GRZ): 10

Reen (REE): 10

Maklohi Vai  (MKV): 8

Slembana (SLE): 9

Super Llamaland (SLL): 8

Kintratar (KIN): 9

Kingdom of Me (KGM): 7

Napeleon Dynamite (NAP): 7

Maklohi Vai graded RP's on a binary basis.

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=196848

Tournament
The tournament began with a play-in round. Maklohi Vai beat Napeleon Dynamite and Super-Llamaland edged Kingdom of Me to advance to the Quarterfinal. The final three teams were Estope, Kintratar, and Maklohi Vai. Estope beat Kintratar 8-6, but Kintratar shut out third place Maklohi Vai 1-0 to advance to the final against Estope. Needing just one win to Kintratar's two, Estope clinched with a 4-2 win to take home the title.