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European All-Time Fantasy Fantasy Draft & Tournament- Results

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Here we are, at the end of a project that started back in mid-July. 8 General Managers (GMs) drafting 8 teams of the best talent in European quidditch history. 5 weeks of drafting to form a 16 player roster with 1 captain and 1 coach per squad. 128 players total from 17 different countries. Only one 1 winner. As you can see, numbers are going to be a key feature of this piece. It's the moment of truth, the time to reveal the results of the Public Vote, Judges Vote and combined scores to determine the winner of this European All-Time Fantasy Fantasy Draft & Tournament.  Before we jump into it, it's worth reminding you how the voting works. The final result is determined via a Public vote (accounting for 45% of the teams' final scores) and a Judges vote (accounting for 55% of the teams' final scores). The judging panel consists of 11 judges- 3 independents and 8 team judges, the team judges only ranked the other 7 teams in order to maintain impartiality, in the same f

European All-Time Fantasy Fantasy Draft & Tournament. Draft Summaries and Voting Details

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After 5 weeks of drafting, the 8 teams have been selected by our GMs for the European All-Time Fantasy Fantasy Tournament. 128 players from 17 different countries (including some international players from the USA, Mexico and Australia who have played competitively in Europe). If you would like to see exactly who was drafted for each team, click on the link to the spreadsheet HERE Now we move onto the "tournament" itself and to deciding which of the 8 rosters created is going to win this hypothetical competition. The winning GM and team will be decided via a part public and part judges vote. The judging panel will be comprised of 11 members, 8 of which are people who have been selected as players in the draft and 3 who are independent judges. The 8 who have been selected in the draft will act as their team's judge and will evaluate the other 7 teams (not their own team, in order to avoid bias) while our 3 independent judges will evaluate all 8 teams. The 11 person judges