Imperial Boloball League

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Imperial Bolo-Ball League
League Admin	Max Corrino
League Assistant	N/A
Founded	Year 6 Day 200
Type	Recreational Sports
Profession	Bolo-Ball Players
Total Members	10
Emblem	Lion with Imperial Emblem
Motto	It's not just a game, its a way of life.
Application Process	Contact League Admin
Website	Imperial Boloball League
Forum	Imperial Gaming Commission (CommCent)
Affiliation	Imperial Gaming Commission

The Imperial Boloball League (IBL) is an official sports league in the Galactic Empire. Renowned for the player's strength and agility on the field, the game remains one of the most popular sports to be recognized by the Imperial Gaming Commission. The IBL has had a varying number of divisions based on the number of teams in the league each season. Each season runs for approximately 3 months and includes the prestigious Emperor's Cup tournament. One league match is played each week and while the Emperor's Cup tournament is running a second game is played during each week. To accommodate for the thousands of fans wanting to watch, which saw the stadiums overflow, live broadcasts of the games are available on holoviewers.

Imperial Boloball League MarkII

The League resumed operation late in Y11 as the Imperial Boloball League. In its first two seasons of operation the league featured 1 Division and bi-weekly games. In season 3, the league schedule was revised to only play one league game per week. This freed up the second game day in a week to be available for the Emperor's Cup. Season 3 also saw the expansion to 2 levels, one 1st level division the 'Imperial Superior League' and two 2nd level divisions the 'Imperial Sub League A' and the 'Imperial Sub League B'. For season 4 the structure was revised to have 3 levels, one 1st level division the 'Imperial Superior League', one 2nd level division the 'Imperial Sub League A', and one 3rd level division the 'Imperial Sub League B'. In season 5 there was a contraction in the number of teams and the 'Imperial Sub League B' was eliminated.

Clubs

Current Season

Imperial Boloball League

Home Club	Stadium Name	Planet	Capacity	Owner
Chandrila BC	Gladean Park	Chandrila	Unknown	Everard de Montfort
Corellia BC	CEC Stadium	Corellia	Unknown	Marc Farstan
Corellian Comets	Coronet Arena	Corellia	Unknown	Fletcher Vern
Hapani Hounds	Hapani Bolodrome	Hapes	Unknown	Arya Solus
Herglic Wailords	Giju Ocean	Guji	Unknown	Galen Darksol
Kessel Runners	Moby Arena	Kessel	Unknown	Andrea Walrus
Nubia United	Nuba City Stadium	Nubus	Unknown	Cihl Rezik
Vandor Vanguard	Training Grounds Arena	Vandor-3	Unknown	Kef Drenall

Division 1

Home Club	Stadium Name	Planet	Capacity	Owner
Athiss Angels	Babis Manufacturing Stadium	Loro Babis I	Unknown	Egilhad Amory
Dantooine Dreadnoughts	Dantari stadium	Dantooine	Unknown	Alexander Darthmoor
Krayiss B.C.	Amber Stadium	Krayiss	Unknown	Thea Corine
Kuat City Rovers	Kuat National Sports Arena	Kuat	Unknown	Max Corrino
Lajak Khals	No data	Coruscant	Unknown	Draelor Nah`utal
Mat Haulers	Tinnel Stadium	Tinnel II	Unknown	Marius Moto
Rendili Rhinos	Finianipolis	Rendili	Unknown	Mordus Nordstroem
Royal Coruscant	Emperor Guinar Intergalactic Arena	Coruscant	Unknown	Jai Meridan

Previous Seasons

Season 24
Imperial Boloball League
Home Club	Stadium Name	Planet	Capacity	Owner
Chandrila BC	Gladean Park	Chandrila	Unknown	Everard de Montfort
Corellia BC	CEC Stadium	Corellia	Unknown	Marc Farstan
Corellian Comets	Coronet Arena	Corellia	Unknown	Fletcher Vern
Hapani Hounds	Hapani Bolodrome	Hapes	Unknown	Arya Solus
Kuat City Rovers	Kuat National Sports Arena	Kuat	Unknown	Max Corrino
Nubia United	Nuba City Stadium	Nubus	Unknown	Cihl Rezik
Royal Coruscant	Emperor Guinar Intergalactic Arena	Coruscant	Unknown	Jai Meridan
Vandor Vanguard	Training Grounds Arena	Vandor-3	Unknown	Kef Drenall
Division 1
Home Club	Stadium Name	Planet	Capacity	Owner
Anchorhead	Anchorhead Stadium	Tatooine	Unknown	Alakoth Gar
Athiss Angels	Babis Manufacturing Stadium	Loro Babis I	Unknown	Egilhad Amory
Herglic Wailords	Giju Ocean	Giju	Unknown	Galen Darksol
Kessel Runners	Moby Arena	Kessel	Unknown	Andrea Walrus
Lajak Khals	No data	Coruscant	Unknown	Draelor Nah`utal
Mat Haulers	Tinnel Stadium	Tinnel II	Unknown	Marius Moto
The Agents	No data	Vandor-3	Unknown	Eliana Nicabre

Season 17
Home Club	Stadium Name	Sector	Capacity	Owner
CBC Virtus	Coruscanti Dome	Coruscant	Unknown	Wilvu Draxis
Chandrila Hotspur	Spurs Park	Bormea	83,500	Otto Mustard
Corellian BAC	Corellia Bolo Arena	Corellia	Unknown	Heter Suren
Corellian Dreadnaughts	Stadio Olympico Coronet	Corellian	Unknown	Raven Ark
Coronet City BC	Allianz Arena	Corellian	Unknown	John Bell
Coruscant BC	The Holtzen	Coruscant	Unknown	Serris Nemor
Erasers	Erasers Arena	Unknown	Unknown	Benry Hootz
Farffin Monsters	Farffin Monsters Arena	Farffin	Unknown	Norrec Morussian
Kiffex Hrakons	Deadend Stadium	Kiffex	Unknown	Khajan Prax
Korriban Pikachus	Pikachu Arena	Korriban	100,000	Emillio Peares
Kuat Wolves	Raxxa Navy Station	Kuat	Unknown	Jake Addison
Montfort BC	Xenvaer Civic Auditorium	Alsakan	110,000	Everard de Montfort
Mustafar Zealots	Berkens Flow	Atravis	Unknown	Lahna Khar
Phasmatis	Wild Forests Stadium	Kiffex	Unknown	Alex Rinose
Real Duro	Jiw City Arena	Duro	Unknown	Talin Aijati
Rendili Rhinos	Rendili Intergalactic	Corellian	Unknown	Mordus Nordstroem
Rodia Rangers	Tropical Stadium	Rodia	48,000	Ferat Josao
Shadow Maw	Maw Hole	Kessel	Unknown	Jon Led
Talus Tigers	Talus Tigers Arena	Corellian	Unknown	Aves Selanno
Tapani Dragons	MWS Delphon Arena	Tapani	Unknown	Skyron Cyneran
Thebeon Thrashers	LE Enterprises Arena	Daupherm States	Unknown	Lirri Elysar
Thyferra Varactyls	Thyferra Stadium	Jaso	Unknown	Aeon Sasai

Season 10
Home Club	Stadium Name	Planet	Capacity	Owner
Alderaanian Angels	Aldera Field	Alderaan	Unknown	Ciatri Montari
Brosi Blasters	Virunum Colosseum	Brosi	Unknown	Dratt Darkstar
Chamm Dragons	Bullet Park	Chamm	Unknown	Jon Led
Corellian Hotspur	Coronet Intergalactic	Corellia	Unknown	Mallius Thaxton
Corulag Swoops	Curamelle Stadium	Corulag	Unknown	Aspharr Montari
Coruscanti Mercs	Corcuscaunt	Coruscant	Unknown	Kadren Blish
Diamala Sailors	Port Diamala	Diamal	Unknown	Redme Schwarz
Dromund Kaas BC	Kaas City Field	Dromund Kaas	120,000	Everard de Montfort
Imperial All Stars	The Emperor's Pitch	Kuat	105,000	Mikal Blak
Korriban Pikachus	Pikachu Arena	Korriban	100,000	Emillio Peares
Kuat Reds	Kuat Imperial Stadium	Kuat	106,000	Otto Mustard
Parmorak Phoenix	Parmorak Power Stadium	Unknown	Unknown	Vidar Sicarius
Phasmatis	Wild Forests Stadium	Kiffex	100,000	Draelor Nah`utal
Red Star Kiffex	Red Star Stadium	Kiffu	180,000	Jake Addison
Rodia Rangers	Tropical Stadium	Rodia	Unknown	Ferat Josao
Sarkas Lackeys	Akaanir Briirud	Unknown	Unknown	Mordamen Bast
Shadow Maw	Maw Hole	Unknown	Unknown	Nikolaus Ephranor
Tatooine Tornados	Tornado Alley Stadium	Tatooine	Unknown	Talin Aijati
Thyferran Hammers	Zalxuc Field	Thyferra	120,000	Carlo de Leon

Hall of Fame

Imperial Boloball League Regular Season Champions

Season	Winner
1	Dorin Sultans
2	Corellian Hotspur
3	Red Star Kiffex
4	Shadow Maw
5	Red Star Kiffex
6	Parmorak Phoenix
7	Parmorak Phoenix
8	Parmorak Phoenix
9	Kuat Reds
10	Thyferran Hammers
11	Kuat Reds
12	Kuat Reds
13	Rodia Rangers
14	Dromund Kaas BC
15	Rodia Rangers
16	Chandrila Hotspur
17	Farffin Monsters
18	Chandrila Hotspur
19	Chandrila Hotspur
23	Chandrila BC
24	Vandor Vanguard

Imperial Boloball League Emperor's Cup Champions

Season	Winner
3	Corellian Cyclopes
4	Coruscant Fighters
5	Red Star Kiffex
6	Thyferran Hammers
7	Kuat Reds
8	Parmorak Phoenix
9	Thyferran Hammers
10	Kuat Reds
11	Kuat Reds
12	Shadow Maw
13	Rodia Rangers
14	Rodia Rangers
15	Rodia Rangers
16	Chandrila Hotspur
17	Chandrila Hotspur
18	Chandrila Hotspur
19	Chandrila Hotspur
24	Corellian Comets

Previous Incarnations

Auvasa Imperial League

Prior to Year 11, the Imperial Bolo-Ball League was known as the Auvasa Imperial League. The tournament, named for sponsorship reasons, was one of the main sports tournaments played on various worlds throughout the Imperial region. Many planets have more than one team, however not all are at the level to compete in the league. There was not professional second tier. Teams that don't fair well in the Premier Division, due to financial or sports reasons tend to drop out and into the amateur leagues. Thus there have been many "one season" teams over the past four years, with the total number of teams having competed in the league being 43. Few teams have the support, skills and financial backing to mount multiple challenges to the title. In it's fifth season the league has been given a substantial boost in funding that it is hoped will stem the high team dropout rate and allow for a wider spectrum of teams to challenge for the title. However, during this season, the tournament abruptly stopped for unknown reasons.

Previous Winners

The tournament has so far had three teams claim the title. Vakkar BC, as it is currently known, holds two titles, winning both the first and second championship. They remain the only team to win back to back titles. The third season was won by Urawa Reds and the fourth season champions were Corellian Hotspur.

Imperial League champions

Season	Winner
Year 6 – 7	Vakkar BC
Year 7 - 8	Vakkar BC
Year 8 - 9	Urawa Reds
Year 9 - 10	Corellian Hotspur
Year 10 - 11	N/A

"Big 4" Dominance

Ever since the league was established in Year 5/6 four teams have always maintained a strong grip on the league, as well as the Cup, the league has been won by three of the four and the Cup has been won by three of the four also, only once has a team not from this grouping won either major trophy. The teams that make up the "Big 4" are Vakkar BC (2 League, 1 Cup), AC Coruscant (0 League, 2 Cup), Urawa Reds (1 League, 0 Cup) and Corellian Hotspur (1 League, 0 Cup). These four teams due to their success and the large fan bases have far great financial power than the others team, something that has gauranteed their longevity in a league where many teams go bust following one season. Recently however a number of teams have declared their want to break this dominance, Sublight Swoopers making the biggest push with a pre-seasoning spending spree to match that of the any of the four.

League Trophy

This new version of the league trophy was commissioned upon Auvasa Corp. being named the new sponsor. Auvasa Corp. designed the trophy itself but hired the experts at Magnagaurd to sculp and build it. The trophy is built from Durasteel and was heavily polished to get the reflective surface. The gold durasteel used in some parts of it come from the old trophy which was melted down, while its plinth is made of berubian, a semi-precious stone. The plinth has a durasteel band around its circumference, upon which the names of the title-winning clubs are engraved. berubian's green colour is also representative of the green field of play.

When a team wins the league at the end season they are presented with the real trophy which they put on display at their homegrounds for the following year. Following this the trophy, unless they defend their title, will be replaced by a replica. However the league has created a rule to reward those teams the prove to be consistant in the winning of the league by allowing teams that win the league five times to keep the real trophy.

The trophy stands at 80cm tall, 45cm wide, 25cm deep and it weighs 27 Kg. With an estimated value of 2,350,000 credits.

League Sponsorship

Following its inception in year six a sponsorship deal was signed with Cloud City for four seasons. This deal gave the League a much needed boost in revenue during its infancy stage. However with the league becoming more popular and team revenues increasing from other areas the deal with Cloud City was deemed too low and was not renewed. Instead a controversial deal was agreed with Auvasa Corp., a newly formed Communications company owned and backed by the Martin family a member of which was an Imperial Officer. The deal was frowned up by many as it was a company from outside the Imperial sphere, while the controversy grew when Auvasa Corp. took over one of the oldest teams in the league, Vakkar BC. Others however backed the deal seeing the improved income coming Auvasa Corp. and the speciality it had with broadcasting as something that could take the IBL to the next level, a truly galactic one. The deal with Auvasa Corp. is for an initial two season period but has the option of being extend for at least another four.

League Violence: Vakkar Incident

Crowd trouble and fan fighting is nothing new to the Imperial League with minor scuffles a frequent occurrence at games and following them but it reached its peak during the 8/9 Season when the reigning champions, Vakkar BC, were playing against the soon to be champions, Urawa Reds.

Vakkar had been the champions of the first two seasons and were hoping to get the third in a row. The fans had high expectations which were quickly crushed following the amazing performances of Urawa Reds that season. With the gap between the two teams 15 points with seven games to go, Vakkar knew this was a game they could not afford to lose, losing would mean they had lost the title. To make matters worse the game was being played at Vakkar's home grounds. The game started well for Vakkar but quickly went downhill as Urawa took command. The final score was 4-2 for Urawa. When the final whistle blew the Vakkar fans went wild. The barriers separating the two groups were broken and fighting broke out across the stadium. This incident soon worsened as what started as fist fights in the stadium turned into a fire fight outside as a small group of hardcore Vakkar fans had smuggled weapons to the game and began firing on the crowd of Urawa Red fans. They in turn began to hurl debris at the Auvasa fans. The situation was more than the local security could handle and the nearby Imperial Forces were called to provide assistance. Following two hours to fighting the crowd was brought under control and many arrests made. The final toll seen 1,379 injured with 167 dead including 3 Imperial troops.

This incident led to Vakkar BC being deducted 24 points in the following season, ruling the championship out once more, were fined 29,000,000 credits to cover the damage and were forced to play their home games with no fans present for 8 games. The total affect of which left Vakkar BC on the verge of collapse until they were bought by the current owners. Urawa Reds who had seen 133 fans die to this day refuse to play Auvasa BC on their home grounds and this game has been moved to a neutral location.

League Records

Most Wins in a Season: Urawa Reds
Most clean sheets in a season: Corellian Hotspur
Most goals (Team) in a season: Urawa Reds
Most goals (Player) in a season: Name Name (27) (Corellian Hotspur)
Most wins overall: Vakkar BC
Most goals overall (Team): Vakkar BC
Most goals overall (player): Drockia Teabi (83) (Vakkar BC)