1997 Robocup 2D Soccer Simulation League
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The 1997
RoboCup 2D Soccer Simulation League The RoboCup 2D Simulated Soccer League is the oldest of the RoboCup Simulation League, RoboCup Soccer Simulation Leagues. It consists of a number of competitions with Computer simulations, computer simulated soccer matches as the main event. T ...
was the first RoboCup competition promoted in conjunction with
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held in
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, Japan, from 23 to 29 August 1997. This event was supported by important sponsors and organizations such as
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,
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, ElectroTechnical Laboratory, Softopia Japan, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Society of Japan, IEEE R&A Society, Nihon Silicon Graphics-Cray Inc., Fujita Corporation, Net-One Systems, SOUM Corp. It was also supported by Chubu Bureau of Ministry of International Trade and Industry,
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Prefectural Government, and City of Nagoya.


Format

Initially, the first stage was disputed by 29 teams divided by five groups of four and three groups of three. The classification was the same used by
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in the
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format of the last two decades, where each group engaged in a
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within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. In the
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there were four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 6000 cycles was followed by more 6000 cycles to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a
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was held to determine a winner.


Round stage


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group F


Group G


Group H


Knockout stage


Final standings


Honours


See also

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RoboCup RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, Itsuki Noda and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI ...
* RoboCup Simulation League *
RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation League The RoboCup 3D Simulated Soccer League allows software agents to control humanoid robots to compete against one another in a realistic simulation of the rules and physics of a game of soccer. The platform strives to reproduce the software progra ...


References

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External links


RoboCup Soccer Simulator Wiki

Team Assistant for 3D Visualisation

Official Data Repository (Log Files, Team Binaries...)
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