Originally Posted by Undecided
It wasn't that RAK was ineligible to host the cup - it is. Its in the Northern hemisphere.

Its just that the DoG match HAD to take place in February and in order to do that, according to the DoG, it HAD to be in the southern hemisphere.


There was that and then there was that the event needed to be held "the sea or an arm of the sea". The debate was that the gulf didn't qualify as "an arm". There also is a seasonal (I think it's seasonal) requirement in the DoG and that's where the hemisphere thing came to light.

All this only matters if the challenger and the defender can't agree to the terms of the match. If they agree, they can run it pretty much any way they want (including having a multiple challenger series as has been done for several iterations).

Also don't forget that the country of New Zealand is also contributing financially to their team. I bet it would be hard for them to not have the event in New Zealand should they win this one.

Jake Kohl