I have a proposal that belongs to the league names as well as to the modus
1: 1 World League World League
2: 3 Continental Leagues: America League
Europe League (incl. Africa)
Asia League (incl. Australia)
3: 9 National Leagues: US Pacific
US Atlantic
Columbus (canada and the rest of N+S-America)
Baltic Sea (Scandinavia + Germany)
North Sea (Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France)
Mediterranian East (South and East Europe)
Far East (Japan, Korea, China)
Australia (Australia, NZL, Tiger States)
Central Asia (Russia, India, Middle East and the Rest of Asia)
4: Regional Leagues: best would be 3 per National League, will highly depend how many player will sign up in the Regions
I think that would be a clear modus and everybody (except the 1 world league) could play without big time differences. The borders in the National Leagues can get modified, depending on the player base in the countries.
It that modus 6-8 players per league would be perfect. The first of each league goes up, the last 3 go down. For example with 8 players (without play-offs):
1. goes up
2. - 5. stays
6. - 8. go down
8 players with play-off:
1. - 4. play for 1 slot to go up in a final four: semis 1. vs. 4. and 2. vs. 3. + final. a 3-3 draw could count as win for the higher seeded
5. - 8. play for 1 slot to stay in the league: semis 5. vs. 8. ang 6. vs. 7. +final. a 3-3 draw could count as win for the higher seeded
i think play offs would be nice cause everybody is motivated till the end in group stage, so noone is induced to play bad cause he cant go up anymore or goes down anyway. and play-offs are thriller with a lot of adrenalin.