This Championship consists of 3 parallel regional tournaments
Prize Pool (North America)
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Format Details (North America)
Stage 1- Challenger Cup Day 1 - Jan 4th 2024-01-04 23:00
The Regional Challenger Cup Qualifier is a single-day event. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a pre-determined number of maps against other teams, in their corresponding group, based on the number of registrants. Details below. The Challenger Cup follows the standards of a Swiss-system tournament. Standings will seed the first set of matches .The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home. Each match will consist of 1 map. Starting with the Away Team, Teams will alternate bans until 2 maps remain. Then the Home team will select Map or Side. All teams will be ranked by the number of wins (& ties), then by Buchholz, then by +/- points, and finally by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map.
Challenger Cup Day 2 - Jan 5th 2024-01-05 23:00
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.
Challenger Cup Day 2 - Jan 5th 2024-01-05 23:00
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.
| NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP | NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS |
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| 3-4 teams | 3 maps |
| 5-8 teams | 4 maps |
| 9-16 teams | 5 maps |
NA Challenger Cup - Season 3
Stage 2- Single Elimination - Jan 11th & 12th
8 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
Match Format:
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
| NA GROUP A (January 11th) | ||
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| Channel |  Youtube |
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| 2024-01-11 21:30 | Preshow | |
| 2024-01-11 22:00 |
#4 Seed |
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#1 Seed |
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| NA GROUP B (January 12th) | ||
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| Channel | Youtube |
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| 2024-01-12 21:30 | Preshow | |
| 2024-01-12 22:00 |
#2 Seed |
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#3 Seed |
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NA Finals -Season 3
Stage 3- Semi/Finals- Jan 18th & 19th
Each match will consist of 3 maps.
4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
| SEMIS (January 18th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| 2023-01-20 21:30 | Preshow |
| 2023-01-20 22:00 | Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 |
| immediately after the previous match | Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4 |
| BRONZE/FINALS (January 19th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| 5:30 PM EST | Preshow |
| 6 PM EST | Loser of Match 5 vs Loser of Match 6 |
| immediately after the bronze match | Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6 |
NA Finals - Season 3
Prize Pool (Europe)
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Format Details (Europe)
Stage 1- Challenger Cup Day 1 - Jan 4th 2024-01-04 17:00
The Regional Challenger Cup Qualifier is a single-day event. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a pre-determined number of maps against other teams, in their corresponding group, based on the number of registrants. Details below. The Challenger Cup follows the standards of a Swiss-system tournament. Standings will seed the first set of matches .The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home. Each match will consist of 1 map. Starting with the Away Team. Teams will alternate bans until 2 maps remain. Then the Home team will select Map or Side. All teams will be ranked by the number of wins (& ties), then by Buchholz, then by +/- points, and finally by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map.
Challenger Cup Day 2 - Jan 5th 2024-01-05 17:00
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.
Challenger Cup Day 2 - Jan 5th 2024-01-05 17:00
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.
| NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP | NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS |
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| 3-4 teams | 3 maps |
| 5-8 teams | 4 maps |
| 9-16 teams | 5 maps |
EU Challenger Cup - Season 3
Stage 2- Single Elimination - Jan 11th & 12th
8 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
Match Format:
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
| EU GROUP A (January 11th) | |||||
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| Channel | Youtube |
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| 2024-01-06 16:30 | Preshow | ||||
| 2024-01-06 17:00 | #4 Seed vs #5 Seed |
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#1 Seed |
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| EU GROUP B (January 12th) | |||||
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| Channel | Youtube |
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| 2024-01-07 16:30 | Preshow | ||||
| 2024-01-07 17:00 | #2 Seed vs #7 Seed |
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| immediately after the previous round | #3 Seed vs #6 Seed |
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EU Finals - Season 3
Stage 3 - Semi/Finals- January 18th & January 19th
Each match will consist of 3 maps.
4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
| SEMIS (January 18th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| 2024-01-20 16:30 | Preshow |
| 2024-01-20 17:00 | Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 |
| immediately following | Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4 |
| BRONZE MATCH (January 19th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| 2024-01-21 16:30 | Preshow |
| 2024-01-21 17:00 | LOSER OF SEMIS BRACKET vs LOSER OF SEMIS BRACKET |
| FINAL (January 19th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| immediately after the bronze match | Preshow |
| immediately after the preshow | Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6 |
EU Finals - Season 3
Prize Pool (APAC)
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Format Details (APAC)
Stage 1- Challenger Cup - Jan 4th 2024-01-06 11:00
***Jan 5th (alternate day) in case the event can't be held due to game-related updates ***
***Jan 5th (alternate day) in case the event can't be held due to game-related updates ***
The Regional Challenger Cup Qualifier is a single-day event. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a pre-determined number of maps against other teams, in their corresponding group, based on the number of registrants. Details below. The Challenger Cup follows the standards of a Swiss-system tournament. Standings will seed the first set of matches. Each match will consist of 1 map. Starting with the Away Team. Teams will alternate bans until 2 maps remain. Then the Home team will select Map or Side. All teams will be ranked by the number of wins (& ties), then by Buchholz, then by +/- points, and finally by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map.
Match Format:
Map 1- Home team chooses Map or Side.
Map 2 - Away team chooses Map or Side.
Map 3- Home team chooses Map or Side.
Stage 2 - Single Elimination - Jan 11th
4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
| OA GROUP A (January 11th) | ||||
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| Channel | Youtube |
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| TBD | MATCH #2 | |||
APAC CC/Finals - Season 3
Stage 2 - Finals- January 18th
Each match will consist of 3 maps.
2 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.
Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.
The finals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
| FINAL (January 18th) | |
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| Channel | Youtube |
| immediately after the bronze match | Preshow |
| immediately after the preshow | WINNER OF SEMIS BRACKET vs WINNER OF SEMIS BRACKET |