Championship Poster
Prize Pool
WORLD CHAMPIONS
$4,000 USD / team in cash from:
ProTubeVR, VRML and NightFiree

VR Cover kits (value of $30 USD / player)
VRML player-personalized jerseys (value of $50 USD / player)
 
2ND PLACE
$2,000 USD / team in cash from:
ProTubeVR, VRML and NightFiree

 
3RD PLACE
$1,000 USD / team in cash from:
ProTubeVR, VRML and NightFiree

Regional Format Diagram
Format Details
Summary

Stage 1 - Challenger Cup (EU Ladder and NA Ladder)
        - Open registration
        - Max. 32 Teams from each Region
        - Swiss Tournament

Stage 2 - Challenger Cup Semifinals & Finals
        - Top 4 Teams of Stage 1
        - Single Elimination Bracket
        - Winner qualifies to Stage 3

Stage 3 - Round Robin
        - (EU&NA) Top 7 Teams from the Regional Ladder & Stage 2 Winner 
        - (OC) Top 4 Teams from the Regional Ladder 
        - 2 Groups Round Robin
        - Best team of each Group moves to the Global Finals
        - (EU&NA) 2nd Best team of each group plays each other to determine the 3rd qualified team from their Region.

Stage 4 - Global Qualifiers
        - (NA&EU) 2nd place teams from RR, compete for 3rd place seed in the world finals.
        - Single Elimination Bracket, 

Stage 5- World finals
        - Top 3 EU Teams, Top 3 NA Teams and Top 2 OC Teams
        - Single Elimination Bracket, all Best of 5 Maps matches

 

Map pool for this Championship
  • SMALL
    • Suburbia Day and Night
    • Cargo
    • Tanker
  • MEDIUM
    • Bazaar Day and Night
    • Subway
  • LARGE
    • Downfall Day and Night
    • Quarantine Day and Night
    • Snowpeak Day and Night
    • Abandoned
Stage 1 - Challenger Cup - October 8th      **NA & EU only**

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. 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. The best team 4 teams of each qualifier region will proceed to Stage 2.

NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS
3-4 teams 2 maps
5-8 teams 3 maps
9-16 teams 4 maps
17-32 teams 5 maps
 
EU Challenger Cup (Oct 8th)
Channel OML 1 OML 2 OML 3

2022-10-08 15:30

Preshow  

2022-10-08 16:00

  Various matches from registrations
 

 

NA Challenger Cup (Oct 8h)
Channel OML 1 OML 2 OML 3
2022-10-8 19:30 Preshow  
2022-10-08 20:00 Various matches from registrations
 
NA Challenger Cup - Challonge Bracket
Stage 2 - Challenger Cup Final - OCT 9th-14th  **NA & EU Only**
The 4 teams coming from the qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination tournament. 1st Seeded in the Swiss Bracket will face the 4th Seeded and 2nd Seeded in the Swiss Bracket will face the 3rd Seeded. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home. The Home team will ban first, then the away team, then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side (Marsoc/Volk). The winners from those matches on the 9th are responsible for setting up and playing their match before OCT 14. The winner of that match will be the 8th seed in the regional closed qualifiers.
The winning team will qualify for Stage 3.
 
EU CHALLENGER CUP FINAL (Oct 9th - someday between Oct 10th &- Oct 14th)
Channel OML 1  
2022-10-09 15:30 Preshow  
2022-10-09 16:00 Match #1 (1st seed vs 4th seed)  
Immediately following Match #2 (2nd seed vs 3rd seed)  
TBD Winner of Match #1 vs Winner Match #2  
 
 
Challenger Cup Final (EU) - Challonge Bracket
VODS
Match

 

NA CHALLENGER CUP FINAL (Oct 9th - someday between Oct 10th &- Oct 14th)
Channel OML 1  
2022-10-09 19:30 Preshow  
2022-10-09 20:00 Match #1 (1st seed vs 4th seed)  
Immediately following Match #2 (2nd seed vs 3rd seed)  
TBD Winner of Match #1 vs Winner Match #2  
Challenger Cup Final (NA) - Challonge Bracket
Stage 3 - Round-robin Group Stage - October 15 & 16th 

(OA Only)
4 teams (Rank #1 to #4 from the Regional Season Standings ). Each team will play the other teams in their respective group in a Round-robin format. Each match will consist of 2 maps. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home and reversed for the second map. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Away team again, then the Home team, then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side (Marsoc/Volk).
All teams will be ranked by number of map-wins then by +/- points then by total points. The top 2 will qualify for the World tournment
(EU & NA)
8 teams (Rank #1 to #7 from the Regional Season Standings and 1 coming from the Regional Challenger Cup Final) will be split in 2 groups. Each team will play the other teams in their respective group in a Round-robin format. Each match will consist of 2 maps. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home and reversed for the second map. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Away team again, then the Home team, then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side (Marsoc/Volk).
All teams will be ranked by number of map-wins then by +/- points then by total points. The top 2 teams from each group will be granted a spot for Stage 4
OA GROUP  (Oct 15thth)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube OML 1
2022-10-15 08:30 Preshow  
2022-10-15 09:00 MATCH #1 MATCH #2
immediately after the previous round MATCH #3 MATCH #4
immediately after the previous round MATCH #5 MATCH #6
Round Robin Group A (OA) - Challonge Bracket

 

EU GROUP A (Oct 15thth)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube OML 1
2022-10-15 16:30 Preshow  
2022-10-15 17:00 MATCH #1 MATCH #2
immediately after the previous round MATCH #3 MATCH #4
immediately after the previous round MATCH #5 MATCH #6
Round Robin Group A (EU) - Challonge Bracket

 

NA  GROUP A (Oct 15thth)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube OML 1
2022-10-15 22:30 Preshow  
2022-10-15 23:00 MATCH #1 MATCH #2
immediately after the previous round MATCH #3 MATCH #4
immediately after the previous round MATCH #5 MATCH #6
Round Robin Group A (NA) - Challonge Bracket
EU GROUP B (Oct 16thth)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube OML 1
2022-10-16 16:30 Preshow  
2022-10-16 17:00 MATCH #1 MATCH #2
immediately after the previous round MATCH #3 MATCH #4
immediately after the previous round MATCH #5 MATCH #6
Round Robin Group B (EU) - Challonge Bracket

 

NA  GROUP B (Oct 16thth)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube OML 1
2022-10-16 22:30 Preshow  
2022-10-16 23:00 MATCH #1 MATCH #2
immediately after the previous round MATCH #3 MATCH #4
immediately after the previous round MATCH #5 MATCH #6
Round Robin Group B (NA) - Challonge Bracket

Stage 4 - World seeding - October 17-21 (EU & NA)

The two 1st place teams from each round robin will be seeded based off of which team has the highest MMR from the regular season.

The two 2nd place teams from each round robin will play an elimination match against their regional counterpart, the winner will be the 3rd seed of their region in the world tournament.

The team which finished higher in its round-robin group will be home. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side (Marsoc/Volk). Matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

 

ELIMINATION MATCH EU (Oct 17th-21ST)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube
TBD Preshow
immediately after the preshow 2nd place in EU RRA
vs
2nd Place in EU RRB
ELIMINATION MATCH NA (Oct 17th-21ST)
Channel Venues Main Facebook YouTube
TBD Preshow
immediately after the preshow 2nd place in NA RRA
vs
2nd Place in NA RRB
World seedings 1 - Challonge Bracket
World seedings 2 - Challonge Bracket
VODS
Match

Stage 5 - Finals - Single Elimination Bracket (October 22nd, 29th and November 5th)

All Best of 5 Maps matches. Teams listed on top will be Home. The Home team will ban first, then the away team, then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side (Marsoc/Volk).


Round 1 will take place Saturday October 22nd

  • NoFunIntended (1#EU) vs TNK (2#OCE) | 0800 ET, 1200 UTC, 2100 JST
  • Imperial (2#EU) vs Dark Tidings (2#NA) | 1300 ET,  1700 UTC, 0200JST - updated!
  • Proteus (1#NA) vs Bossfight (3#EU) | 1600 ET,  2000 UTC , 0500 JST
  • OJC (1#OCE) vs RESURGENCE (3#NA) | 2100 ET, 0100 UTC, 1000 JST - watch in Horizon Worlds!

 

Semi Finals match will take place Saturday October 29th

  • NoFunIntended (1#EU) vs Imperial (2#EU) - 0900 PDT | 1200 EDT | 1600 UTC - watch in Horizon Worlds!
  • RESURGENCE (3#NA) vs Bossfight (3#EU) - 1200 PDT 1500 EDT | 1900 UTC (follow-up) - watch in Horizon Worlds!

 

Bronze and Grand-Final match will take place  Saturday November 5th

  • 3rd/4th place : Imperial (2#EU) vs Bossfight (3#EU) -  0900 PDT | 1200 EDT | 1600 UTC - watch in Horizon Worlds!
  • GRAND-FINAL : NFI (1#EU) vs RESURGENCE (3#NA) - 1200 PDT 1500 EDT | 1900 UTC (Follow-up) - watch in Horizon Worlds!