WORLD CHAMPIONS |
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$1,500 USD / team in cash from: |
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| VR Cover kits (value of $30 USD / player) |   |
2ND PLACE |
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| $900 USD / team in cash from: ProTubeVR & VRML |
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| 3RD PLACE |
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| $600 USD / team in cash from: ProTubeVR & VRML |
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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 2 Teams of Stage 1
- Single Elimination
- 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
- Top teams of each Group moves to the Regional Finals
Stage 4 - Regional Semi- Finals & Finals
- Single Elimination Bracket,
- Winner moves on to the world finals
Stage 5- World finals
- Winner from each region
- Single Elimination Bracket, all Best of 5 Maps matches
- SMALL
- Cargo
- Tanker
- Artic
- MEDIUM
- Bazaar Day and Night
- Subway
- Shipyard
- Egress
- LARGE
- Downfall Day and Night
- Quarantine Day and Night
- Snowpeak Day and Night
- Abandoned
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. The best 2 teams of each qualifier region will proceed to Stage 2.
| NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP | NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS |
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| 3-4 teams | 2 maps |
| 5-8 teams | 3 maps |
| 9-16 teams | 4 maps |
| 17-32 teams | 5 maps |
| EU Challenger Cup (Apr 29th) | |||
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| Channel |  OML 1 |
OML 2 |
OML 3 |
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2023-04-29 15:30 |
Preshow | ||
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2023-04-29 16:00 |
Various matches from registrations | ||
| NA Challenger Cup (Apr 29th) | |||
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| Channel | OML 1 |
OML 2 |
OML 3 |
| 2023-04-29 19:30 | Preshow | ||
| 2023-04-29 20:00 | Various matches from registrations | ||
| EU CHALLENGER CUP FINAL (someday between Apr 30th- May 6th) | ||
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| Channel | OML 1 |
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| TBD | Top 2 teams from open qualifier | |
| NA CHALLENGER CUP FINAL (someday between Apr 30th- May 6th) | ||
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| Channel | OML 1 |
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| TBD | Top 2 teams from open qualifier | |
(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. beginning with the Home team, both sides will alternate to ban up to 2 maps each. A team may decide to skip one or multiple bans. 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 team will qualify for the World tournment
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. beginning with the Home team, both sides will alternate to ban up to 3 maps each. A team may decide to skip one or multiple bans. 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
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VOD | |
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VOD | |
Stage 4 - Regional Semi-Finals and Finals - May 7-May 13
| NA Semi Final (TBD) | |
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| Channel |  Venues Main  Facebook  YouTube |
| TBD | Preshow |
| TBD | OP vs Animal House |
| 2023-05-10 01:00 | SirenSnails vs Dark Tidings |
| EU Semi Final (TBD) | |
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| Channel | Venues Main Facebook YouTube |
| TBD | Preshow |
| 2023-05-10 19:00 | Imperial vs BossFight |
| 2023-05-12 19:00 | No Fun Intended vs Slither |
| NA Finals (May 13) | |
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| Channel | Venues Main Facebook YouTube |
| 2023-05-13 22:30 | Preshow |
| immediately after the preshow |
Animal House |
| EU Finals (May 13) | |
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| Channel | Venues Main Facebook YouTube |
| 2023-05-13 16:30 | Preshow |
| 2022-05-13 17:00 |
WINNER OF SEMIS BRACKET |
| OCE Finals (May 13) | |
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| Channel | Venues Main Facebook YouTube |
| TBD | Preshow |
| immediately after the preshow |
KFOT |
Stage 5 - Finals - Single Elimination Bracket (May 27nd & June 10th)
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 May 27nd
- (EU) vs (OCE) | 0800 ET, 1200 UTC, 2100 JST
Round 2 wil take place Saturday June 10th (Time TBD depends on winner from Round 1