Keep your eyes peeled on May 19^th, May 20^th, May 27^th and June 3^rd as the very best teams in Onward will fight in a grand championship!

UPDATE: The top 4 teams coming out of the Round Robin stage will be selected to be flown out to an Onward Invitational Event in the ESL UK studios in Leicester, UK on June 15-17, 2018.

The grand prizes for the winning team are:

• Up to five (5) team members will get a MagTubeVR! (Offered by ProTubeVR)
• Each team member (subs included) will get one of those (depending on their HMDs) (Offered by VR Cover):
  • Any two Vive accessories (for Vive users)
  • Oculus Rift Facial Interface & Foam Replacement Standard Set (for Rift users)
• Official Onward/VRML t-shirts! (Offered by Downpour Interactive)

The participating teams will consist of:

• The top 7 teams Worldwide
• The winner of the Wildcard Tournament

All teams registered in the Wildcard Tournament will play at least 5 matches against other teams in a Swiss-system tournament. The first set of matches will be determined randomly. Each match will consist of 1 map which will be pre-selected. The home/away will be determined randomly.

At the end, all teams will be ranked by number of wins (& ties) then by Buchholz then by +/- points then by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map. The best team will be granted a spot for Stage 2.

8 teams (7 coming from the Worldwide Season 4 Standings and 1 coming from the Wildcard Tournament) will be split in 2 groups. Each team will play the other 3 teams in the respective group in a Round Robin format. Each match will consist of 2 maps. The home/away will be determined randomly and reversed for the second map. For each bracket, each team will ban one map. The away team will ban a map first.

At the end, all teams will be ranked by number of map-wins then by +/- points then by total points. The top 4 teams (2 from each group) will be granted a spot for Stage 3.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket. The teams will play 3 maps - regular league style - 'Best of 3' format. Whichever team finished higher in the Group Stage will start Home. Each team will ban one map. The away team will ban a map first.

For the Final, the teams will play 5 maps - 'Best of 5' format. Whichever team finished higher in the VRML season standings will start Home. Each team will ban one map. The away team will ban a map first.