The Challenger Cup is divided in 2 groups, 1 per day. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a 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. The first set of matches will be seeded by standings. Each match will consist of 1 map. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home - for all matches. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Home team, then the Away team, etc, until it's Home team turn and only 2 maps are left - at that point, the Home team can ban a map or choose server+side.

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 of each qualifier group will proceed to Stage 2.

First round of matches will start at 1800 UTC.

The 2 teams coming from the qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home. Each team will ban one map. Refer to the table above to know which team bans first.

The winning team will qualify for Stage 3.

8 teams (Rank #1 to #7 from the Worldwide Season Standings and 1 coming from the Challenger Cup) 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. For each bracket, each team will ban one map. Refer to the table above to know which team bans first.

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.

First round of matches will start at 1800 UTC.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in its round-robin group will be home. For each bracket, each team will ban one map. Refer to the table above to know which team bans first.

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

The first match of the Semis will start at 1800 UTC.

The Bronze match will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

The Final will be 'Best of 5' maps format. *Map bans phase will depend if there's enough maps in the pool, tbd.

The Bronze match will start at 1800 UTC. Then, when the bronze match is over, there'll be a quick preshow and the Grand Final match will start.