This Championship consists of 3 parallel regional tournaments (Oceania/Asia | Europe | North America)
Prize Pool (North America)
GRAND CHAMPIONS |
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$600 USD / team in cash from: ProTubeVR, Asterion Products and VRML |
  
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3 HyperX's Cloud MIX headsets (value of $200 USD / each) |
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| VRML player-personalized jerseys (value of $50 USD / player) |
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2ND PLACE |
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$450 USD / team in cash from: ProTubeVR, Asterion Products and VRML |
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3 HyperX's Cloud Buds (value of $60 USD / each) |
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| 3RD PLACE |
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$300 USD / team in cash from: ProTubeVR, Asterion Products and VRML |
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Format Diagram (North America)
Format Details (North America)
Stage 1 - Challenger Cup - August 21st & 22nd
The Challenger Cup is divided in 2 groups, 1 per day. 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. 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, then Home team can choose 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 2230 UTC.
| 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 |
| 33-64 teams | 6 maps |
| GROUP A (August 21st) | ||
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| Channel |  Pavlov Master League 1 |
Pavlov Master League 2 |
| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | Various matches from registrations | |
Challenger Cup NA Group A - Challonge Bracket
| GROUP B (August 22nd) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
Pavlov Master League 2 |
| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | Various matches from registrations | |
Challenger Cup NA Group B - Challonge Bracket
Stage 2 - Challenger Cup Final - TBD (between August 23th and 28th)
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. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Home team, then the Away team, then Home team can choose a map or choose server+side.
The winning team will qualify for Stage 3.
| CHALLENGER CUP FINAL (between August 23th and 28th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
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| TBD | Preshow | |
| TBD | WINNER OF CHALLENGER CUP A vs WINNER OF CHALLENGER CUP B |
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Stage 3 - Round-robin Group Stage - August 28th & 29th
8 teams (Rank #1 to #7 from the Norh America 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. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Home team, then the Away team, then Home team can choose a map or choose server+side.
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 2230 UTC.
| GROUP A (August 28th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
Pavlov Master League 2 |
| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | TBD | TBD |
| immediately after the previous round | TBD | TBD |
| immediately after the previous round | TBD | TBD |
Round Robin Group NA A - Round Robin
| GROUP B (August 29th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
Pavlov Master League 2 |
| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | TBD | TBD |
| immediately after the previous round | TBD | TBD |
| immediately after the previous round | TBD | TBD |
Round Robin Group NA B - Round Robin
Stage 4 - Semifinals & Final - September 4th & 5th
4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in its round-robin group will be home. The Home team will ban first, then the Away team, then the Home team, then the Away team, then Home team can choose a map or choose server+side.
The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
The first match of the Semis will start at 2230 UTC.
| SEMIS (September 4th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
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| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | GROUP A #1 (Home) vs GROUP B #2 (Away) |
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| immediately after the previous match | GROUP B #1 (Home) vs GROUP A #2 (Away) |
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The Bronze match will be 'Best of 3' maps format.
The Grand-Final will be 'Best of 5' maps format.
The Bronze match will start at 2230 UTC. Then, when the bronze match is over, there'll be a quick preshow and the Grand Final match will start.
| BRONZE MATCH (September 5th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
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| 06:00 PM EDT | Preshow | |
| 06:30 PM EDT | LOSERS OF SEMIS BRACKET vs LOSERS OF SEMIS BRACKET |
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| GRAND-FINAL (September 5th) | ||
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| Channel | Pavlov Master League 1 |
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| immediately after the bronze match | Preshow | |
| immediately after the preshow | WINNER OF SEMIS BRACKET vs WINNER OF SEMIS BRACKET |
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Pavlov Finals NA - Finals NA