VAIL - Season 1 Championship - VR Master League

This Championship consists of 2 parallel regional tournaments

Prize Pool

GRAND CHAMPIONS
$5,000 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB
8 HyperX's Cloud Revolver S - Gaming Headsets Valued at $1,040 USD

GRAND CHAMPIONS

$5,000 USD / team in cash from:
AEXLAB

8 HyperX's Cloud Revolver S - Gaming Headsets
Valued at $1,040 USD

2ND PLACE
$2,200 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB
8 HyperX Cirro Buds Pros Valued at $640 USD

Format Details (North America)

Stage 1- Challenger Cup Day 1 - May 25 6 PM EST

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 .The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home. 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.

Challenger Cup Day 2 - May 26th 6 PM EST
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.

NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP	NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS
3-4 teams	3 maps
5-8 teams	4 maps
9-16 teams	5 maps

NA Season 1 Challenger Cup

Stage 2- Round Robin - Group A June 1st / Group B June 2nd.

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. Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing 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

Match Format:

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

NA GROUP A (June 1^st)

Channel

Youtube

5:30 PM EST

Preshow

6 PM EST

Round 1

REKT
vs
Global Dystopia

Eternity
vs
Determined

immediately after the previous round

Round 2

Determined
vs
REKT

Global Dystopia
vs
Eternity

immediately after the previous round

Round 3

Eternity
vs
REKT

Global Dystopia
vs
Dtermined

NA GROUP B (June 2^nd)

Channel

Youtube

5:30 PM EST

Preshow

6 PM EST

Round 1

8 Basils
vs
Vortex

Vanguard Gaming Ruby
vs
AESIR

immediately after the previous round

Round 2

AESIR
vs
8 Basils

Vortex
vs
Vanguard Gaming Ruby

immediately after the previous round

Round 3

Vanguard Gaming Ruby
vs
8 Basils

Vortex
vs
AESIR

NA Round Robin

Stage 3- Semi/Finals- June 8th and 9th.

Finals to be played at VRML CON

Each match will consist of 3 maps.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses map or side.

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

SEMIS (June 8^th)
Channel	Youtube
5:30 PM EST	Preshow
6 PM EST	REKT vs 8 Basils
immediately after the previous match	AESIR vs Determined

GRAND FINALS (July 20^th)
Channel	Youtube
immediately after the bronze match	Preshow
immediately after the preshow	REKT vs AESIR

Prize Pool

GRAND CHAMPIONS
$2,000 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB

GRAND CHAMPIONS

$2,000 USD / team in cash from:
AEXLAB

2ND PLACE
$800 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB

Format Details (Europe)

Stage 1- Double Elimination Tournament Day 1 - May 25th 5 PM UTC

Teams will compete in a Double Elimination Tournament, meaning teams must lose 2 matches to be eliminated from the tournament.

6 teams will participate in a Double-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.

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

Match Format:

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Double Elimination Tournament Day 2 - May 26th 5 PM UTC
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.

EU GROUP A (May 25^th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Bombers vs French Croissants United
immediately after the previous match	Access Denied vs SunsetRavens

EU GROUP B (May 26^th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Crimson Claw vs Access Denied
immediately after the previous match	Meax vs BOMBERS

Challonge..

Europe Championship Double Elimination

Stage 2- Single Elimination - June 1st and 2nd.

6 teams will participate in a Double-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.

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

Match Format:

Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

EU GROUP A (June 1^st)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Bombers vs French Croissants United
immediately after the previous round	Access Denied vs SunsetRavens

EU GROUP B (June 2^nd)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Bombers vs Access Denied

Double Elimination

Challonge..

Stage 3- Semi/Finals- June 8th and 9th.

Semi Finals and Bronze Match will consist of Best of 3 Maps.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.

Grand Finals will consist of Best of 5 Maps.

Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

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

SEMI FINALS (June 8^th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
2023-01-20 22:00	Crimson Claw vs Meax
immediately after the previous match	Meax vs ACCESS DENIED

BRONZE (June 8^th)
Channel	Youtube
	Preshow
	Meax

GRAND FINALS (June 9^th)
Channel	Youtube
5:30 UTC	Preshow
6 PM UTC	Crimson Claw vs ACCESS DENIED

Challonge..