Participants
Ten invited teams
Two teams from a closed qualifier
Group Stage
Two groups of six teams
Single round-robin
All matches are Bo3
Top two teams from each group advance to the Upper Bracket R1 of the Playoffs
3rd place teams from each group advance to the Lower Bracket R1 of the Playoffs
4th and 5th place teams from each group advance to the Play-in Stage to determine who advance to the Lower Bracket R1 of Playoffs
Playoffs
Double-Elimination bracket
Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3