Player & Team Eligibility
Players & Teams registered in a Challengers League are ineligible to compete in this event.
Premier Teams and respective Players that have qualified for the event must not compete in the Open Qualifier.
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Player Age
No player shall be considered eligible to participate in any Challengers Competition before their 16th birthday, defined as having lived 16 full years.
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Residency & Representation
A Player can be an EMEA Resident and a Locally-Trained Representative (“LTR”) simultaneously. Players that have not claimed LTR status in a Challengers Region will be considered a “Non-Representative”.
Each Team will be required to have a minimum of three (3) LTRs and three (3) EMEA Residents on their starting roster at all times during the Event.
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Match Process
Team Members participating in an official match are required to be fully ready in the respective Game Lobby no later than the time specified by Challengers Officials in the supplementary Challengers rules.
If a Team is not fully ready 15 minutes after the Game Time, it will lose automatically by default.
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Map Selection Process
Best-of-One Matches
The better-seeded or “Home” team will decide if they are either Team A or Team B (this will be represented by the team that is shown above in a specific match). Team A starts the process and the map for the Match will be selected according to the following procedure:
Team A bans 1 map
Team B bans 1 map
Team A bans 1 map
Team B bans 1 map
Team A bans 1 map
Team B bans 1 map
Map 7 is the only Map remaining
Team A picks side
Best-of-Three Matches
The better-seeded or “Home” team will decide if they are either Team A or Team B (this will be represented by the team that is shown above in a specific match). Team A starts the process and the map for the Match will be selected according to the following procedure:
Team A bans one Map
Team B bans one Map
Team A picks Map 1
Team B picks side for Map 1
Team B picks Map 2
Team A picks side for Map 2
Team A bans one Map
Team B bans one Map
Map 3 is only Map remaining
Team A picks side for Map 3
Additional Information:
Stage 1 and Stage 2 will be played in the Live Client.
Stage 3 will be played in the Tournament Realm.
MAP POOL:
- Ascent, Bind, Breeze, Icebox, Lotus, Split, Sunset
Any scenario that is not covered by these rules, Challengers Rulebook will apply.
Link:
https://www.emea-competitiveops.com/ (VCT EMEA Challengers Rulebook)