Period	26.10.2023 - 03.11.2023
Applications	16.10.2023 20:00 - 16.10.2023 20:05
Matches	26.10.2023 20:00 - ?
Prize fund
Grand prize
Participation fee	none
Teams (total/accepted/max)	8 / 8 / 8
Players on the team	7 - 10

Description

Top 4 teams of the Tournament will advance to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals with $50 000 prize fund! Moreover, in this Tournament you can earn gold, Pro Player avatar, King of the Hill profile background, camouflages Cyber Autumn, Professional Blue and Professional Violet, credits, and free XP.

The Professionals Championship (Tournament) will start on October 26, 8 teams from the Top Echelon, including direct invites, will participate there. Teams will be automatically invited to the Tournament according to the roster that received an invitation to the tournament during the qualifiers.


Participants of this tournament could not participate in other tournaments which take place at the same time.

Tier: X.
Registration: automatic. For those who qualified directly, the roster of the team that earned the direct invite will be registered. For those who have passed through the leaderboard, the roster that participated in the last qualifier will be registered.

Dates: October 26—November 3.
Start time: 20:00 CEST / CET.
Systems: Round Robin.
Battle type: Supremacy.
Control type: touch.


Team requirements

The team should consist of at least 7 regular players and up to 3 reserve players. The number of players participating in a battle must be at least 5.


Battle format

The precise start time of matches will be displayed in the game client after the drawing. Start times of matches in the rules and the actual time may be different.

First stage. October 26—30: Round Robin, 8 teams, 1 group.

Seeding in the group is done randomly.

Each Team plays against each Team within a group. A victory in the round brings the team 3 points, a loss in the round brings the team 0 points. 4 best teams advance to the final stage.

The first spawn point is determined randomly by the automatic tournament system. Two battles are held on the same map with the spawn point swapped after the first battle, then the map is changed. The format: Bo7 (up to 4 victories).

October 26 (approx. maximum duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

Round 1 — 20:00 (CEST). Maps: Middleburg, Alpenstadt, Port Bay, Molendijk.
Round 2 — 21:10 (CEST). Maps: Oasis Palms, Normandy, Ghost Factory, Castilla.

October 27(approx. maximum duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

Round 3 — 20:00 (CEST). Maps: New Bay, Rockfield, Vineyards, Desert Sands.
Round 4 — 21:10 (CEST). Maps: Lagoon, Naval Frontier, Canal, Dynasty’s Pearl.

October 29 (approx. maximum duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

Round 5 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Faust, Hellas, Yukon, Naval Frontier.
Round 6 — 21:10 (CET). Maps: Normandy, Desert Sands, Vineyards, Middleburg.

October 30 (approx. maximum duration of matches is 1 hour 8 minutes):

Round 7 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Canal, New Bay, Dynasty’s Pearl, Faust.

Based on the results of the stage, a leaderboard will be compiled. The two best teams receive a direct invite to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals. The bottom two teams are eliminated from the tournament. Teams in 3-6 places advance to the second stage of the tournament.

November 2-3: Double Elimination, 4 teams, 1 group.

Seeding will be carried out in accordance with the leaderboard of the first stage:

3rd place vs 6th place
4th place vs 5th place

Grand finalists will receive an invitation to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals. The results of the grand final will influence the team's seeding in the future tournament.

The first spawn point is determined randomly by the automatic tournament system. Two battles are held on the same map with the spawn point swapped after the first battle, then the map is changed. The format: Bo7 (up to 4 victories).

November 2 (max approx. duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

First Upper Bracket round, Bo7 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Lagoon, Ghost Factory, Rockfield, Alpenstadt.
First Lower Bracket round, Bo7 — 21:10 (CET). Maps: Yukon, Port Bay, Oasis Palms, Hellas.
Upper Bracket Final, Bo7 — 21:10 (CET). Maps: Molendijk, Castilla, New Bay, Desert Sands.

November 3 (max approx. duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

Lower Bracket Final, Bo7 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Oasis Palms, Alpenstadt, Lagoon, Vineyards.
Grand Final, Bo7 — 21:10 (CET). Maps: Dynasty’s Pearl, Hellas, Rockfield, Yukon.

Prize fund

All tournament participants will receive camouflages Cyber Fall and Professional Blue camouflage, Professional medal, Pro Player avatar, and King of the Hill profile background.

I place — 8 100 000 credits, 20 000 gold, 180 000 free XP, camouflages Professional Violet for each player in a team and invitation to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals.
II place — 6 600 000 credits, 15 000 gold, 150 000 free XP, camouflages Professional Violet for each player in a team and invitation to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals.
III place — 5 700 000 credits, 12 000 gold, 120 000 free XP, camouflages Professional Violet for each player in a team and invitation to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals.
IV place — 4 800 000 credits, 10 000 gold, 90 000 free XP, camouflages Professional Violet for each player in a team and invitation to the Blitz Stellar Cup Finals.
V place — 4 500 000 credits, 9 000 gold, 70 000 free XP for each player in a team.
VI place — 4 200 000 credits, 8 000 gold, 60 000 free XP for each player in a team.
VII-VIII places — 3 900 000 credits, 7 000 gold, 50 000 free XP for each player in a team.

In-game rewards will be accrued during 14 working days after the end of the tournament.

Follow all the updates in the official discord in the Tournaments channel.
The organizer reserves the right to change the regulations without additional notice to the players. The organizer also reserves the right to apply additional punishment and exclude any team at any stage of the tournament according violation of the regulations.

The full regulation can be found at the link below.