EU Challenger Series Summer Split: addio sister-team!
Una notizia che in tanti stavamo aspettando è stata finalmente resa nota da Riot mediante il sito ufficiale di League of Legends: l’Eu Challenger Series Spring Split saranno giocate da massimo un team per squadra.
Come molti di voi sapranno infatti, era metodo abbastanza diffuso quello per il quale tutti i più importanti protagonisti della scena competitiva internazionale facessero partecipare anche le loro “squadre di riserva” alle challenger series…questa situazione rendeva e rende anche ora molto più complicata la partecipazione a queste competizioni per le squadre emergenti.
Proprio in merito, è arrivato anche il commento del Team Forge che si è dimostrato ovviamente contento di questa importante decisione di RIOT:
Finalmente la scelta di Riot di impedire ai sister-team di partecipare alle Challenger Series prende forma e scadenza.
Dalla prossima season le riserve dei team LCS dovranno accontentarsi della panchina?
Ci auguriamo di cuore che questa “chiusura” di Riot allo strapotere dei Team che vivono di “rendita” di posizione, sia l’occasione di cui tutti noi, team emergenti, abbiamo bisogno.
Grazie mamma Riot.
Oltre a questa modifica comunque, RIOT ha elencato una lista di aggiornamenti per il competitivo: di seguito troverete tutti i dettagli!
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Welcoming in old teams and new, we’re getting ready to kick-start the 2017 EU Challenger Series Spring Split starting on February 5.
The EUCS Spring Split begins on Sunday this week. Here’s an overview of the format and highlights of some of the changes for 2017. Stay tuned for our rundown of the Spring Split team rosters and full schedule, which will be released tomorrow.
WHAT’S THE FORMAT?
The format will stay the same as it was last year: 6 teams competing in a single round robin Best of 2 (Bo2). All matches will be played on Sundays starting from 15:00 CET on Feb 5. The top four teams at the end of the season will enter playoffs, while the bottom two will receive a spot in the CS Qualifiers. The same point system will be used to determine standings:
- Win = 3 points
- Draw = 1 point
- Loss = 0 points
WHAT’S THE SCHEDULE?
The EUCS regular season will be on Sundays at 15:00 CET
- Week 1: February 5
- Week 2: February 12
- Week 3: February 19
- Week 4: February 26
- Week 5: March 5
WHO’S PLAYING?
2017 EUCS Spring Split teams:
- FC Schalke 04
- Fnatic Academy
- Millenium
- Misfits Academy
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Team Kinguin
PLAYOFFS
Playoffs will have a slightly different format for this year. Instead of a Semifinal round followed by a Final, this year the top 4 regular season CS teams will face off in two Bo5 matches to determine the two teams that will enter the promotion tournament.
The first match of the Playoffs will take place on March 19, with the second following on March 26.
PROMOTION TOURNAMENT
The EULCS promotion tournament has a new format for 2017. The top two teams from CS will play the bottom two teams from the LCS groups in a dual-style, double elimination tournament bracket consisting of five Bo5 matches. Win twice and you’re in the LCS, lose twice and you’re in CS.
Between the two LCS Teams, the Team who won the head-to-head during the LCS Regular Season will be able to choose their opponent from the two qualifying CS teams to play in Match 1. The remaining LCS Team will face the remaining CS Team in Match 2.
The promotion tournament will be played on April 6-7 and April 13-14.
Here’s a refresher of the new promotion tournament format
