ESL One Malaysia 2022 is part of the ESL tournament series. During the tournament, the top 12 teams, will draw a prize pool of 400 thousand dollars.
Participants:
- twelve teams:
- Seven invited;
- Five from regional qualifiers.
Group Stage - 23.08.2022 - 25.08.2022:
- two groups of six teams
- single round-robin
- all matches are Bo2;
- the top two teams from each group qualify for the top playoffs;
- 3rd and 4th place in each group go to the lower playoff bracket;
- remaining teams are eliminated.
Tiebreaker rules:
- If the tie is over a position of significance;
- Two teams - a Bo3 will be played;
- Three teams or more - a Bo1 round-robin will be played;
- If the tiebreaker does not resolve following the first round of the round robin:
- Three teams - the tiebreaker will be replayed;
- Four teams or more - the matrix listed below will be used to resolve the tie, adding the information from the tiebreaker matches to those gathered during the group stage.
- For ties that are not over positions of significance (in order of importance):
- Neustadtl score;
- Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
- Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
- 1v1 tiebreakers.
- If there is with no schedule allowance and involves explicit elimination, then 1v1 tiebreakers will be played.
Playoffs - 26.04.2024 - 28.04.2024:
- Double-elimination bracket;
- all matches except the Grand final are Bo3;
- Grand final - Bo5.