ESB Liga 2024 Tour 1 is the first tournament in the series announced by ESB, where participants will compete for a prize pool of 1,000,000 USD.
Participants:
- Ten teams from the closed qualifier are seeded in the Swiss stage (Group Stage 1);
- Six invited teams are seeded for the Swiss Stage (Group Stage 1);
- Eight invited teams are seeded in the round-robin stage (group stage 2).
Group Stage 1 - 31.03.2024 - 04.04.2024:
- Swiss system;
- All Matches - Bo3;
- The top eight teams advance to the 2nd group stage;
- The remaining teams are eliminated.
Group Stage 2 - 05.04.2024 - 11.04.2024:
- Two single round-robin groups of eight teams each;
- All matches are Bo2;
- The top two teams from each group advance to the top set of playoffs;
- The 3rd and 4th place teams in each group advance to the lower playoff bracket;
- The 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 - 13.04.2024 - 15.04.2024:
- Double-elimination bracket;
- All matches except Grand Final - Bo3;
- Grand Final - Bo5.