Elite League 2024 #1

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):
  1. Neustadtl score;
  2. Head-to-head record between the tied participants taking only game score into account;
  3. Record vs the first team below the tied teams, continuing to each subsequent team below the tied teams til the tie is resolved;
  4. 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.