Format:

• Ten invited teams.

Group Stage:

• Two groups of five teams each;
• Bo1 Round Robin;
• Teams proceed to the playoff stage according to their placement;
• No elimination.

Tiebreak rules:

• Neustadtl;
• Head to head;
• Bo1 tiebreaker;
• 1v1 tiebreaker.

Playoffs (the Gauntlet stage):

• Single-elimination bracket;
• Each series is Bo3 except grand final;
• Grand Final is Bo5.