The time has come again for the playoffs. This season we will repeat the popular split between the Cup and Championship and we're making a small change compared to last season's playoffs. We have taken your feedback to heart, and with intent to give teams a sense of pride and accomplishment, the group stages will now be best of three.
Heroes Lounge Championship
Teams in division 1 and 2 will have the opportunity to participate in the premier championship of Heroes Lounge.
The top 10 teams from division 1 and top 6 teams from division 2 will qualify for Heroes Lounge Championship.
Heroes Lounge Cup
Heroes Lounge cup will feature teams from division 3, 4 and 5.
The top 6 from division 3, top 5 from division 4 and top 5 from division 5 will qualify for this prestigious cup.
The Dates
Our popular playoff draw is now back making appearance on the 28th of January at 20:00 CET. Tune in to Heroes Lounge Twitch to find out about the groups, match-ups, the group of death and more #RobbGate!
| 28/01/2018 20:00 CET | !! Playoff Draw !! |
| 29/01/2018 - 09/02/2018 | Heroes Lounge Cup Group Stages |
| 29/01/2018 - 16/02/2018 | Heroes Lounge Championship Group Stages |
| 10/02/2018 - 11/02/2018 | Heroes Lounge Cup Finals |
| 17/02/2018 - 18/02/2018 | Heroes Lounge Championship Finals |
Format
Groups
Teams will be drawn into four groups based on seeding (see below).
The draw will be streamed live on Twitch ! (January 28th)
Each team will take part in a Best of 3 round robin.
Scoring
The group stage format is now BO3. Winning teams will gain points, where losing teams don't.
Progression
1st placed teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket of the knockout facing off other 1st placed teams.
2nd and 3rd place teams will go to the lower bracket where they will have to fight for survival.
Finals / Knockout Phase
Teams coming from the upper bracket will have 2 lives, where losing a match will move them to the lower bracket. Teams in the lower bracket will only have a single live where they have to win every series to stay in the tournament.
All matches are best of 3 (BO3), except the grand finals where it is a best of 5 (BO5) with the team coming in from the winner's bracket having map pick before map bans are chosen and also gets first pick on the map; there will be no one game advantage. This is similar to a suggestion once put out by James Baker. Finals will run throughout the entire weekend and will be streamed on our lounge channels on Twitch.
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