Jul 04, 2025 Transparent Amateur League Announcement EU

Returning: Khaldor's Underdog Cup - €200 prize pool!

After the success of the past underdog cup, Khaldor is back with an expanded offering!
Returning to highlight teams from all our divisions, this time 16 teams can come and compete to be the greatest underdogs in the Nexus.

Overview:

€200 to be shared between the top 2 teams
Open to teams from Division 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Group Stages to take place on 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd of July
Playoff Finals to take place on 26th & 27th of July
Every hero can only be played once per match
No pre-banned heroes
Now with 16 places available!
Sign up here: https://heroeslounge.gg/tournament/khaldors-underdog-cup-2

Further Details:

Eligibility to play

Teams must be already registered and playing in Heroes Lounge EU Season 27 Division 2,3, 4, or 5 to sign up for this tournament.

All matches will be played on EU servers

Places will be give to teams on a first come, first serve basis.

Format

The event will have 2 group stages, and a playoff final weekend.

Group stages contain two groups of evenly split teams, for each group stage 3 playoff places are available.

Group A - The majority of games will be played on Saturday July 19th, starting at 16:00 CEST, with the last 3 games of the losers bracket taking place on Tuesday 22nd of July, starting at 19:00 CEST

Group B - The majority of games will be played on Sunday July 20th, starting at 16:00 CEST, with the last 3 games of the losers bracket taking place on Wednesday 23nd of July, starting at 19:00 CEST

All games in the group stage are Best of 3.

Playoff Finals will take place Saturday 26th July and Sunday 27th July.
All games excluding the first two lower bracket games will be Best of 5. With the first lower bracket games being Best of 3.

4 games played on each day of the playoff finals.

Draft Rules

Heroes in this tournament will only be allowed to play once per match.

In the case of a disallowed Hero being picked, the draft should be remade the same way until the pick phase where the disallowed hero was picked (including the other pick in the case of a double pick).

Substitutions:

If teams need substitution players, these players will need to have a Heroes Lounge account registered before 1st of July 2025 with an account MMR below 3100, or be in a current Division 2 or below team.

A maximum of 2 substitution players can be used per map.

Prize pool

A prize pool of €200 will be provided and distributed by Khaldor.

The top 2 teams will be eligible for prize money

Rules

The tournament will follow Heroes lounge banned bugs and cosmetics list, which can be found at https://heroeslounge.gg/general/ruleset.

Pauses may only be started for technical difficulties.

The time pool for pauses per map is 10 minutes, after which the game will resume.

Teams must keep replays up to 15 days after the matches. Replays should be uploaded to the Heroes Lounge website after each game. See the captain's guide for how to do this.