how does playins for stage 2 work? the team that wins vcl stage 3 who do they play against and for what?
how does playins work?
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top 4 challengers teams enter the playoffs, they’re seeded so the top 2 teams play the #6 seeds, 3rd/4th play the #5 seeds
do they play against vct teams? is this for ascension? im not really too clued up on tier 2
so in VCT theres a group stage
the top 2 teams from each group qualify directly to playoffs
the bottom 4 teams from each group go to play-ins
there, the 4 teams that qualified from VCL play against the 5th or 6th place teams from the VCT group, and the 3rd and 4th place teams get a bye
play-ins are double elimination, and the top 4 teams from the play-ins qualify to the playoffs
playoffs is also double elimination, and the top 2 teams (the finalists) qualify to Champions directly
take the bottom 4 teams from each group in group stage in each vct region (top 2 in each group already go to playoffs)
then take top 4* teams from challengers circuits in each region (except CN, only 2)
total of 12 teams (except CN)
they play out a double elim bracket, best 4 get to playoffs
top 2 in playoffs go to champs
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for EMEA, take top 3 from vcl stage 3 + last chance qualifier
for PAC, take top vcl japan, top vcl sea, top vcl korea and top from last chance
for AMER, take top vcl brazil, top vcl NA, top vcl latam, and top from last chance
for CN, take top 2 from national finals
so a tier 2 team could make champs? Is this a new thing?
yes, yes in this sense. technically a tier 2 team could make champs through ascension and then playing the following year (G2 did it) but that's a different process.
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