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We are happy to introduce tiered league play to the North American server. In order to begin, we must hold a qualifying tournament for teams to earn berths into one of three leagues.

Event Structure
The World of Tanks Championship Series is a seasonal league using the global-standard, pro format. The series contains three distinct leagues with each offering a unique structure.

• Major League - 20 teams
  
• Minor League - 40 teams
  
• Open League - unlimited teams

Teams are relegated and promoted after every season.

Major League

• 8 teams are relegated to the Minor League.

Minor League

• 8 teams are promoted to the Major League.
  
• 16 teams are relegated to the Open League.

Open League

• 16 teams are promoted to the Minor League

Qualification for the Spring Season begins on March 1st to determine berths in each league. The Spring season begins April 5th.

Tier Limits
With a maximum of 7 players per battle (10 players per team) a team must field a selection of tanks based on the below tier limits. Teams are limited to a maximum of 42 tier points.

• Heavy: 8
  
• Medium: 8
  
• Light: 8
  
• TD: 8
  
• SPG: 8
  
• A team must use 7 tanks to access 42 available tier points. A team with less than 7 tanks decreases their available tier points by 1 for every missing vehicle.

Victory Conditions
The winner of each round is determined as the first to 3 victories.

Each battle will last 10 minutes max.

The standard battle mode will be used for this tournament.

Schedule
Note that only 20 teams will qualify to the Major League and 40 teams will qualify to the Minor League. Teams will be placed in a multiple *elimination bracket to determine the top 20 and top 40 teams.
The full schedule will be provided at the close of registration, once the final team count has been determined. Rounds for this qualifier, and every subsequent season, will begin at 7:30PM PDT (10:30PM EST, 3:30AM UTC the following day) each scheduled day. Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out!

• Round 1 : Friday, March 1st
  
• Round 2 : Saturday, March 2nd
  
• Round 3 : Friday, March 8th
  
• Round 4 : Saturday, March 9th

Final schedule published at close of registration.

Qualification Structure*

Winners Bracket
Round of 128 teams (1/64)

• Teams must advance to the final 64 teams in order to qualify for (at minimum) the Minor league.

Round of 64 teams (1/32)

• The 32 winning teams, from this round, remain in contention for the Major League.
  
• The 32 losing teams, from this round, advance to the losers bracket and remain in contention for the Minor League.

Round of 32 teams (1/16, Winners Bracket)

• The 16 winning teams, from this round, qualify for the Major League.
  
• The 16 losing teams, from this round, qualify for a Minor League berth and remain in contention for 4 final Major League berths.

Round of 16 (1/8, Winners Bracket)

• The 8 winning teams, from this round, remain in contention for 4 final Major League berths.

Round of 8 (1/4, Winners Bracket)

• The 4 winning teams, from this round, qualify for the Major League.

Losers Bracket
Round of 32 (1/16, Losers Bracket)

• The 16 winning teams, from this round, qualify for the Minor League.
  
• The 16 losing teams remain in contention for 12 remaining Minor League berths.

Round of 16 (1/8, Losers Bracket)

• The 8 Winning teams, from this round, qualify for the Minor League.
  
• The 8 losing teams, from this round, remain in contention for 4 final Minor League Berths.

Round of 8 (1/4, Losers Bracket)

• The 4 winning teams, from this round, qualify for the Minor League.

Prizes
Prizing differs by league. The following gold prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves:

Major League

• 1st place: 200,000*
  
• 2nd place: 100,000*
  
• 3rd & 4th place: 20,000*
  
• 5th - 12th place: 2,000
  
• 500 per round victory (paid out weekly)
  
• *additional prizing to be announced

Minor League

• 1st place: 20,000
  
• 2nd place: 10,000
  
• 3rd & 4th place: 5,000
  
• 5th - 24th place: 1,000
  
• 100 per round victory (paid out weekly)

Open League

• 1st - 16th place: 500

Additional League Rules

• Teams may replace players after every season.
  
• A minimum of 3 players must return with the team, for the following season, in order to receive an invitation to the respective league.
  
• Draws are ruled in favor of the team with the tier point advantage when that advantage is equal to or greater than 8 tier points. Team captains must send a replay and a screenshot of the after battle report (including team score tab) to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com to apply this clause.

Tier 8 heavies with tier 8 arty?

NavySnipers, on Feb 12 2013 - 02:41, said:

guess so feel bad for any one who brings a Lowe or Slowe

NavySnipers, on Feb 12 2013 - 02:41, said:

Well I'm out.

NavySnipers, on Feb 12 2013 - 02:41, said:

Welcome to the official globally used pro format.


and Hurray!

Took a lot of reading comprehension, but I like it :D

Can I be a fan?  Of somebody?

cap3127, on Feb 12 2013 - 02:47, said:

I have a few fan slots left.


AW YEAH

Edit: Also, how long is a "season"?
Edited by Millardthemk, Feb 12 2013 - 02:53.

Relics, on Feb 12 2013 - 02:46, said:

I think it would be a useless to explain it to him..

That structure looks awfully familiar. I like it.

Any credit being given to Solono for developing this system for you? I know he's been working hard to develop this and has been conversing with points of contact in WGNA.
Edited by DunxtonChexton, Feb 12 2013 - 05:08.

Does this mean we will see the re-balancing of the top tier SPG's before March 1???  

No limit on number of autoloaders?

No limits are used in the official format, and tier 8 arty isn't going to be re balanced I think until 8.5/8.6

How will the maps be determined? Will teams know beforehand?

Is this tournament going to replace the current scrimmages? Cause I doubt whether my team will be able to show up on both Friday and Saturday. We only entered on the Saturday scrimmages as this was the only time all of our team members could be there.

Solono, on Feb 12 2013 - 04:59, said:

Indeed. The Russian cluster has used a system like this for more than a year now.

DunxtonChexton, on Feb 12 2013 - 05:07, said:

Did he watch Ural Steel or something?

GeneralDirection, on Feb 12 2013 - 17:38, said:

And every international event in NA, SEA, & the EU

Is this the same as the
http://worldoftanks....esports-league/