Definitions of terms

• Captain/Team Captain: A player representing the interest of their team in the Tournament. They are responsible for the organisation of their team and make decisions on behalf of them.
• The slot in the team: A place available to be taken inside a team.
• Player: A person with a World of Tanks account. All players can join a team if they want to take part in tournaments. A player who is taking part in a tournament becomes a Tournament Participant.
• Member: Any player, including a Captain, taking part in the Tournament with their team.
• Team: A group of players that work together as a single unit. Team vs Team is the standard format for eSports. Teams can consist of anything from 3 to 15 players depending on the tournament rules and format.
• Admin: The official responsible for running the tournament. All instructions given to tournament participants by the administrator must be followed.
• Game: A single battle, or game, is the base unit of a match. The terms 'battle' and game' can be used interchangeably.
• Match: A series of games that determine the winner.
• Respawn: A place on the map that is the original location of the tanks.
• Tie-Break: A decisive battle that will determine the outcome of a match — used when the previous battles could not determine a winner.
• Roster: The pre-declared setup of a team before the match.
• Best of (Bo): A victory condition. Determines the maximum number of battles that will be fought, the winner being the team that is first to win more than half the total amount — for example in a Bo3 match, the first team to reach two victories is victorious.

Tournament Rules

Match Settings:

• Battle mode: Standard.
• Team members: 14.
• Battle time: 10 minutes.
• To win a game, the team will need to destroy all enemy vehicles or capture the enemy base.
• Games will be Bo5 (first phase), Bo5 (second phase), and Bo7 for the final stage with BO9 for the final match.
• In the event of a draw (1:1, 2:2, 4:4) a tiebreaker will be played.
• If a Tiebreak match has to be played, the Tie Break owner votes for which side (attacking or defending) to play as. The voting time will be two minutes.
• The Tiebreak owner is determined according to the following criteria (in descending order of priority):
• The team that was the fastest to win while playing as the attacking side.
• The team that caused the most damage in one battle, while playing as the attacking side.
• By random designation.
• Attack/Defense mode is played as a tiebreaker.

Roster requirements:

• Teams may consist of tanks of different nations.
• You can use Premium tanks, shells, and equipment.
• There are no restrictions for either nation or vehicle Tier.
• If the team entered the battle room with missing players and none of the spare players can take their place then the team will start the battle with an incomplete composition.

Map pool:

• Karelia
• Lakeville
• Siegfried Line
• Abbey
• Murovanka
• Sandy River
• Prokhorovka
• Fisherman's bay
• Mines
• Ruinberg
• Steppes
• Himmelsdorf
• Ensk
• Cliff

Game Server:

• EU2

Replays/Restarts:

• Games cannot be replayed unless an issue with the setup causes a problem. Unfortunately, we will be unable to restart games due to disconnections or PC crashes.

Forum:

• Join us on the forum

Rewards

Second phase – Play off (8 teams)

• 1st place: 3,000 USD
• 2nd place: 1,500 USD
• 3rd-4th place: 200,000 gold + 1 year of Premium Account
• 5th-8th place: 100,000 gold + 6 months of Premium Account

Second phase group stage:

• 3rd place: 50,000 gold + 1 month of Premium Account
• 4th place: 50,000 gold + 1 month of Premium Account

First phase – Play off:

• 2nd place: 20,000 gold
• 3-4th place: 10,000 gold
• 5-8th place: 7,000 gold
• 9-16th place: 2,500 gold

Showmatch with RU winner:

• 1,000 USD

*Note: Gold rewards are per team and will be divided amongst the team members. Listed team rewards will be given out in the ratio 1/20. The total amount will be divided by 20 regardless of the number of players on the team.

*Note 2: Premium rewards are per player.

*Note 3: Cash prizes will be divided equally between the players and will be distributed via PayPal. Each winner will be contacted via the forum or their registered email address and will have to provide a valid PayPal account within 2 weeks of the reception of the message. Failing to provide the necessary info and account may result in exclusion from the prize list.

Tournament Structure and Schedule

Calendar:

• Registration opens: 1 October
• Registration closes: 11 October
• First phase – Group Stage: 13-16 October
• First phase – Play off: 20-23 October
• Second phase – Group Stage: 29-30 October
• Second phase – Play off: 1-5 November (exact dates will be communicated closer to the event)
• Showmatch with RU: 6 November 18:00 CET

Structure:

First phase – Group Stage:

• Teams will be divided into groups of 8
• The top 2 teams will advance to the playoffs
• Teams will be divided into groups randomly
• Games will be BO5
• In the event of a draw there will be a tiebreaker

First phase – Playoffs:

• The teams will be divided into 16 separate groups
• The winner of each group will advance to the next stage
• Teams progressing from the group stage will be distributed randomly (no seeding)
• Games will be BO5
• In the event of a draw there will be a tiebreaker

Second phase – Group Stage:

• The 16 playoff winners will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams
• The top 2 teams will advance to the next stage
• Games will be BO7
• In the event of a draw there will be a tiebreaker

Seeding for the last stage:

• A1 plays against B2
• B1 plays against A2
• C1 plays against D2
• D1 plays against C2

Second phase – Playoffs:

• 8 teams will play in the single elimination playoffs to decide the EU champion
• Games will be BO7 (Finals Bo9)
• In the event of a draw there will be a tiebreaker
• There may be other requirements in order to accommodate the needs of livestreamers — team captains will be contacted with further details

Showmatch:

• The EU winner will play against the winning team from RU
• The match will be BO9
• There may be other requirements in order to accommodate the needs of livestreamers — team captains will be contacted with further details in advance

Players and Teams:

• All players are allowed to participate in the tournament.
• The team should consist of a minimum of 14 players and up to 6 substitutes. The total number of players from the main and replacement roster shall not exceed 20. Teams consisting of less than 14 players are not allowed to participate in the tournament.
• Each player can only play for one team in the tournament.
• Wargaming.net staff or affiliates are not prohibited from playing, unless they are part of the tournament administration — these people will be stated in advance (only a maximum of one Wargaming.net employee or affiliate per active team is allowed).
• Once the team has been created, it cannot change its name (please be very careful when naming your team).
• Team and player names must not violate the Wargaming.net naming rules. Any team violating these rules will be disqualified. Highly offensive names may be further sanctioned with an in-game suspension.
• Teams must keep all names alpha-numeric. Teams are not allowed to use special signs, unprintable words, and similar symbols. All names have to be clearly readable.

Admins and Casters:

• The official Wargaming.net admins are Berbo, Karlie, and Soov.
• Administrators resolve disputes.
• The ruling of an Administrator is final.
• For any tournament broadcast, the official Casters will be named before the tournament starts in the official tournament forum thread.
• If any official Caster requests entrance to a game, they must be invited/added to the team.

Replays:

• Replays must be recorded by the teams for all the games and must be provided if requested. If replays are required — for example, to resolve a dispute between teams — the details as to where to send the files will be provided by the admins.
• Replays may be uploaded to the World of Tanks Replays service for easy access.
• In case of a dispute, the team captains will be contacted on the forum and will have 72 hours to reply. Failure to reply or provide the replays may result in the revoking of the victory and the removal of the prizes.
• Any action that goes against the spirit of the game, such as battle rigging or other types of abuse of the game mechanics, may lead to disqualification.