ESEA League Season 57 Playoff Schedule

Matches must be played by the following evening from the scheduled default match time. For example, if the default day for your match is May 28th, you can play the match anytime before May 28 or up until the evening of the 29th. You can play before the 24-hour window if both teams agree to a time on the match page and open a ticket so a staff member can schedule it. However, you cannot play after the following day, so please rearrange your work schedules, dates, or anything else that can conflict with the playoff dates. Matches will be forfeited if they have not been completed after the evening following the set default day.

Europe 

Starting with Season 57 in Europe, we’re making a pretty big change to how the league groups work. Instead of dumping hundreds of teams into one giant starting group like we used to, we’re splitting them into smaller sub-groups. Each sub-group will run its own full regular season and its own playoff bracket, and then the winners from those will head into the Season Finals to decide the overall champion.

More about the revised grouping system can be found here.

• Advanced - 32 teams make playoffs,
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until the best 4 teams are determined (2 from the Upper Bracket, 2 from the Lower Bracket)
• Main - 48 teams make playoffs in each of the two (2) sub-groups (96 teams combined)
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination brackets until the best 2 teams are determined (1 from the Upper Bracket, 1 from the Lower Bracket)
• Intermediate - 48 teams make playoffs in each of the four (4) sub-groups (192 combined)
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination brackets until the best (1) team is determined.
• Entry - 64 teams make playoffs in each of the four (4) sub-groups (248 combined)
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination brackets until the best (1) team is determined.
• Open10 - 64 teams make playoffs in each of the four (4) sub-groups (248 combined)
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination brackets until the best (1) team is determined.
• Open9 - 48 teams make playoffs
  • Bo3 Single-Elimination bracket
• Open1-8 - 96 teams make playoffs
  • Bo3 Single-Elimination bracket

*winners advance to Season Finals

North America

• Advanced - 24 teams make playoffs,
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until the best 4 teams are determined (2 from the Upper Bracket, 2 from the Lower Bracket)
• Main - 48 teams make playoffs
  • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until the best 4 teams are determined (2 from the Upper Bracket, 2 from the Lower Bracket)
• Intermediate - 96 teams make playoffs
  • Bracket A - 32 Teams BO3, Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until the best 4 teams are determined (2 from the Upper Bracket, 2 from the Lower Bracket)
  • Bracket B - 64 Teams BO3 Double-Elimination bracket until 16 teams are determined
• Open9-10 - 176 teams make playoffs
  • Bracket A - 48 Teams, Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until the best 4 teams are determined (2 from the Upper Bracket, 2 from the Lower Bracket)
  • Bracket B - 128 Teams, Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket until 32 teams are determined
• Open1-8 - 128 teams make playoffs
  • Bo3 Single-Elimination bracket

*winners advance to Season Finals

Season finals (Europe and North America)

• Asia

  • Open - 32 teams make playoffs
    • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket with a Bo5 Grand Finals

• Australia

  • Open - 24 teams make playoffs
    • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket with a Bo5 Grand Finals

• South America

  • Open - 24 teams make playoffs
    • Bo3 Double-Elimination bracket with a Bo5 Grand Finals

Default Times per region:

• OCE: 7:30PM AEST
• AP: 7:30PM (Asia-Pacific/Singapore)
• EU: 7:30PM CEST (Berlin)
• ZA: 7:30PM SAST
• NA: 7:30PM Chicago
• SA: 7:30PM BRT (Sao Paulo)
• ME: 7:30 PM Arabia Standard Time

*Asia (SEA/AP)
*South Africa (ZA)
*Australia (OCE/AU)
*South America (SA)
*Middle East (ME)