With Season 27 in the playoff stages the season is over for the majority of teams. However there is still over a month to go till the insomnia61 LAN kicks off, but do not worry as here at ETF2L we have a series of summer cups both serious and fun planned over the next month.

There will be a cup run each week. In this post we will have info on the first two of the four cups, the schedule and info for the later pair of cups will be released after the first two have concluded as these cups are still in planning stages. If you have any ideas that you would like to see for a short weekend cup let us know either on discord or in the comments.

Basketball 2on2 Cup #6

The first cup in this series will be a BBall Cup running over the 28th, 29th and 30th of July. There will be four team groups with the bo1 games taking place on Friday the 28th. The top two teams from each group will proceed to the single elimination knockout stages which will be run over Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th. These will be bo1 until the Semi Finals from which point on all games will be bo3.

Sign-ups for Basketball 2on2 Cup #6 will be open until Thursday 27th 21:00 CEST. All group matches without submitted results by Friday 28th 23:59 CEST will be coinflipped. The rules for the cup can be seen [here] or under the rules tab.

All games will be played on ctf_ballin_sky, and freezecam must be set off. There are only 128 spots so make sure you signup ASAP to ensure you get a spot!

Signups are Open Now!

Signups: 19th of July – 27th of July

Friday 28th of July

19:00 CEST – Group Game 1 (BO1)
20:00 CEST – Group Game 2 (BO1)
21:00 CEST – Group Game 3 (BO1)

Saturday 29th of July

19:00 CEST – Knockout Game 1 (BO1)
20:00 CEST – Knockout Game 2 (BO1)
21:00 CEST – Knockout Game 3 (BO1)

Sunday 30th of July

19:00 CEST – Quarter Finals (BO1)
20:00 CEST – Semi Finals (BO3)
21:15 CEST – Grand Finals/Third Place (BO3)

 

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Two of the most experience-filled rosters in prem lock horns in this do-or-die match. We’ve never seen these two in a best of three before (thanks to LEGO‘s hiatus last season) but expect fireworks from both teams nontheless. LEGO have proven they’re capable of picking up from where they left off by taking a map from Se7en in their first round game, and will look to surpass their rivals who finished a mere two points ahead of them in the regular season. Arctic Foxes will be hungry for the chance to make it two grand finals out of two, and will be out for blood, but don’t write off the possibility that small plastic men will triumph over one of nature’s most deadly predators.

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The opening games of the playoffs of this season of ETF2L have given us two teams to go head-to-head for an immediate place in the Grand Final. The first is Se7en, the powerhouse of EU with a season win-streak of 6, stretching all the way back to 2015. With kaidus reintroduced to the roster, they’ve looked pretty much unassailable all season save for a one-map upset at the hands of Unexpected, who aren’t in these playoffs. The challenger is Lowpander, a team who improved on last season’s placing to reach the top 4 thanks to the introduction of Funs and Crayon to a roster filled with very experienced talent, most notably the monster pocket uubers, who drops above 10k dpm most maps. This could be as tight a test as Se7en get this season, so be sure not to miss it on tonight’s stream.

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Down below are this seasons provisional tiers. If you cant find your team it could be due to your recently changing your team name. Unhappy about your place? Feel free to contact us over at http://etf2l.org/support/. These tiers are still subjected to change if teams make a good case as to why they should be moved.

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Previously we only announced dates for seasons when the announcement post was made. From this post on we are planning on having quarterly news posts stating the provisional schedule with the dates for the upcoming seasons over the next 6 months these posts will be posted around the first of January, April, July and October. There is also a google calendar with all this information that can be viewed here, or under the league tab.

These posts will only contain provisional dates for 6v6 and HL seasons and will not include most cups as these are usually not planned far ahead and are subject to significant schedule changes far closer to the announcement. As these dates will be provisional they are not final and while they are not expected to change significantly more concrete dates will be published in a seasons announcement post or home page.

For the period approximately 1 July 2017 – 31 December 2017:

Season 27

21 May – 7 July Regular Season
9 July – 26 July Postseason Playoffs

Highlander Season 13

26 June – 14 July Signups
8 July – 15 July Preseason Playoffs
16 July – 20 August Regular Season
27 August – 10 September Postseason Playoffs

Season 28

3 September – 16 September Signups
10 September – 16 September Preseason Playoffs
17 September – 5 November Regular Season
5 November – 19 November Postseason Playoffs

Highlander Season 14

29 October – 11 November Signups
5 November – 11 November Preseason Playoffs
12 November – 16 December Regular Season
7 January – 20 January Postseason Playoffs

There will be preseason cups preceding all major seasons shortly before or during signups.

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