Highlander Nations Cup #9: Home

Schedule

We’re trying to wrap up the Nations Cup as much as possible before the next highlander season.

Captains Application: CLOSED
Signups: CLOSED

Groups Round 1: 13th July – 20th July
Groups Round 2: 21th July – 27th July
Groups Round 3: 28th July – August 2nd

Round of 32: Sunday 3rd – Friday 8th
Teams are allowed to reschedule at will. Just make sure it doesn’t cause conflicts with other games/delays the entire bracket.

Round of 16: Saturday 9th 21h15
Quarter Final: Sunday 10th 21h15
Semi-Finals: Saturday 16th 21h15
Finals & 3rd place: Sunday 17th 21h15

Format

The highest seeded teams will be divided into two swiss groups. To avoid byes you will notice these groups do not contain the same amount of teams. The other teams will be placed in one of five round-robin groups.

All teams in the Swiss B group will join the 2 top from each round-robin group in the initial round of 32. The winners of those initial games will play a team from Swiss A group in the round of 16.

Sample bracket below, seeding subject to change:

Group Stage will consist out of 3 weeks and playoffs will be single elimination with matches getting default dates on:

• Date of Round of 32, Round of 16 and Quarter Finals to be confirmed
• August 10th (Semi Finals + 3rd Place Match & Grand Finals)

Map Pool

• pl_upward_f12
• pl_vigil_rc10
• koth_product_final
• koth_ashville_final1
• cp_steel_f12

Map Rotation Group Stage

Week 1: pl_upward_f12
Week 2: koth_product_final
Week 3: pl_vigil_rc10