NHLGamers,
Ahead of the first ever ECL Winter for the '22 season, we have some qualifying ahead of us and with that, let's get right to it with the info to follow below:
Firstly, ECL '22 Winter Pro and Lite Qualifiers will start officially on Monday, December 13th.
The Qualifiers will be completed at an intensive pace, and therefore it is advisable for teams participating in the Qualifiers not to attend our ECL Warmup playoffs. Here are the schedules for the respective Qualifiers (all dates in December):
NOTE! The games of Monday 13th will be moved to Thursday 16th due to issues caused by the newest EA Sports NHL tuner.
Pro Qualifiers:
Round 1: Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th
Round 2: Sunday 19th, Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st
BO5 series (where needed): Wednesday 22nd
Lite Qualifiers:
Round 1: Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th
BO5 series (where needed): Sunday 19th, Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd
In our Lite & Pro Qualifier registartions article, we stated the following logic as a basis of filling potential open spots in divisions and Qualifiers:
Based on that logic, to fill the available spots after sign-ups, the following ECL 12 Lite teams have gained the right to participate in the Pro Qualifier:
Spirit
AfroDunk
Baby Goons
Due to us having a total of seven Pro Wildcard applicants fulfilling the requirements for a Pro Qualifier Wildcard spot, we made the decision to allow these teams play a pre-qualifier determining which teams will get the four Pro Qualifier spots. The teams not entered into the Pro Qualifier will be entered into the Wildcard spots in the Lite Qualifier.
Below are the Wildcard teams:
Alliance HT
Bastu
Fiasko
Nemesis
Prima eSport
Vaxjo Lakers
WannaCry
After sign-ups closed and the number of available spots was determined, none of the ECL 12 Lite relegated teams were interested in participating, due to that the following ECL 12 Core teams have gained the right to participate in the Lite Qualifier.
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Lite Qualifier teams:
Teams that applied and are eligible for an ECL '22 Winter Lite Wildcard spot:
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The Lite Qualifier teams will be played in two stages, here is a breakdown of the structure:
Four groups, six teams - the Top 2 out of each group will gain direct promotion to Lite, the Mid 2 will advance to stage 2 and the Bottom 2 will play in Core.
The remaining eight teams will clash for best-of-five series to determine the who will gain spots in the Lite division.
We wish all participating good luck in the Qualifiers, play hard, play fair and most importantly have fun!