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SportsGamers, This news story is for you to understand the ECL Ranking for teams at the end of the ECL '23 Winter season. That means that this ranking determines the eligibility for teams entering various divisions this upcoming ECL '23 Spring season.    Below you will find a list of teams that have secured a division spot at the Elite, Pro or Lite league level. If you didn't find your team on the list, don't worry! You can apply for a wildcard spot for your team in the Pro qualifiers or participate in the Lite qualifiers, which are open to everyone this season. Elite 1 Elite 🏆 Tunnel Vision 2 Elite 🥈 Frölunda HC 3 Elite 3 JYP Jyväskylä 4 Elite 4 hREDS 5 Elite 5 Reality Check HC 6 Elite 6 JANO 7 Elite 7 ZSC Esports 8 Elite 8 Nordic Stars 9 Elite 9 GOONS 10 Elite 10 Färjestad BK 11 Elite 11 Falun Coal Miners 12 Elite 12 Roots Gaming 13 Elite 13 Växjö Lakers 14 Pro 🥇 ▲ Tohtorit 15 Pro 3 ▲ Örebro Hockey 16 Pro 4 ▲ Nemesis   Pro 1 Elite 14 ▼ Unlucky Boys 2 Elite 15 ▼ ISO ESPORTS 3 Elite 16 ▼ Luleå Hockey 4 Pro 🥈 Leksands IF 5 Pro 5 Be a Bro 6 Pro 6 RCTIC 7 Pro 7 Golden Nights 8 Pro 8 Djurgården Hockey 9 Pro 9 VISU Gaming 10 Pro 10 Herlev Eagles 11 Pro 11 Renascor 12 Pro 12 IK Oskarshamn 13 Pro 13 Memento 14 Pro 14 HanaaHC 15 Pro 15 Deadly Phantoms 16 Pro 16 Bjorkloven Esport 17 Pro 17 Gifu Hockey 18 Pro 18 Arkham Asylum 19 Pro 19 Lulea Hockey Academy 20 Pro 20 Valco 21 Pro 21 Bastu 22 Pro 22 Venom 23 Lite 🥇 ▲ Pirati Chomutov Esports 24 Lite 🥈 ▲ Project X 25 Lite 🥉 ▲ Gunners HC 26 Pro Qualifiers   27 Pro Qualifiers   28 Pro Qualifiers   29 Pro Qualifiers   30 Pro Qualifiers   31 Pro Qualifiers   32 Pro Qualifiers     Pro Qualifiers 1 Pro 25 Hawaii Hockey 2 Pro 26 Ace Hockey 3 Pro 27 Synergy Hockey 4 Pro 28 Company of Geeks 6 Pro 29 TTK 5 Pro 30 Inter Iceland 7 Lite 4 Six Sticks Misfits 9 Lite 5 Prestige 8 Lite 6 Herforder Ice Dragons 10 Lite 7 Vizio 11 Lite 8 Purification 12 Lite 9 Hunters 13 Wildcard   14 Wildcard   15 Wildcard   16 Wildcard     Pro Qualifier Wildcard requirements Three former Elite starters or four former Pro starters A starter is defined as having played 16 or more games in the ECL '23 Winter season, or 20 or more games in the ECL '22 Spring season If there are more players from the same team that relegated out of the Pro (in the same season) in the team applying for a wildcard, they will be counted as one player What if all Pro Qualifier positions are not filled? Teams will not be promoted straight and all open spots will be filled through qualifiers (excluding automatically relegated/promoted teams). If there happens to be more open spots than anticipated (e.g. from teams disbanding which would have been invited to play in the qualifier) spots are filled as follows: Pro Qualifiers Pro relegated teams Lite #10-16 Wildcard teams #5-8 Lite #17-32   Lite 1 Pro Qualifiers   2 Pro Qualifiers   3 Pro Qualifiers   4 Pro Qualifiers   5 Pro Qualifiers   6 Pro Qualifiers   7 Pro Qualifiers   8 Pro Qualifiers   9 Pro Qualifiers   10 Pro 29 ▼ Team NGU 11 Pro 30 ▼ Mora IK 12 Pro 31 ▼ Frolunda HC Academy 13 Lite 10 Neptune Hockey 14 Lite 11 RoKi Esports 15 Lite 12 Timrå IK Esport 16 Lite 13 Sodertalje SK 17 Lite 14 EHC Kloten eSports 18 Lite 15 NOSTREETSPORTS 19 Lite 16 DEG eSports 20 Lite 17 Lions Academy 21 Lite 18 Stone Age 22 Lite 19 Blessed Suedis 23 Lite 20 Sawolanche 24 Lite 21 Lemmenvelhot 25 Lite 22 Unique 26 Lite 23 BIG Mistake 27 Lite 24 SCB eSports 28 Lite 25 Resurrection 29 Lite 26 TROJANS 30 Lite 27 Technical Disaster 31 Lite 28 Skelleftea AIK 32 Lite 29 Ultimatum 33 Lite 30 EHC Dinamo Riga 34 Lite 31 xBOTS 35 Lite 32 Armada Hockey 36 Lite 33 Oulunsalo HT 37 Lite 34 Sunne IK Esport 38 Lite 35 Wildcats esport 39 Lite 36 PunaKala 40 Lite 37 Bad to the Bone 41 Lite 38 Ghost 42 Lite 39 Including Me 43 Lite 40 Nurnberg Ice Tigers eSport 44 Lite 41 Golden Sticks 45 Lite 42 United Front 46 Lite 43 Woodhands 47 Lite 44 Lulea Hockey Region 48 Lite 45 Saucer Hockey 49 Lite 46 Chiefzz HC 50 Lite 47 Rahinage 51 Lite 48 HC VADELMA 52 Core 🥇 ▲ Cheeky Grinders 53 Core 🥈 ▲ HC KOROBKA 54 Core 🥉 ▲ Hannover Indians eSports 55 Core 4 ▲ Deggendorfer SC Esports 56 Lite Qualifiers   57 Lite Qualifiers   58 Lite Qualifiers   59 Lite Qualifiers   60 Lite Qualifiers   61 Lite Qualifiers   62 Lite Qualifiers   63 Lite Qualifiers   64 Lite Qualifiers   All teams without an Elite, Pro or Lite league spot can participate in the Lite qualifiers without restrictions. The format of the qualifiers will be decided according to the number of participants. Promotion and relegation rules of Lite and Core will be reviewed before the start of the season.

SportsGamers, At the end of the ECL '23 Winter season, Cheeky Grinders have been crowned Champions of the Core division in their inaugural ECL Campaign. The team was dominant from start to finish, pushing into the Playoffs as the #1 seed and claiming the title with a sweep in the Finals against HC KOROBKA. Cheeky Grinders' road to the championship: #1 seed from Group 2 with the record 20-2-2 Round 1: vs Ambri eSports (16) 4-0 Quarterfinals: vs HC Pustertal eSports (12) (8) 4-1 Semifinals: vs Deggendorfer SC Esports (6) 4-1 Finals: vs HC KOROBKA (2) 4-0 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #15 @Lleppanenn #69 @keltainenankka #88 @Leppadinho DEFENSEMEN #23 @tigerrbackwoods #24 @OGPerenzo FORWARDS #27 @tonninen #77 @Yaredhagos #81 @Ekifoukka On behalf of the entire SportsGamer community, we congratulate the Champions and extend a warm thank you to all participants!