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SportsGamers, not only Division 1 hockey was played in the DACH area! The Swiss NLA team of Ambri eSports secured the Division 2 title in the German Championship League and secured promotion to the top 16 of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Despite starting into the playoffs as the lowest seed, the Swiss outfit managed to cruise through the postseason including two sweeps and a breathtaking game 7 drama in the semifinals. Ambri Forward Kris @iWeeb22 Webdano secured the topscoring title in the regular season (26G + 35A in 16GP) aswell as the playoffs (24G + 25A in 15 GP). On behalf of the whole SportsGamer community we would like to congratulate Ambri eSports and a warm thank you to all other participants in Division 2! Ambri eSports' road to the Championship: #8 overall seed from group 2 with the record 8-6-2 Quarterfinals: vs EV Duisburg (1) 4-0 Semifinals: vs Old Primates (2) 4-3 Finals: vs EHC Olten eSports (3) 4-0 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #39 Roman @FrenchGoalie Lefebrve DEFENSEMEN #85 Samuele @Bergente85 Del Curto (A) #89 Brendan @JPBROO Laroux (C) FORWARDS #9 Kris @iWeeb22 Webdano #10 John @x-bluewhite-x Leclair #21 Sakari @Sekotettu Kaulaote #24 Giulio @Giulio2497 Costa #69 Hector @flamingo81403 Savage (A) #70 Crazy @Barclay11 Machete We wish all DACH teams good luck in the upcoming ECL'23 Spring!

SportsGamers, The ECL '23 Spring Lite & Pro Qualifiers kick off today and we're in for a bunch of exciting gamedays leading up to the regular season, as the Qualifier teams will need to fight tooth and nail for open spots in both divisions. At the moment, Pro holds seven open spots while the Lite division holds nine open spots. The amount may increase if teams eligible to sign up for the respective divisions drop out. ECL '23 Spring Lite Qualifiers Schedule Group stage: 9.-16.4.2023 Playoffs Round 1: 17.4.2023 (if needed) Playoffs Round 2: 18.4.2023 (if needed) Playoffs Round 3: 19.4.2023 (if needed) Playoffs Round 4: 20.4.2023 (if needed) Playoffs Round 5: 23.4.2023 (if needed) The following teams will be taking part in the Lite division Qualifiers: Lite Qualifiers 1 Clowns 2 Ducktales BK 3 Freunde des Alkohols 4 HC JEUSSEN 5 Karhukissat 6 Pirati Chomutov academy 7 Predators 8 Boost HC 9 Canucks Hockey 10 Dragons Gaming 11 EHC Olten eSports 12 Fiilis Hockey 13 Northern Dust 14 Progress 15 Shameful Knights 16 Black Hurricanes 17 HC Lugano eSports 18 Seinajoki Noms 19 Showtimes 20 Skelleftea AIK 21 Swedish Stars 22 HC Pustertal eSports 23 Hc Replay 24 MoDo Hockey 25 Mustaa Kultaa 26 Stadin Kingit 27 Supernatural 28 Team Radis 29 Western Express The Lite Qualifiers will hold four groups, out of which the top two teams in each group will be securing a spot in the Lite division. The Playoff format will be announced on April 14th, when the Lite division signups have closed and the final number of Lite spots open has been determined. See the groups and schedule on the league page here. ECL '23 Spring Pro Qualifiers Schedule Group stage 1: 9.-13.4.2023 Group stage 2: 16.-18.4.2023 Playoffs Round 1: 20.4.2023 (if needed) The following teams will be taking part in the ECL Pro Qualifiers: Pro Qualifiers 1 Pro 25 Hawaii Hockey 2 Pro 27 Brynäs IF 3 Pro 28 Company of Geeks 4 Pro 29 Eisbaeren Lauf Gaming 5 Lite 5 Prestige 6 Lite 6 Red Bull Munich eSports 7 Lite 7 Vizio 8 Lite 8 Purification 9 Wildcard HV71 10 Wildcard N0VA 11 Wildcard Polski Boys 12 Wildcard SIKA 13 Pro 32 ▼ Frolunda HC Academy 14 Lite 10 Neptune Hockey 15 Lite 12 Timrå IK Esport 16 Lite 13 EHC Kloten eSports The Pro Qualifiers will also hold four groups, out of which the top three teams in each group will be advancing to stage 2 (two groups - six teams) of the Qualifiers. The top three teams of each group in stage 2 will secure a spot in ECL '23 Spring Pro. The Playoff format will be announced on April 14th, when the Pro division signups have closed and the final number of Pro spots open has been determined. See the groups and schedule on the league page here.