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SportsGamers, With the signups for both ECL '23 Spring Lite, Pro and Elite now closed, we have determined the final amount of open spots in our three highest divisions. ECL Elite had 15 returning teams signed up, which caused the need for Qualifiers for the 16th spot. As a result, we have invited four teams to join the Qualifiers, which will be played as a group stage, followed by a best-of-five Playoff series between the top two teams. The invited teams were the teams seeded 17-20 in the ECL divisional framework based on the results at the end of the ECL '23 Winter season. In ECL Pro, we had 21 returning teams signed up, with one team being promoted from the ECL Elite Qualifiers putting the total at 20 teams. This means that ECL '23 Pro had 12 open spots to fill. As a result, all teams that qualified from the first stage of the ECL '23 Spring Pro Qualifiers have earned spots in the Pro division. The ECL Lite division will consist of 34 returning teams, four teams from the ECL Pro Qualifiers and the remaining 26 open spots will be filled through the ECL Lite Qualifiers. As a result, the qualification process in the ECL '23 Spring Lite Qualifiers have been modified as follows: The top five teams of each group will earn spots in ECL '23 Spring Lite, the teams seeded #21-#28 will then enter the Playoffs, where round 1 winners will secure a Lite spot. Losers will advance to round 2, where the winners will secure the remaining two Lite spots. Here are the teams signed up in the Elite, Pro and Lite divisions, and an illustration of how Qualifiers will work: ECL '23 Spring 1 Tunnel Vision 2 Frölunda HC 3 JYP Jyväskylä 4 hREDS 5 Reality Check HC 6 Heimo 7 ZSC eSports 8 Nordic Stars 9 Goons 10 Färjestad BK 11 Redhawks Esport 12 Roots Gaming 13 Tohtorit 14 Orebro Hockey 15 Nemesis 16 ECL '23 Spring Elite Qualifiers 1 OTUKSET 2 Luleå Hockey 3 Leksands IF 4 Be a Bro ECL '23 Spring Pro 1 OTUKSET 2 Luleå Hockey 3 Leksands IF 4 Be a Bro 5 Golden Nights 6 Djurgården Hockey 7 RCTIC 8 Renascor 9 IK Oskarshamn 10 Exerceo 11 Herlev Eagles 12 Deadly Phantoms 13 Bjorkloven Esport 14 Gifu Hockey 15 Arkham Asylum 16 Valco 17 Bastu 18 Venom 19 Pirati Chomutov eSports 20 Project X 21 Gunners HC 22 Hawaii Hockey 23 Brynäs IF 24 Eisbaeren Lauf Gaming 25 Prestige 26 Red Bull Munich eSports 27 Vizio 28 Purification 29 HV71 30 N0VA 31 Polski Boys 32 SIKA 33 Neptune Hockey ECL '23 Spring Lite 1 Company of Geeks 2 Frolunda HC Academy 3 Timrå IK Esport 4 EHC Kloten eSports 5 Mora IK 6 RoKi Esports 7 Sodertalje SK 8 NOSTREETSPORTS 9 Duesseldorfer EG eSports 10 Lions Academy 11 Blessed Suedis 12 Nappula 13 Sawolanche 14 SCB eSports 15 TROJANS 16 Technical Disaster 17 Skelleftea AiK 18 Ultimatum 19 EHC Dinamo Riga 20 xBOTS 21 Armada Hockey 22 Sunne IK Esport 23 Wildcats esport 24 PunaKala 25 Tupsukorvat 26 Ghost 27 Including Me 28 Nurnberg IceTigers eSport 29 Golden Sticks 30 Woodhands 31 Saucer Hockey 32 Chiefzz HC 33 Rahinage 34 HC VADELMA 35 Cheeky Grinders 36 HC Korobka 37 Hannover Indians eSports 38 Deggendorfer SC Esports 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 ECL '23 Spring Lite Qualifiers 1 Black Hurricanes 2 Boost HC 3 Canucks Hockey 4 Clowns 5 Dragons Gaming 6 Ducktales BK 7 EHC Olten eSports 8 Fiilis Hockey 9 Freunde des Alkohols 10 HC JEUSSEN 11 HC Lugano eSports 12 HC Pustertal eSports 13 Hc Replay 14 Karhukissat 15 MoDo Hockey 16 Mustaa Kultaa 17 Northern Dust 18 Pirati Chomutov academy 19 Predators 20 Progress 21 Seinajoki Noms 22 Shameful Knights 23 Showtimes 24 Dark Wild 25 Stadin Kingit 26 Supernatural 27 Swedish Stars 28 Western Express

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.