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SportsGamers, This news story is intended to help understand the ECL Ranking for teams at the end of the ECL '25: Winter season. This ranking determines the eligibility for teams entering various divisions this upcoming ECL '25: 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. Please note that the Qualifiers will be starting very soon and the registration time will be short, so start mentally and psychologically preparing for them as we look to release the ECL '25: Spring registrations later this week.   Elite 1 Elite 🏆 Parasite 2 Elite 🥈 Mustaa Kultaa 3 Elite 3 Tohtorit 4 Elite 4 Voittamaton 5 Elite 5 Mythix 6 Elite 6 The Black Jacks 7 Elite 7 EXEN 8 Elite 8 GOONS 9 Elite 9 Polski Boys 10 Elite 10 TIKI TALK 11 Elite 11 Vesa Pompa 12 Elite 12 Heimo 13 ▶ Elite 14 Renascor 14 ▲ Pro 🥇 Blackbirds 15 ▲ Pro 🥈 SSK ESPORTS 16 ▲ Pro 4 NOVA     Elite Qualifiers (if needed) 1 ▼ Elite 13 Roots Gaming 2 ▼ Elite 15 Falun Coal Miners 3 ▼ Elite 16 Unwanted 4 Pro 3 Otukset 5 Pro 5 POGGERS 6 Pro 6 RYHTIC 7 Pro 7 Ismon Valinta 8 Pro 8 Herlev Eagles   Pro 1 ▼ Elite 13 Roots Gaming 2 ▼ Elite 15 Falun Coal Miners 3 ▼ Elite 16 Unwanted 4 Pro 3 Otukset 5 Pro 5 POGGERS 6 Pro 6 RYHTIC 7 Pro 7 Ismon Valinta 8 Pro 8 Herlev Eagles 9 Pro 9 NOSTREETSPORTS 10 Pro 10 DILAC 11 Pro 11 Zenegeim 12 Pro 12 Gotham Knights 13 Pro 13 HC Lugano eSports 14 Pro 14 Aspyre 15 Pro 15 Bjorkloven Esport 16 Pro 16 The Oldtimers 17 Pro 17 Owned Hexa 18 Pro 18 Finnish Roosters 19 Pro 19 Vizio 20 Pro 20 Sawolanche 21 Pro 21 Serpentes 22 Pro 22 Golden Sticks 23 ▲ Lite 🥇 Sunne IK Esport 24 ▲ Lite 🥈 Setelikerho 25 ▲ Lite 🥉 Project X     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 '25: Winter season, or 16 or more games in the ECL '24: Spring season If there are more players from the same team that were relegated out of the division Pro (in the same season) in the team applying for a wildcard, they may be counted as one player. The League Administration reserves the right to interpretations of this depending on the specific circumstances of the situation.   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 relegated teams Wildcard teams Lite #17-32 Pro Qualifiers 1 Pro 23 Devilz 2 Pro 24 Nurnberg IceTigers eSport 3 Pro 25 Mights 4 Pro 26 Cheeky Grinders 5 Pro 27 Nordic Stars 6 Pro 28 Red Bull Munich eSports 7 Lite 4 Farmalaget 8 Lite 5 Kertoimia Vastaan 9 Lite 6 Six Sticks Misfits 10 Lite 7 Seinajoki Noms 11 Lite 8 Including Me 12 Lite 9 Puck Over Glass 13 Lite 10 Kikkakirja 14 Lite 11 MoDo Hockey 15 Lite 12 Ruuti 16 Lite 13 SSK Prospects 17 Lite 14 HC Pustertal eSports 18 Lite 15 HC VADELMA 19 Lite 16 Kolikot Esports 20 Wildcard   21 Wildcard   22 Wildcard   23 Wildcard   24 Wildcard     Lite 1 ▼ Pro 29 AFTERLIFE 2 ▼ Pro 30 Deadly Phantoms 3 ▼ Pro 31 Refuse Too Lose 4 ▼ Pro 32 Kymmenelta Clubille 5 Lite 17 Toukokuu 6 Lite 18 Hopfensmoothie HC 7 Lite 19 ACEsquad 8 Lite 20 Hockeyholics 9 Lite 21 Macho HC 10 Lite 22 Wida 11 Lite 23 Eisbaeren Lauf Gaming 12 Lite 24 VitosVitja 13 Lite 25 VBO STARS 14 Lite 26 DEG eSports 15 Lite 27 UnderRated 16 Lite 28 SCB eSports 17 Lite 29 Technical Disaster 18 Lite 30 Saucer Hockey 19 Lite 31 German Ice Gladiators 20 Lite 32 Coup de Grace 21 Lite 33 Darra Stars 22 Lite 34 Jurricanes 23 Lite 35 KohKae Esports 24 Lite 36 Black Sharks 25 Lite 37 Pata Hellalla 26 Lite 38 Carolus Icemen 27 Lite 39 Woodhands 28 Lite 40 Gleumes Hockey Krefeld 29 Lite 41 Calippo HC 30 Lite 42 BOOMERS 31 Lite 43 Team Infernus 32 Lite 44 Moscow Capitals 33 Lite 45 Taisto 34 Lite 46 Trojans 35 Lite 47 SSK Academy 36 Lite 48 Game Over Esports 37 Lite 49 Iserlohn Roosters eSports 38 Lite 50 Belissimo 39 ▲ Core🥇 Silver Sword Griffins 40 ▲ Core 🥈 KOST Wolves 41 ▲ Core 🥉 Rusty X 42 ▲ Core 4 Lutunilkat 43 ▲ Core 5 Tikitaka 44 ▲ Core 6 Turun Gasellit 45 ▲ Core 7 Karmadillos 46 ▲ Core 8 HC Last Resort All teams without an Elite, Pro, or Lite league spot can participate and choose to apply for ECL Lite without restrictions. There will be no ECL Lite qualifier for ECL '25: Spring, but a maximum of 64 teams can participate in the season, so signing up on time is encouraged. Spots will be filled in the order of registration. As always, League Administration will monitor sign-ups and reserve the right to step in to make sure teams don't sign up too high or low compared to their perceived skill level.

  The ECL is the pinnacle of European NHL esports. The abbreviation stands for the European Championship League and it features NHL 6v6 esports in five divisions aimed at various skill levels. Every player, including the goalies, is controlled by a human. League games are played in the EASHL mode and the platform is PlayStation and Xbox. ECL has been played since 2015, so the upcoming season is already the 20th. The latest addition to the ECL product family is a 1v1 tournament, where Europe's best solo players fight for the championship. ECL 1v1 has been played since the ECL '23 Winter season.   Basic information/requirements of ECL: Regional restrictions: ECL is a European tournament format, however, we do not necessarily exclude players located in North America or Asia. A European server will always be used. We reserve the right to exclude teams or players in case of severe connection issues.   Individual requirements: Each player needs to have an account at SportsGamer.GG and create their personal player card.   ECL licenses: Teams in ECL Elite & ECL Pro, ECL Lite, and ECL Core will require their respective ECL ‘25: Winter team licenses in order to play. In addition, every player in the above-mentioned divisions needs to have a valid ECL ‘25: Player License or ECL ‘25: Winter Player License before taking the ice. Players in ECL Neo require only an ECL '25: Winter Neo Player License.   Rules: The ECL '25: Spring rulebook will be an updated version of the '25 Spring Winter, you can check out last season's rules here. The decision regarding the Banned Abilities conversation will be communicated this week.   The divisions framework for the ECL ‘25 season will follow the same logic as for previous seasons. We will have a total of five divisions with the following team allocation: Elite 16 teams Pro 32 teams Lite 64 teams Core (up to) 128 teams and Neo 32+ teams.   Please refer to this ECL Ranking in order to understand which teams are eligible to sign up for each division. Generally speaking, teams that are new to the ECL will start in the Neo or Core division. However, it is possible to apply for the ECL Lite qualifications to prove that you can compete at that level.   Don't have a team yet? Team looking for additions to your roster? If you are a free agent looking to be picked up,  please head over here . If you are representing a team looking for players, please head over here.     Hall of Fame: The ECL Champions so far ECL 6v6: ECL 1: Nordic Blizzard ECL 2: Mukimiehet ECL 3: X Factor ECL 4: Laser HT ECL 5: Aapon Taikasauva ECL 6: Carlsberg HC ECL 7: FILADELPHIA ECL 8: Written In the Stars ECL 9: Linköping HC ECL 10: HAVU Gaming ECL 11: FILADELPHIA ECL 12: hREDS ECL '22: Grand Champion: hREDS ECL '22 Winter: hREDS ECL '22 Spring: hREDS ECL '23: Grand Champion: Tunnel Vision ECL '23 Winter: Tunnel Vision ECL '23 Spring: Tunnel Vision ECL '24: Winter Champion: hREDS ECL '24: Spring Champion: Tunnel Vision ECL '25: Winter Champion: Parasite   ECL 1v1: ECL '23: Winter: Sisu "sisu33_" Nurminen ECL '23: Spring: Väinö "Pikkarii" Pikkarainen ECL '24: Grand Champion: Teemu "Temppanen" Karvonen ECL '24: Winter: Erik "EkiOriginal" Tammenpää ECL '24: Spring: Väinö "Pikkarii" Pikkarainen