ECL '22 Spring Neo Playoffs: Round 1

SportsGamers,

It's time to kick off the playoffs in our Neo division! First of all, congrats to all teams who made it to this point, and to those who end their season now, we hope you'll be back stronger next time. A total of 24 teams have qualified, out of which the eight best teams based on PPG will receive a bye for the first round. The rest of the teams will be seeded based on PPG and play each other in the first round, after which we will continue as usual. The first round of the playoffs will start on Sunday the 8th of May 2022 and end on Thursday the 12th of May 2022.

Here is a full schedule of the ECL '22 Spring Neo playoffs:

• Round-of-32: 08.05 – 12.05 (BO5)
• Round-of-16: 15.05 – 25.05 (BO5)
• Quarterfinals: 30.05 – 02.06 (BO5)
• Semifinals: 05.06 – 08.06 (BO5)
• Finals: 12.06 (BO5)

For the relevant rules regarding these playoffs, please find extracts from the ECL Rulebook below. Essentially, each series will be a best-of-five and the higher seeded team will play 'at home' first, then alternate back and forth with the lower seeded team. 

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5.9 ECL Neo Playoffs

In ECL Neo, 24 teams will make the playoffs. These 24 teams will be made up of the top 6 from each of the 4 groups. The top two teams from each group will progress directly to the second round (seeds 1 – 8), whilst the remaining teams (seeds 9 – 24) will play in the first round, with the victor joining the top 8 seeds in the second round. As is the case with ECL Lite, the teams will be seeded based on finishing position within their group, as well as the tiebreakers mentioned in 11.3.

Click here to view the matchups for round 1 of the ECL '22 Spring Neo Playoffs

Good luck for everyone!