ECL '22 Winter: Neo Playoffs - Round 1

 NHLGamers,

The ECL '22 Winter Neo Playoffs are here and we have got some very strong teams that are ready to go to war in the postseason. In Neo, the playoffs consist of the top 6 teams from each group being seeded against other teams who finished in the same position (e.g. group winners are seeded #1-4, group runners-up are seeded #5-8 and so on.). The first round of the playoffs will start on Sunday the 6th of February 2022 and end on Friday the 11th of February 2022.

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

• Round 1 6.-11.2
• Round 2 13.-18.2
• Quarters 20.-25.2
• Semis 27.2.-6.3
• Finals TBA

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.

Here are the matchups for round 1 of the ECL '22 Winter Neo Playoffs:

(9) HC JEUSSEN vs Absolute (24)

(10) Oldies Hockey Club vs Engerau Pythons (23)

(11) Team IronFist vs Starbulls Esport (22)

(12) GKS Tychy Esports vs EHC Kaernten (21)

(13) SWISS TIGERS vs The Flying Elbows (20)

(14) London Lightning vs Black Wings HC (19)

(15) Pirates eSports Origins vs Crocodiles Hamburg eSports (18)

(16) EC Bad Nauheim eSports vs Caterpillar HC (17)

Good luck for everyone!