ECL '24: Winter - Qualifiers Update

SportsGamers,

Plenty of speculation has been rumbling around about which teams will be filling open spots left by disbanded teams in the European Top 16, and we're here to shed some light on the Qualifier process!

UPDATE ON THE ELITE QUALIFIERS

At the moment, two spots were left open by the disbanded Tohtorit and Reality Check teams. We have invited a total of six teams from ECL '23: Spring - Pro to participate in the Qualifiers, based on their success the previous season. As many of you have seen, Golden Nights decided to decline their invitation and Purification will be taking their place as the next best team up. 

Here is a list of the participating teams:

Purification
RCTIC
Renascor
Unwanted
Deadly Phantoms
POGGERS

Schedule
Group stage: 8.11-15.11.
Playoffs (BO5): 16.11.

The group stage consists of double-headers against each opponent. The four best teams advance to the Playoffs, out of which the winners of each BO5 series will advance to ECL '24: Winter - Elite.

UPDATES ON THE FORMATS OF THE PRO AND LITE QUALIFIERS

ECL '24: Winter - Pro holds a total of 17 open spots, meaning that the Qualifier Stage 2 will not be played. The four best teams out of the Qualifier groups will advance to ECL '24: Winter - Pro, whereas the rest will play in the playoffs for the last remaining spot. The winner of the playoffs will clinch the last available Pro spot, whereas the remaining teams will play in ECL '24: Winter - Lite.

ECL '24: Winter - Lite will allow for all Qualifier teams to enter the division, as long as said Qualifier teams have proven a willingness and ability to compete in the Qualifiers.