Hi, NHLGamers!
ECL 9 Elite season is just around the corner and you might have seen there were only 15 sign ups in ECL Elite. There is a need for one extra team in Elite and regarding this matter we leaned towards the rule book. The following rule was used to solve this matter:
”… If after this there are still spots to be filled in Elite, the best two teams from either pool (Elite relegates & Pro quarter-finalists) will play each other. These teams will be seeded based on points during the last season and wins in the most recent playoffs respectively. If, however, there are more spots to be filled than just one, a mini tournament can be announced, if there is enough time for it to be played out in full. In the latter case, League Administration will decide on the method best suited for the time available.”
We contacted teams by order and the two best seeded ECL 8 Elite relegated teams (Resurrection and Synergy Hockey) accepted to play for the spot. Next we moved to the ECL 8 Pro quarterfinalists. We contacted the two best seeded teams (Gotham Knights and Mentula SKA), out of which Gotham Knights were up for the challenge, whereas Mentula SKA unfortunately had disbanded. The Next Gen was next in line but they were disbanded as well. The last option was SIKA but they did not respond to our communication. Thus the Wildcard Series will be organized between three teams.
Tournament format
The Wildcard series will be determined by a best-of-three double elimination tournament:
1) We start with two teams meeting up
2) Winner of that match-up faces the third team
3) Loser of the first matchup faces the loser of the second matchup
4) Winner of the loser matchup faces the winner from matchup 2
5) If the above is won by the undefeated team, it's all over and we have our winner.
6) If the loser in the pair above is a team who only lost for the first time the teams play another BO3.
7) At the latest, we have our winner here.
Schedule
Sunday 10.11.2019
21:00 CET Synergy Hockey vs Resurrection BO3 2-0
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Monday 11.11.2019
19:30 CET Synergy Hockey vs Gotham Knights BO3 2-1
21:30 CET Losers' finals BO3 Resurrection vs Gotham Knights 0-2
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Tuesday 12.11.2019
20:30 CET Finals Synergy Hockey vs Gotham Knights BO3
22:00 CET The 2nd Final if needed BO3
The first BO3 series between Synergy Hockey and Resurrection was streamed and can be viewed below:
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