NHLGamers,
We're happy to have had a good amount of teams register for the ECL Warmup Tournament, which starts today! The exact number of teams registered were 27 for the Elite & Pro-tournament, 112 for the Lite & Core tournament and 54 for the Neo & Newcomers tournament.
Here's how it's all going to unfold:
Elite & Pro
Groups
Schedule
- Three groups holding 9 teams each
- Double-header gamedays
- Regular season 18.11 - 8.12
- Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Five teams from each group make playoffs + best 6th ranked team (BO3)
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Playoff dates:
- 9-12.12 (RO16)
- 13-14.12 (Quarterfinals)
- 15-16.12 (Semifinals)
- 19-20.12 (Finals)
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Playoff dates:
Lite & Core
Groups
Schedule
Please note that some changes have been made to the format due to the amount of teams signed up. Mainly one playoff round has been added.
- Ten groups holding 11-12 teams each
- Double-header gamedays
- Regular season 18.11 - 6.12
- Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Six teams from each group make playoffs + four best 7th ranked teams (BO3)
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Playoff dates:
- 8-9.12 (RO64)
- 12-13.12 (RO32)
- 14-15.12 (RO16)
- 16-19.12 (Quarterfinals)
- 20.12 (Semifinals)
- 21.12 (Finals)
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Playoff dates:
Neo & Newcomers
Groups
Schedule
- Six groups holding 9 teams each
- Double-header gamedays
- Regular season 18.11 - 6.12
- Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Five teams from each group make playoffs + two best 6th ranked teams (BO3)
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Playoff dates:
- 8-9.12 (RO32)
- 12-13.12 (RO16)
- 14-15.12 (Quarterfinals)
- 16-19.12 (Semifinals)
- 20-21.12 (Finals)
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Playoff dates:
Rules
We hope you all enjoy and remember to play by the rules! Although the Warmup Tournament will not be under as strict scrutiny as the ECL, we want to remind you to respect your opponents and go about the games just as you would when playing real ECL league matchups.
Tiebreakers
If teams are tied in points after the group stage, we will utilize these usual tiebreakers *
- Wins (including OT-wins)
- Head-to-head record (points in mutual games)
- Goal difference (across all games played)
- Scored goals (across all games played)
*In the event of the tiebreakers being applied to teams from differing group sizes, ‘wins’ will be
represented as a percentage, head-to-head will naturally be disregarded, goal difference will be made
into an ‘average per game’ amount, goals scored will (like goal difference before it) be converted into
an ‘average per game’, then finally, if all else fails to break the tie between two teams, a coin flip will
decide.
Playoffs
Playoff teams will be seeded against all playoff-bound teams from best to worst according to the system detailed below, as well as with the general tiebreakers mentioned above
- Group winners
- Group runners-up
- Teams that finished 3rd
- Teams that finished 4th
- Teams that finished 5th
- Teams that finished 6th
We hope you're as excited as we are to get back into the action - have fun!
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