With the NHL 23 season in high gear, we have the traditional regional Championships to play for and with that we're glad to announce the return of the Swedish Championship League!
The fifth iteration of the SCL makes its long awaited return this spring, and we're excited to see the best Swedish gamers back on the virtual ice again amidst the grind of the unusually high-action NHL competitive season.
To cap off the fourth season of the SCL, Manos secured their 6v6 title and Henrik @Eken45jr Eklund was able to achieve his fourth consecutive 1v1 title. According to the SCL ruleset, both will receive an invitation to join this years SCL as the #1 seed in the playoffs.
The 2023 SCL season will feature a prize pool of 75 000 SEK combined for the 1v1 and 6v6 sides of the league. Participation this season will require the purchase of an SCL 2023 Player License that costs 5,5 EUR or approximately 62 SEK depending on the exchange rate. The license will allow for participation in both the SCL 6v6 and 1v1 leagues for the 2023 season.
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Schedule
Default gamedays for the SCL 2023 season will be Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.
Registrations for SCL 1v1 are open now, until Sunday, 9th of April.
Registration: 20.3-9.4.2023
Regular season: 12.-26.4.
Playoffs:
RO32: 29.4.
RO16: 3.5.
Quarterfinals: 6.5.
TOP4: 7.5.*
* The Schedule is preliminary and will be confirmed later.
SIGN UP FOR 6v6 HERE!
Registrations for SCL 6v6 are open now, until Sunday, 9th of April.
Registration: 20.3-9.4.2023
Regular season: 11.-23.4.
Playoffs:
RO16: 27.-30.4.
Quarterfinals: 4.-7.5.
Semifinals:11.-14.5.
Bronze & Finals: 26.5.*
* The Schedule is preliminary and will be confirmed later.
Eligibility
In the development of our regional leagues, the main objective has been creating a structure that allows all of the regional communities to shine, while strengthening each tournament’s own unique identity and sense of national pride. In the interest of solidifying an identity for the SCL that has a stronger native focus while also avoiding scheduling issues for especially the two concurrently running tournaments (eHSM & the SCL), player participation in the SCL will exclude that player from participating in the eHSM.
However, for this season, Swedish players will be allowed to compete in both tournaments simultaneously.
'Player participation' is defined as being listed on the roster of a team participating in the SCL. In short, non-Swedish players can not be listed in the roster for teams in both the SCL and the eHSM.
For SCL 2023, two non-Swedish players will be allowed per team on ice in a game – under very specific conditions. Here they are:
Outside of the Swedish championship (SCL). The German (GCL), Finnish (eHSM), and Czech and Slovak (CSCL) communities will be defined as the “major communities” for the purposes of this text.
Players hailing from nations that currently do not have a region-based championship to sign up for – one where they are allowed to play free of restrictions and are counted as the main target demographic – will be defined as “minor communities” for the purposes of this text.
All teams must always feature a minimum of 4 Swedish players in their on-ice lineup
- Teams may feature a maximum of two non-Swedish players on ice if both players are from a minor community (for example: Danish, Norwegian, Latvian)
- Teams may feature a maximum of two non-Swedish players on ice if one player is from a major community (German, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Slovak) and the other player from a minor community
- Teams may NOT feature two non-Swedish players on ice if both those players are from a major community (German, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Slovak)
Below you will find an image to help illustrate this rule clarification:
The 1vs1 portion of the SCL is available only for Swedish citizens.
We hope you are as excited as us to take the ice and battle for the Swedish Championship once again! Tough battles and some heated rivalries are to be expected, and we'll be bringing you the decisive games of the season live with our broadcast team as usual. So without further ado, get your squad together and sign up now! Finally, if you would like to help the SCL grow, please do so by spreading the word by sharing this news story.
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