Playoff details have been released for Season 7 of CEVO's Professional, Main, Intermediate, Amateur, and Free divisions.
With a $135,000 Professional division as well as prize-pools available in its Main, Intermediate, and Amateur divisions, CEVO plans to run an action-packed series of playoffs this summer.
More specific details have now been released concerning details for CEVO Season 7 playoffs as well as how moveups/movedowns will work for Season 8.
All playoff brackets for CEVO Season 7 will be released on Monday, June 29th (except for the Professional division).
fnatic earn an automatic qualification to the CEVO-P $75k offline finals
Playoff seeds in all the sub-Professional divisions will be determined by regular season standings using CEVO's CPI ranking system. CEVO insists that all regular season matches must complete by the 28th of June.
Playoff qualification specifications have also been released for each division:
Professional Division (North America & Europe):
the top 3 teams from each conference + 2 invited teams (EnVyUs & fnatic) will qualify for Season 7 Professional Division Playoffs (July 24-26) at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, Ohio
format: group play (bo1 with 2 groups of 4 teams) followed by a 4 team single elimination (bo3) bracket with a bo5 grand finals
movedowns: the bottom 4 teams in each conference will be relegated to the Season 8 Professional Placement Tournament, all others will retain their spots in the division
Main Division (North America & Europe):
the top 8 teams from each conference will qualify for the Season 7 Main Division Playoffs
moveups: the top 4 Amateur Playoff teams will be invited to the Season 8 Main division and all other Amateur Playoff teams will be automatically moved up to the Season 8 Intermediate division
Free Division (North America & Europe):
the top 32 teams in each conference will qualify for the FREE Division Playoffs
all North American FREE Playoff teams will be automatically moved up to the Season 8 Amateur division and FREE European Playoff teams will be moved up to the Season 8 Intermediate division
Finally, CEVO has announced that a full roster lock will be in effect starting Thursday, June 18th. Further information, including prize claim instructions and Professional Division Ranking & Tiebreaker rules, can be found on CEVO's page here.