EUSL Season 12: Everything You Need to Know

EUSL Season 12 is here! With new teams entering the fold as well as returning seasoned veterans going for gold, this season promises to be one of the most competitive yet.

Format Changes

Season 12 shapes up to be a little different to previous iterations of the EUSL. In summary, We’re moving away from the BO1 double round robin format and moving to a BO2 single round robin.

Terminology Guide

  • Match or Series: The overall event. From a best of 1 to best of 5.
  • Game: An individual game of slapshot in a match or series.
  • Round Robin: To play vs each team once. Double is twice.
  • Match week / day: The week or day your match or series is designated to.

The Best-Of-2

Rather than playing a single game vs each team this season on two separate match weeks teams will be playing two games vs a team in a single match week. These games will be considered as a series and the points distribution reflects that. They are not two individual matches.

The Points

Total Win tw

2 regular time wins OR 1 regular time win / 1 OT win

4pts
Minor Win mw

1 regular time win / 1 OT loss OR 2 OT wins

3pts
Draw d

Both teams win by same method (regular or OT)

2pts
Minor Loss ml

2 OT losses OR 1 OT win / 1 regular time loss

1pts
Total Loss tl

2 regular time losses OR 1 regular time loss / 1 OT loss

0pts

League Structure

The EUSL Season 12 league structure remains mostly the same with just a couple of changes in pro playoff spots to compensate for less opportunities vs each team in the regular season.

Pro

  • 1st: Table winner and decides which side of the bracket they wish to be on in playoffs. 1st seed for playoffs. (No longer receives a bye to semi-final)
  • 2nd – 8th: Qualified for playoffs. Seeds match regular season finishing position. (Changed from 2nd – 6th)
  • 9th: Will have to play in The Gauntlet final vs a rising challenger team to defend their spot in pro.
  • 10th: Relegated.

Challenger

  • 1st: Promoted to pro
  • 2nd – 5th: Qualified for The Gauntlet. Seeds match regular season finishing position. 1st seed is awarded to the 9th placed pro team.

Scheduling Changes

Okay so now the boring stuff! This is mostly only relevant to teams General Managers but it may still interest some. Below are some of the key changes but for the full technical rules see Full Scheduling Rules.

All Scheduling Theads Released

Rather than release the discussion threads on a weekly basis we have released every one of your fixtures discussion threads ahead of time. This is partly in place due to enable other new rules. To access inactive threads you just click on the threads icon in the relevant match scheduling channel. (see image below.)

A picture demonstrating where the threads are in discord.

Postponements + Extensions

Unlike league issued extensions. We are allowing teams to postpone matches to a new Match Week if both teams agree. Extensions are mostly unchanged but are reserved for when a team does not want to change the original Match Week. Both are to be approved by a League Referee.

Early Matches

Teams may play matches ahead of schedule if both GMs agree, provided the match is scheduled on the permitted days and communicated in the match thread.

Minimum Matches Played

Teams are expected to play a minimum of 3 matches every 3 weeks. Failure to meet this threshold will result in an automatic forfeiture of the unplayed matches unless a valid reason is communicated to league administrators. This rule is added to ensure a good pace of matches played along side the new tools available to GMs.

League Issued Match Days

If teams cannot agree on a match time within the allowed days or fail to play by the deadline, the league will intervene. The league will automatically set the match time on the next available default day. This is to give teams final chances beyond deadlines to show up and complete a fixture.

 

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