Pro Qualification & EP System

Overview

The EUSL Qualification System aims to create a fair and balanced method for determining teams that will participate in the Pro league. The system uses a combination of core retention criteria, automatic qualifications, and a play-in tournament to ensure fairness and competitive balance.

10.1 Core Retention Criteria

To maintain the core identity of a team while acknowledging roster changes, a team must retain a minimum of 3 players from its previous season lineup to be considered the same team. The players must have played 25% of the team’s total periods played to be considered (including Playoffs or Gauntlet). This core retention criteria will be used to determine automatic qualifications. In the event a previous team of 6 attempts to claim two core-3 spots preference will be given to the core-3 with the most periods played in the previous season.

10.2 Automatic Qualifications

The following teams will automatically qualify for the professional league:

  • Non-relegated teams from the previous Pro league season that meet the core retention criteria.
  • Promoted Challenger teams from the previous season that meet the core retention criteria and maintain a minimum of 28 EP.

If the number of teams meeting the core retention criteria from the previous Pro League season is insufficient to fill the division, the remaining spots will be allocated to the play-in tournament.

10.3 Pro Qualification

The remaining spots in the Pro league will be filled through a play-in tournament. The tournament will include the following teams:

  • Teams from the previous pro league season that did not meet the core retention criteria or did not relegate with enough EP.
  • Any newly formed teams with enough EP.

The current EP threshold is 18. Should this still not constitute enough teams, or this be the exact amount of teams required to fill out the remaining pro division spots, the teams meeting the above criteria will receive auto-pro status. A secondary play-in tournament will then be ran if there are still pro division spots available; including the following teams:

  • Teams with 10+ EP
  • Teams relegated from the previous pro league season.

Should this still not constitute enough teams, the division will commence with a smaller number of teams. The play-in tournament structure will vary based on the number of spots available, with seeding based on the EP from the 4 highest EP players.

10.4 Challenger Qualification

Teams who meet either of the following criteria will receive auto-challenger status:

  • Teams who entered but failed to progress through pro play-ins.
  • Teams meeting core-3 criteria who participated in the previous challenger leagues playoff or gauntlet competition.

Any other team who signs up and has not been applicable for auto-pro, pro play-ins or auto-challenger will be eligible to enter Open Qualifiers to progress to Challenger divison. The structure of this tournament will vary based on the amount of teams and remaining spots.

10.5 Player Value System (EP)

To ensure that teams are composed of experienced and skilled players, a Player Value System (EP) will be implemented. This system assigns points to players based on their experience and achievements. Teams must have a minimum total EP to be eligible for the play-in tournament. Players must have played at least 25% of their team’s total periods (including Playoffs or Gauntlet) in the relevant season (e.g last season for 10pts, in the season they were on a top 4 team for historical EP).

  • Pro-qualified players from last season’s pro teams that did not relegate: 10 EP.
  • Players from promoted challenger teams: 7 EP.
  • Current Top-4 players from the pro league: Additional 3 EP.
  • Players relegated from pro: 4 EP.
  • Players with pro experience (non-top 4) who took a 1-season break: 4 EP.
  • Players with pro experience (non-top 4) who took a 2-season break: 3 EP.
  • Players with pro experience and top-4 finishes who took a 1-season break: 7 EP.
  • Players with pro experience and top-4 finishes lose 1 EP for each season since they last played to a minimum of: 4 EP.

10.6 Roster Requirements

Teams participating in the play-in tournament must meet the following roster requirements:

  • A minimum roster size of 4 players.
  • A maximum roster size of 6 players.
  • A minimum total EP of 18 points from the highest 4 EP players on the roster.
  • An appointed general manager (GM) of the roster. This can be a member of the roster or an external position. We advise people to make a ticket before signing up this way.
  • Rosters with core relegated lineups are ineligible.