Tournament Format
256 teams enter. 5 Saturdays later, one team walks away with the championship. Here's exactly how that journey unfolds.
Season Overview
The MATCHPOINT Championship season runs across 5 consecutive Saturdays. The first Saturday opens with the group stage; the fifth concludes with Grand Finals. All matches are played on the official server with admin oversight and live-streamed to the community.
| Stage | Teams | Format | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | 256 | Round-robin within groups | Week 1 |
| Round of 64 | 64 | Best-of-3 | Week 2 |
| Round of 32 | 32 | Best-of-3 | Week 2 |
| Quarterfinals | 16 → 8 | Best-of-3 | Week 3 |
| Semifinals | 8 → 4 | Best-of-5 | Week 4 |
| Grand Finals | 2 | Best-of-7 | Week 5 |
Bracket Structure
After the group stage, the top 64 teams advance into a single-elimination bracket. There are no second chances — one loss ends your run. Match results update in real time on the app dashboard.
(256 teams)
advance each
(Bo3)
(Bo3)
(Bo3)
(Bo5)
(Bo7)
Seeding
Seeding determines which group your team is placed in and which side of the bracket you enter from. It matters — easier early opponents mean you can conserve stamina for later rounds.
How seeding works
- Returning teams — seeded based on last season's final placement. Top 16 from Season N are Pot 1 seeds for Season N+1.
- New teams — seeded by self-reported skill level, confirmed by an optional placement match played the week before registration closes.
- Solo Queue teams — always seeded into Pot 3 or 4 regardless of reported skill. The matchmaker intentionally places them to avoid facing Pot 1 teams until Ro32 at the earliest.
Pots
| Pot | Teams | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pot 1 | Top 32 | Previous season Top 16 + admin invites |
| Pot 2 | Next 64 | Self-reported high skill + placement match |
| Pot 3 | Next 96 | General registration + solo queue (skilled) |
| Pot 4 | Remaining | New teams, solo queue (unranked) |
Group Stage
256 teams are split into 16 groups of 16. Within each group, teams play a round-robin — every team plays every other team once. The top 4 teams from each group (64 total) advance to the single-elimination bracket.
Group stage scoring
- Match Win: 3 points
- Map Win (in a loss): 1 point
- Match Loss: 0 points
- Forfeit: −1 point to the forfeiting team, +3 to opponent
Group stage format
Each group stage match is Best-of-1 with the specific minigame pre-announced 48 hours prior. The active game mode rotates across the group stage to test teams on different skills.
Match Schedule
All matches are played on Saturdays (EET / UTC+2). Times are allocated to match slots, not fixed brackets — your specific match time is assigned one week in advance and visible in the app.
Tiebreakers
If teams are tied in points after the group stage, the following tiebreaker sequence is applied in order:
- Head-to-head result — if the tied teams played each other, the winner of that match advances.
- Map differential — total maps won minus total maps lost across all group stage matches.
- Kill differential — total kills minus total deaths across all matches.
- Tiebreaker match — if still tied after the above, a single sudden-death map is played (game mode chosen by coin flip).