Hello,
This post is to explain the qualification process for Season 9. There are three stages:
- Pre-qualifiers
- Round 1 (Champions League path and Consolation path)
- Round 2 (Champions League path and Consolation path)
Pre-qualifiers are held in "walk alone" mode - ie. the participants are competing for 24 available slots. They post 
The following two rounds are divided into two paths. The mode is play-off, ie. players are paired and the winner of each pair is decided by aggregate score over two matches.
I will list players per round and give the schedule.
Pre-qualifiers
Friday, June 17 - Monday, June 20
- anyone else who applies by replying to this post BEFORE Wednesday, June 15, 18:00 CEST.
Top 8 players advance to Round 1 of Eliminations - Champions League path. The next 16 players go into Round 1 of Eliminations - Consolation Cup path.
Round 1
Friday, June 24 - Monday, June 27
Champions League path
Top 8 players from pre-qualifiers advance to Champions League Eliminations path. They will face 8 seeded players. The best player from pre-qualifiers faces the seeded player #8, the second best - #7 etc.
@ilodz24hd
@ptaku
@cryptospa
@sk1920
@davidesimoncini
@homesteadlt
@mushanov
@asia-plThe winners advance to Round 2 of Eliminations - Champions League path, where they meet seeded players. The losing sides are transferred to Round 2 of Eliminations - Consolation Cup path.
Consolation Cup path
Players who finished pre-qualifiers in positions 9-24 form pairs of this round. Player #9 plays against player #24; number #10 meets #23 etc.
The winners advance to Round 2 - Consolation Cup path. The losing sides end their play here.
Round 2
Friday, July 1 - Monday, July 4
Champions League path
Winners from Round 1 meet seeded players. Best winner faces seed #8, second best - seed #7 etc. One pair is already fixed - seeded players #9 and #10 face each other.
- (
@danmaruschak) or (
@allonyx.ngs) *)
- (
@dragokazo) or (
@new.things) **)
@flaxz
@matthew1
@practicaleric
@cezary-io
@alzee
@awah
@sandraa1
@deepresearch
*) the losing side of Season 8 Champions League Final
**) the losing side of Season 8 Consolation Cup Final
The winners advance to the Group Phase of Champions League. The losing sides are transferred to Consolation Cup, Round of 16.
Consolation Cup path
Winners from Round 1 will face losing sides from Champions League path, Round 1.
Winners of Round 2 advance to the main phase of Consolation Cup (Round of 16). The losing sides end their play here.
Direct access to Champions League Group Phase
The following players do not need to battle thru Eliminations - they are already in the Group Phase of Champions League.
- Champions League Season 8 Winner (
- Consolation Cup Season 8 Winner (
@browery (
@poliac 8.1 Winner)
@merthin (
@poprzeczka May Winner)
@bucipuci (Rank)
@manuvert (Rank)
Direct access and seeding are based on @MAcFiT Ranking Table (rolling over 4-seasons; weighted)