REQUIREMENTS

• All players must participate from within a "permitted country". Players are not required to compete from the country indicated on their passport.
  • Permitted Country List: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
• Each team is permitted a maximum of 2 players not holding African Citizenship / Residency.
• All participants must be 18 years of age or older by 29 March 2026 in order to compete.
• All participants must have entered their CODM Account Details here!
• Each team is made up of 5 members and up to 1 substitute.
• Only registered players are allowed to compete.
• Players and teams may only play in 1 regional qualifier.

PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE 

Times below are shown in EAT (UTC +3:00)

• Playoffs Phase 1: 
  • UB Round 1: Saturday, 4 July - 16:00 EAT
  • UB Round 2 / LB Round 1: Saturday, 4 July - 18:00 EAT
  • UB Round 3 / LB Round 2: Saturday, 4 July - 20:00 EAT
  • LB Round 3: Saturday, 4 July - 22:00 EAT
  • UB Round 4 / LB Round 4: Sunday, 5 July - 16:00 EAT
  • LB Round 5: Sunday, 5 July - 18:00 EAT
  • LB Round 6: Sunday, 5 July - 20:00 EAT
• Playoffs Phase 2:
  • Grand Finals: Sunday, 26 July

A reminder that this schedule is not final and is subject to change.

All matches in Phase 2 will operate on a Rolling Schedule. Match start times can be affected by the match before it. We recommend teams are ready at least 30 minutes before the outlined time.

PLAYOFFS FORMAT

• Teams will be placed in a 16-Team Double-Elimination Bracket
  • Seeding will be based on teams' final position in Groups. 

ROSTER CHANGES

• Roster changes will not be permitted once the tournament starts.

PRIZE POOL

USD 2,000 are spread among the participants as seen below

TIE-BREAKERS

• In the case of any ties in the groups, the following will be used to break them, in the following order:  
  1. Head to Head 
  2. Map Diff 
  3. Round Diff 

BROADCAST MATCHES

Note that for all Broadcasted Matches, a series of punctuality timers will be made use of. These are listed as follows:  

• Teams have 10 minutes to be in-game/lobby and ready to start by the scheduled start time. This time will be communicated with teams beforehand. Note that in a rolling schedule, these times can be affected by the game before it. 
• Should teams not be in-game and ready by this point, they will have an additional 5 minute timer before they are forfeited from Map 1.  
• Should teams not be in-game and ready by this point, another additional 5 minute timer will be started before they are forfeited from the series.  
• Teams will have an accumulative 10 Minute Tech timer that will span across all maps in a series. Should this timer elapse - the game will be continued as a 4v5, or forfeited. 

GAME RULES

• All game-specific rules must be read and followed. These rules can be found here.