Carry1st Africa Cup - South Africa Group Stage

GROUP STAGE DATES:

• Sign Up Deadline: 20 June - 18:00 SAST
• Start Date: 21 June - 19:00 SAST
  • Fixture 1: Friday, 21 June – 19:00 SAST
  • Fixture 2: Saturday, 22 June – 14:00 SAST
  • Fixture 3: Saturday, 22 June - 16:00 SAST
  • Fixture 4: Sunday, 23 June – 14:00 SAST
  • Fixture 5: Sunday, 23 June - 16:00 SAST

 

REQUIREMENTS:  

• UPDATED: All participants must currently reside in, and hold the national identification documents of South Africa. 
• Each team is made up of 5 members, and up to 2 substitutes.
• Only registered players are allowed to compete.

 

FORMAT: 

• Teams will be placed into groups with up to 5 teams each.  
• Depending on the amount of teams, the top 1-4 teams will progress from each group into Phase 1 Playoffs. This split is as follows: 
  • 1 - 16 = All Teams progress 
  • 16 - 32 = Top 2 Teams Qualify 
  • 33 – 128 = Top 1 Teams Qualify 

 

ROSTER CHANGES:

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

 

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.