Tournament format for CPH Games

28-2-2012 17:54

Copenhagen Games has announced the tournament structure for the 2012 event, which will feature a 20,000€ prize purse, running on April 4-8 in the Danish capital.

The organizers of the Danish event have rolled out the tournament structure for the event, which will be slightly different than last year.

Copenhagen Games was previously open to any team who signed up and paid the entry fee. This year teams must apply for an invitation. A total of 24 teams will be invited to what they call the "invitational tournament". An additional eight teams will qualify for this tournament, via a qualifier tournament played Thursday at the event.

The invitational tournament will therefore consist of 32 teams, split in eight groups of four teams. This group stage will be played in a best-of-three format where first and second placed teams will advance to the playoffs, while third and fourth ranked teams will drop to what they've labeled as the "losers tournament".

Sixteen teams will advance to the playoffs, being played in a double-elimination bracket, using a best-of-three format in the upper-bracket and a best-of-one format in the lower bracket.

Teams wanting to apply for an invite can do so by going to the Copenhagen Games support page, where they have to select "Apply for tournament invitation" in "Subject" field and furthermore add a description about the team and past results. The first invites will be handed out on March 4 and the last on March 11.

To read more about the Copenhagen Games rules and regulations click here. The event will run April 4-8 and will feature a 20,000€ prize purse.

nice

2012-02-28 18:55

i don't think sk will attend

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SK is attending =)

2012-02-28 19:33

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did they pay the fee? anyway nice :D

2012-02-28 21:57

nice4cs

sounds good, more matches to watch :D

2012-02-28 18:56

bo3 in group = fail who wants to watch low teams being raped by top teams?

2012-02-28 18:58

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Haha, please look how many days the event is lasting. Plus you give 550 dk (now, 650/750 after the 1 of march) So you might want to get something for the money :)

2012-02-28 19:14

who wants to watch low teams starting train as CT as taking a top team off the upper?

2012-02-28 19:21

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are you talking about really low teams or underdogs? It's not the same thing...

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you didn't get his point, he meant who wants to watch the randomness of bo1 :)

2012-02-28 20:18

it's not randomness, but bo3 is the most fair structure to clearly judge who is best out of two teams imho

2012-02-28 20:57

it's not totally random, of course, but once some maps are really one-sided, they can get luck and take out a way better team

2012-02-29 00:16

there is going to be at least two solid teams in each group, bo3 is never fail. i want the best team to win.

2012-02-28 19:32

low teams ? dude, it's 24 invited teams (so at least 14 of them will probably be very good teams), + 8 underdogs winning the "BYOC" tournament...

2012-02-28 21:39

If i'am not mistaken at this dates also will be big tournament in India so i don't think we will see many strong teams at CPH.

2012-02-28 22:29

This is a profoundly stupid comment.

2012-02-29 00:17

i bet that 42 is your iq

2012-02-29 02:24

bo3 in groupstage? massive delay incoming.

2012-02-28 19:01

very nice:) pls ESC,SK,FNATIC + gameburg(ths,BEn,dOk,sonamed,DRIVE)

2012-02-28 19:02

gb found ths ben dok sonamedDRIVE?

2012-02-28 21:15

I think they only play with Gameburg tags on turnament, sponsoring etc.

2012-02-28 21:45

amazing !

Bo3 in group stage? huh :D

2012-02-28 19:12

Good that qual will be playing at lan

2012-02-28 19:13

1.6 is just AWESOME! Loving it!

will there be any english coverage-casting here? because I think IGC already tried to pull Joe Miller on board, aswell as myselve

2012-02-28 19:15

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cooooooooool

2012-02-29 04:45

2012-02-29 16:18

liquid , where is kaos ? down?

2012-03-04 14:24

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well the organisation doesn't support a CS team anymore, as they want to focus on coverage. if you check kaostv.nl you will see there is alot of casting, especially on COD/SC2/etc next big CS tourney with good teams attending Kaos and myselve will probably attend/cast from the studio, but up until now schedules have clashed (tourneys for other games) or the big tournaments for CS were midweek (me working), or during holidays/weekends where I had commitments. I know my Kaos friends are working on a new website btw! keep an eye out for it :P

2012-03-04 15:28

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aham gl :) i really like kaos :)

2012-03-04 15:36

Thanks! :)

2012-03-04 15:52

np:)

2012-03-04 15:53

btw join if you got a dreamteam :) hltv.org/?pageid=233&eventid=865&leaguei..

2012-03-04 15:39

Done! :p

:D tnx :)

IMMA WIN IT BOOYA! although you, boom and whyst have great starting line-ups too :P but alot of players in the group of death, so I'm thinking they will have a hard time really racking up points in the group :P

2012-03-04 15:58

xD i hope so :):D

2012-03-04 16:00

ohh denmark!

2012-02-28 19:17

Thats the best tournament structure imo

2012-02-28 19:19

the fairest, at least

2012-02-28 19:22

this is going to be a long tournament :D

2012-02-28 19:20

all matches should be bo3.. this is gooooood

2012-02-28 19:30

using a best-of-three format in the upper-bracket and a best-of-one format in the lower bracket

2012-02-28 20:08

insta delay

2012-02-28 19:37

Nice! my only hope is the final isnt played 5 in the morning like last year :)

2012-02-28 19:39

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can you give me the list of participants ?

2012-02-28 20:47

copenhagengames.com/esport/participants/

2012-02-28 20:51

tnx <3

2012-02-28 21:05

but there is only 10 teams with 5 players :)) on 4th march will be sent invite for other teams>?

2012-02-28 21:08

so true!!!

2012-02-28 21:35

not in 5 , but in 8 at morning sure ==D

2012-02-29 09:55

Nice !

2012-02-28 19:48

youtube.com/watch?v=6_zchSVMeAE&feature=.. winner will get her and the price money :)

2012-02-28 19:50

Good looord!

2012-02-29 06:32

indeed, thx u lord for such girls ;)

2012-02-29 17:02

REALLY NICE

2012-02-28 19:53

1.6 NEVER DIE!!!

2012-02-28 20:04

Awesome, the more games the better :D

2012-02-28 20:12

better to cut off css, and split money to starcraft and cs

2012-02-28 20:16

What a great news +fnatic +SK +LIONS +ESC +Na'Vi

2012-02-28 20:19

Great news !!!

2012-02-28 20:37

the best possible system in my opinion! - lower level teams has own tournament - double elimination, yet BO3 in upper bracket - 24 invites: garanteed high level teams - 8 invites: everyone gets a chance to compete against the top teams JUST PERFECT. :D

2012-02-28 20:56

Good luck !

2012-02-28 20:59

Interesting format, hope they set aside enough time..

2012-02-28 21:00

on 4th march CPH will invite other teams?

2012-02-28 21:09

they will announce the first invites the 4th.

2012-02-28 21:52

Trust me - last year wont be repeated. More admins, more time (an extra day) and no freakin 'Danmarksmesterskaberne' which will delay the maintournament.

2012-02-28 22:51

There isn't a reason to have Danish championship, at least not for 1.6 so yeah, it's good they(you?) don't have to focus on that this year ;-)

2012-02-29 06:34

I liked the bo3 on group stage... lower teams will have more maps to play

2012-02-28 21:37

finally some BO3 on groupstage ! We want BO3 on IEM WC, that would be the most freakin epic tournament ever ! According to the players registered, we'll have at least: SK fnatic WinFakt ALTERNATE ESC Shark Moscow Five semXorah (which lineup?) eSahara Antwerp Aces sorry indians, but look like aint nobody going to the indian tournament, bad timing imo :(

2012-02-28 21:44

no Na`Vi?! -.-

2012-02-28 22:09

Mayb Na'Vi is gng to IGC India.

2012-02-29 04:40

oh, tnx.

2012-02-29 19:46

np mate :)

2012-03-01 16:15

this i a really good structure. its very fair, and you there will be so many matches which is nice for the lan tournament, the viewers, and the players - if the players matches wont overdrive them

2012-02-28 22:22

bo3 in group stage, bo3+double elimination in playoff how long will they play? two weeks? haha

2012-02-28 22:38

Best of three in the groupstage is what we should be trying to get all tournaments to adopt. One organisation finally fixes this and you idiots are complaining? Jesus Hernandez Christ. Teams have different strengths and weaknesses on different maps. A b03 group stage means it's more likely that the best team will win the overall event and that 2nd to nth place will be more accurate. This is important because (among several other reasons) teams are organisations that depend on both the prize money and the exposure (repaying sponsors) to fund their operations. Putting even that aside, why would you complain about getting to see more matches? I'd gladly put up with some newb team getting slaughtered a second time if it means I get to see a best-of-three between Lions and Navi (for example).

2012-02-29 00:28