🏆 NationsCup - Play Offs: Matches & Rules 🌎

We’re heading into the next and most important stage of the tournament; the Playoffs! The qualifiers have concluded, and only 8 nations remain in the fight for eternal glory. Over the coming weeks, they’ll battle it out in a Double Elimination playoff bracket to determine who will be crowned the ultimate champion of the NationsCup ‘25.

More info at:

➤ Rules

➤ Main Event

📊 Live Standings (Seeding)

#	Nation	P	W	D	L	Pre-4	Halved	M5	M6	Total	Actions

🎲 LIVE Seeds & Baskets (for Main Event)

📁 Fixtures & Results

Per-map scoring. Matches count after Confirm.

🧭 Group Assignment (A–D)

Assign teams manually. Unassigned stay in the pool.

📅 Group Stage Matches

Round-robin in each group (3 matches per nation). 3 maps per match: each team picks 1, plus 1 forced map drawn during the stream. No bans. Admin can edit any match manually.

🧪 Qualifiers (BO5) & Playoffs

A2 vs B3 · A3 vs B2 · C2 vs D3 · C3 vs D2 — then full 8-team double-elim (UB/LB/GF) with automatic winner/loser propagation.

🏆 Playoffs — Double Elimination

UB QF → UB SF → UB Final | LB R1 → R2 → R3 → LB Final | Grand Final

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Upper Bracket

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Lower Bracket

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Grand Final

➤ Open servers info for captains and players (Password required)

🎯 NationsCup ’25 — Rules & Programming

Groups

4 groups of 4; round-robin (3 matches per nation)
3 maps per match: Team A pick, Team B pick, one forced map
No eliminations during the group stage
Start: 18:30 CET 19th October 2025
Sides: on a pick → opponent chooses side; on fixed map → lower seed chooses side
Ties on points → BO1 decider by coin toss elimination
Mappoll: etl_adlernest, etl_frostbite, supply, sw_goldrush_te, radar, bremen_b3, sw_decay, missile_b3, karsiah_te2, operation_b8

Advancement & Playoffs

🥇 1st → UB QF
🥈 & 🥉 → Qualifiers (BO5) for 4 remaining spots
❌ 4th → eliminated
Upper Bracket QF pairings: A1 vs (4), B1 vs (3), C1 vs (2), D1 vs (1)
Double elimination playoffs: Each match is a Best of Five. The first nation to reach 6 (!) points wins
Both nations can ban one map from the pool at the start
In case of a 5–5 tie, coin toss elimination from the original map pool (no bans) will decide the 6th map
On a team’s pick → opponent chooses side
On a team's pick → also server pick (only applies to 🇺🇸 matches)
🎯 Map Pool Creation (Before the Match):
1️⃣ Coin toss winner (Team A in this example)
2️⃣ Ban B
3️⃣ Ban A
4️⃣ Pick B
5️⃣ Pick A
6️⃣ Pick A
7️⃣ Pick B
8️⃣ Ban A → Ban A → Ban B (one map remains)
✅ After this process, the map pool contains 5 maps
This order must be completed before any match starts
📌 Map Picks During the Match:
🗺️ Map 1: Nation A may pick any map from the remaining pool
🗺️ Map 2: Nation B may pick any map from the remaining pool
🗺️ Map 3: Losing team may pick a map from the remaining pool
(in case of a tie, cointoss who picks)
🗺️ Map 4: Losing team may pick a map from the remaining pool
🗺️ Map 5: Last remaining map

NationsCup '25 Play offs Schedule

📌 October 27 – Start of Playoffs
📌 October 27 – Start of the: Upper Bracket Quarter Finals
📌 November 03 – Start of the: Upper Bracket Semi Finals + Lower Bracket Round 1
📌 November 10 – Start of the: Lower Bracket Round 2
📌 November 17 – Start of the: Upper Bracket Final + Lower Bracket Semi Final
📌 November 24 – Start of the: Lower Bracket Final + Grand Finals (right after, on the same day)