One group of 10 teams
Single Round-Robin format
All matches are Bo3
Top 6 teams advance to Playoffs
Top 2 teams earn a bye to the Upper Bracket Semifinals
Top team is allowed to choose their starting side in the bracket
3rd through 6th place teams advance to the Knockout Round
3rd place team is allowed to choose their starting opponent (either the 5th or the 6th place team)
Bottom 4 teams are relegated to Promo/Relo Stage 1
The VCT-affiliated teams are not subject to relegation, if one of those teams ends in a relegation slot it will be voided
If more than 2 VCT-affiliated teams ends up in a relegation slot, it will be moved up to have 2 contested slot in Contenders

Hybrid-Elimination bracket
Knockout Round is Single-Elimination
Upper Bracket Semifinals onwards is Double-Elimination
All matches (excl. Grand Final and Lower Bracket Final) are Bo3
Grand Final and Lower Bracket Final are Bo5

Europe

Corrode

Pearl

Gentle Mates GC

Barça eSports GC

Haven

Breeze

Joblife GC

ZennIT Orange GC

Bind

G2 Gozen

GIANTX GC

Karmine Corp GC

ALTERNATE aTTaX Ruby

SK Nebula

Abyss

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