The Placement Tournament is the first tournament of the KTA season 4. It is opened to all teams, in the limit of 1000 places.
The objective of the tournament is to split the registered teams into the 3 leagues : the 8 best will go in Gold league, the 50 followings in Silver league and the others in Bronze.
The 8 teams winning the RO16 are qualified in Gold league.
The 24 teams eliminated in playoff and the first 26 teams not qualified in playoff are qualified in the Silver league.
The Tournament Placement rules include the general rules, defined in the "Rules" tab of the site.
Registrations are opened from 1/29/20 at 6:00 p.m. until 2/7/20 at 11:59 p.m.
The tournament takes place from Sunday 9/2/20 to Wednesday 4/3/20, according to the dates indicated in the Calendar tab.
When there are 2 matches in the day, the drafts begin at 8pm and 10pm (UTC+1).
When there are 3 matches in the day, the drafts begin at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm (UTC+1).
To remind general rules,
En rappel du règlement général, there is a right to launch the draft with 10 minutes late, and there are maximum 30 minutes of preparation between the draft end and the match launch.
The tournament is composed of 14 Swiss rounds, followed by playoff consisting of RO32 and RO16.
All matches are played after a draft phase. As a reminder, this phase is carried out on the draft module accessible from the “Tournaments” tab and takes place as follows:
A bans a class
B bans a class
A picks a class
B picks a class
B bans a class
A bans a class
B bans a class
A bans a class
B picks a class
A picks a class
A bans a class
B bans a class
A picks a class
B picks a class
The use of bug items is forbidden.
During the rounds, the draft letter for each match is determined as follows: if a team had less often the choice than its opponent in its previous matches, then it has the letter choice for the match. If both teams had so much choice in their previous matches, then the letter choice is randomly assigned.
A victory earns 3 Tournament Points, a draw earns 1 Tournament Point, a defeat earns no Tournament Points. Additional Points are also distributed as defined in the general regulations.
The classification criteria are in order of priority: Tournament Points> Percentage of Victory of Opponents encountered (PVA)> Additional Points> Direct result between the teams. Tie-off games will be held as needed.
The 32 best teams in qualifiers are qualified in playoff. These are structured around a classic combat tree, where the 1st fight the 32nd, the 2nd the 31st, etc.
The confrontations are played in 2 winning matches (BO3). The highest-ranked team in qualifiers has the draft letter choice in games 1 and 3, the other team has it in game 2.
The playoff stop after the 8th finals.