The Gold league is the top of the 3 leagues (Gold, Silver, Bronze) and is composed of 8 teams.
If a team forfeits a Gold tournament, it is downgraded to Silver.
Gold league.
Gold league tournaments include the general rules, available at this link: rules.
Championship format
- A Gold tournament begins with a championship between all teams.
- In 7 evenings, every teams meet each other twice (both matches are played on the same evening). Teams will be alternatively be A and B during the draft phase.
- Each game day, the 4 BO2 are divided into two pairs. In each pair, the 4 games must be played one after the other, according to these rules:
- The draft of match 1 of the first BO2 starts at 8pm.
- The draft of match 1 of the second BO2 starts at 8:30 pm.
- For the second match of each BO2, the draft must start within 10 minutes after the end of the first match.
- As all matches are streamed, players must wait for the start signal from the stream which broadcast them before starting a match.
- A victory grants 3 Tournament Points, a draw grants 1 Tournament Point, a defeat grants no Tournament Points (each confrontation being composed of 2 matches, there are 42 Tournament Points to won in total).
- Additional Points are also given according to the result of each match, as defined in the general rules.
- The championship’s ranking criterias are: Tournament Points > Direct results between teams (regardless of the number of deaths) > Additional Points > Average ranking of defeated teams. Tiebreakers will be held if needed.
- In case more than 2 teams are tied in Tournament Points, the direct result criterion is calculated by adding the number of victories obtained against all other tied teams.
Play-off format
- At the end of the championship, the best 4 teams are qualified for the play-off.
- The semi-finals are defined according to the league rankings: 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. In the case of an equality between some of the four teams, a draw will be made.
- The semi-finals and the final are played in BO3 (Best Of 3 matches). Drafts are made as games go on and not all at the beginning. There is no third-place play-off.
- The highest ranked team in the championship has the draft letter choice for the first and the third matches of the BO3, the other team has the choice for the second match.
Lateness
- There are no forfeit linked to lateness in Gold league.
- Any delay by a team in the start of a draft or match will result in a penalty.
- These sanctions evolve according to the following table:
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Lateness number Penalty 1 Warning 2 30 KTA Points + 30 Additional Points 3 30 KTA Points + 1 Tournament Point 4 30 KTA Points + 2 Tournament Point 5 30 KTA Points + 3 Tournament Point 6 Tournament elimination - Every 3 minutes after the sanction of a delay, an additional delay will be distributed if the team is still not ready.
Matches shift
This paragraph only concerns the championship confrontations.
- In case of major necessity, teams may by common agreement change the match schedule, at the condition that they keep a date between the base match schedule and the previous match schedule. For example : If your second match is the 2nd of June and you can’t play the third match the 5th of June, you can change your 3rd match to the 3rd or the 4th of June only.
- This shift must be communicated to the organization before the date of the previous confrontation.
- All confrontations of the same day cannot be rescheduled. If two confrontations have already been rescheduled, then the two others cannot be rescheduled.
Rewards
- Gold tournament’s winners earn:
- 500€
- An exclusive Gold League Championship sacrificial shield on Dofus MMO
- A ticket for the KT Finals
- From 1st to 4th place, teams are re-qualified directly for the next Gold tournament.
- All teams earn KTA points, as defined in the rules KTA points.
Interactions with Silver league
- The 7th and 8th of a Gold tournament are downgraded to Silver.
- Silver tournament finalists are promoted to Gold.
- Tiebreakers in BO3 take place between the 5th and 6th of the Gold tournament and the top 3-4 of the Silver tournament. The 5th in the Gold tournament choose the team they want to face. The winners of these play-offs will play the next Gold tournament, and the losers the next Silver tournament.