Gold league

The Gold league is the top of the 3 leagues (Gold, Silver, Bronze) and is composed of 8 teams.
If a team forfeits or doesn't register in a Silver tournament, it is downgraded to Bronze 3.

Each Gold team must be in their assigned voice room on the KTA Discord server during each of their games (draft and preparation included). It is forbidden to receive any outside assistance from outside the team from the beginning of a draft until the end of the associated match.

If the logo or name of a Gold team is judged inappropriate for event communication, the organization can require the team to change it.

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, without possible delay
  • 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 > Addition of the opponent's tournament points for each draft won against a team. 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 in the Gauntlet format :
• A first confrontation opposes the teams ranked 4th and 3rd of the championship
• The winners play the team ranked 2nd in the championship
• The winners play the team ranked 1st in the championship
• The two first confrontations are played in BO3 (best of 3 games) and the final in BO5 (best of 5 games). The highest-ranked team in championship has the draft letter choice in games 1, 3 and 5, the other team has it in games 2 and 4.
• Drafts are done as the games are played, not all at the beginning, and must be started within 10 minutes of the previous game, with no delays.
• The highest ranked team in the championship has the draft letter choice for the odd games of the BO.

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 during the championship phase:

• 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

• The lateness counter is reset to 0 in playoff. The first delay is a warning, and the following ones apply a 5% penalty to the amount of the cashprize won by the team.
• Every 3 minutes after the sanction of a delay, an additional delay will be distributed if the team is still not ready.

Rewards

• The cashprize of each Gold League Championship is 1000€ completed with a sale of cosmetics, split in 50-25-15-10% between the first 4.
• The winners earn a Gold Escuktaeon.
• The first 4 teams win a Battler item.
• The first 5 teams are requalified for the next Gold League Championship.
• All teams earn KTA points, as defined in the rules KTA points.

Interactions with Silver league

At the end of each session of Dofus Leagues Tournaments:

• Teams ranked 6th, 7th and 8th in a Gold League Championship are relegated to Silver.
• The finalists as well as the winners of the play-off Silver are promoted to Gold.