League Challenge
What is the League Challenge?
Active leagues will get the opportunity to organize a League Challenge once during each month year-round. This change will give more players an opportunity to test their mettle in a rating tournament.
The League Challenge tournaments are intended as lower qualifying tournaments and the outcome of a match of each player is of importance to winners how many Championship points they will earn. This is important for players to earn an invite for the World Championships at Nashville, Tennessee (USA) in August 2018.
Tournament structure
Participants play with their own decks in the standard format or expanded format (which is indicated as such in the tournament calendar).
That means that the use of cards is limited to certain series. Prior to the tournament, during the player meeting, one has to hand over a decklist and during the tournaments there will be deck checks.
Cards present in the series mentioned below are allowed:
|
Abbreviation |
Name set/card |
Symbol |
| BKT | XY BREAKthrough |  |
| BKP | XY BREAKpoint |  |
| FCO | XY Fates Collide |  |
| STS | XY Steam Siege |  |
| GEN | Generations |  |
| EVO | XY Evolutions |  |
| SUM | Sun & Moon | .png){kind=small} |
| GRI | S&M Guardians Rising |  |
| BUS | S&M Burning Shadows |  |
| CIN | S&M Crimson Invasion |  |
| SLG | Shining Legends |  |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Pikachu Libre & Suicune |  |
| TK | S&M Trainer Kit - Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu | |
| PR | promo's XY67+ |  |
| MCD | McDonald Collection 2016 |  |
| MCD | McDonald Collection 2017 |  |
Expanded format
|
abbreviation |
name set/card |
symbol |
| BLW | Black and White |  |
| EPO | BW Emerging Powers |  |
| NVI | BW Noble Victories |  |
| NXD | BW Next Destinies |  |
| DEX | BW Dark Explorers |  |
| DRX | BW Dragons Exalted |  |
| BCR | BW Boundaries Crossed |  |
| PLS | BW Plasma Storm |  |
| PLF | BW Plasma Freeze |  |
| PLB | BW Plasma Blast |  |
| LTR | BW Legendary Treasures |  |
| XY | XY |  |
| FLF | XY Flashfire |  |
| FFI | XY Furious Fists |  |
| PHF | XY Phantom Forces |  |
| PRC | XY Primal Clash |  |
| ROS | XY Roaring Skies |  |
| AOR | XY Ancient Origins |  |
| BKT | XY BREAKthrough | |
| BKP | XY BREAKpoint | |
| FCO | XY Fates Collide | |
| STS | XY Steam Siege | |
| GEN | Generations | |
| EVO | XY Evolutions | |
| SUM | Sun & Moon | |
| GRI | S&M Guardians Rising | |
| BUS | S&M Burning Shadows | |
| CIN | S&M Crimson Invasion | |
| SLG | Shining Legends | |
| DCR | Double Crisis |  |
| DRV | BW Dragon Vault |  |
| TK | BW Trainer Kit |  |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit |  |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Bisharp & Wigglytuff |   |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Latias & Latios |   |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Pikachu Libre & Suicune | |
| TK | S&M Trainer Kit - Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu | |
| KSS | XY Kalos Starter Set |  |
| PR | promo's BW01+ | |
| PR | promo's XY01+ | |
| MCD | McDonald Collection |    |
The tournament will continue to feature Swiss-only play with no top cut. The tournament is run using Age Modified Swiss pairings, gameplay in rounds of 30 minutes + 3 turns.
Participants are divided into 3 divisions, dependent on the year of birth. These divisions are:
Junior division: born in 2007 or later;
Senior division: born in 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006
Masters division: born in 2002 or earlier.
Don’t forget when you participate in this tournament
Take care that you have your PlayerID at hand;
Read the tournament rules, so you know what to bring to this event;
Have your decklist form (see left under the "Other info -> Decklist” button in the black bar) filled in completely prior to the tournament;
Have your cards at the same follow order as you decklist for deckcheck;
Be at the venue on time, as those that arrive too late will receive a “round loss”.
Prizes
1st place: 1st place Trophy card and 15 Championship Points
2nd plaats: 2nd place Trophy card and 12 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
3rd place: 3rd place Trophy card and 10 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
4th place: 4th place Trophy card and 10 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
5th to 8th place: 8 Championship Points (@ kicker 24)
9th to 16th place: 6 Championship Points (@ kicker 48)
17th to 32th place: 4 Championship Points (@ kicker 100)
For all participants there is a booster of a recent tournament legal expansion.
Registration
The size of the League Challenge tournaments are generally more limited in scope than the City Championships. Therefore, to avoid disappointment, it is important to determine to register to secure your registration. Even if unable to participate it is highly appreciated by the organizing gymleague/tournament organizer to inform him of your withdrawal.
For registration see link at particular tournament in the Tournament calendar.
Admission fee
Participating the League Challenge is € 6,00 or more (at the organizers discretion)
For dates of tournaments see under button Tournaments -> Tournament calendar.
info@
organizedplay.nl
