Challengers Regional Finals Details

Hello, Call of Duty Challengers players and fans! We are now just over a month away from wrapping up our Challengers 2021 season. It’s been an incredible season so far with over $1,000,000 awarded in prizing.

We want to offer some updates on the remaining opportunities to earn prizing and information about this year’s Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) and Regional Finals.

Key Dates for Remaining Events

• Challengers Elite Season 5
  • Registration ends – June 25th
  • Qualifier – June 27th
  • Season runs from June 29th – July 14th
  • $50,000 prizing in NA and EU

• Cup #18 and #19
  • July 9th – July 10th
  • July 17th – July 18th
  • $2,500 prizing in NA and EU
  • $1,500 prizing in APAC

• Open #5
  • July 24th – July 25th
  • $40,000 prizing in NA and EU
  • $20,000 prizing in APAC

• Last Chance Qualifier
  • Registration ends – July 29th
  • July 31st

• Regional Finals
  • Phase 1 & 2 (EU and APAC) – August 1st
  • Phase 1 (NA) – August 4th
  • Phase 2 (NA) – August 5th
  • Phase 3 (All) – August 7th – August 8th

Regional Finals Qualification

This year’s LCQ will be a one-day double elimination tournament taking place on July 31st. In the same process as our Elite Qualifiers, any team which would like to attempt to qualify for the Challenger Finals may sign up for the LCQ.

LCQ

The teams with the most Challenger points which sign up will be seeded into a Double Elimination bracket and the top teams from Saturday’s competition will move on to Regional Finals Phase 1.

The LCQ will not play out in entirety and will stop once each region fills all its qualification spots.
- 32 NA Teams play for 8 qualification spots
- 32 EU Teams play for 8 qualification spots
- 16 APAC Teams play for 4 qualification spots

Direct Invites

After Challengers Open #5, top teams from each region (based on their Open #5 rosters and Challenger points earned all year) will auto qualify for the Challengers Finals in their region. This means if you believe that you have a shot at Regional Finals you must participate in either Open #5 or the LCQ.
- Top 24 NA Teams
- Top 24 EU Teams
- Top 12 APAC Teams

Regional Finals Payout

Regional Finals Format

Phase 1 – Group Stage

• All Teams are divided into groups of 4 for a single round robin group stage
  • NA & EU – 8 Groups of 4
  • APAC – 4 Groups of 4

• Top 2 teams in each Group will advance to the Bracket Stage
• 3rd and 4th in each Group will place 17th and 25th respectively in Regional Finals

Phase 2 – Bracket Stage

• Teams will be seeded into a Double Elimination bracket over 3 days.
  • NA & EU – 16 Teams
  • APAC – 8 Teams

• Teams will compete in Phase 2 ending at the Top 4 for APAC and Top 8 for NA & EU
  • Winners Semi-Finals will play out during Phase 2 in all regions

Phase 3 – Finals Stage

• Remainder of the Double Elimination will play out across August 7th and 8th

Regional Finals Schedule

Phase 1 – Group Stage

• APAC – Saturday, August 1st, 6pm PT (Sunday, August 2nd, 12pm AEDT) - Saturday 10:30pm PT (Sunday 4:30pm AEDT)
• EU – Sunday, August 1st, 3am PT (12pm CET) - 7:30am PT (4:30pm CET)
• NA – Wednesday, August 4th, 4pm PT - 8:30pm PT

Phase 2 – Bracket Stage

• APAC – Saturday, August 1st, 10:30pm PT (Sunday, August 2nd, 4:30pm AEDT) - Sunday 3:00am PT (Sunday 9pm AEDT)
• EU – Sunday, August 1st, 7:30am PT (4:30pm CET) - 12pm PT (9pm CET)
• NA – Thursday, August 5th, 4pm PT - 8:30pm PT

Phase 3 – Finals Stage

• Day 1 – August 7th
  • APAC
    • 6pm PT (Saturday, August 7th, 12pm AEDT) - 9pm PT (Saturday 3pm AEDT)
    • WF and LF locally recorded and broadcast Saturday, August 7th, 2pm PT - 5pm PT
  • EU
    • Offstream - LR3 & LR4 – 7am PT (4pm CET) - 10am PT (7pm CET)
    • Broadcast Live – 11am PT (8pm CET) - 2pm PT (11pm CET)
  • NA
    • Offstream - LR3 & LR4 – 1pm PT - 4pm PT
    • Broadcast Live - 5pm PT - 8pm PT

• Day 2 – August 8th (Grand Finals)
  • APAC
    • Played offline 6pm PT (Sunday, August 8th, 12pm AEDT) - 9pm PT (Sunday 3pm AEDT)
    • Locally recorded and broadcast Sunday, August 8th, 2pm PT - 5pm PT
  • EU
    • Broadcast Live - 11am PT (8pm CET) - 2pm PT (11pm CET)
  • NA
    • Broadcast Live - 5pm PT - 8pm PT