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Championship

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Teams

8

Two groups of four

Prize pool

$250K

Across eight placements

Format

Single elim

After a seeding round-robin

Dates

14 – 29 Aug

All times UTC

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AVGvsCRH

Semifinal 1 · Bo5 · Fri 28 Aug · 17:00 UTC

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Results

Latest from the arena

Every series played so far, newest first.

All fixtures

Contenders

Still in the running

Rosters that can still lift the trophy, ordered by how far they have gone.

All teams

Aurora Vanguard

AVG · Asia-Pacific

Seed 1

First light, first blood.

Group
A
Series
4–0
Status
Semifinal

Void Syndicate

VDS · Europe

Seed 3

Everything collapses inward.

Group
A
Series
3–1
Status
Semifinal

Crimson Halo

CRH · South America

Seed 4

Loud on purpose.

Group
B
Series
2–2
Status
Semifinal

Echo Meridian

ECM · Africa & Middle East

Seed 7

Heard before seen.

Group
A
Series
1–3
Status
Semifinal

Format

How the trophy is won

Seven days, two groups and a single-elimination bracket.

Standings
  1. 01Days 1 – 3

    Seeding round-robin

    Two groups of four. Every team plays every other team in its group once, best-of-three. Results decide the seeding for the knockout bracket — nobody is eliminated.

  2. 02Day 4 – 5

    Quarterfinals

    Single elimination begins. Seeds are crossed between groups (1v8, 4v5, 2v7, 3v6) so group winners meet the lowest-seeded qualifiers. Best-of-three.

  3. 03Day 6

    Semifinals

    Best-of-five. The two losers drop into the third-place match rather than out of the event entirely.

  4. 04Day 7

    Finals day

    Third-place match, then the Grand Final: best-of-five, one map veto each, no map repeats.

Prize pool

$250,000 on the line

  • Champion

    Nova Cup trophy + auto-seed into next season

    $100,000

  • Runner-up

    $55,000

  • Third

    $30,000

  • Fourth

    $20,000

  • 5th – 8th

    each

    $11,250

Broadcast

On the desk

  • PARALLAX

    Priya Anand · Play-by-play

    English

  • TALLYHO

    Deshawn Carter · Colour

    English

  • compass

    Nadia Okonjo · Desk host

    English

  • PLACAR

    Bruno Salgado · Play-by-play

    Português

  • hangang

    Ji-woo Seong · Play-by-play

    한국어

Good to know

Frequently asked

Is this a real tournament?
No. Every team, player, match and result on this site is invented sample data bundled with the app. Nothing here is fetched from a live service.
How do teams qualify?
Six slots come from the regional circuits and two come from the open qualifier. Both open-qualifier teams made the bracket this year.
What happens on a group-stage tie?
Map difference first, then the head-to-head result between the tied teams, then total maps won. Ties beyond that go to a decider map.
Can I watch the vods?
Not from here — this is a self-contained demo site with no external links to media, no database and no third-party APIs.
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