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Counter-Strike 1.6 Season 12 - Professional Placement Tournament

The Professional Division (CEVO-P) is our most prestigious division and consists of only the top ten teams in North America. Teams are selected for this division based on our first season's performance (top six) and victories in the Professional Placement Tournament (top 10).

The Professional Placement Tournament consists of 16 teams in a double elimination, best of three maps format, with the top four (4) advancing to the Professional Division. The twelve (12) teams that do not qualify for the Professional Division will play in the Main Division.

The Professional Placement Tournament is utilized so as to remove subjective opinions and any influence of people from the selection process. Teams for CEVO-P qualify exclusively based on their proven performance against other top caliber teams.

Brackets & Deadline Days:

http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=869

Round 1 - Thursday, January 7th
Round 2 - Sunday, January 10th
Round 3 - Monday, January 11th
Round 4 - Tuesday, January 12th
Round 5 – Wednesday, January 13th


Reschedules and postponements are NOT allowed, exceptions will only be made for very extreme circumstances. In regard to this, ALL TEAMS are recommended to have at least 7 members on their roster in the event you cannot field your regular 5.

The Teams:

The teams that have been invited to play in the upcoming Professional Placement Tournament are as follows:
1. Ruins (CEVO-P 7th)
2. Devious (CEVO-P 8th)
3. complexity canada (CEVO-P 9th)
4. NoPression (CEVO-P 10th)
5. Backfire(CEVO-M 1st)
6. area 51 gaming (CEVO-M 2nd)
7. zetsumei (CEVO-M 3rd)
8. 34(CEVO-M 4th)
9. synchronicity(CEVO-M 5th/6th)
10. dynamic(CEVO-M 5th/6th)
11. (Application Spot)
12. (Application Spot)
13. (Application Spot)
14. (Application Spot)
15. (Application Spot)
16. (Application Spot)

Rules and Guidelines:

The tournament rules and guidelines are as follows:

- All CEVO rules are in full effect, except as different below.
- The tournament format is double elimination.
- Each match will be a best of three maps.
- Teams may reserve a CEVO server for any match.
- A 5v5 knife-fight will be used to determine who gets to pick sides.

Applications:

Teams that have not qualified yet, and are interested in competing in the Professional Placement Tournament can apply via email before Sunday, Jan 3rd @ 9:00 PM CST.

To apply, teams must be signed up in the Open or Main division with at least 5 "@ready" members on their roster.

Please send the following to cs-placement@cevo.com to apply.

1. Team Name
2. Link to CEVO team page. (Can be found on the standings)
3. Team Experience / Accomplishments (CEVO, other leagues/tournaments, other games, etc..)
4. Why you feel that your team deserves to be invited into the tournament.

If any of the participating teams have any questions or concerns, please contact CEVO|Page (CPage@cevo.com) or CEVO Support via http://support.cevo.com as soon as possible.