EA Champions Cup

Official Rules

This competition is sponsored byEA Swiss Sárl, (“Sponsor” or “EA”), with principal business address at Place du Molard 8, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsor, together with its affiliates, agents, representatives, assigns and successors in interest and licensees, are collectively referred to as “Sponsor and its agents”.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

ENTRANTS IN THIS COMPETITION MUST: (1) OWN OR HAVE ACCESS TO EA SPORTSFIFA ONLINE 4 (“FIFA Online 4”) (2) HAVE AGREED TO THE EA PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY AND USER AGREEMENT.

1.            Eligibility: EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 (the “Competition”) is open only to legal residents of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam who meet the minimum age requirements of being 16 years old at the time of qualifying(were born no later than May1^st,2003).  Those who are employees of Electronic Arts Inc. or its affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies (“Sponsor and its agents”) or who are immediate family members or persons living in the same household of each such employee are not eligible.  Subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.  By participating in the Competition, the participant signifies his or her full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. 

2.    Timing: The Competition begins on May 16 2019 at 10:00 CST(China Standard Time) and ends on May 26, 2019 at 24:00 CST (the “Competition Period”). Administrator's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Competition. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE APPLICABLE COMPETITION ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME ZONES.

 

3.            How to Compete:  Qualify to participate in EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 via local qualifiers, organised by: Garena (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam participants), Nexon (South Korea participants), and Tencent (China participants) during the Qualification Period (between 18 November 2018 and 10 May 2019). EA will provide entrants with accounts for the purposes of this Competition only and entrants are required to log in to such accounts to compete. Any entrant may be disqualified immediately from this Competition and, at the discretion of the Sponsor or its designees from further EA online competitions, for any failure to comply with the EA User Agreement, Privacy and Cookie Policy or for any cheating, including:

 

a.    using any cheats, hacks or other 3^rd party "helper" applications in playing games;

b.    intentionally disconnecting from the Internet during any game;

c.    colluding with other players in playing games; or

d.    taking advantage of known exploits in the game (it is the responsibility of players to understand and avoid all current illegal exploits).

 

Abusive or disorderly behaviour, including any use of harassing, negative, or profane language online, will not be tolerated and will also constitute grounds for immediate disqualification.

 

4.            Personal Information:  Nothing in these Official Rules shall be deemed to exclude or restrict any of the winner’s or the entrant’s statutory rights as a consumer.

 

By participating in the Competition, entrant consents to Sponsor processing their personal information (name, address, email, birthdate) in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy and Cookie Policy, available at http://www.ea.com/privacy-policyfor the purposes of:

 

(a) Organizing, running and monitoring the Competition and prize fulfillment, including, if entrant wins a prize, publishing (i) their name on the Winner(s) List and (ii) their name and country of residence online or in any other media in connection with the Competition, as described further in Section 7 below); and

(b) Any additional processing activities to which entrant consents. 

Entrants acknowledge that personal information may be stored and processed for the purposes set out in the Privacy and Cookie Policy in the United States or any other country in which EA, its subsidiaries, or third-party agents operate. By entering the Promotion, you consent that your personal information may be transferred to recipients in the United States and other countries that may not offer the same level of privacy protection as the laws in your country of residence or citizenship.

 

EA participates in the U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield Framework for the collection, use, and retention of data from Switzerland. While EA relies on various mechanisms to effectuate cross-border transfers, we continue to adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome.

5.  Applicability of EA User Agreement and Privacy and Cookie Policy: Your participation in the Competition is also governed by the EA User Agreement found at www.ea.com.  If there is any conflict between these Official Rules and the EA Privacy and Cookie Policy and User Agreement, then the EA Privacy Policy and User Agreement will take precedence to the extent of that conflict.

 

6. Winner Determination: The winners will be determined based on the rules, more particularly described in Schedule 1. 

 

7.  Notification:  The potential winners will be announced on the last day of Competition Period. Except where prohibited, each potential winner will be required to sign and return a Winner Declaration & Consent, which must be received by the Sponsor, within 10 days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim his/her prize.  If any potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and/orreturn the Winner Declaration & Consent within the required time period, refuses the prize, is ineligible to win the prize, or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize.  Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules; all prizes claimed in accordance with these Official Rules will be awarded. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified, or the prize is forfeited for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner based on position on the leaderboard or ladder, as applicable, from among all remaining eligible Entries.  Only three (3) alternative winners will be selected, after which EA retains the discretion to donate the applicable prize to a charity of Sponsor’s choosing.

 

8.  Prizes: The prizes for the Competition and the order in which they will be awarded are as follows: If for any reason an advertised prize is unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received and relative skill of entrants. Allow 8 weeks for delivery of prize(s).

 

*Each prize will be divided within each squad at their own discretion

9. FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Points: In addition to winning prizes, each player at EACC will be awarded with Pro Points according to the distribution table, that can be found in Appendix 1. The top 8 players who will earn the most accumulated EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Points across EA Champions Cup Winter 2018 and EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 will be eligible to compete in the EA SPORTS FIFA Global Series Playoffs on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup Final 2019.

 

10.  General Terms: 

a.    By participating in this Competition, each participant agrees:

(1) To the extent allowable under applicable law and to release and hold harmless Sponsor and its agents from any and all liability or any injury, loss, damage, right, claim or action of any kind arising from or in connection with this Competitions or any Competition-related activity or the receipt, possession, use or misuse of any prize won

(2) That EA’s decisions will be final and binding on all matters related to this Competition;

(3) That EA has the right to publish and otherwise use your statistics and rankings in connection with the Competition, and for other related purposes (such as for marketing and promotional purposes) without further consent from or payment to you;

 

            (4) That EA will be filming, recording, broadcasting and/or taking photographs (“Broadcasting”) during the Competition. To the most extent permitted by applicable laws, any and all intellectual property rights including but not limited to copyright, of any footage, video, audio, image and other content and product related to or generated from such Broadcasting belongs to EA. EA has the right to use, publish, display and broadcast your name, photograph, or other likeness or biographical information that you may provide, and any performance or statement you make concerning the Competition in any and all media, in perpetuity, for the purpose of trade, promotion and/or otherwise without notification or additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.

(5)  That by accepting a prize, EA may use your name and place of residenceonline or in any other media, in connection with this Competition, without payment or compensation to the winner or anyone else, except where prohibited; and

(6) This Official Rule shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China, without reference to its choice of law rules to the contrary. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Official Rule, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the SIAC for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this clause. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore.  The Tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator.  The language of the arbitration shall be English. 

 

b.    EA reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Competition, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Competition, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  If terminated Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above.  Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Competition or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or those of any other Competition or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated entries.  Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys’ fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

11. Winner(s) List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the end date of the Competition Period (listed above) on the official EA Champions Cup website. 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

LIVE EVENTS RULES

All rules are subject to change, and changes may be posted without notice. The format of the Competition may also be changed without notice. It is each Player's responsibility to know and understand the rules as they exist the day of the tournament/play.

 

All games will be played on the computer with network accessibility and EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4. The publishers of EA FIFA SPORTS ONLINE 4 from South Korea and China will select 3 squads to participate in EACC at their own discretion and that of South East Asia will select 6 squads to participate in the Competition at their own discretion

 

EVENT FORMAT

 

Squad Group Draw:

 

●        The 12 qualified squads will be split into 3 groups of 4 squads each, using the following draw methodology:

o   Participating squads will be divided into 3 pools:

?          Pool 1 - 3 squads representing China

?          Pool 2 - 3 squads representing Korea

?          Pool 3 - 6 squads representing South East Asia

o   Captains of Pool 1 squads, in alphabetical order of squad name, will randomly draw a position in either A1, B1, or C1, resulting in a single Pool 1 squad placed in each group

o   Captains of Pool 2 squads, in alphabetical order of squad name, will randomly draw a position in either A2, B2, or C2, resulting in a single Pool 2 squad placed in each group

o   Captains of Pool 3 squads, in alphabetical order of squad name, will randomly draw a position in either A3, A4, B3, B4, C3 or C4, resulting in two Pool 3 squads placed in each group

 

Tournament Format:

 

●        The tournament will begin with a single round-robin group phase, with every squad playing a single match against every other squad in their group

●        After concluding the group phase, the top 2 squads of each group, as well as 2 of the highest Match Point squads among the remaining participants will move on to the knockout stage.

●        The knockout stage will feature 8 squads in a dual tournament format. The squads will be distributed in the bracket in the following way

o   The top squad from each group (so A1,B1,C1) as well as one of the second place squads with the highest Match Points will be considered higher seeds (HS) and randomly drawn into Match 1, Match 2, Match 3, Match 4 positions on the knockout bracket, with one higher seed squad in each match.

o   The remaining qualified squads will be considered lower seeds (LS) and randomly drawn into Match 1, 2, 3 and 4, with one lower seed squad in each match.

 

 

Round	Date	Content	Method
Group Stage	May 18	Group A, B, C Match 1 (A), Match 2 (B), Match 3 (C)	- 3 groups (4 squads in a group) - Single round robin - No extra time / No penalties - Every player plays a game in a match ●      P1 vs P1 ●      P2 vs P2 ●      P3 vs P3 - Every game result translates into Match Points: win-3/draw-1/lose-0 - Placement within the group judging criteria is as follows: 1. Match points 2. Goal difference 3. More goals 4. Less warnings 5. Match point between the tied squads. 6. If squads are still tied, a “sudden death” game will be played between a single player from each squad.
	May 19	Group A, B, C Match 4 (C), Match 5 (B), Match 6 (A)
	May 20	Group A, B, C Match 7 (B), Match 8 (A), Match 9 (C)
Knockout Stage	May 24	4 x Best of 3   Match 1 - HS1 vs LS1 Match 2 - HS2 vs LS2 Match 3 - HS3 vs LS3 Match 4 - HS4 vs LS4	- Every match in this round will feature a higher seed vs a lower seed squad, based on group stage results - Each game will be resolved using extra time/penalties - The first squad to win 2 games in a match will be considered the winner and advance
	May 25	6 x Best of 3   Match 5 - Loser of Match 1 vs Loser of Match 2 Match 6 - Loser of Match 3 vs Loser of Match 4 Match 7 - Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 Match 8 - Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4 Match 9  - Winner of Match 5 vs Loser of Match 7 Match 10 - Winner of Match 6 vs Loser of Match 8	- Each game will be resolved using extra time/penalties - The first squad to win 2 games in a match will be considered the winner and advance - Squads that win 2 matches in this phase will qualify to the Semi-Finals - Squads that lose 2 matches in this phase will be knocked out of the tournament
	May 26	3 x Best of 5   Semi-Finals Match 11 - Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 10 Match 12 - Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9   Grand Finals Match 13 - Winner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12	- Winner stays  - Each squad designates their player order for the match - Players face each other in games in the predetermined order - The winning player stays on stage until they lose a game - When a player loses a game, they are eliminated from the match and the next player from their squad plays the following games - The match continues until all players on a squad are eliminated

 

●        The conditions of the tournament are as follows:

-            Only basic formations that are available on EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4 can be used.

-            For the in-game team formation for each game, the maximum number of FW is 4 players, DF - 5 players, MF – 5 players.

-            Statistics for strategy can be changed freely.

-            Auto player selection function can be used.

-            Players must not disturb the goalie in his/her turn to kick-off. If not followed, a warning will be given to the player.

-            If a player misuses the ball to delay the match, he/she will receive one verbal warning under the referee's decision. If conducting it more than once, he/she will automatically forfeit the game (If a player receives a verbal warning, a verbal warning will be removed after the match ends).

-            If a chance of attack fails due to a systematic error during the penalty shoot-out, repeat the failing situation after changing the forward or defender and restart the game.

-            If a player uses violent or offensive language via messenger, the player will be disqualified in accordance with the decision of the Sponsor and its agents

-            Ceremonial actions deemed inappropriate after scoring will receive a warning in accordance with the decision of the Sponsor and its agents

-            Players will be disqualified if they score on their own team’s goal intentionally.

-            Unsportsmanlike behaviour can also be punished by match forfeit and disqualification.

-            Forfeiture will be recorded as 0:5 despite the original score.

-            Disturbance in the game progress caused by systematic error will be handled in accordance with the decision of the Sponsor and its agents.

-            There is no influence in the game when playing home or away.

-            Therefore, home or away side will be decided according to stage sides.

■      Quarter Finals: Higher Seed (HS)squads will play home.

■      Semi Finals/Finals: Coin flip decides home & away.

 

 

Disruption in Connection During a Match

 

o    Players will be disqualified if he or she stops the connection during the game play intentionally.

o    Under the following conditions, original scores will be kept, and the game play shall restart for the time left.

o    Disconnection due to electricity problem in the arena.

o    Inconsistent/Irregular gameplay during the play due to instability in the game program or PC system used for the competition.

o    Inconsistent/Irregular gameplay due to problems on the observer PC.

o    Match disturbance due to disturbance in crowds.

o    Inconsistent/Irregular gameplay within the game play time.

o    If inconsistent/irregular gameplay occurs to the defence, reproduce a penalty kick and the game will restart for remaining times.

o    If inconsistent/irregular gameplay occurs to the forward, the game will restart with the remaining time and proceed with a penalty kick situation.

o    During the match possession of the ball after the restart goes to the player who had possession before the game stop.

o    If inconsistent/irregular gameplay occurs on a penalty shoot-out situation after the game:

o    The game will restart and reproduce to the moment before irregular situation appeared.

-            If none of the conditions above are the reason for disconnection, the Sponsor will make the decision.

*Inconsistent/Irregular gameplay – an occasion of gameplay lag caused by bug issue or hardware malfunction, network instability, server malfunction.

 

Stoppage of Play

 

-            Tactical Pause

o    Each Player can pause the game up to 3 times for tactical reasons

o    A tactical pause will last up to 30 seconds

o    If a tactical pause is made, a tactical change to the team, which can include substitutions, formation changes, or tactic adjustments must happen

o    A player can call a time-out (pause) for in-game player or strategy changes only during ball-off (Zone-out, foul situation, throw-in situation, the centre of the circle to restart the game situations, goal-kick situation). If violating this rule, he or she will receive one warning.

-            Technical Pause

o    If an issue occurs during a game, the player must raise their hand and alert the referee. The referee will commence the technical pause to inspect the issue at their own discretion

o    Participating squads may raise objections to the referee to stop the match officially in the circumstances listed below.

o    Game Lag issue

■      If referee could clearly recognize the lag, referee will check with the other referee (opponent side).

■      When lag was recognizable on both PCs, both players must agree for restarting the match.

■      If opponent player doesn’t agree to restart, match will be resumed from the point of interruption.

■      If opponent player didn’t feel any lag, player who raised issue can request for a monitor frame test.

■      If there was no server or PC/monitor issue, player who raised issue will receive warning.

o    Opponents have displayed inappropriate language

o    Disturbance by the audience

o    Lights in arena disturbs the players during the game play

o    If the cause for calling a technical pause, or the objection made by a player is judged to be false by the Sponsor or its agents, the squad will receive a warning.

o    If other situations that arise that are not listed above, the Sponsor holds the right to a final decision.

 

Usage of Bugs and Illegal Programs

 

-            It is understood that if at any time a player uses an illegal program, the player will be disqualified from the tournament immediately and banned from participating in any EA SPORTS FIFA Online 4 related competitions that are hosted by EA for the duration of one year. Additionally, any Ranking Points held by the squad will be cancelled.

-            Player cannot use any other external program besides drivers for peripheral hardware usage.

-            Players must notify the Referee or Sponsor if bugs are encountered in the game.

-            Players will be disqualified for exploiting an unknown bug and the squad’s awards/prize in EACC will be cancelled.

 

Participating squads

 

●        Qualified Player Composition and Requirements:

-            A qualified squad consisting of three players who meet the requirements outlined in Section 1. Eligibility

-            Only registered players can participate in the game.

-            A squad leader or a captain is required.

-            If a player is under the age of 18, the following three documents should be submitted to participate: (i) legal representative consent; (ii) copy of legal representative’s ID card; and (iii) family relationship certificate.

-            Player’s name on a personal profile will be written in English according to the Sponsor’s guidelines.

-            A squad shall not submit profile names or pictures inappropriate for broadcasting.

-            Players cannot be substituted with others for the matches.

-            Players who have caused the social criticism of esports can be restricted from participating.

 

●        Squad organizing method of participating players:

-            Each squad must consist of 3 players.

-            Each squad must attend the team draft to form their in-game team.

-            Players will choose an English name as the in-game team name to be entered in the game.

-            Players are prohibited from recruiting in-game players from the tournament server, using the transfer market, or otherwise. (Disqualified when offended)

-            Players are prohibited from strengthening (raising crafting level) of the player cards on the tournament server. (Disqualified when offended)

-            The Sponsor shall make the final decision on disqualifications.

 

●     Team Draft& Draft Order Drawing Ceremony

-            Draft Order Drawing Ceremony

a.      All participating players and squads are required to attend the Draft Order Drawing Ceremony ahead of the team draft

b.      Draft order will be determined by the order in which squads are drawn from the pool of all 12 participating squads, with the squad drafted first taking the first Team Draft position and so on;

-            Team Composition & Player pool

a.      All participating players and squads are required to attend the Team Draft

b.      Each squad will draft a team of 18 players

c.      Positions are divided into FW / MF / DF / GK.

d.      The player pool will consist of players from following classes (and with following crafting level):

◆      LIVE season (+6)

◆      National Hero Debut (+3)

◆      19 TOTY (+1)

◆      Tournament Best (+3)

◆      Top Transfer (+3)

◆      Golden Rookies (+3)

e.      Players’ level will be set to maximum.

f.       Manager level will be set to 100.

g.      One team cannot consist of 2 or more players with the same name, even if from different classes (e.g. TOTY C. Ronaldo + TT C. Ronaldo is not allowed on one team).

h.      Other squads cannot draft the same players within the same class, if the player has already been drafted (e.g. there will be only one TOTY C. Ronaldo available in the draft).

i.       Other squads can choose players with the same name from different classes, if the player is still available (e.g. both TOTY and TT C. Ronaldo can be drafted into different teams).

j.       The team colour system will not be applied.

k.      Live Boosts will not be applied.

l.           Account registration will take place after the Team Draft is completed.

m.      All the players in one squad will be provided with the same team (each player can have an individual account on the esports server).

n.      Players will be provided with an English client to access the esports server.

-            Draft process

a.      The draft will be held in 2 stages and a total of 12 rounds using a “snake-draft” method.

◆      Each regular round consists of every one of the 12 squads picking in order determined during the Draft Order Drawing Ceremony starting with the squad drafted first, continuing to squad drafted twelfth

◆      Each regular round will be followed by a reverse order round, starting with the squad drafted twelfth during the Draft Order Drawing Ceremony and continuing to the squad drafted first.

◆      The sequence of regular and reverse order rounds will persist, regardless of Stages of draft, resulting in 6 regular order rounds and 6 reverse order rounds.

b.      If a squad fails to pick a player within the allotted time, the draft program will automatically switch over to the next squad. Squads will have to draft all missed picks in the last round of Stage 1 and Stage 2 respectively.

c.      The process of Stage 1 and Stage 2 is as follows:

◆      Stage 1

●          Each squad will select 11 players within the salary cap of 170.

●          Each squad must pick at least 1 goalkeeper in the 1st stage of the draft.

●          There will be 8 rounds of draft in the 1st stage.

■      Rounds 1,2,3

◆      Each squad will draft 1 in-game player per round

◆      The time limit for each draft pick will be 30 seconds per squad

■      Rounds 4,5,6,7

◆      Each squad will draft 2 in-game players per round

◆      The time limit for all draft picks will be 60 seconds per squad in this round

■      Round 8

◆      Each squad will make all missing picks, if any, up to 11 total players (including 1 goalkeeper)

◆      There will be no time limit for this round

◆      Stage 2

●          Each squad will select 7 players, with no salary cap.

●          Each squad must pick at least 1 goalkeeper in the 2nd stage of the draft.

●          There will be 4 rounds of draft in the 2nd stage.

■      Rounds 1,2

◆      Each squad will draft 2 in-game players per round

◆      The time limit for all draft picks will be 60 seconds per squad in this round

■      Round 3

◆      Each squad will draft 3 in-game players per round

◆      The time limit for all draft picks will be 90 seconds per squad in this round

■      Round 4

◆      Each squad will make all missing picks, if any, up to 7 total players (including 1 goalkeeper)

◆      There will be no time limit for this round

d.      After completing Stage 1 and Stage 2 of team draft, squads will be able to select in-game clubs.

◆      Picking order of in-game clubs will follow the reverse order round.

◆      Only club teams can be chosen as an in-game team

◆      Each club can only be chosen once - there will be no duplicate in-game teams.

Player Instructions

 

-            All participating players are obligated to appear on live broadcast of the Competition.

-            All participating players must play in accordance with the rules and to the best of their ability.

-            All participating players must accept the results decided by the Sponsor and its agents

-            All participating players are obligated to accept requests from the Sponsor for broadcasting / Interview / Additional PR in relation to the Competition, and support for collecting match data or other related materials for such purposes. In case that the player conducted inappropriately for broadcasting (such as absence, tardiness, bad attire, inappropriate words and deeds, etc), acquired money prize can be forfeited.

-            All participating players must wear the appropriate attire, as specified by the Sponsor.

-            Players are not allowed to wear attire/accessories that disturb the broadcast.

-            If a player’s attire/accessories are deemed inappropriate, the player must rectify immediately to continue in the tournament.

-            The player must arrive in the arena 60 minutes prior to his or her event to stand by.

-            The player will receive a warning if not present in the arena 60 minutes prior to the game, unless the Sponsor has been notified in advance or excused for an emergency. If the player fails to present in the arena 60 minutes before the match starts, the player will receive two warnings.

-            It is understood that if at any time a player leaves the arena without proper reason or does not participate in the game, the player will be disqualified from the tournament and banned from participating in any EA SPORTS FIFA Online series related competitions for the next 1 year. However, players will be exempt from this rule under Sponsor approved conditions (unavoidable conditions including but not limited to natural disaster, death of immediate family members).

-            Player roster must be submitted to host & referee 1 hour prior to match start:

o  Mid-game substitutions are not allowed.

o  Only in case of player emergency, host will decide on mid-game substitution.

o  When submitting the roster, playing order must be stated and players must play in that order without change during the match.

o  Player roster can only be checked by the host, referee and broadcasting supervisor.

 

-            All players of a squad will have a maximum of 8 minutes to set up their PCs on stage before the match. No additional set up time will be provided between games in a match.

o   Timing will be monitored by the referee with a stopwatch and a countdown on the stage’s main screen)

-            If a squad cannot field 3 players to participate in the match, they will be given a technical loss by 0:5 for the game.

-            Communication related to the Competition (inquiry / complaint, etc.) should proceed through the official operating partner designated by Sponsor, accompaniedby Sponsor.

-            Players must wear attire appropriate to the circumstances and location at which an event is taking place. This includes the award ceremony following final round, at which the winner must wear formal attire.

-            Players shall not wear, carry or bear any items of a commercial, religious or political nature, or which in EA’s opinion reflect unfavourably upon the EA Champions Cup, or EA, nor carry out any promotional activity in connection with the EA Champions Cup unless otherwise approved in writing by EA.

 

 

Warnings

 

●          The players will receive warning as follow:

-            If they do not follow the instructions from the Sponsor

-            If they do not sit on a chair in the player’s booth

-            If they disobey the referee's decision 

-            If they use inappropriate language or behave inappropriately

-            If players conduct any behaviours that can affect the match beside of all followings above, they might receive one warning. In the worst case, they might be forfeited from the match.   

●          Accumulated warnings mean as below:

1 Warning	2 Warnings	3 Warnings
N/A	Game forfeit	Match forfeit

●          Game forfeit will result in loss by 0:5 score

●          In case of Match forfeit all games will be counted as game forfeits

●          Warnings accumulate for the whole squad (3 players)

●          Accumulated warnings will be reset after every match for the purposes of forfeits, but will be considered in aggregate for the purposes of tie-breakers

 

Referees

 

●        Referees will be on site to monitor all gameplay. Referees will begin play and will record scores for each game.

●        Referees will be identified by a special ID tag.

●        The decision of the referee is final and binding.

 

 

Drugs and Alcohol

 

●        Use of drugs and alcohol is prohibited on the premises of, or during the attendance of, live events or tournaments, for the duration of the competitive tournament.

●        Players must not be under the influence of drugs and alcohol while participating.

●        Smoking is prohibited except in designated areas.

●        Smoking in hotel rooms in strictly prohibited unless player has a smoking room.

●        Any player who appears to violate the above terms under this clause may be sanctioned.

 

 

 

APPENDIX 1

EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4 RANKING POINTS

Overview

●        EA SPORTS™FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Points will be distributed based on EA Champions Cup results only.

●        Players will get EA SPORTS™FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Points based on the squad performance as well as their individual matches.

●        To respect the recency of performance, EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 will be given twice the amount of points.

●        Individual players will be allocated in the EA SPORTS™FIFA ONLINE 4 leaderboards based on the aggregated points.

●        Top 8 players from the EA SPORTS™FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Point leaderboard will be invited to FIFA Global Series Playoff.

 

 

 

Ranking Points

Squad Performance Point

o   Individual players will get equal amount of points based on squad performance.

 

Event	Winner	2nd	Semi Finals	Quarter Finals	Groups
EA Champions Cup Winter 2018	100	75	60	40	20
EA Champions Cup Spring 2019	200	150	120	80	40

 

Individual Performance Points

o   Each player will get certain amount points based on the result of the game.

o   The best scorer player will be awarded the 100 bonus points.

 

Event	Description	Results	Winning Points
EA Champions Cup Winter 2018	Group Stage	Win	20
		DRAW	10
	Knock-Out Stage	Win	20
	Best Scorer		50
EA Champions Cup Spring 2019	Group Stage	Win	40
		DRAW	20
	Knock-Out Stage	Win	40
	BEST SCORER		100

 

Tie-Breaker
If multiple players are tied in EA SPORTS™FIFA ONLINE 4 Ranking Points at the end of the EACC Spring 2019, then:

o   The player who gained the most Ranking Points in the EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 will be considered the higher seed.

o   If players gained the same amount of Ranking Points in the EA Champions Cup Spring 2019, then their final ranking at the EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 will be the second tie-breaker.

o   If players are from the same squad in EA Champions Cup Spring 2019, then the number of games won by that player in the EA Champions Cup Spring 2019 will be the third tie-breaker.

o   Fair play - player with less warnings across 2 tournaments will be considered higher seed (fourth tie-breaker).

o   If players had the same wins record they will play a tie-breaker game. All tiebreaker-games will be played as single Best-of-1 Game (fifth tie-breaker).

 

 

 

APPENDIX 2

GLOSSARY

 

Squad - a real-world, professional group of 3 individual EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4 players, participating in EACC under one brand name

 

Team - in-game EA SPORTS FIFA ONLINE 4 roster of virtual players, used in professional EACC play by each individual player on a squad

 

Game - a single instance of two participating players facing off, with victory determined by the number of in-game goals scored by each team

 

Match - a single instance of two participating squads facing off, with victory determined by the number of games won in the course of the match (e.g. 2 games won in a 3-game match)