Eighth Alliance Tournament Rules

64 Alliances will be granted entry to Alliance Tournament VIII. The tournament takes places in two stages – Qualifying and Finals.

A modified Swiss System tournament system will be used for qualifying rounds, with a single elimination tournament occurring on the final weekend.

Competition Dates

• Participating Teams Announced - April 26th

• Qualifying Round 1 – June 5th & 6th

• Qualifying Round 2 – June 12th & 13th

• Finals – June 19th & 20th

Tournament Entry

All entrants will be required to sign up via the Alliance Tournament section of the Eve Online website.

The 64 competing teams will be decided as follows:

• 16 slots will be reserved for the top 16 teams from the previous Alliance Tournament

• 16 slots will be sold via in-game auction.

• All remaining slots will be allocated via random draw.

Qualifying rounds

Of the 64 initial teams, 32 may progress from the qualifying rounds to the finals weekend.

Round 1

The 64 competing alliances will be drawn against eachother at random and will fight as scheduled.

Teams will be ranked by their match result (Win or Loss), and then by total points (see match rules). A draw counts as a loss for both teams.

Round 2

Teams fight in order of rank - 1v2, 3v4 and so on.

Results

Teams will be ranked by combined match results. All teams are ranked first by total wins, and then by points scored.

The top 32 teams according to these rankings will progress to the final weekend.

Finals

Teams will be seeded based on their positions after the qualifying rounds. Seeding will be used so that the highest ranked teams are on opposite sides of the elimination tree.

A 32 team single-elimination will then take place over the final two days, with 16 matches taking place each day.

During the finals, in case of a draw, the team which advanced from the qualifiers with a higher ranking will advance.

Additional Notes

Winning Team Points

The winner of each match gains a 25% bonus to the total ranking points scored. The points values for each ship are available in the match rules page.

Intentional Handicaps

If a team begins the match with less points value worth of ships than their opponent, and wins the match, they score extra ranking points equal to the difference in the two teams’ values.

Draws

For the purposes of this tournament, a drawn match is considered a loss for both teams involved.

Rankings

If at any point, teams are level in Win/Loss and also level in points scored, the following will be used in order to determine ranking position.

1. If the teams disputing rank have fought each other at any point, the winner is higher.

2. The current ranking (W/L, then points) of the last team that you defeated. Higher is better.

3. The current ranking of the last team that defeated you. Again, higher is better.