PG2: coL.Red vs COG – NA Coke Zero Challenger Series

BY Andrew Miesner / February 15, 2014

Today, compLexity.Red will compete for their spot in the Challenger Series #2 as they take on the COGnitive Gaming at 7:00PM EST.

The NA Coke Zero Challenger Series is a Challenger league that runs alongside the LCS for the entire 2014 season and a direct bridge into the LCS. Twenty teams from the Challenger ladder will be placed into five brackets of four, where the top five teams will be placed into Challenger Series #1. The teams will then play in a single elimination bracket; the top three teams from this bracket will advance into Challenger Series #2, where they will be joined by another five teams from another twenty team qualifier identical to the one for Challenger Series #1.

Teams earn points from finishes in each Challenger Series. The top six teams with the most points will compete against each other, where the top three will earn a spot in the next LCS Promotion Tournament.

Format

Play-In 1

• Top 20 teams from the Ranked 5s Ladder are split into five brackets of four.
• Each match is a Best of One.
• Each bracket winner advances into the Challenger Series #1.

Challenger Series #1

• Round of 8, Single Elimination
• Three teams pre-qualified who dropped from the Promotion Tournament
• Five teams from Play-In #1.
• Each match is a Best of Three.
• Winning teams earn cash prizes and points based on their finish
• Top three teams advance to Challenger Series #2.

Results

Stream