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 last season’s playoff performance (top 6) and victories in the Pro Placement Tournament (top 4).

The Pro Placement Tournament consists of 20 teams in a group play format, with the top two teams from each group moving on to an eight team double elimination bracket. Seeds for the double elimination bracket will be determined by CPI. Among these 20 teams, there are seven teams from CEVO-P Season 7, the top six teams from CEVO-M Season 7, and six wildcards. Out of these 20 teams, the top four teams will advance to the CEVO-P Division. The 16 teams that do not qualify for the Professional Division will receive automatic invitations to the Main Division (CEVO-M).

The Pro 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.

CEVO Placement Attendees:

Darkside (CEVO-P 7th)
NoPression (CEVO-P 8th)
Ferocity (CEVO-P 9th)
West Coast Rockers (CEVO-P 10th)
unmoderated (CEVO-P 11th)
ka4 (CEVO-P 12th)
Evil Geniuses (CEVO-P 14th)
Riot Makers (CEVO-P 15th)
j1n (CEVO-M 1st)
Nameless (CEVO-M 2nd)
iniquity (CEVO-M 3rd)
All Your Base (CEVO-M 4th)
Amazing Online (CEVO-M 5th)
Shadow Gaming (CEVO-M 6th)
Fatal Effect (Wildcard)
Excello (Wildcard)
Cyberglobe (Wildcard)
50 Calibre (Wildcard)
Revoltados eSports (Wildcard)
Guardian Gaming (Wildcard)

NOTE: Wildcard spots were seeded using http://random.org/lists. Should any of the above teams fold, they will be replaced with a team from the original set of applications.

Group A: Darkside, Riotmakers, j1n, Excello, Cyberglobe
Group B: NoPression, EG, Nameless, Fatal Effect, 50 Calibre
Group C: Ferocity, ka4, iniquity, Shadow Gaming, Revoltados eSports
Group D: West Coast Rockers, unmoderated, All Your Base, Amazing Online, Guardian Gaming

Matches for group play will be played on January 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 27th with matches for the double elimination bracket being played the following week on January 29th, 30th, and 31st.

Reschedules and postponements are NOT allowed, unless there are 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.


Rules and Guidelines:

- All CEVO rules are in full effect, except as different below.
- The tournament format is group play. The top 2 teams from each group will advance to the double elimination bracket.
- All group play matches will be played as a bo3 series.
- For bo3 matches both teams will pick one map and CEVO will pick the tiebreaker.
- Teams may reserve a CEVO server for any match.
- A 5v5 knife-fight will be used to determine who gets to pick sides.
- When reporting matches, only report the score of the deciding (final) match of the bo3.

The tournament groups and standings can be found here.