WePlay Academy League Season 3 Starts On Jan 3

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Dec 28 2021 2 min read

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WAL Season 3 starts on January, 3 with 10 teams in!

WePlay Academy League Second Season ended in mid-November. During 2021, we held two tournaments with a total prize pool of $200,000 and opened the world to m0NESY, phzy, Aqua, as well as other equally talented CS:GO players. We just don't want to stop there and close the League, so here you are, more, better, cooler!

Meet WePlay Academy League Season 3! New event, new format, new rules, even new participants, and all this splendor will take place during the New Year holidays! Let's take a closer look at the changes.

Format

Group Stage

Round-robin with two groups five teams each
Group winner advances to the Playoffs
2-5 placers proceed to the Gauntlet Stage
Best-of-1

Gauntlet Stage

The first round is played by the teams that finished the previous stage in 4th and 5th places
First round winners play with 3rd place
The winners of the second round play with 2nd place
The winners of the third round advance to the Playoffs
Best-of-3

Tournament Schedule

Group Stage: 3-13 January 2022
Gauntlet Stage: 14-16 January 2022
Playoffs: February 11-13 2022

As before, the first two stages will be held online, while the Playoffs are going to take place in the WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv. This season, we have expanded the list of participants, so the Turkish Eternal Fire Academy and the long-awaited Spirit Academy are joining the already familiar tags. According to the rules, at least four people from each team must be between the ages of 16 and 21, the fifth participant can be of a different age category.

Participants

Group A

NAVI Junior;
Young Ninjas;
Fnatic Rising;
BIG. OMEN Academy;
Astralis Talent.

Group B

VP.Prodigy;
mouz NXT;
FURIA Academy;
Spirit Academy;
Eternal Fire Academy.

PARIMATCH is the official partner of WePlay Academy League Season 3. Let's watch it together!

The first matches of WePlay Academy League Season 3 will kick off on January 3. Don't forget to follow us on socials and subscribe to our Twitch channel!