Tournament rules:
Game mode: Quake Live, 1v1 duel
Full double elimination (winners and losers brackets)

Only players wil ELO rating below 1400 points are eligible to participate in this tournament (rating in duel game mode). You can check your ELO and ELO rating of your opponents here: www.qlstats.net/players
The minimum number of rated duel games played before the tournament is 40.
The minimum account "age" in 3 months, that is your first rated game in Quake Live must be played at least 3 months ago.
The deliberate (intentional) ELO diminution is strictly prohibited, and, if noticed, immediate ban will ensue.

The games may be played on any duel server with even pings and appropriate server settings (no custom/modified settings allowed).
The priority server locations are: Moscow (Ru), Spb (Ru) and Frankfurt (De). If players cannot pick the right server, it will be picked by the admin.

All players should record in-game demos and make after-game screenshots (cg_autoaction 3).
All winners bracket games - bo3.
All losers bracket games - bo1.
Grand Final - two bo3 rounds (the player coming from the losers bracket needs to win both).

Cointoss rules:
Cointoss loser has to pick or drop maps first.
For winners bracket: +1 +1 -2 -2 -1 -1 (that is: pick, pick, then drops untill a decider is determined).
For losers bracket: -2 -2 -2 -2 (dropping maps until 1 final map left).

Map pool of the Cup:
The cup will be played using a 9 map pool:

Blood Run
Campgrounds
Vertical Vengeance
Aerowalk
Sinister
Cure
Hektik
Lost World
Battleforged