BTS Pro Series Season 10 format
Tournament organizer Beyond the Summit has unveiled details of the 10th season of the BTS Pro Series in the Americas and Southeast Asia. There will be 3 stages in each region.
Southeast Asia
The first stage of the tournament takes place on February 6-8. There are 8 invited participants: Polaris Esports, Team M Y, Lilgun, Army Geniuses, Motivate.Trust, Yangon G, Ragdoll and Kobolds. All of them are split into 2 GSL groups, with the top 2 teams from each group advancing to the next stage. Another slot is drawn in the match between the 2 teams from each group.
Seeding for the first stage:
The second stage takes place on February 14-28. There are 5 teams from the previous stage and 4 invited teams: T1, Execration, OB.Neon and Team SMG. They face each other in a Round-Robin system with BO2 matches. After this stage:
- 1st-4th places qualify for the playoffs' upper bracket;
- 5th-8th places qualify for the playoffs' lower bracket;
- 9th place leaves the tournament.
The play-off stage is scheduled for March 2-6, 2022. The teams play in a Double-Elimination bracket, with the grand final in BO5 and all other matches in BO3.
Americas
The first stage of the tournament takes place on February 5-9. There are 8 invited participants: TOOBASED, Arkosh, The Cut, DogChamp, APU KoK, Infinity, Lava and Hokori. All of them are split into 2 GSL groups, with the top 2 teams from each group advancing to the next stage.
Seeding for the first stage:
The second stage takes place on February 14-28. There are 4 teams from the previous stage and 5 invited teams: WildCard Gaming, Thunder Predator, Infamous, 4 Zoomers and Quincy Crew. They face each other in a Round-Robin system with BO2 matches. After this stage:
- 1st-4th places qualify for the playoffs' upper bracket;
- 5th-8th places qualify for the playoffs' lower bracket;
- 9th place leaves the tournament.
The play-off stage is scheduled for March 2-6, 2022. The teams play in a Double-Elimination bracket, with the grand final in BO5 and all other matches in BO3.