Welcome to Nexus Collegiate, the League of Legends tournament tailored for university student teams across the Nordics.

All registration information is collected using the official sign-up form filled out by the team captain. In order to complete it you will need to upload certificates of registration for your team.

Team Composition

Each team is allowed a total of 8 team members with the following breakdown.

• 5 active lineup
• 2 substitutes
• Coach who can act as playing substitute, if they are a registered student

Any team can only ever have 8 unique players on their roster under the duration of the season.

Scheduling

• Registration opens on September 19 at 7:00 PM CEST.
• Registration closes on October 2 at 11:59 PM CEST.

Group Stage

Default start times for the Group Stages are:

• Round 1: October 10, 18:00 CEST
• Round 2: October 10, 20:00 CEST
• Round 3: October 17, 18:00 CEST
• Round 4: October 17, 20:00 CEST
• Round 5: October 24, 18:00 CEST
• Round 6: October 24, 20:00 CEST

Finals

Default start times for the Playoffs are:

• Semifinal 1: November 23, 12:00 PM CEST
• Semifinal 2: November 23, 4:00 PM CEST
• Finals: November 23, 8:00 PM CEST

Format

• All matches are played on Summoner's Rift with Tournament Draft.
• The tournament is played on Europe West.
• Matches must be played using the Challengermode Tournament Code and not through custom games for broadcast and statistics.

Group Stage

• The Group Stage will be played as an online 6 round Swiss stage.
• Wins generate 3 points, and losses generate 1 point.
• All matches are best-of-1.
• Matches can be rescheduled to be played earlier than the default time, but no later than 1 day after the default timeslot in order to generate the next pairing round.
• Teams will not be dropped automatically after receiving 2 losses, but can ask the admin team to be dropped without penalty if they have more than 2 losses.

Playoffs

• The Playoffs will be played as an offline 4-team Single Elimination bracket without consolidation finals.
• All matches will be best-of-3.
• Teams will be provided accommodation and food at the playoffs.