Champions Cup Preview
What’s New?
The 2nd season of EHL has started! There will be 3 tournaments played throughout the season: Champions Cup, Rapid League and Autumn Open (the main event starting in September). First tournament of the season – Champions Cup, has just kicked off.
Format of the Tournament
8 teams participating in the Champions Cup. The games will be played in a style of double-elimination brackets, that means, each team after a loss will be transferred to the lower bracket, therefore, given a second chance to reach the grand-final. This tournament will be played in the 4v4 style.
The Champions Cup will take place from 1 July to 31 July. First stage (Quarter-finals) will be played from 1 July to 5 July. The next stages will also be played in a period of 5 days.
Meet the Teams
Ice Creamers, after 3 consecutive title secures went off the radar in 2018. But just like a phoenix rises from the ashes, they also rose up with the main players of their success, adding some old-school hqm gamers.
The Bandits are a newly formed team during the offseason. Consists of five players who previously played for The Oscars team.
The union of Alliance and Unity also didn’t take part in the EHL Winter Open 2021, to return back to the action in July. The draw decided that these two teams will be playing in the quarter-finals and by the rules of the bracket, it is even possible to have two matchups between these two fellow teams. Will it be possible for the students to pass through the teachers to the semi-finals? Can Unity become the new sheriff in this town? We’ll soon find out.
The elders of the league (alongside The Oscars), most decorated team of the entire league existence, last tourney runners-up – that's all about Nordic Union. Deciding not to change their roster at all, they’re ready to start their journey to the 9th IPHL/EHL title.
After Winter Open success, Lemons had to rebuild their line-up due to their main goalscorer coming back to his primary team. Let’s see, does AndrewGaze have an ace up his sleeve.
The newly minted kings of the league, The Oscars, have strengthened up their squad during the offseason and are one of the favourites to win this tournament.
Agents are the most recently established team and the most international team of this tournament. The gang of players from four European countries and one North-American country signed up for the tourney at the last moment, and who knows what we can expect from them.
Which teams are not playing?
The Oak-trees, Just Brutal, New Orleans Noobies, Crocs. These four teams that have played in Winter Open 2021 will miss the Champions Cup. We will be waiting for their return for the next tournaments of the season.
Limes. The affiliated team by Lemons, after the winter tournament have lost all of their players, including the captain, and it’s hard to say what kind of future will await them.
Ways to follow
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