Player Eligibility: All players participating in Teamfight Tactics competitions must have an active account in good standing linked to the CEA tournament management platform. Only registered team members playing under their own account are allowed to play for a team.
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Team Roster Size: A team may start the season with 4-10 participants. Rules for qualifications for rostered members can be found in CEA general rules.
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After the beginning of Regular Season play (Week 1 matches), a player rostered on a team may not transfer to another roster within the same company for the same game without the Game Lead's approval.
- The main circumstance permitting a transfer would be a team losing players and falling below the minimum team size.
- Companies with multiple teams playing the same game may have players on multiple rosters as outlined in the general rules under “Team Eligibility.” Being a floater is not considered transferring.
- After Week 5, removing players from the roster does not free up additional spots.
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Registration: The Teamfight Tactics registration fee will be $160 per team.
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Game Version: All players must have their game up to date with the latest patch.
Tournament Rules:
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Tournament structure
The pre-season match will follow the same rules as the regular season to help teams and CEA staff identify logistics issues. The results of the pre-season match will not be used to determine playoffs qualification. Teams will receive an opponent or a bye and are expected to follow all rules relating to match scheduling, gameplay, and reporting of results.
The regular season will be comprised of five weeks of best-of-three matches and will be used to determine which teams qualify for the playoffs phase, as well as the seeding for those teams. Each week, teams will be matched with an opponent or given a bye following a non-elimination Swiss format.
The playoffs will be a single elimination tournament bracket spanning three more weeks of play and comprised of the top teams from the regular season. Playoff matches will be best-of-five games.
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Weekly schedule
Matches will be distributed each week on Monday.
Lineup submissions are due on Friday at 12PM Pacific Time or 24 hours before each scheduled match.
Matches are expected to begin on Saturday at 11AM Pacific Time absent rescheduling.
Match results are due by Sunday at 4PM Pacific Time.
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Team registration
Player eligibility: All players participating in the TFT competition must have an active North American League of Legends account in good standing displayed on their tournament interface profile. Only registered team members playing under their main account are allowed to play for a team. If their main account is not in North America, the opposing team must be notified with the Summoner Name and region of their main account.
If evidence of a player using a non-primary account is found:
- on the first offense for that player’s team, a warning will be issued to that player’s team and the team must provide the correct Summoner Name on the tournament interface
- on the second offense for that player’s team, CEA admins and Company rep (if there is one) will be notified and player(s) will be suspended for 2 weeks
- on the third offense for that player’s team, the team will be disqualified and all players on the team will be recorded. Punishments will be escalated to second offense if found guilty in following seasons.
All players must have their playcea.gg accounts linked to the correct Summoner Name.
Team rosters: a team may start the season with 4-10 participants. Rules for qualifications for rostered members can be found in the CEA player handbook at https://cea.gg/pages/handbook.
After the beginning of Regular Season play, a player rostered on a team may not transfer to another roster within the same company for the same game without the Game Lead’s approval.
The main circumstance permitting a transfer would be a team losing players and falling below the minimum team size.
Companies with multiple teams playing the same game may have players on multiple rosters as outlined in the general rules at https://cea.gg/pages/handbook. Being a floater is not considered transferring.
After week 2, removing players from the roster does not free up additional spots.
Half-team/joint-team policy: the policy is outlined in the general rules at https://cea.gg/pages/handbook.
Registration: the TFT registration fee will be $160.00USD per team. The captain pays this fee during registration on the CEA website.
Game version: all tournament matches will be played on the live patch of the game.
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No-shows and player substitutions
The no-show policy is outlined in the general rules at https://cea.gg/pages/handbook. The game does not allow playing without absent members; each team must field four players.
Players may substitute in following the completion of a game. In other words, in a best-of-three series, Player 1 could play in game one, be substituted for Player 2 in game two, and be substituted back in for game three.
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Match rescheduling
The first game of each round must begin at the scheduled time. The default start time for matches is 12 PM Pacific Time. Teams may request to reschedule their match to start at a different date or time between the time the matches are released each week and the following Sunday at 12 PM Pacific Time. For matches with multiple games, teams may agree to play each game at separate times as long as all games of the match are played on the same patch.
For a team to reschedule, a request must be submitted by the team captain to the opposing captain in writing. Opposing captains are under no obligation to accommodate any request. If both captains agree on a new time, they must both notify the organizers via the #reschedule-reporting channel on the Discord server no later than 1PM Pacific Time 24 hours before the earlier of the originally scheduled match time or the newly scheduled time. CEA staff may not be available to assist with issues outside of the Saturday 12 PM window.
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Series length
During the pre-season and regular season, teams may optionally agree to play a best-of-one game instead of a best-of-three game. For a team to change its series length, a request must be submitted by the team captain to the opposing captain in writing. Opposing captains are under no obligation to accommodate any request. If both captains agree to shorten their match, they must both notify the organizers via the #reschedule-reporting channel on the Discord server no later than 1PM Pacific Time 24 hours before the scheduled match time.
Scores will still be reported as a best-of-three match. The winning team will submit a 2-0 victory with the scores being duplicated for the second game.
