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Hello everyone! We have decided at IGN Pro League that Team Arena Challenge was better suited for a league style format instead of a self-contained qualifier and tournament. Once



The new format introduces three divisions: Amateur, Challenger (8 teams), and Premier (8 teams). Let's take a look now at each of these three divisions and how they interact.



Hello everyone! We have decided at IGN Pro League that Team Arena Challenge was better suited for a league style format instead of a self-contained qualifier and tournament. Once Team Arena Challenge 3 has concluded, we will be changing the format of our team league to a division-based system and call it the IGN Pro Team League or IPTL.The new format introduces three divisions: Amateur, Challenger (8 teams), and Premier (8 teams). Let's take a look now at each of these three divisions and how they interact. Premier Division

These 8 teams are the cream of the crop. They are the best teams around the world and are competing for a big chunk of change. The first 8 teams in the Premier Division of IPTL will be seeded in from the top 8 of Team Arena Challenge 3. These 8 teams will be placed into two groups. The top 3 teams from each division will move on to the playoffs, and the bottom teams in each group will be relegated to up and down matches with winners from the Challenger Division.



Round Robin will play out like this:

Match 1 - Team A v Team B

Match 2 - Team C v Team D

Match 3 - Winner of Match 1 v Winner of Match 2

Match 4 - Loser of Match 1 v Loser of Match 2

Match 5 - Loser of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4



The top 6 teams will go to the playoffs, a single-elimination bracket where the top team from each group gets a bye into WR2. The bottom 2 teams move to up and down matches to face the top 2 teams from the Challenger Division.



These 8 teams are the cream of the crop. They are the best teams around the world and are competing for a big chunk of change. The first 8 teams in the Premier Division of IPTL will be seeded in from the top 8 of Team Arena Challenge 3. These 8 teams will be placed into two groups. The top 3 teams from each division will move on to the playoffs, and the bottom teams in each group will be relegated to up and down matches with winners from the Challenger Division.Round Robin will play out like this:Match 1 - Team A v Team BMatch 2 - Team C v Team DMatch 3 - Winner of Match 1 v Winner of Match 2Match 4 - Loser of Match 1 v Loser of Match 2Match 5 - Loser of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4The top 6 teams will go to the playoffs, a single-elimination bracket where the top team from each group gets a bye into WR2. The bottom 2 teams move to up and down matches to face the top 2 teams from the Challenger Division. Challenger Division

These 8 teams are incredibly good, but not quite at the tip-top of the heap. The first Challenger teams will be teams that place 9th-16th in Team Arena Challenge 3. These 8 teams will play a single-elimination bracket, with the top 2 teams receiving a cash prize and moving on to face the 2 weakest teams from Premier in up and down matches. Teams eliminated in the first round of this bracket will fall out of Challenger Division and must re-qualify through the Amateur Division.



These 8 teams are incredibly good, but not quite at the tip-top of the heap. The first Challenger teams will be teams that place 9th-16th in Team Arena Challenge 3. These 8 teams will play a single-elimination bracket, with the top 2 teams receiving a cash prize and moving on to face the 2 weakest teams from Premier in up and down matches. Teams eliminated in the first round of this bracket will fall out of Challenger Division and must re-qualify through the Amateur Division. Amateur Division

This is the rest of the field. The 4 teams dropping down from the Challenger Division will be seeded into a massive open (not semi-open like TAC, actually open) bracket that will contain all other interested teams. The top 4 teams will enter the Challenger Division in the next season.





We hope that you'll enjoy this new format and that many teams show us what they're made of in the Amateur Division. Please post here with any feedback or questions you may have, and please join us for







checking our Twitter, Stay up to date with IPL5, IPL TV, IPL Fight Club, and IPL Team Arena Challenge bychecking our Facebook YouTube , and Twitch.TV This is the rest of the field. The 4 teams dropping down from the Challenger Division will be seeded into a massive open (not semi-open like TAC,open) bracket that will contain all other interested teams. The top 4 teams will enter the Challenger Division in the next season.We hope that you'll enjoy this new format and that many teams show us what they're made of in the Amateur Division. Please post here with any feedback or questions you may have, and please join us for Team Arena Challenge 3 over the next couple of months! Thank you!