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After what seems like an eternity Epic Games has finally announced a new round of competitive Fortnite action with the return of the Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS).

Starting on March 20, FNCS Chapter 2 Season 2 will see eligible players compete as Duos. The event will run for five weeks, with four weeks of Heats before the Champion Series: Season Finals which will be held between 17-19th April.

Epic will host a weekend of trial matches on the 13-15th of March to get everyone battle-ready.

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It's time to find your Duos partner for the #FortniteChampionSeries: https://t.co/lJDGk6cPdapic.twitter.com/9Yc6Aaw9o2 — Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) March 9, 2020

Each of the seven server regions will host their own PC and Console/Mobile tournaments. Similar to the December's Winter Royale 2019, the PC and Console/Mobile tournaments will have equal prizing.

Players, depending on which region they play, can win up to $5,000 in the Heats and up to $70,000 in the FNCS: Season Finals.

To compete in the FNCS players will have to reach Champion League in Arena which means gaining 6,000+ Hype Points before the 20th of March.

It looks again like Epic will not be producing an in-studio broadcast leaving the players themselves to stream the action, with weekly recaps expected for each week of games.

This isn't the only tournament Epic have planned there is also a new round of Contender Cash Cups and Platform Cash Cups - meaning we have plenty of competitive Fortnite to get our teeth into in the next couple of months.

Format

The FNCS will be played in three rounds. Starting from the 20th March Round 1 and Round 2 played on Saturdays with Round 3 being played on Sundays.

Each session will be ten games during Round 1, 2 and 3.

The top 1000 teams in Europe, North America East, North America West and Brazil will advance from Round 1 to the Round 2, while the top 400 teams from Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East will do likewise.

The top 20 teams from each week from EU, NAE, NAW, and BR will qualify for Round 3.

A further 120 qualify based on Cumulative Series Points - meaning if you place well consistently but don't make the top 20 you can still find yourself in the Season Finals.

The top 50 teams from the Round 3 with qualify for the Season Finals.

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For Asia, Oceania and the Middle East it will be the top 10 from each of the four weeks with a further 60 teams added from the leaderboard for a total of 100 teams.

The FNCS: Season Finals - consists of four heats and a Grand Final and will be played over three days. The top 12 teams from each Heat will make it into the Grand Final.

Oceania, Asia and the Middle East will play just two heats before their Grand Finals.

The Grand Final will be played over three hours, with six games being played, with one starting every 30 minutes.

FNCS Chapter 2 Season 2 Schedule

Week 1: 20-22 March

20-22 March Week 2: 27-29 March

27-29 March Week 3 : 3-5 April

: 3-5 April Week 4: 10-12 April

10-12 April Champion Series: Season Finals: 17-19 April

Scoring System

Victory Royale: 10 Points

2nd - 5th: 7 Points

6th - 10th: 5 Points

11th - 15th: 3 Points



Each Elimination: 1 Point

FNCS Chapter 2 Season 2: How-To Watch

It is not yet clear if Epic plans to do a broadcast for either the Weekly matches or the FNCS Season Finals - but that hasn't stopped us before.

Here are a list of our favourite streamers across the three main regions.

EU:

NAE:

NAW:

FNCS Chapter 2 Season 2 Weekly Prize Pool

The following weekly prizes will be awarded to each team based on their placement on the leaderboard.

Weekly Event Prizes - Europe

Rank Prize

1st $5,000

2nd $4,500

3rd $4,000

4th $3,500

5th $3,000

6th $2,400

7th $2,100

8th $1,800

9th $1,500

10th $1,200

11th-15th $1,000

16th-20th $700

21st-25th $500

26th-50th $400

Weekly Event Prizes - NA East

Rank Prize

1st $4,500

2nd $4,200

3rd $3,500

4th $2,750

5th $2,400

6th $2,000

7th $1,400

8th $1,200

9th $1,000

10th $800

11th-15th $600

16th-20th $500

21st-25th $400

Weekly Event Prizes - NA West

Rank Prize

1st $3,000

2nd $2,400

3rd $1,500

4th $1,100

5th $1,000

6th $900

7th $800

8th $700

9th $600

10th $500

Champion Series: Season Finals Prize Pool

Season Finals Event Prizes: Europe

Rank Prize

1st $70,000

2nd $60,000

3rd $55,200

4th $45,000

5th $40,000

6th $30,000

7th $26,000

8th $22,000

9th $18,000

10th $14,000

11th-15th $7,000

16th-25th $4,000

26th-50th $3,000

51st-200th $1,800

Season Finals Event Prizes - NA East

Rank Prize

1st $44,000

2nd $37,000

3rd $34,000

4th $28,000

5th $25,000

6th $18,000

7th $16,000

8th $13,500

9th $11,300

10th $8,700

11th-15th $4,300

16th-25th $2,500

26th-50th $2,000

51st-200th $1,120

Season Finals Event Prizes - NA West

Rank Prize

1st $17,500

2nd $15,000

3rd $13,800

4th $11,200

5th $10,000

6th $7,500

7th $6,500

8th $5,500

9th $4,500

10th $3,500

11th-15th $1,750

16th-25th $1,000

26th-50th $750

51st-200th $450

For the Brazil, Oceania, Asia, and Middle East prize pools refer to the Epic Games official rules.

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