EE Masters

What is the TWR Eastern European Masters?

The TWR Eastern European Masters is a golden opportunity for teams to showcase their talent in a battle to be the champion of the Eastern European region and to have a chance to compete with the world’s best.

It is a competition for the best teams within the selected Eastern European region featuring 8 spots to a Closed Qualifier through 6 Local Qualifiers and 2 teams from a Play-in from the second placed and invited teams. The winner of the Closed Qualifier earns a spot in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown in 2022.

How to make it?

To participate, teams need to earn the right through their Local Qualifier assigned in their country or group of countries hosted by one of our partners.

Included countries and Local Qualifier information

  • Bosnia
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Albania
  • Kosovo
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Turkey

Structure

The road starts at the local qualifiers and ends with the potential to make it to the BLAST Premier Finals. 

LOCAL
QUALIFIERS
8 TEAMS
TWR EE MASTERS - CLOSED
QUALIFIERS 8 TEAMS
1 TEAM
FALL SHOWDOWN 16 TEAMS
2 TEAMS
SEASON FINAL 8 TEAMS
6 TEAMS
6 TEAMS
BLAST PREMIER SERIES

format of the TWR EE Masters

Closed Qualifier Format

Closed Qualifier Format

Group Stage

The groups and schedule can be found HERE.

  • GSL format
  • All matches are Bo1

Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs.

Playoffs

  • Single-Elimination bracket
    All matches are Bo3
Local Qualifier Format

Local Qualifier Format

The format may vary between slots based on the tournament and the organizer providing the qualifier spot.

Notable Regional restrictions

Notable Regional restrictions

  • A roster can consist of at most 8 people - 5 players, 2 substitutes, 1 coach (the coach may play as substitute as well)
  • Teams may change 1 player before the Regional Qualifier following the restrictions contained in the rulebook regarding roster and replacements.
  • During matches, teams playing in the Local Qualifier and the Regional Qualifier need to consist of at least three(3) players holding passports for the same country within the Region. In addition there needs to be at least one(1) more player holding a passport from the same Region. One(1) player can be from anywhere in the world, but cannot participate in multiple Regional Qualifiers and cannot be eligible to play in higher stages of the BLAST Fall series. (The potential exceptions are included in the rulebook)
  • The BLAST penalty point system is in effect for the local qualifiers and the points carry on between the different stages

These are just the most crucial points that we felt are important to highlight. To learn all the necessary restrictions and details regarding the TWR EE Masters, please make sure to check out the Rulebook of the competition.

Rulebook

Rulebook

You can find the qualifier specific rules of the BLAST Premier Spring Season 2022 HERE.
The regional rules specific to the Eastern European Region is available HERE

Contacts

Contacts

For closed qualifier related issues please contact The War Room on

info@warroom.hu


For local qualifier related issues, please contact the organization responsible for that qualifier on their provided channels.