Ubisoft has just unveiled all of the information about the upcoming Challenger Series, a competition that offers Tier 2 rosters a chance to qualify for their respective top-flight regional league.
In this article we will focus on the North America League Challenger Series 2025 as the winner of the tournament will qualify for the BLAST North America League 2025. Keep in mind that the remaining spot will be given to the winner of the LATAM North Challenger Series 2025.
As the teams competing in the North America League Challenger Series 2025 haven't been confirmed yet, here's everything you need to know about the competition including dates, format, qualifiers, and more.
Dates
The North America League Challenger Series 2025 will kick off on April 5 and it will conclude on April 27.
Format
The North America League Challenger Series 2025 will include 16 teams and two stages: Group Phase and Playoffs.
Group Phase
The Group Phase will be played from April 5 to April 8. It will be a Swiss Stage with BO1 and BO3 matches. The best eight teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Playoffs
The Playoffs will be played from April 19 to April 27. This stage will be a double-elimination bracket with BO3 matches, which also includes the bracket's grand final.
Teams
As mentioned above, the North America League Challenger Series 2025 will include 16 teams and only one will qualify for the BLAST North America League 2025.
Here's how the 16 spots to compete in the North America League Challenger Series 2025 will be distributed:
- Invited Teams: 3 Teams
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 Open Qualifier 1: 4 Teams
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 Open Qualifier 2: 4 Teams
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 Open Qualifier 3: 2 Teams
- NAL LATAM North Challenger Series 2025: 3 Teams
Considering that the majority of teams will be able to qualify for the North America League Challenger Series 2025 through the open qualifiers, keep on reading to know more about these.
Open Qualifiers
As explained above, there will be three open qualifiers. It's important to mention that these will be open to both players from United States and Canada as well as players from LATAM countries, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Puerto Rico.
Team of the teams participating in the North America League Challenger Series 2025 will come from these three open qualifiers, so understanding them is crucial. Here's more about the dates and the format used.
Dates
Here's a look at the dates of each one of the four open qualifiers:
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 OQ1: March 15
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 OQ2: March 22
- NAL Challenger Series 2025 OQ3: March 23
Depending on the tally of registered teams, each open qualifier will last one or two days.
Format
The format used in each open qualifier will be the same. Each open qualifier will use a single-elimination bracket with BO1 matches. Starting from the quarterfinals, teams will have to face off against in BO3 series.
We will update this article as soon as more information is released about the North America League Challenger Series 2025.
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