Europe Cup 2011 Xbox360 tournament rules
Monday, 18 October 2010 07:07

Main NHL 11 tournament is announced on Consolehockey Network for Xbox360.

 

Registration dates: 27th February - 6th March (23:59 GMT)

 

Tournament dates:  7th March - 1st May, including

Group stage: 7th March - 3rd April

Playoffs: 4th April - 1st May

 

Tournament formula:

Group stage: All teams will be seeded by TGMA in groups. Top-16 teams will go to ELITE playoffs, 19-32 placed teams will go to MINOR playoffs. If some teams quit tournament before end of gourp stage, then higher seeded team in minor playoffs will pass to next rounds without playong games.

Playoffs: ELITE playoffs: Best of 7 games (Till 4 wins). MINOR playoffs: Best of 5 games (Till 3 wins)

 

Group stage system:

Will be announced later

 

If teams have equal points:

1. More regulation time wins

2. Better puck difference

3. More goals scored

 

Playoff seeding:

Main rule. Highest team always play with lowest team (as in NHL).

Teams are seeded according to common tournament table of 2 combined groups by Average points per game parameter.

 

Point system on group stage (as in NHL):

Win in regulation time - 2 points

Win in overtime - 2 points

Lost in overtime - 1 point

Lost in regulation - 0 points

 

Roster restrictions:

- 8 players in roster minimum

- No North American player in roster

 

Disconnection issue:

In group stage - if goalie disconnects/quits team will be banned by 6 points after each 4th disconnect/quit.

In playoffs - will be decided later

 

Tournament rules:

Tournament will use common EHL rules (will be updated) +

XBL Gamertag has to match the gamertag provided in the players profile on the website, otherwise player is ineligible to play games.

 

Tournament awards:

(will be updated)

 

 

Participating teams:

 

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