British and Irish Professional Cup 2026

Format

• Match Format – All Swiss & Playoff Matches
• Cup Mode
• Point limit: 120 for all matches up until the Grand Final, which will be 140
• Rounds per map: 4
• Finish timeout: 10 seconds
• Point repartition: 10, 6, 4, 3
• 2-Stage Seeding – October 9 – 24
• Time Attack Seeding provides 30% of Seeding Score
• Rounds Seeding provides 70% of Seeding Score
• Top 32 players are seeded into the Swiss Stage
• Swiss Stage – October 24 – 25
• 5-Round Swiss
• Players who place in the Top 2 of 3 matches advance to Playoffs
• Players who place in the Bottom 2 of 3 matches are eliminated
• Top 16 players are seeded into the Playoffs
• Playoffs – October 25
• Single-Elimination Bracket
• Seeded based on Swiss results

Common questions about British and Irish Professional Cup 2026