The e-Lig University FIFA19 series is a premier Esport competition that will see University FIFA communities come together to face off in a well conducted series of tournaments in its pilot season. The series organizers would kindly ask the following players to read and follow the following rules set to be observed during the series. The rules and regulations were agreed upon by the organizers and partners.

1. GAME SETTINGS

The e-Lig University series will have the following game settings;

• 5 minutes Half Length (Group stages) 6 minutes Half Length (Finals)
• Difficulty Level : World Class
• Injuries : On
• Off sides : On
• Score Display : On
• Time Display : On
• Camera : Tele-Broadcast
• FIFA Trainer : Off
• Handball : Off
• Bookings : On
• Game Tactics : Custom Tactics allowed
• Formations : No custom formations allowed
• Referee : Random
• Game Speed : Normal
• Defending : Tactical Defending Only
• Team Usage : No All-star teams used

2. IN MATCH GAME PLAY

Players are kindly requested to only make changes (substitutions, tactics etc) if only

• The ball goes out during play
• At half time
• After a goal has been scored

3. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

All players competing in the e-Lig University series MUST be a student at the University he or she registered with. Each of the competitors should come for the e-Lig series with their school identity cards or a document to show his or her connection to the institution registered with.

4. COMPETITION STRUCTURE

All 24 players from the 6 organizations registered for the Open series will be pooled in four conferences. Each conference will have 6 slots (each registered organizations will have a representative in each of the four conferences).

A round robin format will be played in each conference where the top two will qualify for quarter-finals whereas;

• 3^rd place position in each conference will qualify for (9^th -12^th) playoffs
• 4^th place position in each conference will qualify for (13^th-16^th) playoffs
• 5^th place position in each conference will qualify for (17^th-20^th) playoffs
• 6^th place position in each conference will qualify for (21^st-24^th) playoffs

Each playoff match will be played in a one legged format where winners will meet and so will the losers.

For example, in the 9^th-12^th playoffs, four participants will play and each winner will meet to decide who will finish 9^th and 10^th whereas the losers will play to determine who will finish 11^th and 12^th.

For the main series quarter finals, a one-legged match will be played (6 minutes of Half Length) and losers in this stage will directly qualify for the (5^th-8^th) playoffs matches.

The All-female series will see a direct round-robin format where all 6 participants will play amongst themselves and the top 2 will proceed for the final.

The finals for both the all-female series and the open series will be played in a two legged 6 minutes Half Length periods. The two legged will be on Home and Away basis.

5. E-LIG SERIES POINTS ALLOCATION

The e-Lig series will use a reverse log point allocation system for the series points. In this system, the total number of participants represent the total number of points awarded that is;

The e-Lig open series has 24 participants therefore position one will get 24 points, position 2 = 23points, position 3 = 22points…etc

The same will be used for the all-female series having 6 participants.

6. BEHAVIOUR

We expect all players, spectators, administrators and all persons attending the e-Lig series to behave well.

All players are required to express themselves in the most discipline manner and keep standards of sportsmanship at all times. At Ace, we are against the following in all our events

• Harassing, bullying, abusing, engaging in hate speech, political, or religious jargons that may indirectly or directly inflict people
• Interfering or disrupting any play while in the venue
• Littering in the venue
• Using cheats, software or illegally customized controllers to gain advantage over the competitors.
• Physical or verbal confrontation to any person in the venue
• SOFT PLAY is illegal
• MATCH FIXING is also illegal and punishable by disqualification
• INTENTIONALLY LOSING a match to help someone proceed is illegal.

7. CONDUCT AT THE VENUES

• Ace Pro Gaming is highly against GAMBLING & BETTING during any Esport tournament we hold. We kindly ask you the players, spectators and any administrators to avoid any form of gambling during the e-Lig University series
• Damaging anything at the venue will also lead to disqualification
• All issues will be directed to organizers, or any official that will be present
• Players are kindly requested to be at the venue 30 minutes before kick-off the series.