FACEIT has announced a new logo alongside some massive changes to the format for ECS Season 7, set to begin this spring.
Ever since the end of Season 6, FACEIT has been working with teams and players on how to build a better league that has fewer games.
The next iteration of ECS is here. Announcing ECS Season 7!
— ECS (@ecs) February 8, 2019
Brand new format
Wembley, London Finals
New look and feel #ECS7 https://t.co/8Du8eyRZL1 pic.twitter.com/v5sd229s3J
According to the FACEIT blog, "
"The Regular Season starting on March 11th will then consist of five eight-team single elimination tournaments with each week offering a prize pool of $25,000 per region to maintain a consistent and high-level of competition. Each Regular Season tournament will be filled by the ECS Season 7 teams available for that week, with empty slots filled by Challenger Cup teams. The winners of the first three weeks of competition will head straight to the Finals, with the fourth spot per region filled by the team with the most overall prize money won over the five Regular Season cups."
The grand finals will take place at Wembley, London again in June with eight teams competing in two GSL groups. It's the same format as before, though this time, the finals will be played over four days instead of the usual three.
Some of the qualifiers land during the Major, but most teams qualifying for ECS are probably not at the Major, so there should be no overlap.
Photo courtesy of FACEIT