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The Wargaming.net League is the Professional eSports League for World of Tanks NA and EU regions. It is based on a ladder system and consists of the Open, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Leagues. There are small differences in regional configurations.

General League Information (NA)

Open League

Open League is the entry level league, all teams directly qualify for this league or are relegated from bronze. The latest iteration has two divisions consisting of 25 and 28 teams. The top 8 teams are promoted to bronze league.

Bronze League

The Bronze League is set to be the next step in league play and consists of 30 teams. Teams enter this league through qualifying, relegation from silver, and promotion from open league. The best 5 Teams of the Bronze League join the Silver League.

Silver League

The Silver League is the qualifying League for the Gold League, and second highest in North America. The summer 2014 season had 17 teams to begin. The 1st and 2nd place are automatically promoted to the gold league, while 3rd-6th are given the opportunity to compete for a spot in a relegation match. Unlike its EU counterpart, silver league receives no financial stipends, due to Ruukill's fedora habit. The bottom teams are relegated to the bronze league.

Gold League

WGLNA Gold league is the top league in North America, with 16 teams divided into two divisions. Finals give the opportunity for each team to compete for additional cash prizes. Teams in Gold League come from previous seasons, qualifying or winning relegation match from silver league, or from winning one of two tightly contested qualifiers prior to the season beginning.

Rules

Rules in WGLNA differ from its EU counterpart:

• 42 Tier Points
• 7 Players per team
• Maximum Tier is 8
• No usage of ANY game modifications (vanilla client)
• Battles are 10 minutes max.
• Battles are first to two wins out of five in bronze and silver.
• Battles are best of five for gold league.

Maps

Maps played are:

• Himmelsdorf
• Ensk
• Ruinberg
• Prokhorovka
• Mines
• Steppes
• Cliff
• Abbey

General League Information (EU)

The Wargaming.net League started out in 2013 in the EU region with three Seasons closing very successfully and with offline finals at the Gamescom in Cologne and DreamHack 2013 as well as an event planned by the ESL to finish the third season.

Bronze League

The Bronze League is set to be the starting League for everyone. Everyone can create a team and join this League. This League is the basic requirement to join the Silver League. The best 5 Teams of the Bronze League join the Silver League.

Go4WoT

Go4WoT is a weekly Tournament held by the ESL. Teams can earn Ingame Gold and money by participating. Prices[1] are given out as following:

• 1st 250€
• 2nd 125€
• 3rd 100€
• 4th 75€
• 5th-8th 50€
• 9th-16th 10500 gold
• 17th-32nd 7000 gold
• 33rd-64th 5250 gold
• 65th-128th 3500 gold

Silver League

The Silver League is the qualifying League to the Gold League. There are 30 teams in this League. The last 6 teams will be kicked into the Bronze League as there are 5 Teams from the Bronze League ascending to Silver every week, plus the weekly winner from Go4WoT Bronze. The teams participating in the Silver League receive a small amount of money per week[2] which is distributed as follows:

1st 	250€	
2nd 	200€	
3rd 	180€	
4th 	160€
5th 	150€
6th 	130€
7th 	130€
8th 	125€
9th 	125€
10th 	125€
11th 	100€
12th 	80€
13th 	80€
14th 	80€
15th 	75€
16th 	75€
17th 	70€
18th 	70€
19th 	70€
20-25th 	2,000 Gold / player (maximum 10 players)
26-30th 	1,500 Gold / player (maximum 10 players)

Gold League

This roster consists of the 12 best Teams. They play one Season which has a duration of about 2-3 months in which they face each team once per Season. In the end the 4 best teams get to play for a prize pool of 45.000 $. The other 7 teams have to face relegation matches with the best teams of the Silver League, except for the last team of the Gold League and the best team of the Silver League. The Gold League Team (the last one) get demoted into the Silver League whose best team qualify directly into the Gold League. Here are the price distributions for the 6th season of the Gold League:

1. $ 22,000
2. $ 20,000
3. $ 20,000
4. $ 18,000
5. $ 15,000
6. $ 13,000
7. $ 7,000
8. $ 7,000
9. $ 7,000
10. $ 7,000
11. $ 7,000
12. $ 7,000

Total Online $ 150,000

Final playoffs Bonus $ 45,000
Bonuses up to $ 150,000
Season Total $ 345,000

Rules

Rules applied are the following:

• Game mode: Assault with two Base Capture Circles
• 54 Tier Points
• 7 Players per team
• Maximum Tier is 8
• No usage of illegal game modifications as described here

Those are the most important to keep in mind. One can find all rules here

Maps

Maps played are:

• Himmelsdorf
• Ruinberg
• Lost City
• Mines
• Steppes
• Lakeville

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Blitz Mechanism

Wargaming introduced the "'Blitz Mechanism' to reward teams who win matches quickly. When two teams draw a battle the money will be removed from the pool available for that particular match. This money will be put into a pot that is only accessible through the Blitz Mechanism. Each day during the Grand Finals, the team that wins a battle in the shortest amount of time that day will be rewarded with this pool of money. [...]this mechanism [should] encourage the teams to try more aggressive tactics." [3]

The Teams

Korean Server:

1. NOA
2. ARETE

Chinese Server:

1. Energy Pacemaker
2. JL eSports Club

North American Server:

1. Fnatic
2. SIMP

CIS(Commonwealth of Independent States) Server:

1. NA'VI
2. The Red Rush: Unity

European Server:

1. Virtus.PRO
2. Team Synergy (currently known as "Schoolbus")
3. Kazna Kru

Southeast Asian Server:

1. PVP Super Friends
2. U Are Dead

Joker Teams:

1. Lemming Train (currently known as "Denial eSports")
2. Team WUSA

History

WGL Grand Finals 2016

WGL Grand Finals 2015 Warsaw

1. Hellraisers
2. EL Gaming
3. Natus Vincere

WGL Grand Finals 2014 Warsaw

1. Natus Vincere
2. Virtus Pro
3. The Red Rush: Unity

Europe
Wargaming.net League EU Season #1 2015/2016 Cologne

1. Virtus Pro
2. PENTA Sports

Wargaming.net League EU 2014 Sofia

1. Kazna Kru
2. Schoolbus
3. Virtus Pro

WoT Proleague Season #4 2014

1. Schoolbus
2. Virtus Pro
3. CPLAY

WoT Proleague Season #3 2013/14

1. Virtus Pro
2. Synergy
3. Denial eSports

WoT Proleague Season #2 2013

1. Virtus Pro
2. Evil Panda Squad
3. Kazna Kru

WoT Proleague Season #1 2013

1. team-dignitas
2. Virtus Pro
3. Mousesports