Alpha Cup 2026

Please make sure you understand the format and the rules, and follow #👑｜alpha-cup-announcements Discord channel. - Find your opponents in #👑｜find-opponent - Report your results by uploading replays directly to the APM Website (Click on your match and drag and drop your replay file - from install folder/data/demos/ and submit it)‍ Important! Check-in required! Open 2h before the start, check in here. Format: - No player Cap! - All matchups up to Quarterfinals are played as best of 1. - Quarterfinals Semifinals and Finals best of 3 - Grand Finals are played as best of 5, with 1 game penalty for the player out of losers bracket - The tournament will be seeded using the Leaderboard OS once signups close - highest vs lowest algorithm. If anything needs clarification don't hesitate to ask in #alphacup-ask-admins! Regular map pool and map ban rules: Mariposa Island ◆ Digsite ◆ Boreal Falls ◆ Faster Than Light ◆ Devil's Postpiles ◆ Pools of Ilys ◆ Theta Crystals ◆ Argent Strata ◆ Eternal Consequences Day 1: Upper Bracket (bo1): Round 1: Faster Than Light Round 2: Pools of Ilys Round 3: Digsite Round 4: Boreal Falls Round 5: Devil's Postpiles ‍Lower Bracket (bo1): Round 1: Eternal Consequences Round 2: Argent Strata Round 3: Theta Crystals Round 4: Pools of Ilys Round 5: Devil's Postpiles Round 6: Boreal Falls Round 8: Digsite Round 9: Mariposa Island Round 10: Eternal Consequences Round 11: Argent Strata Upper bracket Quarterfinals (bo3): Before each series the players agree on the map pool by banning and picking maps in the following order (A=higher seed B=lower seed): A bans ➝ B bans ➝ A picks ➝ B picks ➝ A bans ➝ B bans ➝ A bans ➝ B bans ➝ remaining map is the 3rd map Day 2: This edition special spin is - to spice things up in the final rounds, the first map of each round will be a fixed special pick - then the remaining maps are decided through bans. The special starting maps for each round are: - Upper bracket Semifinals (bo3): Baryon Tar Lake - Lower bracket Quarterfinals (bo3): Baryon Tar Lake‍ - Lower bracket Semifinals (bo3): High Noon - Upper bracket Finals (bo3): Tabula (flooded, waterlevel +60) - Lower bracket Finals (bo3): Pawn Retreat Grand Finals (bo5): Sand Crowns ➝ A bans ➝ B bans ➝ A picks ➝ B picks ➝ A bans ➝ B bans ➝ A picks➝ B picks