The Duel tournament will have three stages. The first two will be played online in groupstages until 16 players remain, which will reach the third stage, the LAN playoffs in London. Each match will be played in best of three and for each mapwin the winner earns one point.
Tournament Starts: 23rd January 2008
Second Groupstage Begins: 11th February 2008
Second Groupstage Finishes: 29th February 2008
LAN Playoffs: 15th and 16th March 2008 in London
Groupstage 1 - online (105 players)
It will be a stage with 20 groups. There are 15 groups with five players and 5 groups with six players. The best two players of each group will enter the second groupstage. All players in each groups are playing against each other and they will have two weeks to finish their matches.
Groupstage 2 -online (40 players)
The groupstage two will consist of eight groups with five players in each and the top two players of each group, altogether 16 players, will progress to the LAN playoffs at Wembley Stadion in London. They have time to play their matches until 29th February 2008.
Groupstage 3 - LAN Playoffs (16 players)
The playoffs will be played in double elimination at the play.com Event in London. The sixteen players will be seeded after their group results of stage 2 and will play each other in best of three matches until the final.
