Parken Challenger Championship Series Announced - 16 LAN Tournaments and a Stadium Final

There will be a new large-scale LAN tournament series for tier-2 teams in the Counter-Strike 2 scene. The new event has been formally introduced by the organizers with the Parken Challenger Championship - "a tournament series that comprises 16 qualifying championships, culminating in a LAN finals at Parken stadium in Copenhagen."

The total cash price that will be at stake in this series shall be of €185,000. The total price of each of the Challenger Championship shall be of €10,000, and prizes of €25,000 shall be offered in the LAN final match. The month in which this competition shall begin shall be February.

There will be a total of 16 tournaments that will be organized at the same venue. The venue is Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers. There will be a total of 16 teams competing. A highly competitive format has been chosen that will permit teams to return after losing initially. This format is Double Elimination.

The winners of each of the 16 matches that would be contested in the Challenger Championship competition would be eligible for participation in the finals that would be hosted in the Parken Stadium, which is the largest sport venue in Denmark.Additionally, eight teams would also be eligible from the open qualifier. This makes a total of 24 eligible for the finals.

Moreover, there is an aspect that is raised concerning the fact that there is only one team involved in this series, Tricked, which would not qualify to be involved in this series owing to the fact that there is a conflict of interest.

The dates of the LAN final will be determined later. Following are the full schedules of the Parken Challenger Championship tournaments.

Parken Challenger Championship tournament dates:

• 1.February 22–24

• 2.March 8–10

• 3.March 31 – April 2

• 4.April 10–12

• 5.April 18–20

• 6.May 9–11

• 7.May 15–17

• 8.May 22–24

• 9.June 30 – July 2

• 10.July 14–16

• 11.July 28–30

• 12.August 11–13

• 13.August 21–23

• 14.September 18–20

• 15.October 4–6

• 16.October 14–16

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