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★ The 5 Digit European Cup 2025 (5EC2025) is a country-based, world-cup-style tournament played in the osu! game mode.
★ This is a 4v4, team size 8 tournament (minimum size of 4).
★ Matches will be played using TeamVS and ScoreV2 with NF enforced on all maps.
★ There will be a Qualifiers Stage that determines seeding for a Swiss Stage with 16 countries where top 8 qualifying into a Quarterfinals double elimination phase.
★ Country organizers are responsible for submitting final rosters by the posted deadline.
★ All posted times are in UTC+0.
★ Warm-ups are not allowed.
★ This is a 4v4, team size 8 tournament (minimum size of 4).
★ Matches will be played using TeamVS and ScoreV2 with NF enforced on all maps.
★ There will be a Qualifiers Stage that determines seeding for a Swiss Stage with 16 countries where top 8 qualifying into a Quarterfinals double elimination phase.
★ Country organizers are responsible for submitting final rosters by the posted deadline.
★ All posted times are in UTC+0.
★ Warm-ups are not allowed.
Registrations
★ All players must register via Google Forms
★ This tournament features a BWS (Badge Weighting System). The formula is bwsRank = rank^0.9937^badges^2. For more information is check the Rules Document.
★ There is no rank buffer. Players must be exactly between #10,000-99,999 global rank (after BWS) by the end of registrations.
★ The rank restriction is lifted after sending a screening email.
★ All staff members are prohibited from participating. (Except Streamers, Commentators and GFX)
☆ Eliminated players may apply to join as a staff member, should a need arise.
★ Players, team captains, and country organizers must remain in the Discord until their team has been eliminated.
★ Players are registered to the country assigned to their osu! profile flag and can't play for other country.
☆ Exception: Merging countries, for more information about it and what countries and territories can merge, please view the Rules Document.
★ If a player did not register for the tournament during the registration phase, they will not be allowed to play in the tournament. There will be no exceptions to this rule under any circumstances.
Rules
★ Players must play for the country displayed on their profile flag unless otherwise noted here.
★ Violations of rules from our Discord server will impact your standing in the tournament. The rules on this document extend to cover our Discord server which is viewed as an official communications platform, as is osu!Bancho, and will be treated as such.
★ Players and staff are expected to uphold the osu! community rules at all times.
★ Administration reserve the right to address and take action against toxic behavior, obscene language, slurs, and other harmful or offensive conduct on a case-by-case basis. This applies to interactions in match chats, community spaces, and social media platforms such as osu!, Twitch, Discord, X (formerly Twitter), and private messages.
☆ This is one of the most important rules to help maintain a welcoming and respectful community. Please use common sense and good judgment in your interactions.
★ Multi-accounting, cheating, and other foul play is not allowed.
★ If a player is restricted for misconduct during the tournament, the administration reserves the right to disqualify entire teams and adjust the bracket history as necessary, depending on the current stage of the tournament.
★ Custom skin elements must not be used such that they alter core gameplay elements or mechanics in unintended ways.
★ If a map is to be replayed for any reason (aborted by referee, etc.) the roster must remain the same. If the match was aborted due to a player experiencing a technical or personal issue so severe that they are unable to play osu!, the team may swap that player out for another player on the roster.
★ If a player disconnects from the match, their score will count as one (1) unless adequate proof of a “last known score” is provided. Some examples are:
☆ Screenshot of the score results screen using the osu! web screenshot tool (Shift+F12)
☆ Livestream, VOD, or other recording of the score (this includes 5EC streams)
☆ A replay file
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
★ All players must register via Google Forms
★ This tournament features a BWS (Badge Weighting System). The formula is bwsRank = rank^0.9937^badges^2. For more information is check the Rules Document.
★ There is no rank buffer. Players must be exactly between #10,000-99,999 global rank (after BWS) by the end of registrations.
★ The rank restriction is lifted after sending a screening email.
★ All staff members are prohibited from participating. (Except Streamers, Commentators and GFX)
☆ Eliminated players may apply to join as a staff member, should a need arise.
★ Players, team captains, and country organizers must remain in the Discord until their team has been eliminated.
★ Players are registered to the country assigned to their osu! profile flag and can't play for other country.
☆ Exception: Merging countries, for more information about it and what countries and territories can merge, please view the Rules Document.
★ If a player did not register for the tournament during the registration phase, they will not be allowed to play in the tournament. There will be no exceptions to this rule under any circumstances.
Rules
★ Players must play for the country displayed on their profile flag unless otherwise noted here.
★ Violations of rules from our Discord server will impact your standing in the tournament. The rules on this document extend to cover our Discord server which is viewed as an official communications platform, as is osu!Bancho, and will be treated as such.
★ Players and staff are expected to uphold the osu! community rules at all times.
★ Administration reserve the right to address and take action against toxic behavior, obscene language, slurs, and other harmful or offensive conduct on a case-by-case basis. This applies to interactions in match chats, community spaces, and social media platforms such as osu!, Twitch, Discord, X (formerly Twitter), and private messages.
☆ This is one of the most important rules to help maintain a welcoming and respectful community. Please use common sense and good judgment in your interactions.
★ Multi-accounting, cheating, and other foul play is not allowed.
★ If a player is restricted for misconduct during the tournament, the administration reserves the right to disqualify entire teams and adjust the bracket history as necessary, depending on the current stage of the tournament.
★ Custom skin elements must not be used such that they alter core gameplay elements or mechanics in unintended ways.
★ If a map is to be replayed for any reason (aborted by referee, etc.) the roster must remain the same. If the match was aborted due to a player experiencing a technical or personal issue so severe that they are unable to play osu!, the team may swap that player out for another player on the roster.
★ If a player disconnects from the match, their score will count as one (1) unless adequate proof of a “last known score” is provided. Some examples are:
☆ Screenshot of the score results screen using the osu! web screenshot tool (Shift+F12)
☆ Livestream, VOD, or other recording of the score (this includes 5EC streams)
☆ A replay file
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
Qualifiers
★ In qualifiers each team will have their individual lobby to make sure each team has a smooth running of qualifiers.
★ The maps will be played in order starting with NM and ending with DT.
★ Once played the team will have a choice to replay the mappool, the best team results on a map will be counted.
★Every country will play the qualifiers with the Top 16 scoring countries advancing to the Swiss Stage, seeded based on Beta Function.
☆ You can find an explanation for this method made by stat lord in this Document.
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
Swiss Stage
★ After qualifiers top 16 teams will make it into a swiss stage where the seeding of the qualifiers will determine the first matchups. After that winning teams will face other winning teams and losing teams will face other losing teams. (see image below to get a understanding of the format for swiss stage)
★ There will be a max of 4 matches played in swiss stage, if a team reaches 3 wins they are automatically through to quarterfinals, if a team reaches 3 loses they are automatically eliminated from the tourney.
★ At the end of the swiss stage there should be 2 teams with 3-0 record, 3 teams 3-1 record and 6 teams with 2-2 record, for the 2-2 teams only the top 3 will advance to quarterfinals, the placement of teams tied in their match won/match lost record will be sorted based on the amount of maps won/maps lost, where the team with the best difference between maps won and lost (the team who wins the most maps and loses the less) will advance, in the case of a tie in maps won/maps lost the team with the least map lost advances. If a tie still persists seeding from Qualifiers may be used to break the tie.
★ Placement in the swiss group will determine your placement on the double elimination bracket.
Bracket Stage
★ Bracket will be double elimination starting at quarterfinals stage.
★ The bracket will be played normally where losing teams will get pushed into losers bracket and winning teams will advance forward.
★ If a team loses 2 matches they will be eliminated from the bracket.
★ Once in the grand finals week, if the team that comes from losers bracket defeats the team from winners bracket in the grand finals there will be a bracket reset. This can be scheduled the same day, with a break after the first match or on a different day in the same weekend.
Match Procedures
★ A referee will create a lobby 15 minutes before the start of the match and will ping the captains in the discord server, 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the match both team captains will receive an invite from the match reffere, each captain is responsible for inviting his team to the lobby.
★ Once in the lobby the higher seed will have priority over the lower seed of choosing the pick order or ban order, the lowered seed team will choose the remaining order.
★ Ban order will be ABBA
☆ Example: seed 1 team faces seed 16, when both captains are in the lobby reffere will notify seed 1 captain to choose between pick order or ban order, seed 1 chooses pick order and they choose to pick second, then he notifies seed 16 captain of choosing a ban order.
★ Double Bans and Picks are allowed.
Freemod Rules
★ For freemod each team must have a minimum of (valid combinations):
☆ At least 1 player must take HR or HDHR.
☆ At least 1 player must take HD or EZHD.
☆ At least 1 player must take NM or EZ.
☆ The last player must take any mod of their choice excluding NM.
☆ No Fail (NF) is required for all players and does not count as a mod.
☆ Allowed mods: EZ, HD, HR.
★ Some examples of valid FM lineups:
☆ NM / HD / HR / HDHR
☆ NM / EZ / HD / HR
☆ EZ / EZ / EZHD / HDHR
★ EZ multiplier is 1.8X
Pool Structure
★ Qualifiers: ☆ 6.5* ☆ 4 NM, 2 HD, 2 HR, 2 DT
★ Swiss Stage: Best of 9 ☆ 6.3* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 4 NM, 2 HD, 2 HR, 3 DT, 3 FM, 1 TB
★ Quarterfinals: Best of 11 ☆ 6.5* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Semifinals: Best of 11 ☆ 6.7* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Finals: Best of 13 ☆ 6.9* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Grand Finals: Best of 13 ☆ 7.1* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
★ In qualifiers each team will have their individual lobby to make sure each team has a smooth running of qualifiers.
★ The maps will be played in order starting with NM and ending with DT.
★ Once played the team will have a choice to replay the mappool, the best team results on a map will be counted.
★Every country will play the qualifiers with the Top 16 scoring countries advancing to the Swiss Stage, seeded based on Beta Function.
☆ You can find an explanation for this method made by stat lord in this Document.
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
Swiss Stage
★ After qualifiers top 16 teams will make it into a swiss stage where the seeding of the qualifiers will determine the first matchups. After that winning teams will face other winning teams and losing teams will face other losing teams. (see image below to get a understanding of the format for swiss stage)
★ There will be a max of 4 matches played in swiss stage, if a team reaches 3 wins they are automatically through to quarterfinals, if a team reaches 3 loses they are automatically eliminated from the tourney.
★ At the end of the swiss stage there should be 2 teams with 3-0 record, 3 teams 3-1 record and 6 teams with 2-2 record, for the 2-2 teams only the top 3 will advance to quarterfinals, the placement of teams tied in their match won/match lost record will be sorted based on the amount of maps won/maps lost, where the team with the best difference between maps won and lost (the team who wins the most maps and loses the less) will advance, in the case of a tie in maps won/maps lost the team with the least map lost advances. If a tie still persists seeding from Qualifiers may be used to break the tie.
★ Placement in the swiss group will determine your placement on the double elimination bracket.
Bracket Stage
★ Bracket will be double elimination starting at quarterfinals stage.
★ The bracket will be played normally where losing teams will get pushed into losers bracket and winning teams will advance forward.
★ If a team loses 2 matches they will be eliminated from the bracket.
★ Once in the grand finals week, if the team that comes from losers bracket defeats the team from winners bracket in the grand finals there will be a bracket reset. This can be scheduled the same day, with a break after the first match or on a different day in the same weekend.
Match Procedures
★ A referee will create a lobby 15 minutes before the start of the match and will ping the captains in the discord server, 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the match both team captains will receive an invite from the match reffere, each captain is responsible for inviting his team to the lobby.
★ Once in the lobby the higher seed will have priority over the lower seed of choosing the pick order or ban order, the lowered seed team will choose the remaining order.
★ Ban order will be ABBA
☆ Example: seed 1 team faces seed 16, when both captains are in the lobby reffere will notify seed 1 captain to choose between pick order or ban order, seed 1 chooses pick order and they choose to pick second, then he notifies seed 16 captain of choosing a ban order.
★ Double Bans and Picks are allowed.
Freemod Rules
★ For freemod each team must have a minimum of (valid combinations):
☆ At least 1 player must take HR or HDHR.
☆ At least 1 player must take HD or EZHD.
☆ At least 1 player must take NM or EZ.
☆ The last player must take any mod of their choice excluding NM.
☆ No Fail (NF) is required for all players and does not count as a mod.
☆ Allowed mods: EZ, HD, HR.
★ Some examples of valid FM lineups:
☆ NM / HD / HR / HDHR
☆ NM / EZ / HD / HR
☆ EZ / EZ / EZHD / HDHR
★ EZ multiplier is 1.8X
Pool Structure
★ Qualifiers: ☆ 6.5* ☆ 4 NM, 2 HD, 2 HR, 2 DT
★ Swiss Stage: Best of 9 ☆ 6.3* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 4 NM, 2 HD, 2 HR, 3 DT, 3 FM, 1 TB
★ Quarterfinals: Best of 11 ☆ 6.5* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Semifinals: Best of 11 ☆ 6.7* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Finals: Best of 13 ☆ 6.9* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Grand Finals: Best of 13 ☆ 7.1* ☆ 2 Bans ☆ 5 NM, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 4 FM, 1 TB
★ Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
★ Player Registrations ☆ December 1 - December 22
★ Tryouts Phase ☆ December 1 - January 5
★ Team Submissions ☆ December 30 - January 12
★ Screening ☆ January 12 - January 26
★ Qualifiers ☆ January 27 - February 2
★ Swiss Stage ☆ February 3 - February 23
★ Quarterfinals ☆ February 24 - March 2
★ Semifinals ☆ March 3 - March 9
★ Finals ☆ March 10 - March 16
★ Grand Finals ☆ March 17 - March 23
★ Tryouts Phase ☆ December 1 - January 5
★ Team Submissions ☆ December 30 - January 12
★ Screening ☆ January 12 - January 26
★ Qualifiers ☆ January 27 - February 2
★ Swiss Stage ☆ February 3 - February 23
★ Quarterfinals ☆ February 24 - March 2
★ Semifinals ☆ March 3 - March 9
★ Finals ☆ March 10 - March 16
★ Grand Finals ☆ March 17 - March 23
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★ Host: 
Kyori_, 
BeZonaurul
★ Admins:
Isita, 
stat lord, 
Lightin
★ Poolers: stat lord, 
netraena, AlexBelea, Lightin
★ Playtesters: BeZonaurul, Kyori_, 
Xyke, netraena, AlexBelea, Lightin, Wojtulas, uhm_, Alu, 
Pinossaur, TamamoLover, 
Evangelion_guy,
DerKekDesTages, 
Bens_, 
chepy, 
chiv, stat lord, maxim, 
APTEM
★ Custom Mappers: Alvearia, 
lazysloth900, prodii, XVoIR, 
Soraka
★ Referees: BeZonaurul, Kyori_, 
Vexyie, PetrushaBoy, _SVEDETEL_, Iskas,
Infinitstart, bapril, 
Emiko Nin, Bens_, 
Mirek, tityaa, [-Ebgula-],
normanzerga, baikalsk, -Bochen-, Isita, 
Mavosiik
★ Streamers: Kyori_, Iskas, Pinossaur, 
MiquelVZLA, flapczek
★ Commentators: BeZonaurul, 
alisha-, AlexBelea, Iskas, Lightin, - Juno -,
berniee, Evangelion_guy, 
Snapy, 
Floflorian, stellasu, 
JackPaX, MiquelVZLA,
Mavosiik
★ Design GFX: alisha-
★ Video GFX: Wojtulas
★ Sheets: stat lord, P a t r i c k, RussianVaxei
★ Russian Cast ★
★ Streamers: Skvidos, FrauOn, ThatAvocado_Boi
★ Commentators: Nordax21, hahahami, 
Amamiya Mitoro, LimeCat, ThatAvocado_Boi, HUKUTKA, Barakiell, MyAngelCaxarok, OfFCourse_, FrauOn
★ French Cast ★
★ Streamers:
Zyf, Jupun__
★ Commentators: Mykado le gato, Nerowo, Mimil
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