Gears 5: Gridiron Cup

Please see the "Overview - Prizes" section for prize summary.

View Bracket

Game & Platform

Gears 5

Xbox One

Game Account Required

Xbox Live

Date & Time

Format

Single Elimination

5v5

This tournament is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Gears Esports or The Coalition.

  Prizes

*NOTE: In order for cash prizing to be available a minimum of eight (8) participants must compete in the tournament. Upon completion of the tournament cash prize winners will be contacted via email to arrange payment. Prize payments are paid using PayPal only and are paid the following month.

The amount of cash prizing received by the winning team is determined in the table below, only the tournament winner (1st Place) will be awarded a cash prize. All members on the winning team will be contacted via email and the cash prize will be equally split among team members:

Participant Sign Ups 1st Place
8+ Participants €25 to the winning team
16+ Participants €50 to the winning team
32+ Participants €75 to the winning team
64+ Participants €100 to the winning team

  Player IDs

For this tournament, players must register their Xbox Live Gamertag to their EGL Game & Social Accounts section on their EGL profile. All Player IDs on a team’s roster must be 100% valid and accurate. Spelling, spaces and characters must be exact, but do not need to be case sensitive.

If your username is found to be incorrect or you have input an email address instead of your Xbox Live Gamertag then you will be disqualified as this is strictly NOT allowed.

  Maps

The maps to choose from are as follows:


Maps Overrides/Weapon Substitutions
Asylum
Allfathers Arena Force Overide to Honor, Humility, Diligence
Bunker RL-4 Salvo => Dropshot
Lancer GL => Torque Bow
Canals Talon => Boltok
District Enforcer => Markza
Buzzkill => Frags
Retro Lancer => Incendiary Grenades
Longshot => Dropshot
Icebound
Vasgar Lancer GL => Dropshot
Hammerburst => Shock Grenades
Claw => Longshot
Retro Lancer => Torque Bow

Best of 1 - All Rounds


Both teams need to communicate their map picks/bans within the match comments on the Match Fixture page (click on "View Details" for your current fixture). We will not accept any other form of evidence of map picks/bans if you choose to do this outwith our website.

The Higher Seeded Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban process.

The Map Ban process is as follows:

-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  The remaining map becomes the map for that round
-  Team A picks which team they wish to play on (COG/Swarm)

Hosting Order

A team's seed is indicated by the number next to their team name on the tournament bracket. The highest seed is defined as the team with the seed closest to 0.

The hosting team is as follows:

Map 1

Highest Seed

The team that is not hosting will choose which spawn (side) they wish to start on.

  Support

If you have a problem with your match, please click on the 'Contact Support' button found on the Match Fixture page. You can also reach us on the EGL - Global Discord channel for general questions and discussion.