Don't miss the start of Japan League 2022 - Season 1 - Playoff

Japan League 2022 - Season 1 - Playoff will start in a few hours. At the championship, which will be held from April 30 to June 5 in Japan, 14 local teams will compete for a prize pool of $36,318, as well as rating points needed to sum up the results at the end of the season. We offer you to get acquainted with the format of the tournament, the rules, participants and the distribution of the prize fund of the championship.

Japan League 2022 format - Season 1 - Playoff

The championship will be held in two stages:

• Group stage (April 30 - May 1).
• Playoffs (June 4-5).

As part of the group stage of the championship, eight teams will take part, which will be divided into two groups.

Group A:

• ENTER FORCE.36, IGZIST, Lag Gaming and Sengoku Gaming.

Group B:

• Northeption, PSG Esports, Quintette Shizuoka and REJECT.

The winners of each quartet will advance to the playoffs where they will face the seeded teams:

• CYCLOPS athlete gaming.
• SCARZ.
• Donuts USG.
• Crest Gaming Lst.
• FAV gaming.
• Fnatic.

Prize pool distribution for Japan League 2022 - Season 1 - Playoff

• 1st place: $15,291 + 15 points.

• 2nd place: $7,645 + 12 points.
• 3rd place: $5,734 + 10 points.
• 4th place: $3,822 + 7 points.
• 5th-8th place: $955 + 5 points.
• 9th-10th place: TBD.
• 11th-12th place: TBD.
• 13th-14th place: TBD.

Japan League 2022 - Season 1 - Playoff will take place from April 30 to June 5 in Japan. 14 local teams will compete for a prize pool of $36,318, as well as rating points needed to sum up the results at the end of the season.