ETF2L

ETF2L
Full name	European Team Fortress 2 League
Competition formats	6v6, Highlander
Area	Europe
Current season	Season 15 (6v6) Season 4 (HL, finished)
Website

ETF2L (European Team Fortress 2 League) is a community project and is one of the world’s largest competitive Team Fortress 2 league. ETF2L hosts both 6v6 and Highlander leagues, including many other cups.

The site went live on November 11th, 2007, and has since been running 16 6v6 seasons (the "All F*cking Summer Season" from 2010 is excepted from the official chronology), 4 Highlander seasons and the Highlander Community Challenge in 2010/2011 with 846 teams.

The organisation is currently lead by the head admins of CanFo, emb and Sonny Black. Previous head admins are dAyKiLLeR, DeNeusbeer, Kop, d2m, Dave, RaCio, SnowiE and Crasp.

As of today, for all competitions that were held at ETF2L, a total of almost €14,000 in prize money was paid out and hardware prizes worth over €10,000 were provided.

Format

ETF2L is currently on its 14th 6v6 season and 4th Highlander season. Both 6v6 and Highlander leagues consist of different skill levels, ranging from Division 6 (lowest skill level) to Premiership division (highest skill level). Divisions usually have a size of 6 or 8 teams. A season usually consists of 5 or 7 weeks of regular matches, and a week of playoffs.

Matches usually consist of two maps, each lasting 30 minutes. The following win conditions are used:

• On 5CP maps, the map ends once the time limit runs out or one of the teams scores 5 more points than the opponent. In case of a draw after the time limit ends, a tiebreaker round, known as golden cap, is played. The golden cap ends once one of the wins captures all points or 10 minutes pass, at which point the team currently in possession of the middle point wins.
• King of the Hill maps are played in a best of 5 format (first to 3 wins), without a time limit.
• Attack/Defense and Payload maps are played with stopwatch mode and are played in a best of 3 format. The teams alternate between attacking and defending; if team A defended first in the previous round, team B will be the first to defend in the next round. Most of the time, an A/D or Payload map is the sole map of the week, and as such are not combined with other gamemodes.
• Capture the Flag maps are played as best of 3 rounds, with each round lasting either 10 minutes or until one of the teams captures the intelligence 5 times in a row. If the match ends in a draw, a golden cap round is played. The golden cap round ends after 5 minutes or one capture. If the golden cap ends in another tie, it is played again until a conclusive result is reached.

The top 4 (6v6) or top 3 Premiership teams (Highlander) qualify for the playoffs. Playoffs games are played in a best of 3 maps format. The lowest-ranked team faces the second lowest-ranked team, and the winner of the match faces the team ranked above both of

The second last Premiership team faces the second Division 1 team in a relegation playoff, also played in a best of 3 maps format.

Hall of Fame

6v6

Season	Start date	Winner	Prizes	Participants (Teams dropped in %)
Season 1-7 Division 1 Winners
Season 1	January 8, 2008	4 Kings	-	51 (21.57%)
Season 2	April 5, 2008	4 Kings	-	120 (12.5%)
Season 3	August 25, 2008	Ubersexuals	-	190 (17.37%)
Season 4	January 12, 2009	Team Dignitas	1st: 6x SteelSeries 6Hv2 2nd: 6x SteelSeries QcK Heavy 3rd: 6x SteelSeries QcK	250 (20%)
Season 5	May 4, 2009	Team Dignitas	1st: 6x Steelseries Siberia Full Size – Special Edition “RED”	250 (15.2%)
Season 6	September 28, 2009	Team Dignitas	1st: 6x SteelSeries Xai 2nd: 6x SteelSeries 9HD	330 (18.18%)
Season 7	February 8, 2010	I don’t know?	1st: 6x SteelSeries Siberia v2 RED 2nd: 6x SteelSeries Kinzu	350 (20.29%)
Season 8 and later Premiership winners
Season 8	October 18, 2010	Epsilon eSports	1st: €750 + 6x SteelSeries 7H 2nd: €350 + 6x SteelSeries Xai 3rd: €150 + 6x SteelSeries 6Gv2 Division 1 Winner: 6x SteelSeries 9HD	350 (22.29%)
Season 9	March 21, 2011	FakkelBrigade	1st: 6x SteelSeries Siberia v2 (White) 2nd: 6x SteelSeries Xai 3rd: SteelSeries 4H Division 1 Winner: 6x SteelSeries 9HD	350 (32%)
Season 10	September 25, 2011	Epsilon eSports	1st: 6x SteelSeries Sensei 2nd: 6x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Green 3rd: 6x SteelSeries 9HD Division 1 Winner: 6x SteelSeries 4HD	360 (21.67%)
Season 11	January 29, 2012	Team Infused	1st: 6x Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT, 6x Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon Bag 2nd: 6x Tt eSPORTS THERON, 6x Tt eSPORTS LADON 3rd: 6x Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Division 1 Winner: 6x Tt eSPORTS DASHER	304 (21.05%)
Season 12	April 29, 2012	Epsilon eSports	1st: £300, 6x Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT, 6x Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon Bag 2nd: 6x Tt eSPORTS THERON, 6x Tt eSPORTS LADON 3rd: 6x Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Division 1 Winner: 6x Tt eSPORTS DASHER	288 (20.49%)
Season 13	September 16, 2012	Epsilon eSports	1st: 1,500€ + 6x Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT, 6x Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon Bag 2nd: 750€ + 6x Tt eSPORTS THERON, 6x Tt eSPORTS LADON 3rd: 252€ + 6x Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Division 1 Winner: 6x Tt eSPORTS DASHER	344 (22.67%)
Season 14	January 20, 2013	Epsilon eSports	1st: €495 2nd: €297 3rd: €198	328 (21.04%)
Season 15	May 5, 2013	Epsilon eSports	1st: €500 + 6x Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalKing 2nd: €300 3rd: €200	328 (21.04%)

Highlander

Season	Start date	Winner	Prizes	Participants (Teams dropped in %)
Season 1 and 2 Division 1 Winners
Season 1	November 13, 2011	SNSD	-	288 (20.49%)
Season 2	March 25, 2012	SNSD	1st: £500 2nd: £250	264 (21.59%)
Season 3 and later Premiership winners
Season 3	November 4, 2012	SNSD	1st: €1,035 2nd: €630 3rd: €405 Winner Secondary Playoffs: €360 2nd Secondary Playoffs: €135	168 (16.07%)
Season 4	March 17, 2013	DAROUTOUTOU	1st: €500 2nd: €350 3rd: €150	192 (18.23%)

Links

• Official ETF2L website