A user can only be registered to one team roster per tournament under the same game category.
If you are in North America as a college student, you are eligible to play.
As of now, CEA provides tournaments for college students in North America. Unfortunately, college students not in the US or Canada are ineligible to compete in this tournament.
CEA tournaments are open only to college students. Prospective students in their last semester of their senior year or have already graduated can participate in CEA Summer tournaments.
Every school is allowed a maximum of 3 teams across Open and Invite for each game tournament.
Top 4 teams of Open League participate in a Promotion/Relegation bracket with the bottom 4 teams of Invite League. The top 4 teams are decided by overall Open League standings after Playoffs.
Top 8 teams from each division go to an elimination bracket seeded by their performance based on wins and round differentials.
We base our rules based on the FACEIT Collegiate and Pro League rule sets.
Minimum team size is 5, maximum is 10 with substitutes.
In general, no. However, under some extenuating circumstances, and after review from league staff, two or more colleges may be allowed to have one team represent them. See section 2.4 regarding team consolidation on the handbook for more details.
The minimum combined prize pool is currently USD$5750 for CEA Siege and Valorant.
Eastern Time is used, as most of our staff resides in East Coast.
Students scheduled to graduate before the tournament ends will still be eligible to compete and to receive prizing.
Team managers and coaches are eligible to play as long as they are listed as an eligible player or a substitute on the team roster.
Captains differ from team managers or coaches in that they are automatically considered as players.
Yes, but you cannot play as a player or a substitute for more than one team.
Information regarding matches, rulesets, and settings can be found in the rules section for the respective tournament.
Your Ubisoft account information will be updated on our website in 12 hours after changing your username on Ubisoft. This only affects players(not members) in an ongoing event. You can also update your Ubisoft profile instantly on your CEA hub profile.