Cardfight!! Vanguard:
Team League 2013Period: April 2013 - July 2013
The Team League 2013 campaign is a team tournament format event held over 4 months in the first half of 2013.
Press release statement on Team League 2013
Singapore, February 15, 2013 – Bushiroad South East Asia Pte Ltd and Bushiroad USA Inc announced a new Cardfight!! Vanguard tournament series: the Team League 2013. This will be the first ever Bushiroad-sanctioned international team tournaments in Cardfight!! Vanguard.
The Cardfight!! Vanguard Team League 2013 is a three-stage, team tournament campaign running from April through July across the North American, Europe and Asia-Oceania regions.
Players of all ages may form teams, consisting of three members, to face against rival teams in a continental level championship utilizing Bushiroad’s unique three-on-three team tournament format. Participating teams will receive promotional goods unique to Team League 2013.
The tournament structure is split across three phases; open shop qualifiers from April to May, regional qualifiers in selected tournament stores from May to June, and continental finals for each region in end June to July.
Tournament shops currently registered with Bushiroad will be eligible to hold open shop qualifiers.
The open shop qualifiers will be open to all teams across all three regions. These qualifiers will be listed on the Cardfight!! Vanguard website in March 2013. The top placing teams in each shop qualifier will receive an invitation to regional qualifiers in selected tournament stores in their specific regions. Regional qualifier team champions will be awarded with invitations and travel/lodging fees to the continental finals in their region. Second placing teams will only be awarded invitations to the continental finals in each region.
The finals for the North American region will be held in Los Angeles, CA, in July, with a venue to be confirmed. An open qualifier for the Team League will take place the day before the Team League finals (venue and date TBD), for players who have missed their chance on participating in the open shop qualifiers.
The finals for the European region will be held in the United Kingdom in July, with a venue and specific date to be confirmed.
The finals for the Asia-Oceania region will be held in Singapore in end June/early July, with a venue and specific date to be announced. Similar to the North American Team League qualifiers, an open qualifier will take place the day before at the same venue.
More details will be revealed on the Cardfight!! Vanguard website and Facebook pages as the dates draws near.
Bushiroad concluded their first international tournament series: World Championship 2012, in December 2012. The World Championship 2012 focused on individual players. The World Championship 2013 will be held in the latter half of 2013.
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Europe:
- The event will be open to all players residing in Europe.
- This extends to players with student or long term visas.
Asia-Oceania:
- The event will be open to all players residing in South East Asia, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.
- This extends to players with student or long term visas.
North America:
The event will be open to all players residing in USA, Canada and Mexico. This extends to players with student or long term visas.
Tournament Structure
- Double Elimination.
- The teams which are defeated twice are eliminated.
- Matching is done by teams in a Swiss-Draw format.
- Each team must consist of 3 members only.
- Each member in the team is assigned a number (1, 2 or 3).
- Each member fights 1 game against the opposing member of the same number. (E.g. No. 1 to No. 1, No. 2 to No. 2)
- Wins and losses are calculated by teams as a whole.
Deck Requirement
- All released English Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard cards may be used for this tournament.
- Japanese Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard, counterfeit or modified cards may not be used for this tournament.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Each member in the team must use a different clan. Each deck (all 50 cards) may only include cards from 1 clan. However, a “Royal Paladin” deck may include up to 10 “Shadow Paladin” cards.
Shop Qualifier Top Prize
- Top 2 teams from each shop qualifier will get an invitation to the regional qualifiers.
- If a team already has an invitation to a regional qualifier, the prize will be passed down to the next team in the standings. If multiple regional qualifiers exist, invitees will be assigned a regional qualifier location by Bushiroad.
Participation Prize for Shop Qualifier:
Shop Qualifier Dates and Location (Singapore):
6th April 2013, Saturday
Carito Trading
Venue: Block 254A, Serangoon Central Drive, #01-165, Singapore 551254
Time: 1 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
Millennium Game World
Venue: Block 166, Bukit Batok West Avenue 8, #01-260, Singapore 650166
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
Rowell Home Video
Venue: Block 152, Serangoon North Avenue 1, #01-316, Singapore 550152
Time: 1 p.m.
No. of Teams: 12
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13th April 2013, Saturday
Delightful Times
Venue: Block 156, Yishun Street 11, #01-110, Singapore 760156
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 5
Excel Convenience Store LLP
Venue: 60 Orchard Road, J Cube, #B1-01/02/03, Singapore 238889
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
Rapid Culture
Venue: 109 North Bridge Road, Funan DigitalLife Mall, #05-18, Singapore 179097
Time: 1.30 p.m.
No. of Teams: 5
TTZ Trading
Venue: Block 804, Hougang Central, #01-122, Singapore 530804
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 12
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14th April 2013, Sunday
The Card Geeks (TCG)
Venue: 1 Selegie Road, PoMo, #B1-17, Singapore 188306
Time: 3 p.m.
No. of Teams: 5
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20th April 2013, Saturday
Chak Fung Trading
Venue: Block 810, Hougang Central, #01-224, Singapore 530810
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
G28 Trading
Venue: Block 822, Tampines Street 81, #01-190, Singapore 520822
Time: 2 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
Novel Photo and Electronic
Venue: Block 811, Hougang Central, #01-210, Singapore 530811
Time: 1 p.m.
No. of Teams: 5
Thousand Taste
Venue: Block 132, Jurong Gateway Road, #01-283, Singapore 600132
Time: 1 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
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21st April 2013, Sunday
Active Games Collection
Venue: 8, Yio Chu Kang Road D/E (Level 2), ICB Shopping Centre, Singapore 545522
Time: 1 p.m.
No. of Teams: 12
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10th May 2013, Friday
Mega Multimedia
Venue: 63 Jurong West Central, Jurong Point Shopping Centre, #B1-13, Singapore 648331
Time: 3.30 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
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11th May 2013, Saturday
Games Haven
Venue: 736A, Geylang Road, 2nd Floor, Singapore 389647
Time: 3 p.m.
No. of Teams: 10
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Eligibility
- Only teams who have received an invitation to a Regional Qualifier may participate.
- Teams may only participate in the respective Regional Qualifier assigned to them if multiple locations exist.
Tournament Structure
- Double Elimination.
- The teams which are defeated twice are eliminated.
- Matching is done by teams in a Swiss-Draw format.
- Each team must consist of 3 members only.
- Each member in the team is assigned a number (1, 2 or 3).
- Each member fights 1 game against the opposing member of the same number. (E.g. No. 1 to No. 1, No. 2 to No. 2)
- Wins and losses are calculated by teams as a whole.
Deck Requirement
- All released English Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard cards may be used for this tournament.
- Japanese Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard, counterfeit or modified cards may not be used for this tournament.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Each member in the team must use a different clan. Each deck (all 50 cards) may only include cards from 1 clan. However, a “Royal Paladin” deck may include up to 10 “Shadow Paladin” cards.
Regional Qualifier Top Prize
- Top 2 teams from each shop qualifier will get an invitation to the regional championship.
- The top team will earn lodging and travel fees to the Regional Championship. (Top teams from United Kingdom and Singapore will not receive lodging and travel fees.)
- The 2nd place team will earn the invitation to the Regional Championship only AND must confirm if they are attending the Regional Championships.
Regional Qualifier (Singapore):
29th June 2013, Saturday
Venue: Singapore Mascot Parade
Time: T.B.C
※ Please note that the following dates/venue are subject to changes.
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Continental Championship (Asia) - Open Qualifier
6th July 2013, Saturday
Venue: Nicoll Hall, Suntec City Suntec City Convention Centre
Time: T.B.C
The Team League Open Qualifier is open to all players residing in the respective regions. Similar to the shop qualifiers, this open qualifier follows the same tournament structure, deck requirements and participation prize.
For the USA Open Qualifier, the top team earns an invitation, lodging and travel fee to the North American Team League Championship in Los Angeles. The 2nd place team earns an invitation only.
For the Asia-Oceania Open Qualifier, both the top team and 2nd place team will earn an invitation to the Asia Oceania Team League Championship in Singapore.
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Continental Championship (Asia):
7th July 2013, Sunday
Venue: Nicoll Hall, Suntec City Suntec City Convention Centre
Time: T.B.C
Eligibility:
- Only teams who have received an invitation to the Continental Championship may participate.
Tournament Structure:
- Modified Swiss Draw
- Best out of 1 round match type.
- Wins and losses are calculated by teams as a whole.
- The top 4 will proceed to the top 4 playoff.
- Tie breakers will be calculated by the matching software.
Top 4:
- Single elimination format
- Best 2 out of 3 rounds match type.
- Wins and losses are calculated by teams as a whole.
- The winning bracket will play off for the championship.
- The losing bracket will play off for 3rd and 4th placing.
Deck Requirements:
- All released English Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard cards may be used for this tournament.
- Japanese Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard, counterfeit or modified cards may not be used for this tournament.
- Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished.
- Each team member chooses one clan and builds a deck with only that clan. All 50 cards must be cards from the single clan.
- As an exception, a player who chooses <<Royal Paladin>> may include up to 10 <<Shadow Paladin>> cards in his/her deck.
- Players cannot choose the same clan as his or her teammates. (A player may still choose <<Shadow Paladin>> even if his/her teammate chose <<Royal Paladin>> and has <<Shadow Paladin>> cards in his/her deck.
Participation Prize:
Top Prize:
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