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2022 qualifiers closed as of March 31st
The final standings for the 2022 qualification cycle can be found over here.
When more information is known about the 2023 cycle, this page will be updated.
Results are already being stored for the 2023 cycle in the background.

What is the draft-league.nl World Championship?
The draft-league.nl World Championship (DLNLWC) is a yearly event in which we crown the best draft-league.nl user at the time. To participate in this event, you have to qualify through one of the 4 available routes. In total there are 108 tickets which grand access to the DLNLWC, These tickets are distributed as followed:

• Reigning Champion (1): can lock their spot until 2023-03-30
• CCS Route (36): ranking gets taken as of 2023-03-31. Players who qualify can lock their spot until 2023-04-07
• League Qualification Route (63): ranking gets taken as of 2023-03-31. Players who qualify can lock their spot until 2023-04-08
• Qualification Tour (8): players who don't have a ticket as of 2023-03-31 can sign up until 2023-04-09

The 2023 edition of the DLNLWC is estimated to be starting around May 2023. How each route works is explained on this page as well. Along with a virtual distribution of the tickets if all rankings would be finalized right now.

Donations for the draft-league.nl World Championship prize pool
Before we touch on how you can donate towards the prize pool, please know that this is completely optional. The DLNLWC will have a prize pool (amount to be determined), even if no one donates, but to those who want to support the project and increase the prize pool a little bit, you can donate any amount you like to be added to the prize pool. The prize pool will be funded partly by the support on Patreon, however, the majority of that money is needed to cover server cost as well as development time for the website. Every donation made through Ko-fi will be fully added to the prize pool of the DLNLWC. Please be aware that donating money to the prize pool will NOT gain you any benefits in terms of qualifying or chances of winning the tour. The only reason to donate is to support the project. Please only donate if it's with your own money and you are in a financial position to responsibly do so.

CCS Route
CCS stands for Coach Competitive Score. This score estimates the skill level of a player based on all games they have played on draft-league.nl. CCS is based on the well-known and trusted elo principles. Click here for a full rundown of how CCS works.

Based on this score, 36 players will obtain a ticket when this ranking gets finalized on the date mentioned above.

League Qualification Route
Unlike the CCS Route, the League Qualification Route only takes seasons within the qualification cycle in consideration. This means the League Qualification Route is more focused on short term performance as where the CCS Route is focused on long term performance. Each finished season during the qualification cycle will award you with points based on how well you did in that season and the competitive rating of the season. Since not everyone plays the same amount of seasons over the course of a year, your point total will be based on the best 4 results you got during the qualification cycle. The website has 10 different tiers of competitiveness for a season. To find out more about how a rating is given to a season, click here. Depending on the competitive rating of a season, you can earn the following points:

	Bronze 1	Bronze 2	Silver 1	Silver 2	Gold 1	Gold 2	Platinum 1	Platinum 2	Diamond
Winner	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50
Runner-up	7	10	13	17	20	23	26	30	33
Playoffs*	3	5	7	8	10	12	13	15	17
Game value	1	1.5	2	2.5	3	3.5	4	4.5	5

The points for winner/runner-up/playoffs do not stack. If you made it to either of these stages in the season, you will get those points added up to your game points. Game points are calculated with the following formula game points = ((game value * wins) / games played) * 10. In case this doesn't result in a round number, the points will always be rounded down. The amount of games played matters because not every season is as long and players that make it to the playoffs also play at least 1 more game within the same season. By dividing the score by the amount of games played and multiplying it by 10, you get a score you would have been able to get, had you played 10 games in the season. If a player has played less than 7 games (regular season + playoffs) during a season, they are ineligible to earn League Qualification Points for that specific season.

Based on the League Qualification Points, 63 players will obtain a ticket when this ranking is finalized. If a player already qualifies through the CCS Route, they will be excluded from the final standings of the League Qualification Route since a player doesn't need more than 1 ticket.

*If more than 60% of the coaches made playoffs, these points will not be added.