ESerie A/2019-20 Season

Overview
eSerie A TIM is the official FIFA 20 league in Italy with exclusive on Playstation 4.

Format

 * Open Qualifiers
 * 4 qualifiers
 * Open Qualifier #1 [10-11 February 2020]
 * Open Qualifier #2 [13-14 February 2020]
 * Open Qualifier #3 [17-18 February 2020]
 * Open Qualifier #4 [20-21 February 2020]
 * Qualifiers will not be streamed
 * A maximum of 1024 players can play each qualifier
 * Single Elimination Bracket
 * Matches are best of one until round of 128
 * All other matches are best of three
 * Finals are not played
 * Top 4 players from each qualifier qualify for Draft
 * 5th-32nd placed players qualify for Last Chance Qualifier


 * Last Chance Qualifier
 * Single Elimination Bracket
 * Matches are best of three
 * Top 14 players qualify for Draft


 * Group Stage
 * Solo Mode
 * 17 teams
 * Teams are divided into a group of five and three groups of four
 * Double Round Robin
 * 1st teams from each group advance to playoffs Winner's Bracket Round 2
 * 2nd and 3rd teams advance to playoffs Winner's Bracket Round 1
 * 4th team from Group A advance to playoffs Loser's Bracket
 * Last teams from each group advance for Knockout Stage


 * Knockout Stage
 * 4 teams
 * Single Elimination Bracket
 * Matches are best of one
 * Winners of Round 1 advance to playoffs Loser's Bracket
 * Winner of Loser's Bracket Round 1 advance to playoffs Loser's Bracket


 * Playoffs
 * Double Elimination Bracket
 * All matches are Best of two
 * Loser's Bracket Round 2 is best of one
 * Winners of Winner's Bracket Round 2 advance to Finals
 * Winners of Loser's Bracket Round 2 advance to Finals


 * Final Eight
 * Double Elimination Bracket
 * Winner bracket is best of two
 * Loser bracket is best of one
 * Final is best of two

Knockout Stage
[4DEGroup]

Playoffs
[16DE6Quals]

Finals
[8DE]

Schedule

 * Group Stage
 * Group Stage Day 1 [23-24 March 2020]
 * Group Stage Day 2 [30-31 March 2020]


 * Play-Off
 * Play-Off Day 1 [4-5 May 2020]


 * Grand Final
 * Final Eight [2 June 2020]

Announcements

 * November 22, 2019, Serie A ed eSports, nasce la eSerie A: presentato anche il logo (Italian) by Claudio Robertucci on 100x100napoli.it
 * January 27, 2020, La eSerie A è imminente (Italian) by Massimiliano Di Marco on esports.gazzetta.it
 * January 31, 2020, La eSerie A è ai nastri di partenza (Italian) by Maria Elena Tanca on esportsmag.it
 * February 05, 2020, La eSerie A inizia, aperte le iscrizioni ai Qualifier (Italian) on legaseriea.it

Additional Links

 * Open Qualifier #1
 * Open Qualifier #2
 * Open Qualifier #3
 * Open Qualifier #4