Survival of the Fittest Summer Cup 2016

The Survival of the Fittest Summer Cup 2016 was the first international offline Survival of the Fittest tournament. Qualifiers for the grand finals started in May 2016. The grand finals took place offline at ChinaJoy Expo in Shanghai, China on July 29, 2016.

The tournament mode for the Summer Cup is 4v4 tribes. The total prize pool contained $42000 in total. The tribe in 1st place was awarded $24000, the tribe in 2nd place was awarded $12000 and tribe in 3rd place was awarded $6000.

Qualification
Registration for the summer cup was open from May 1–20, 2016. The 20 highest-rated registered Tournament Mode (Survivor League) players during May and June (80 players total) will qualify for the Semi-Finals.

The 10 Tribes that qualified by scoring highest in the May Survivor League Qualifier Rankings are: Barside Brawlers, Kitty Cats, BELIEBERS, KappaPride, Carnivore Drop, Arma Poulet, The Rejects, YGD, Silky Smooth and PsychoSocial.

The 10 Tribes that qualified by scoring highest in the June Survivor League Qualifier Rankings are: GET OUT THE WAY, The Killer Inc is Back!, #BeChampions, VictoriousSecret, HailKappa, Chinese Storytellers, e-LEMON-ators, Holy Church of RNGNESS, Grabuge and S.PLH.

Semi-Finals and Finals
The Semi-Final match took place online on July 3, 2016 at 11AM EST. This match was different from regular matches as the time of game length was extended to two hours, not including sudden death. The top 8 North American and/or European teams from the Semi-Final advanced to the official Summer Cup finals.

The Tribe Kitty Cats won the semi-final. The other 7 tribes that qualified for the final round are KappaPride, BELIEBERS, GET OUT THE WAY, e-LEMON-ators, PsychoSocial, The Rejects and Grabuge. Two local Chinese tribes, D.K and ZG, also competed in the finals.

The finals consisted of three 3-hour long matches taking place on July 29 at ChinaJoy in Shanghai. The tribe ZG won the tournament, with Kitty Cats and D.K in second and third place.

Links

 * Semi-Final VOD on Twitch
 * Semi-Final Action Report

Survival of the Fittest Summer Cup 2016