Welcome to ECL2023 and Round 1 Announcement

Welcome to the new season of European Cities League. We have 54 teams, which are split into 3 groups of 10 and 3 groups of 8 teams.

Promotion/demotions will be calculated based on the standing on 15th October 2023:

Division 1 - 2 teams demoted

Division 2 - 2 teams promoted (1 from each group), 6 teams relegated (3 from each group)

Division 3 - 6 teams promoted (2 from each group)

Final standings will be announced as of 31st December 2023.

Schedule for the all rounds is available in groups forums.

Below you find the pairings of Round 1 of the ECL2023. Please go through the links used in this news, find your opponent team's page and send them a match challenge with details as below.

ECL2023 is under way: Rules -- Team contacts

Divisions: 1 -- 2A -- 2B -- 3A -- 3B -- 3C

Minimum players: Division 1 (14+), Division 2 (10+), Division 3 (5+)

Promotion/demotion cutoff: October, 15th 2023; Season cutoff: December, 31st 2023; Registration ECL2024 will be opened in September 2023

Match Name: ECL2023 R1: your city vs. opposing city (for example,  ECL2023 R1: Kyiv vs Zagreb )

• Game Type: Standard
• Days per Move: 3 days
• Players per Team: minimum: differs by division, see above; maximum: leave free
• Concurrent Games: 2
• Games are RATED
• Start Time: November 13th, 2022, 5pm UTC (please recalculate to your timezone)

Accept the challenge without delay and immediately check to make sure that the match parameters and the start time are set correctly. If they are not correct, please fix the problem immediately by canceling the match and issuing a new challenge with the correct parameters, then contact your opponent's admin to inform them of what you have done.

If you have sent your challenge but your opponent is not accepting it, please report it in the forum thread of your division, so that everybody involved can help to find and fix the problem quickly. To contact team representatives for communication and problem fixing, find them in the thread “ECL2023: Team contacts”. When your match is open for registration, please post its link in the thread of your division. Please encourage all your players to sign up for the match by posting announcements in your group's news, notes or forums. Make sure you reach the required minimum participation in time and build good overall participation.

By default, WCL matches are also counted as ECL matches if the pairings overlap (see Appendix F2 in the rules). Both teams must agree if a separate ECL match is to be set up and match link reported in the proper divison forum. Matches of teams in the same WCL and ECL group are marked with "X"

Round 1 - November, 13th