2020 IVL Summer

**2020 IVL Summer** is the first season of IVL and the beginning of the competitive environment of Identity V. The winner of the season is ZQ, whom defeated DOU5 in the finals after placing 1st in the regular season with a record of 16-2.

## Phases

The season is separated into **Regular Season** and **Finals**, the Regular season is held from June 25 to September 20, with a total of 13 game weeks and 34 game days. The top 6 teams in the Regular Season will advance to the playoffs. The playoffs of the season is held from October 2 to October 4 with a total of 3 game days, in GuangZhou offline with live audience to fight for the winner of the season.

## Regular Season

### Format

* All 10 teams would face against each other in a Bo3 double round-robin bracket.
* The teams ranking would be determined in the order of match victories, net round victories, net draws, head-to-head win loss.
* The top 6 teams from the regular season would advance to the playoffs, while the bottom 4 teams will be eliminated.

### Standings

* Week 1
* Week 2
* Week 3
* Week 4
* Week 5
* Week 6
* Week 7
* Week 8
* Week 9
* Week 10
* Week 11
* Week 12
* Week 13 (Final)

### Match Records

* Week 1
* Week 2
* Week 3
* Week 4
* Week 5
* Week 6
* Week 7
* Week 8
* Week 9
* Week 10
* Week 11
* Week 12
* Week 13

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between DOU5 and Weibo ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between Gr and TIANBA ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between CPG and ZQ ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.
* The additional round is only required to break the tie, the statistics in additional round will not be counted to round and net ties.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between Weibo and ZQ ended with 0-0, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between GG and XROCK ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between CPG and DOU5 ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

### Notes

* After 3 rounds, the round victory between ZQ and GG ended with 1-1, and the points are the same, so an additional Bo4 is played to determine the winner.

## Playoffs

### Format

* The playoffs will be a double elimination match between the top 6 teams in regular season. All teams standing are based on their rankings in the regular season.
* All matches will be Bo5.
* A mixed double-elimination bracket will be used in the playoffs. The top 4 ranked teams would begin the playoffs in the winner's bracket, while the 5th and 6th ranked team would begin the playoffs in the loser's bracket.
	+ Winners Bracket: A mini bracket will be held. The 1st and 4th seeded team will play against each other, while the 2nd and 3rd seeded team will play against each other. The winning teams will advance to the 2nd round and face-off to fight for a spot in the finals.
	+ Losers Bracket: A king-of-the-hill bracket is used. The 5th and 6th seeded team will play against each other, after the winning team will advance to play against the order of: the lower-ranking team in Winenrs Bracket Round 1 losing team, the higher-ranking team in Winners Bracket Round 1 losing team, Winners Bracket Round 2 losing team, to advance to the finals.

### Final Rankings

* Teams would gain league points in accordance to their rankings in the playoffs. The winning team of IVL Autumn and the team with the highest overall points would advance to COAIV Global Finals from the China region. Other teams would have to play through the COAIV qualifiers.
* Should the IVL Autumn winner also have the highest overall points, then the automatic qualification will be given to the next team with the highest overall points.
* If there are multiple teams with the same points, then the team that has a higher score in IVL Autumn will be ranked higher.

## Trivia

* Having a record of 9-0 in the 2nd leg, ZQ is the 1st team to win all matches in the 2nd leg.