Call of the Abyss VI Japan Qualifiers

The Crawling Chaos

The **COA VI Japan Qualifiers** is a competitive event held to determine which teams from the Japan region will get to compete in the Call of the Abyss VI main event along with the teams that had previously qualified in IJL, ZETA DIVISION and SCARZ. There are twelve competitors and three winners.

## Qualififcation

The process of qualifying for COA VI began during the Preliminary Phase, known as *The Whisperer in the Snow*. During this phase, which lasted from December 29, 2022, to January 12, 2023, all teams were able to compete in Abyss Quick Matches and Abyss Rank Matches to earn Club Points.

The players' Individual Tier, Battle Results, Individual Deduction Points, and whether they participated in Ranked Matches would affect the final Club Points. The highest Hunter Points in the Club would first be multiplied by 2, then added to the sum of the four highest Survivor Points of the other members to calculate a club's points. The top 50 teams in the Club Point ranking would advance to the Playoff Phase, known as *The Binary Star*.

The Online Qualifiers phase of COA VI is known as *The Crawling Chaos*. During the *Binary Star* phase, players would continue to earn points under the same system, but with a much shorter cap on the number of matches a player could participate in. For Japan teams, the top 7 in the *Binary Star* points ranking would earn an in-game reward and the opportunity to participate in *The Crawling Chaos* along with the 5 teams from IJL that failed to qualify for COA VI through that event.

## Format and schedule

The COA VI Japan Qualifiers are a two-phase competition composed of a group stage and an elimination stage. The 12 competing teams were split into four groups of three. On the first four days, teams from the same group competed against each other. The four teams that placed lowest in their group were eliminated.

In the tournament stage, or elimination stage, the teams that placed first in their groups will compete against each other, resulting in two winners. The two losers of these brackets will compete against the other remaining teams until only one is left, completing the five-team Japanese roster of COA VI.

After the end of the qualifiers, tournament officials will contact the winning teams to confirm whether or not they wish to participate in the tournament. If more than one member is not a citizen or holder of valid permanent residency in their registered region, that team will forfeit the right to advance. If a team refuses to participate or cannot do so, the next one in line will receive a chance to participate.

The schedule for the group stage is as follows:

(UTC+9)
(Group A)
(Group D)
(Group C)
 18:00
(UTC+9)
(Group B)
(Group A)
(Group D)
 20:00
(UTC+9)
(Group C)
(Group B)
(Group A)
(Group D)

The schedule for the tournament stage is as follows:

 18:00 (UTC+9)
 20:00 (UTC+9)

## Official links

* Day 1: YouTube, Japanese / Twitter, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese: CG vs JW / Dawn vs LuS / AXZ vs WoG
* Day 2: YouTube, Japanese / Twitter, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese: FL vs World / CG vs RC / Dawn vs TD
* Day 3: YouTube, Japanese / Twitter, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese: AXZ vs STR / FL vs Pzl / JW vs RC
* Day 4: YouTube, Japanese / Twitter, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese: LuS vs TD / WoG vs STR / World vs Pzl
* Day 5: YouTube, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese:
* Day 6: YouTube, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese:
* Day 7: YouTube, Japanese / Bilibili, Mandarin Chinese:

## Trivia

* The Japanese language casters for this event were なみかり (Namikari), もしうさ (Moshiusa), つみきちあ (Tsumikichia), けんまつ (Kenmatsu), たくと (Tact), なおや (Naoya), and players Shinami and SiLia from SCARZ.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.identityvgame.com/coa6/rule/en/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/IdentityVChamp