Return of the Clans
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Return of the Clans
League Information
Organizers:
Game & Version:
Game Mode:
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
3v3, Single Elimination & GSL Groups
Prize Pool:
$5,000 USD
Start Date:
2022-01-31
End Date:
2022-03-20
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Teams
Number of Teams:
58
Maps
Arena • Atoll • Bedouins • Black Forest • Chaos Pit • Colosseum • Crop Circles • Crescent • Enemy Archipelago • Fortress (Reg) • Heartland • Huacachina • Nomad
Return of the Clans (abbr. RotC) is an Age of Empires II 3v3 tournament hosted by enmipho, Huehuecoyotl22 and NovaAoE.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Host, Commentator:
- English Commentators:
Black Adder (Jan Steiner)
MembTV (Daniel Molina)
T90Official (Tristan Berry)
Dave (Dave Burchett)- Ornlu (Matthew Soriano)
JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
Moonfaller (David)
JonSlow (Alexey)
- Spanish Commentators:
Juan Perotti (Juan Perotti)
Mario Ovalle (Mario Ovalle)- Nicov (Nicolás Bruno)
- TaToH (Roberto Jiménez)
- Loco_Ser (Sergio Contreras)
- SilentTV (Franco)
- Nacho_AoE (Ignacio Citta)
- Monoz (Leandro Salas)
- French Commentators:
TheSniper_AOE (Mohamed)- ClemoL45 (Clément Hétier)
- Sitaux (Arthur Alauzen)
- Portuguese Commentators:
ObaTheGreatt (Roberto Oba)- GoKu (Paulo Henrique Vergani)
- Mandarin Commentators:
Wayne Chang (Wayne Chang)
lyx
- Cantonese Commentator:
marcusplacehk (Marcus LEE)
- Streaming Players:
Villese (Ville Jämsä)
IamTeTas- CasaBlancas (Sergio)
ACCM (Huy Hoang)- BacT (Biên Ha)
- SongSong (Long)
TheMbL (Morten Beite Levernes)- Monoz (Leandro Salas)
- JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
- TaToH (Roberto Jiménez)
Liereyy (Kai Kallinger)- miguel (Miguel Dornelles)
Hearttt (Hernan Boluarte Pizarro)- Rubenstock (Rudi)
- T90Official (Tristan Berry)
- Streaming Players:
OLADUSHEK (Urii Gerashchenko)
Dziamdziak (Krzysztof Kołodziej)- GKT_cloud
Dark (Sergey Perevertkin)- Shulk
- Sunset
- KingstoNe (Mario Bazán)
- Paganini (Emerson)
- TheViper (Ørjan Larsen)
DauT (Darko Dautovic)- Nili (Sven Reichardt)
- Nicov (Nicolás Bruno)
- F1re (Helenês Romano Cândido)
- Mr_Yo (Gan Yangfan)
- Lyx
- Paladin (Chen Xiujin)
- DracKeN (Jindra)
- JonSlow (Alexey)
Format[edit]
- 3 versus 3
- Single-elimination Stage: January 31th - February 13th
- Ro64 is Bo3
- Ro32 is Bo5
- Group Stage: February 14th - March 6th
- GSL groups, 4 groups of 4 teams
- Bo5
- Two teams advance to the Playoffs
- Playoffs: March 7th - March 20th
- Quarterfinals are Bo5
- Semifinals and Finals are Bo7
- Map draft:
- Bo3: Pick A, B - Ban A, B (x5). The remaining 1 map will be played in game one.
- Bo5: Pick A, B - Ban A, B, A, B - Pick A, B - Ban A, B, A B. The remaining 1 map will be played in game one.
- Bo7: Pick A, B, A, B - Ban A, B, A, B - Pick A, B - Ban A, B. The remaining 1 map will be played in game one.
- Map order:
- Bo3: G1: unbanned map - G2: HM loser - G3: HM of winner G1
- Bo5: G1: unbanned map - G2: HM loser - G3: HM of winner G1 - G4: HM team behind - G5: HM other team
- Bo7: G1: unbanned map - G2: HM loser - G3: HM of winner G1 - G4: HM team behind - G5: HM other team - G6: HM team behind - G7: HM other team
Map Pool[edit]
| Arena | Atoll | Bedouins | Black Forest | Chaos Pit | Colosseum | Crop Circles | Crescent | Enemy Archipelago | Fortress | Heartland | Huacachina | Nomad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prize Pool[edit]
$5,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd-4th
1st
2nd
3rd-4th
€40 USD was dedicated to the "Rising star of the tournament": [1]
$60 USD was dedicated to the "Surprise team of the tournament": [1] 
Combi Team
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Single-elimination Stage[edit]
Click here for detailed results of the Single Elimination Stage matches
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aftermath | 2-0 | 6-1 | +5 | ||
| 2. | White Wolf Palace | 2-1 | 6-4 | +2 | ||
| 3. |  Denmark A | 1-2 | 4-8 | -4 | ||
| 4. | Combi Team | 0-2 | 3-6 | -3 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| aM | 3 | 1 | DEN A |
| WWP | 3 | 1 | Combi |
| aM | 3 | 0 | WWP |
| DEN A | 3 February 27, 2022 - 19:00 GMT    | 2 | Combi |
| WWP | 3 | 0 | DEN A |
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| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |   The Amigos | 2-0 | 6-2 | +4 | ||
| 2. |  Los Machos | 2-1 | 7-3 | +4 | ||
| 3. |  Rulers of Rome | 1-2 | 4-6 | -2 | ||
| 4. |  Clown Legion | 0-2 | 0-6 | -6 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amigos | 3 | 1 | RoR |
| LM | 3 February 20, 2022 - 18:00 GMT | 0 | CL |
| Amigos | 3 February 24, 2022 - 18:00 GMT | 1 | LM |
| RoR | 3 | 0 | CL |
| LM | 3 March 3, 2022 - 17:00 GMT | 0 | RoR |
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| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GamerLegion | 2-0 | 6-3 | +3 | ||
| 2. | Deceptive Baguettes | 2-1 | 7-3 | +4 | ||
| 3. |  Killing Generation of Brazil | 1-2 | 3-6 | -3 | ||
| 4. |  La pandilla de Gary | 0-2 | 2-6 | -4 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| GL | 3 | 2 | _zZ |
| Dec Bag | 3 | 0 | KGB |
| GL | 3 | 1 | Dec Bag |
| _zZ | 0 | 3 | KGB |
| Dec Bag | 3 | 0 | KGB |
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| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Suomi A | 2-0 | 6-0 | +6 | ||
| 2. |  Vietnam Legends | 2-1 | 6-4 | +2 | ||
| 3. |  WePlayAoeSometimes | 1-2 | 4-6 | -2 | ||
| 4. |  Booming Down Under | 0-2 | 0-6 | -6 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VNA | 3 | 1 | WPAS |
| Suomi A | 3 February 18, 2022 - 11:00 GMT | 0 | BDU |
| VNA | 0 | 3 | Suomi A |
| WPAS | 3 February 27, 2022 - 01:00 GMT | 0 | BDU |
| VNA | 3 | 0 | WPAS |
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
GamerLegion
3
March 9, 2022 - 18:00 GMT
Los Machos
2
The Amigos
1
White Wolf Palace
3