Nomination Stage 05/25: Series beginning with A, E, I, O, U or V 05/26: Series beginning with G, K or Q 05/27: Series beginning with J, S or Z 05/28: Series beginning with C, D, N or T 05/29: Series beginning with B, F, H, P or V 05/30: Series beginning with L, M, R, W or Y 05/31: Any remaining nominations 06/01-06/15: Entry validity confirmation 06/16: Any remaining nominations 06/17-06/30: Entry validity confirmation 07/01: Any remaining nominations 07/02-07/07: Entry validity confirmation Preliminary Stage 07/08: Draw for the first preliminaries 07/09-07/11: Break 07/12-07/19: First preliminaries Groups 1-8 07/20: Break 07/21-07/28: First preliminaries Groups 9-16 07/29: Draw for the second preliminaries 07/30-08/04: Second preliminaries Main Tournament 08/05: Draw for the main tournament 08/06-08/13: Break (including Comic Market 82) 08/14-08/21: Round 1 Groups A-B 08/22: Break 08/23-08/30: Round 1 Groups C-D 08/31: Break 09/01-09/08: Round 1 Groups E-F 09/09: Break 09/10-09/17: Round 1 Groups G-H 09/18: Break 09/19-09/26: Round 2 Groups A-D 09/27: Break 09/28-10/05: Round 2 Groups E-H 10/06: Break 10/07-10/14: Round 3 10/15: Break 10/16-10/23: Group Finals 10/24: Draw for the quarter-finals 10/25: Break 10/26-10/29: Quarter-Finals 10/30: Break 10/31-11/01: Semi-Finals 11/02: Break 11/03: Grand Final |