[WoRBot]

Quote from: Bornakk (Source)

The second round of qualification for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament has now begun registration. Here is a schedule for this qualifier and details on what each of the phases entails.

Registration Dates

• Registration for Qualifier 2 Opens: May 20, 2008
  
• Registration for Qualifier 2 Closed: July 1, 2008
  

 

Second Qualification Round Schedule for North America:

• Phase 1 begins: June 3, 2008
  
  
• Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: July 17, 2008
  
  
• Phase 2 ends and Phase 3 begins: July 1, 2008
  
  
• Phase 3 and the second Qualifier ends: July 15, 2008
  

Phase 1 - The Practice Phase – Active from June 3, 2008 to June 17, 2008

• There is no penalty for changing your team and you are free to move teams around.
  
  
• At the end of this phase all arena team ratings will be reset to 1500 during maintenance.

Phase 2 - The Competition Phase - Active from June 17, 2008 to July 1, 2008

• Every team will be reset to a 1500 rating and official rankings begin.
  
  
• There will be a 150 team rating penalty for any player added to an arena team.
  
  
• At the end of this phase all arena teams will be locked down and players will not be able to switch characters from arena teams.
  
  
• Registration will also close at the end of this phase.

Phase 3 – The Final Phase – Active from July 1, 2008 to July 15, 2008

• Registration is closed for this phase of qualification.
  
  
• Players are no longer allowed to switch arena teams during this phase.
  
  
• At the end of the phase, the top 4 rated teams from the Battlegroup will be invited to the regional qualifier if they meet all eligibility requirements.
  
  
• Eligible teams must have played a minimum of 200 games during Phases 2 and 3 to be able to qualify to advance to the regional qualifier.
  
  
• Each team member must have participated in 30% of their team’s games to be eligible to qualify.

[tofu]

Quote(From the above article):

# Phase 1 begins: June 3, 2008
# Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: July 17, 2008
# Phase 2 ends and Phase 3 begins: July 1, 2008
# Phase 3 and the second Qualifier ends: July 15, 2008

I believe there is a typo above If someone could clarify that would be great.

I do not believe that Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: July 17 ,2008. June 17,2008 would make much more sense as that is 2 weeks after the start of phase 1 and approximately 2 weeks before the end of phase 2.