The road to the FACEIT Major will continue on Thursday with the fourth and last Minor, where eight European teams will battle it out for two spots at the showpiece event, as well as for their share of a $50,000 prize pool. The eight sides have been drawn into two groups of four, which will be played out in a GSL format. The opening and the winners' matches will be best-of-one games, while the elimination and the decider clashes will consist of best-of-three series. The top two teams from both groups will proceed to the double-elimination, best-of-three playoffs. NiP are the highest-ranked team in attendance Here are the groups for the event: Group A
3DMAX
ENCE
LeftOut
OpTic Group B
Kinguin
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Red Reserve
Sprout The group stage will be played on the first two days of the tournament, while the playoffs will be held over the week, with the complete schedule looking as follows: Thursday, July 19 15:30 - OpTic vs. 3DMAX | BO1 16:45 - ENCE vs. LeftOut | BO1 18:00 - Group A winners' match | BO1 19:15 - Group A elimination match | BO3 22:30 - Group A decider | BO3
Friday, July 20 15:30 - Kinguin vs. Sprout | BO1 16:45 - Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Red Reserve | BO1 18:00 - Group B winners' match | BO1 19:15 - Group B elimination match | BO3 22:30 - Group B decider | BO3
Saturday, July 21 13:00 - Upper bracket semi-final #1 | BO3 16:15 - Upper bracket semi-final #2 | BO3 19:30 - Lower bracket final | BO3
Sunday, July 22 13:00 - Upper bracket final | BO3 16:15 - Consolidation final | BO3 19:30 - Grand final | BO3
A five-man crew will be guiding the viewers through the action during the four day-event, with the highly-popular duo Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett-Henry "HenryG" Greer providing live commentary on the matches, while Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill and Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez be sitting at the analyst desk, beside host Tres "stunna" Saranthus. Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Host
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquere - Analyst
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Finally, the prize pool distribution looks as follows: 1. $30,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage 2. $15,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage 3. $5,000
 Red Reserve #25  Simon 'twist' Eliasson Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö Hampus 'hampus' Poser Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00  Kinguin #26  Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 151 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.74  OpTic #20  Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer René 'cajunb' Borg Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Nicklas 'gade' Gade Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Tres 'stunna' Saranthus Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 824 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  Ninjas in Pyjamas #12  Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Dennis 'dennis' Edman Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner  3DMAX #39  Audric 'JACKZ' Jug David 'Davidp' Prins Bryan 'Maka' Canda Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin  LeftOut #24  Christophe 'SIXER' Xia Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Alexandre 'xms' Forté Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss  ENCE #17  Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Jere 'sergej' Salo  Sprout #37  Martin 'PERCY' Wessel Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Denis 'denis' Howell Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' Sillassen Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen |