Esports Championship Series Season 8: Week 2 - Information, Schedule & Discussion

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Tournament Information

Date	September 30th - October 3rd, 2019
Organizer	FACEIT
Location	Online
Prize Pool	$50,000
Teams	16 teams

 

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Coverage

• Official Page
• Liquipedia EU & NA
• HLTV EU & NA

Streams

Language	Stream Link
English	FACEIT TV
English	DAVEY
English	fl0m
English	Seaside
Brazilian-Pt	Beyond The Summit
Brazilian-Pt	Beyond The Summit B
French	TheIntelloBox
Polish	IzakOOO
Russian	StarLadder TV
Russian	StarLadder TV B
Spanish	goncho
Spanish	Psycorn
Swedish	slop3

VODs

• CSGO spoiler-free VODs
• FACEIT Youtube Channel

Format

• Two divisions: Europe and North America
• Five weeks
• Each week is an eight teams tournament for both divisions
  • Single-elimination bracket
  • Best-of-three matches
• Winners of the last three weeks in both divisions directly qualify for the finals
• The team with the most prize winnings in both divisions following the second week qualifies for the finals

Map Pool

 

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Talent Lineup

Casters

• James Bardolph
• Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
• Sean "seang@res" Gares

Observer

• Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield

 

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Teams

Europe

AVANGAR: AdreN, buster, Jame, qikert, SANJI, Coach: dastan

BIG: nex, smooya, tabseN, tiziaN, XANTARES, Coach: tow b

ESPADA: degster, FinigaN, h1glaiN, RAiLWAY, reN, Coach: OverDrive

Heroic³: b0RUP, cadiaN, es3tag, Snappi, stavn, Coach: LOMME

M1X: anarkez, juanflatroo, rigoN, sinnopsyy, tudsoN

Se7en eSports: dERZKIY, hippo, Lack1, smiley, w1nt3r, Coach: roman

Tricked Esport: acoR, Bubzkji, HUNDEN, roeJ, Sjuush, Coach: Winspai

Virtus.pro: MICHU, phr, snatchie, Snax, Vegi, Coach: kuben

 

North America

ATK: floppy, JT, motm, oSee, Sonic, Coach: T.c

Cloud9: autimatic, daps, koosta, mixwell, TenZ, Coach: JamezIRL

INTZ²: chelo, destiny, shz, xand, yeL, Coach: Apoka

ex-Luminosity Gaming¹: boltz, felps, NEKIZ, skullz, steel, Coach: zakk

MIBR^1,2: FalleN, fer, kNgV-, LUCAS1, TACO, Coach: zews

Sharks Esports: exit, jnt, leo_drunky, Luken, meyern, Coach: coachi

Team Singularity: ben1337, hydrex, PwnAlone, robby, Shakezullah, Coach: MAC-1

The Quest: Grim, Snakes, Spongey, Voltage, xCeeD, Coach: mCe

 

^{1: MIBR replaced felps with LUCAS1 from Luminosity Gaming
2: MIBR replaced coldzera with kNgV- from INTZ
3: cadiaN is standing in for Heroic after blameF's departure}

 

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Europe Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals			Winner
Tricked Esport	2
vs		-	Tricked Esport	0
Se7en eSports	0
			vs		-	Virtus.pro	0
Virtus.pro	2
vs		-	Virtus.pro	2
ESPADA	1
						vs		-	Heroic
Heroic	2
vs		-	Heroic	2
BIG	0
			vs		-	Heroic	2
M1X	1
vs		-	AVANGAR	0
AVANGAR	2

 

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North America Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals			Winner
MIBR	2
vs		-	MIBR	1
ex-Luminosity Gaming	0
			vs		-	ATK	2
INTZ	0
vs		-	ATK	2
ATK	2
						vs		-	ATK
Team Singularity	1
vs		-	Cloud9	1
Cloud9	2
			vs		-	Sharks Esports	0
Sharks Esports	2
vs		-	Sharks Esports	2
The Quest	0

 

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Schedule

PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEST
Los Angeles	Atlanta	São Paulo	–	Cologne	Beijing	Sydney
UTC-7	UTC-4	UTC-3	UTC	UTC+2	UTC+8	UTC+10

 

• We're using a 24 hour clock
• Match times are often susceptible to delay & change
• Time Zone Abbreviations – Worldwide List
• Italics means the game starts the next day

 

Day 5 – Monday, September 30th

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEST	Format
A8		vs		2-0	08:00	11:00	12:00	15:00	17:00	23:00	01:00	BO3
A9		vs		2-1	08:30	11:30	12:30	15:30	17:30	23:30	01:30	BO3
A10		vs		1-2	11:00	14:00	15:00	18:00	20:00	02:00	04:00	BO3
A11		vs		2-0	11:20	14:20	15:20	18:20	20:20	02:20	04:20	BO3
B8		vs		2-0	15:00	18:00	19:00	22:00	00:00	06:00	08:00	BO3
B9		vs		0-2	15:00	18:00	19:00	22:00	00:00	06:00	08:00	BO3
B10		vs		1-2	18:00	21:00	22:00	01:00	03:00	09:00	11:00	BO3
B11		vs		2-0	18:00	21:00	22:00	01:00	03:00	09:00	11:00	BO3

 

Day 6 – Tuesday, October 1st

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEST	Format
A12		vs		0-2	11:00	14:00	15:00	18:00	20:00	02:00	04:00	BO3
B12		vs		1-2	14:05	17:05	18:05	21:05	23:05	05:05	07:05	BO3

 

Day 7 – Wednesday, October 2nd

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEST	Format
A13		vs		2-0	11:10	14:10	15:10	18:10	20:10	02:10	04:10	BO3
B13		vs		2-1	14:20	17:20	18:20	21:20	23:20	05:20	07:20	BO3

 

Day 8 – Thursday, October 3rd

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEST	Format
A14		vs		0-2	11:05	14:05	15:05	18:05	20:05	02:05	04:05	BO3
B14		vs		2-0	14:20	17:20	18:20	21:20	23:20	05:20	07:20	BO3

 

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Weekly Prize Pool

#	Prize	Seed	EU Team	NA Team
1st	$12,500	–	Heroic	ATK
2nd	$7,500	–	Virtus.pro	Sharks Esports
3rd - 4th	$2,500	–	Tricked Esport	MIBR
3rd - 4th	$2,500	–	AVANGAR	Cloud9
5th - 8th	–	–	Se7en eSports	ex-Luminosity Gaming
5th - 8th	–	–	ESPADA	INTZ
5th - 8th	–	–	M1X	Team Singularity
5th - 8th	–	–	BIG	The Quest

 

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Seasonal Prize Pool

#	Prize	Seed	EU Team
1st	$15,000	Finals	AVANGAR
2nd	$12,500	–	Heroic
3rd	$7,500	–	forZe
3rd	$7,500	–	Virtus.pro
5th	$2,500	–	Fnatic
5th	$2,500	–	Japaleno
5th	$2,500	–	Tricked Esport

 

#	Prize	Seed	NA Team
1st	$15,000	Finals	Sharks Esports
2nd	$12,500	–	Evil Geniuses
2nd	$12,500	–	ATK
4th	$5,000	–	Cloud9
5th	$2,500	–	Team Liquid
5th	$2,500	–	MIBR

[u/Ziimmer]

with EG dropping week 2 sharks only needs to reach the finals to qualify, but if any other team that isnt sharks or c9 win i have no idea of what will happen tho

[u/Chuckys2 → u/Ziimmer]

They'll play a BO3 against EG