With Gfinity CS:GO Spring Masters I coming to an end last weekend, the Counter Strike community has another tournament starting tomorrow. Starladder.tv will be hosting the final of CS:GO SLTV StarSeries XII Finals in the Cybersport Arena Kiev, Ukraine from March 27-29.
Rules:
Six online qualified teams will be participating in the tournament. The tournament will follow a double elimination format. All matches will be best-of-three series, apart from the Grand Final which will be a best-of-five series.
Teams:
The following six teams will be participating in the event:
– Team EnVyUs (France): NBK, shox, kioShiMa, Happy and SmithZz.
– Virtus.Pro (Poland): Neo, TaZ, byali, Pasza, Snax
– Titan (France): Ex6TenZ, apEX, RpK, kennyS, Maniac
– Natus Vincere (Ukraine): flamie, Edward, Zeus, GuardiaN, seized
– Team SoloMid (Denmark): device, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x, cajunb
– Ninjas in Pyjamas (Sweden): f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, allu
Prize Pool Breakdown:
The total prize pool for the CS:GO SLTV StarSeries event will be $38,000. The breakdown of the prize money is as follows:
– 1st place – $18,000
– 2nd place – $9,000
– 3rd place – $5,000
– 4th place – $3,000
– 5th place – $1,500
– 6th place – $1,500
Schedule:
Here is the official schedule for the event:
– March 27: 10:00am CET – 4 Bo3 Matches
– March 28: 10:00am CET – 4 Bo3 Matches
– March 29: 14:00pm CET – 1 Bo3 Match and the Bo5 Grand Final
Official Live Streams:
You can watch the event on the following live streams:
– Russian: https://esn.gg/counter-strike/news/sltv-starseries-xii-finals-preview-9559(http://www.twitch.tv/starladder5)
– English: https://esn.gg/counter-strike/news/sltv-starseries-xii-finals-preview-9559(http://www.twitch.tv/starladder_cs_en)
Casters and Analysts:
The event will be casted by James Duffield, Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields, Daniel ‘ddk’ Kapadia, James ‘JZFB’ Bardolph, Auguste ‘Semmler’ Massonat, Halvor ‘vENdetta’ Gulestøl, Matthew ‘Sadokist’ Trivett, and Janko ‘YNk’ Paunovi? (observer).
After their performance at Gfinity’s CS:GO Spring Masters, we anticipate Team EnVyUs to start the event strongly. Counter Strike community members will also be looking forward to seeing if Ninjas in Pyjamas can make a comeback after a losing streak.
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