CEVO Gfinity CS:GO Pro League Season 9 finals Survival Guide

General Information

Date: Thursday April 28th – Sunday May 1st

Doors Open:

Thursday: 9:00 AM BST, 10:00 AM CEST

Friday: 9:00 AM BST, 10:00 AM CEST

Saturday: 11:15 AM BST, 12:15 PM CEST

Sunday: 2:15 PM BST, 3:15 PM CEST

Start Times:

Thursday: 9:30 AM BST, 10:30 AM CEST, 4:30 AM EDT, 3:30 AM CDT, 2:30 AM MDT, 1:30 AM PDT, 6:30 PM AEST

Friday: 9:30 AM BST, 10:30 AM CEST, 4:30 AM EDT, 3:30 AM CDT, 2:30 AM MDT, 1:30 AM PDT, 6:30 PM AEST

Saturday: 11:30 AM BST, 12:30 PM CEST, 6:30 AM EDT, 5:30 AM CDT, 4:30 AM MDT, 3:30 AM PDT, 8:30 PM AEST

Sunday: 3:00 PM BST, 4:00 PM CEST, 10:00 AM EDT, 9:00 AM CDT, 8:00 AM MDT, 7:30 AM PDT, 12:30 AM AEST

Location: The Gfinity Arena, London

Organizer: CEVO & Gfinity

Host:

Chris Puckett

Analyst Desk:

Duncan “Thorin” Shields

Richard Lewis

Casters:

Vince “Metuz” Hill

Joey “Helium” Cunningham

Dustin “Dust” Mouret

Mohan “Launders” Govindasamy

Jack “Jacky” Peters

Observers:

Kevin Swift

Alex Rush

Albert Jonssen

Neil Murphy

Prize pool: $125,000 USD + full travel support

Place Prize Team
1st $55,000 TBC
2nd $30,000 TBC
3rd/4th $12,500 TBC
3rd/4th $12,500 TBC
5th/6th Place $5,000 TBC
5th/6th Place $5,000 TBC
7th/8th Place $2,500 TBC
7th/8th Place $2,500 TBC

Format

The event will utilize a dual tournament group play format (also known as GSL format) with 2 groups of 4 teams. All group play matches will be played as a best-of-three (bo3) map series. Following the group stage, the top two teams in each group will advance to a best-of-five (bo5) map single elimination bracket.

Map List

o de_dust2

o de_inferno

o de_train

o de_mirage

o de_cache

o de_cobblestone

o de_overpass

Teams

Invited:

Team Virtus.pro

Tempo Storm

SK Gaming

Qualified:

OpTic Gaming – 1st Place S9 NA Qualifier 1

Team Dignitas – 1st Place S9 EU Qualifier 1

Selfless Gaming – 1st Place S9 NA Qualifier 2

Splyce – 1st Place S9 NA Qualifier 3

HellRaisers – 1st Place S9 EU Qualifier 2

Groups:

Results:

Result:

TempoStorm [2] vs. SK Gaming [0]

•Train – 16-12

•Cobblestone – 16-6

Virtus Pro [2] vs. Splyce [1]

•Mirage – 16-14

•Cobblestone – 11-16

•Overpass – 16-11

Team Dignitas [2] vs Selfless Gaming [0]

•Inferno – 16-6

•Mirage – 16-5

Useful Links

Teams & Groups

Schedule & Results

Streams

Twitch

Giveaway

To celebrate the CEVO Gfinity Counter Strike: Global Offensive Pro League Season 9 finals, we’re giving away over £5,000 worth of prizes, including a FN AWP Dragonlore, an Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop and a Valve Vive VR Headset! Click here to enter!

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