With the four qualifiers over, PGL is getting ready to welcome 40 talented CS:GO players from all over Europe to the PGL Regional Minor Championship, taking place between January 29 and 31.
The LAN event will be hosted in PGL’s brand new studios in Bucharest, Romania, and will feature a double-elimination group-stage followed by a single-elimination bracket.
Hundreds of teams registered in the qualifiers, but only eight of them managed to conquer their opponents. Now, they will have to face their toughest competition yet, but the rewards will be worth the effort: a $50,000 prize pool and a guaranteed spot in the offline qualifier for the MLG Columbus CS:GO Major.
The teams
· AliGon
· Blojexpressen
· CringeGods
· CSGO.ONE
· E-frag
· HellRaisers
· LDLC White
· PENTA Sports
Group A – January 29
Semifinal #1 – Bo1 – 12:00 CET
Semifinal #2 – Bo1 – 13:30 – CET
Lower bracket round 1 – Bo1 – 15:00 CET
Upper bracket final – Bo3 – 16:30 CET
Consolidation final – Bo3 – 20:00 CET
Group B – January 30
Semifinal #1 – Bo1 – 12:00 CET
Semifinal #2 – Bo1 – 13:30 – CET
Lower bracket round 1 – Bo1 – 15:00 CET
Upper bracket final – Bo3 – 16:30 CET
Consolidation final – Bo3 – 20:00 CET
Playoff – January 31
Semifinal #1 – Bo3 – 12:00 CET
Semifinal #2 – Bo3 – 15:30 CET
Grand Final – Bo3 – 20:00 CET
The talent line-up
The #pglminor qualifiers duo of Matthew ‘Sadokist’ Trivett and Henry ‘HenryG’ Greer will be joined during the LAN event by Richard Lewis and Joona ‘Natu’ Leppänen at the analyst desk*, using their experience and know-how to provide in-depth coverage of the matches.
*More names to be announced closer to the event.
Find out more about the tournament on official communication channels:
Website: http://minor.pglesports.com
About PGL
Since 2002, PGL has been running offline events and producing esports related content for national and international audiences. In the last five years alone, PGL has organized over 50 offline events and built a reputation for itself as one of the most innovative players on the esports market.
PGL hosts its own quality esports tournaments, for games such as: CS:GO, Dota 2, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and Minecraft. For example, in 2015 alone, PGL ran two seasons of its international CS:GO competition, each with a $110.000 prize pool (PGL CS:GO Championship Series Kick-off Season and PGL Season 1).
Most of PGL’s content is backed by offline events, with attendances ranging from 1,000 people/event in cinemas, to over 25,000 people/event in big arenas around the Globe (ex: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Baku, Jonkoping).