After 8 weeks of gruelling online qualifiers, the CEVO Gfinity CS:GO Season 9 Pro League Live Finals are almost here. The event will take place at the Gfinity Arena & Studios, the biggest, fully dedicated eSports studio in the UK from April 28 – May 1, 2016.
With some of the best CS:GO teams in the world and $125,000 USD in prize money + travel support up for grabs, you do not want to miss this event!
All matches will be broadcast over our official tournament broadcast channel at twitch.tv/gfinitytv where the teams will play in soundproof and airconditioned booths while over 20 cameras capture all the action, so you don’t miss a thing. Information about alternate language streams will be announced here shortly.
Format and Schedule:
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.
Thursday, April 28th:
9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 4:00 AM ET – Doors Open to Spectators
9:30 BST / 10:30 CEST / 4:30 AM ET- Pregame Show
10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST / 5:00 AM ET – TempoStorm vs. SK Gaming (bo3)
12:45 BST / 13:45 CEST / 7:45 AM ET – Virtus.pro vs. Splyce (bo3)
15:15 BST / 16:15 CEST / 10:15 AM ET – Team Dignitas vs. Selfless (bo3)
18:00 BST / 19:00 CEST / 1:00 PM ET – Hellraisers vs. OpTic Gaming (bo3)
20:45 BST / 21:45 CEST / 3:45 PM ET – Group B Losers Match (bo3)
Friday, April 29th:
9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 4:00 AM ET – Doors Open to Spectators
9:30 BST / 10:30 CEST / 4:30 AM ET – Pregame Show
10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST / 5:00 AM ET – Group A Losers Match (bo3)
12:45 BST / 13:45 CEST / 7:45 AM ET – Group A Winners Match (bo3)
15:15 BST / 16:15 CEST / 10:15 AM ET – Group B Winners Match (bo3)
18:00 BST / 19:00 CEST / 1:00 PM ET – Group A Decider Match (bo3)
20:45 BST / 21:45 CEST / 3:45 PM ET – Group B Decider Match (bo3)
Saturday, April 30th:
11:15 BST / 12:15 CEST / 6:15 AM ET – Doors Open to Spectators
11:30 BST / 12:30 CEST / 6:30 AM ET – Pregame Show
12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST / 7:00 AM ET – Semifinal #1 (Group A #2 vs. Group B #1 – bo5)
16:30 BST / 17:30 CEST / 11:30 AM ET – Semifinal #2 (Group B #2 vs. Group A #1 – bo5)
Sunday, May 1st:
14:15 BST / 15:15 CET / 9:15 AM ET – Doors Open to Spectators
15:00 BST / 16:00 CET / 10:00 AM ET – Pregame Show
15:30 BST / 16:30 CET / 10:30 AM ET – Grand Finals (bo5)
Teams:
Group A:
Virtus.pro (Invited Team)
Hellraisers (1st Place s9 EU Qualifier 2)
OpTic Gaming (1st Place s9 NA Qualifier 1)
Splyce (1st Place s9 NA Qualifier 3)
Group B:
Dignitas (1st place s9 EU Qualifier 1)
TempoStorm (Invited Team)
SK Gaming (Invited Team)
Selfless (1st Place s9 NA Qualifier 2)
Event Talent Lineup:
Stage Host:
James Banks
Desk Host:
Chris Puckett
Analysts:
Richard “RLewisReports” Lewis
Duncan “Thooorin” Shields
Casters:
Joseph “heliumbrella” Cunningham
Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
Dust “dusT” Mouret
Vince “Metuz” Hill
Jack “Jacky” Peters
Prizes ($125,000 USD + full travel support):
1st Place – $55,000
2nd Place – $30,000
3rd/4th Place – $12,500
3rd/4th Place – $12,500
5th/6th Place – $5,000
5th/6th Place – $5,000
7th/8th Place – $2,500
7th/8th Place – $2,500