What awaits us this week?

CS:GO

EPICENTER 2019

The $500,000 Championship will be held December 17-22 in Moscow. The venue will be Crocus Expo Hall, and eight teams will engage in the division of the large prize pool, half of which received direct invitations. The winner will take $250,000 with him.

The lucky owners of invites were AVANGAR, Evil Geniuses, NAVI and Team Vitality. Heroic, mousesports, forZe and EHOME went through qualifications in Europe, the CIS and China, respectively.

We find the format of the tournament interesting, where after the group stage of the competition only 2 worst participants will leave. Six teams will enter the playoffs using the newfangled system, two of which will make it to the semifinals, while the rest four will start their way from the quarterfinals.

Champions Cup Finals 2019

The $300,000 Tournament will be held December 19-22 in St. Julian's, Malta. The venue will be the InterContinental Convention Center, and the main financial reward will be $ 150,000. Eight teams will chase after him, three of which received direct invitations to the tournament, while the rest made their way through the blocks. ENCE, FURIA, and G2 Esports won invites, while TYLOO, BIG, Hard Legion Esports, Movistar Riders, and Team Spirit went through the qualifiers.

According to the results of the group stage, half of the participants will be eliminated, and the other half will continue their journey in the double-elimination grid in the final stage. In order to make the last stage more fun, the organizers organize a match for 3rd place, which is done extremely infrequently. In general, the championship may be interesting, but due to the fact that it will intersect with EPICENTER 2019, it will not be very popular.

Dota 2

WESG 2019 North Europe

From December 17 to 21, the Northern European Final will be held in an online format, in which two participants of the WESG 2019 World Finals representing Northern Europe will be determined. Six teams will take part in it: Godsent, Ascomanni, Team 12345, Casual Gamers, peke haters and Womberers.

ONE Esports World Pro Invitational Singapore

At a time when all CS:GO fans will watch EPICENTER 2019, doters will also not be left without pleasure. From December 17 to 22, the PGL Championship, ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Singapore, will be held. As the name suggests, the championship will be held in Singapore, the venue will be Singapore Indoor Stadium, and the total prize pool will be $500,000. Its division will be engaged in 12 invited teams. They will compete for the top prize of $200,000.

According to the results of the group stage, eight teams will enter the playoffs: four in the upper bracket, four in the lower bracket. The worst four competitors will leave the competition and receive consolation prizes. The group stage, by the way, will be held in a round-robin system with Bo2 matches, and the format of the meetings in the final stage will be Bo3 and Bo5 in the grand final.