Fragbite Masters Season 3 is all set to begin. All participants and full schedule are now known. The opening match is scheduled for October 1st at 19.00 CEST.
After announcing the prize pool and invited teams for their $42,000 tournament two weeks ago, Fragbite Masters have also announced even more information regarding the schedule, LAN finals, and prize distribution last week.
The groups are now completed. After two onlines qualifiers were held, myXMG, Team Property, Planetkey Dynamics and NO SIR! managed to get the last four spots for this event. The group stages will start on October 1st and will continue onto October 12th. There will be four groups of four teams, 3 invited teams and 1 qualified team in each group. The matches will follow a double elimination format where the first two matches played in each group will be BO1, whereas the remaining matches will be played in BO3 format.
The online playoffs will also be played in double-elimination. The top two teams of each group will be placed in the upper bracket whereas the bottom two teams of each group will be placed in the lower bracket; no teams will be actually be eliminated in the group stage. The first round of the lower bracket will be in BO1 format, however, the rest of the tournament will be played in BO3 format. The playoffs will take place from October 14-29.
The playoffs will carry on until there are only four teams remaining in the tournament. The top four teams will then be given the opportunity to play at the LAN finals in Stockholm, Sweden where they will battle for a grand prize of approximately $22,500. While there will still be an upper bracket and lower bracket at the LAN finals, the team coming from the upper bracket will not receive a map advantage in the BO5 grand finals, only an extra map veto advantage. The LAN finals will be held between November 8-9.
The following is the prize distribution for the top four teams in the tournament:
1. ~ $22,000
2. ~ $10,000
3. ~ $5,000
4. ~ $2,500
Each of the four teams that qualify for the LAN finals will also recieve approximately $2,000 travel support.
19:00 NiP vs. NO SIR! - A1 (BO1)
20:30 Team LDLC vs. CPH Wolves - A2 (BO1)
22:00 Winner A1 vs. Winner A2 - A3 (BO3)
October 2nd (Group A)
19:00 Loser A1 vs. Loser A2 - A4 (BO3)
22:00 Loser A3 vs. Winner A4 - A5 (BO3)
October 4th (Group B)
19:00 Team Dignitas vs. Planetkey - B1 (BO1)
20:30 Na`Vi vs. mousesports - B2 (BO1)
22:00 Winner B1 vs. Winner B2 - B3 (BO3)
October 5th (Group B)
19:00 Loser B1 vs. Loser B2 - B4 (BO3)
22:00 Loser B3 vs. Winner B4 - B5 (BO3)
October 8th (Group C)
19:00 fnatic vs. Team Property - C1 (BO1)
20:30 Epsilon vs. HellRaisers - C2 (BO1)
22:00 Winner C1 vs. Winner C2 - C3 (BO3)
October 9th (Group C)
19:00 Loser C1 vs. Loser C2 - C4 (BO3)
22:00 Loser C3 vs. Winner C4 - C5 (BO3)
October 11th (Group D)
19:00 Virtus.pro vs. myXMG - D1 (BO1)
20:30 Titan vs. BMG - D2 (BO1)
22:00 Winner D1 vs. Winner D2 - D3 (BO3)
October 12th (Group D)
19:00 Loser D1 vs. Loser D2 - D4 (BO3)
22:00 Loser D3 vs. Winner D4 - D5 (BO3)
October 14-16 - Playoffs part 1
October 21-23 - Playoffs part 2
October 28-29 - Playoffs part 3
November 8-9 - LAN Finals
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