Sixteen teams have been drawn into four groups to butt heads at the start of September in Toronto, Canada at the Northern Arena LAN Finals.
In two weeks we will see the sixteen invitees fight for a massive $100,000 prize pool at the Northern Arena LAN Finals held in Toronto, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Fourteen of the teams received direct invites, whilst Sythetik Gaming and Ace Gaming qualified via the Call of the North online qualifiers.
Regarding the format for the event, we will see a double elimination group stage, with Bo3 losers' and decider matches, followed by single elimination, Bo3 playoffs.
Below is a table the team distributions:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
 Immortals |  Team SoloMid | Cloud 9 |  Team X |
| Synthetik Gaming | Luminosity Gaming |  Ace Gaming | Winterfox |
| Counter Logic Gaming | OpTic Gaming |  Team Rogue | Splyce |
| NRG eSports | Echo Fox | compLexity Gaming | Selfless Gaming |
The schedule for the event has also been confirmed:
Thursday, September 1st
Group A
Match 1 - Immortals vs. Synthetik Gaming
Match 3 - Counter Logic Gaming vs. NRG eSports
Match 5 - Winner #1 vs. Winner #3
Match 7 - Loser #1 vs. Loser #3
Match 9 - Loser #5 vs. Winner #7
Group B
Match 2 - Team SoloMid vs. Luminosity Gaming
Match 4 - OpTic Gaming vs. Echo Fox
Match 6 - Winner #2 vs. Winner #4
Match 8 - Loser #2 vs. Loser #4
Match 10 - Loser #6 vs. Winner #8
Friday, September 2nd
Group C
Match 11 - Cloud 9 vs. Ace Gaming
Match 13 - Team Rogue vs. compLexity Gaming
Match 15 - Winner #11 vs. Winner #13
Match 17 - Loser #11 vs. Loser #13
Match 19 - Loser #15 vs. Winner #17
Group D
Match 12 - Team X vs. Winterfox
Match 14 - Splyce vs. Selfless Gaming
Match 16 - Winner #12 vs. Winner #14
Match 18 - Loser #12 vs. Loser #14
Match 20 - Loser #16 vs. Winner #18
Saturday, September 3rd
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Sunday, September 4th
Third place decider
Grand final
