99damage announced a new tournament called 99damage Masters which will feature a $10,000 prize pool.
99damage have successfully ran four editions of 99damage Arena, a two-day cup with a very unique system. Now, they have decided to host a bigger event for European teams which will also feature an larger prize pool.
A total of eight European teams will participate at 99damage Masters. They will be split into two groups with four teams in each. The group stage will use a GSL tournament, a small double-elimination bracket where the teams who score two wins advance to the Upper Bracket of the Playoffs, while the bottom two teams will start in the Lower Bracket of Playoffs.
The prize pool is set to $10,000 where the winner will be richer for the sum of $5,000. The event is scheduled to take place from February 5-10.
There are only four confirmed teams so far, the other four are yet to be announced. Epsilon, FlipSid3 Tactics, Mousesports and Deponeret (ex-Copenhagen Wolves) have confirmed their participation.
The schedule:
Group A - February 3rd-4th
Group B - February 5th-6th
Playoffs - February 9th-10th
The prize pool distribution:
1. $5,000
2. $2,500
3. $1,500
4. $1,000
GosuGamers will provide you with the full coverage of this tournament, so stay tuned.
Headline image: Epsilon
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