ESWC have announced the format and group draw for the LAN Finals of the tournament held at Paris Games Week 2016.
ESWC have released further information regarding the Women's Finals of the tournament held in Paris, France at the Paris Games Week 2016. Ten female teams will butt heads in hopes of securing first place at the $15,000 prize pool tournament. The prize pool distribution is as follows:
1st place - $7,000
2nd place - $4,000
3rd & 4th places - $2,000
The ten teams are split into two groups of five. Formatting for the event will see two stages: the groups and playoffs. The groups will feature round robin, best-of-one matches, with the top three teams of each group advancing further into the tournament. The top two teams from the two respective groups will advance straight to the semi-finals, whilst the runners-up will play out a tiebreaker to determine the remaining two teams that will see the playoffs. Playoffs will be best-of-three, single-elimination.
Following are the two groups for the Women's Finals:
Group 1 | Group 2 |
Team Secret | CLG Red |
Selfless Gaming | Team Expert |
Reason Gaming | DoYouEven |
Millenium | Team LDLC |
Team Alientech | Team Property |
Below is a comprehensive schedule for the entirety of the event:
Saturday, October 29th - Group stage
14:00
Selfless Gaming vs. Team Alientech
Team Expert vs. Team Property
DoYouEven vs. Team LDLC
Reason Gaming vs. Millenium
15:00
CLG Red vs. Team Property
Team Secret vs. Team Alientech
Team Expert vs. DoYouEven
Selfless Gaming vs. Reason Gaming
16:00
CLG Red vs. Team LDLC
Team Secret vs. Millenium
Team Property vs. DoYouEven
Team Alientech vs. Reason Gaming
Sunday, October 30th - Group stage
10:30
Team Secret vs. Reason Gaming
CLG Red vs. DoYouEven
Millenium vs. Selfless Gaming
Team LDLC vs. Team Expert
11:30
CLG Red vs. Team Expert
Team Secret vs. Selfless Gaming
Millenium vs. Team Alientech
Team LDLC vs. Team Property
15:00
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
Monday, October 31st - Playoffs
09:30
TBD vs. TBD
TBD vs. TBD
15:00
TBD vs. TBD
Images courtesy of eswc.com / ESWC Twitter