The organizers of the ESL ESEA Dubai presented a detailed schedule of the upcoming tournament, which will be held during the festival GAMES 15 in Dubai from 10 to 12 September. On the next LAN-championship will bring together the eight best teams from around the world compete with each other prize fund, the amount of which is $ 250,000.
The tournament will begin with a group stage, which will be held on the system matches with GSL format bo1. The first and second place will go to the playoffs, where meetings will be held in the format of bo3. Grand Final will take place in already habitually bo5 confrontation between the two best teams.
Virtus.pro were in the same group with Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs and Cloud9, so the "bears" will be very difficult. Recall that the team who had won first place will take away home $ 100,000, while the four participants in the tournament that have not been in the playoffs, will receive $ 7 500. In this way, no one will leave Dubai without money.
The distribution of the prize fund:
1st place - $ 100,000
2nd Place - $ 60,000
3-4 place - $ 25,000
5-6 place $ 12,500
7-8 place $ 7500