FISSURE Playground 3 viewer’s guide

From September 8th to 13th, the prestigious Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament FISSURE Playground 3 will take place in Suzhou, China, with $450,000 in prizes on the line.

The event will begin with the group stage, which will play out in a Double Elimination format (GSL, two groups of eight squads) with BO3 matches. Three teams from each group will advance to the playoffs: the winners will go directly to the semi-finals, while rosters that place second and third will advance to the quarter-finals.

The playoffs will be held in a Single Elimination format with best-of-three matches. The final will be a BO5 match.

Group stage participants are:

Group A

 9z (max, dgt, meyern, luchov, HUASOPEEK)
 5star (NEUZ, rate, clouden, ariucle, hoolig4n)
 MIBR (LNZ, nqz, tomaszin, insani, venomzera)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, cobrazera, 910, tikuak, DarkMeister)
 G2 (huNter-, NertZ, r1nkle, HeavyGod, MATYS)
 Astralis (HooXi, phzy, jabbi, Staehr, ryu)
 BIG (tabseN, JDC, faveN, blameF, gr1ks)
 BetBoom Team (Boombl4, zorte, S1ren, d1Ledez, Magnojez)

Group B

 Legacy (arT, dumau, latto, n1ssim, try)
 magic (MaSvAl, sFade8, AW, mo0N, tenzy)
 Alliance (twist, eraa, bobeksde, upE, avid)
 FaZe (frozen, Twistzz, Neityu, JBOEN, jcobbb)
 PARIVISION (FL1T, Jame, xiELO, zweih, slaxejezzz)
 TYLOO (JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh, Zero)
 GamerLegion (Snax, REZ, Tauson, FL4MUS, hypex)
 FURIA (FalleN, yuurih, YEKINDAR, KSCERATO, molodoy)

The prize pool distribution is:

• 1. $165,000
• 2. $75,000
• 3. $40,000
  
• 4. $40,000
• 5-6. $25,000
• 7-8. $15,000
• 9-12. $7,500
• 13-16. $5,000
  

The full schedule and live broadcasts of FISSURE Playground 3 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.