Major CS:GO tournaments in September

StarLadder Major 2019: New Champions Stage

Location: LAN, Berlin (Germany)
Date of the event: 5-8 September
Prize fund: $930 000 (out of a total of $1 000 000)
Participating teams: 8

Format: Eight teams in Single Elimination BO3 format

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. $500 000
2. $150 000
3-4. $70 000
5-8. $35 000

Participants:

 ENCE 
 NRG
 Astralis
 Vitality
 AVANGAR
 Liquid
 Renegades
 Natus Vincere 

BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019

Venue: LAN, Moscow (Russia)
Date: 13-14 September
Prize fund: $250 000
Participating teams: 6

Group stage: Six teams in Round-robin BO1 format
Grand Final: Two teams in a BO3 match

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3. $25,000
4. $15,000
5. $10,000
6. $5,000

Participants:

 Vitality
 ENCE
 Natus Vincere
 NiP
 MiBR
Winner CIS Play-In ( forZe vs.  AVANGAR)

Arctic Invitational 2019

Location: LAN, Helsinki (Finland)
Date: 14 September
Prize fund: €100 000
Participating teams: 4

Format: Four teams in Single Elimination BO3 format

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. €60 000
2. €20 000
3-4. €10 000

Participants:

 Cloud9
 CR4ZY
 FURIA
 SJ

ECS S8 Week 1

Location: Online, Europe and North America
Date: 16-19 September
Prize fund: $50 000 ($25 000 in each region)
Participating teams: 16 (8 in each region)

Format: Eight Single Elimination BO3 commands

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. $12 000
2. $5 000
3-4. $2 500 each
5-8. $750 each.

Participants: not yet announced

V4 Future Sports Festival 2019

Location: LAN, Budapest (Hungary)
Date: 19-22 September
Prize fund: €300 000
Participating teams: 8

Group stage: Two groups of four teams in Round-robin BO3 format
Playoffs: Six teams in Single Elimination BO3 format

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. €150 000
2. €70 000
3-4. €20 000
5-8. €10 000

Participants:

 MiBR
 mousesports
 NiP
 Virtus.pro
 adwokacik
Winner of European Qualifier
Winner of Hungarian Qualifier
/ Winner of Czech/Slovakia Qualifier

Games Clash Masters 2019

Venue: LAN, Gdynia (Poland)
Date: 20-22 September
Prize fund: $100 000
Participating teams: 8

Group stage: Two groups of four teams in Double Elimination (GSL) format BO1+BO3
Playoffs: Four Single Elimination BO3 commands

Distribution of the prize fund:

1. $50 000
2. $20 000
3-4. $10 000
5-6. $3 000
7-8. $2 000

Participants:

 AGO
 Aristocracy
 AVANGAR
 BIG
 FURIA
Invite#6
 Illuminar
 Sprout

ESL One New York 2019

Location: LAN, New York (USA)
Date: 26-29 September
Prize fund: $200 000
Participating teams: 8

Group stage: Two groups of four teams in Double Elimination (GSL) BO3 format
Playoffs: Four Single Elimination BO3+BO5 commands

Distribution of the prize fund: not announced

Participants:

 Astralis
 Liquid
 ENCE
 NRG
 FaZe
 eUnited
 G2
 OpTic