StarSeries i-League S8 viewer guide

StarSeries i-League S8 will be held from 21 to 27 October in the Turkish resort town of Belek. The $500 000 competition will kick of with a group stage (two groups of eight teams) and continues  in playoff series afterwards. Both stages will be held in Double Elimination format with matches up to two wins. 

Group stage brackets

Group А

 mousesports (karrigan, chrisJ, woxic, frozen, ropz)
 North (cajunb, aizy, Kjaerbye, JUGi, gade)
 Vitality (shox, RpK, apEX, ALEX, ZywOo)
 Invictus (Koshak, V4D1M, expro, equal, flying)
 Renegades (jks, AZR, jkaem, Gratisfaction, Liazz)
 MiBR (FalleN, kNgV-, fer, LUCAS1, TACO)
 fnatic (flusha, JW, KRIMZ, Golden, Brollan)
 Imperial (iDk, KHTEX, delboNi, tge, dumau)

Group В

 NiP (f0rest, twist, Lekr0, REZ, Plopski)
 FURIA (HEN1, arT, yuurih, VINI, KSCERATO)
 Evil Genuises (stanislaw, tarik, Brehze, Ethan, CeRq)
 5POWER (bottle, xiaosaGe, shuadapai, UnicorN, Viva)
 Natus Vincere (GuardiaN, flamie, s1mple, electronic, Boombl4)
 G2 (JaCkz, huNter-, kennyS, AmaNEk, nexa)
 AVANGAR (AdreN, SANJI, buster, qikert, Jame)
 Heroic (Snappi, cadiaN, es3tag, b0RUP, stavn)

Tournament schedule:

October 21

08:00  mousesports vs.  North BO3
08:00  Vitality vs.  Invictus BO3
11:30  Renegades vs.  MiBR BO3
11:30  fnatic vs.  Imperial BO3
15:00 Group А – Upper bracket semifinal #1 BO3
18:30 Group А – Upper bracket semifinal #2 BO3

October 22

08:00  NiP vs.  FURIA BO3
08:00  Evil Genuises vs.  5POWER BO3
11:30  Natus Vincere vs.  G2 BO3
11:30  AVANGAR vs.  Heroic BO3
15:00 Group B – Upper bracket semifinal #1 BO3
18:30 Group B – Upper bracket semifinalи #2 BO3

October 23

08:00 Group A - First round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
08:00 Group A - First round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3
11:30 Group B - First round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
11:30 Group B - First round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3
15:00 Group A - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
15:00 Group A - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3
18:30 Group B - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
18:30 Group B - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3

October 24

10:00 Group A - Upper bracket final BO3
10:00 Group A - Lower bracket semifinal BO3
13:30 Group B - Upper bracket final BO3
13:30 Group B - Lower bracket semifinal BO3
17:00 Group A - Lower bracket final BO3
17:00 Group B - Lower bracket final BO3

October 25

08:00 Play off - First round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
11:30 Play off - First round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3
15:00 Play off - Upper bracket semifinal #1 BO3
18:30 Play off - Upper bracket semifinal #2 BO3

October 26

08:00 Play off - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #1 BO3
11:30 Play off - Second round of the lower bracket. Match #2 BO3
15:00 Play off - Upper bracket final BO3
18:30 Play off - Lower bracket semifinal ВО3

October 27

14:00 Play off - Lower bracket final BO3
17:30 Grand Final BO3

Official broadcasts:

RU - twitch.tv/starladder5, twitch.tv/starladder10
EN - twitch.tv/starladder_cs_en, twitch.tv/starladder_cs_en2