ESL New York, an eight-team tournament taking place on Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 (Barclays Center), has had its details announced. Prize pools and first round match-up, as well as how the playoff brackets will go came out. Teams who get three wins will move on to a best-of-three single-elimination bracket. Teams who amount three losses will be eliminated from the tournament. The first round matchups are as follows:
- Virtus.pro vs. fnatic
- G2 Esports vs. Astralis
- SK Gaming vs. NA qual. Winner*
- Natus Vincere vs. Liquid
The NA Qualifier currently has Team SoloMid, Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming and OpTic Gaming in contention for the final spot. The prize pool for the tourney is as follows: 1st – $125,000 2nd – $50,000 3rd-4th $25,000 3rd-4th – $25,000 5th – $10,000 6th – $7,000 7th – $5,000 8th – $3,000
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