{"id":771,"date":"2015-09-02T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eslproleaguecsgo.eslpro.gg\/uncategorized\/2015\/09\/announcing-the-groups-and-format-of-the-esl-esea-pro-league-invitational-in-dubai\/"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:35:00","slug":"announcing-the-groups-and-format-of-the-esl-esea-pro-league-invitational-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/2015\/09\/announcing-the-groups-and-format-of-the-esl-esea-pro-league-invitational-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the groups and format of the ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are only days away from the ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational in Dubai, where eight of the world’s top CS:GO teams will clash in the battle for a US$250,000 prize pool, and it is now time to reveal the groups and format of the tournament.
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The groups<\/h4>\n


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The groups have been drawn as follows:<\/b> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Group A<\/th>\nGroup B<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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Team EnVyUs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fnatic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Virtus.pro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Team SoloMid<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ninjas in Pyjamas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Natus Vincere<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Cloud9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Team Titan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nThe first matchups of the group stage will be: <\/p>\n

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  • Team EnVyUs vs. Cloud9<\/li>\n
  • Virtus.pro vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas<\/li>\n
  • Fnatic vs. Team Titan<\/li>\n
  • Team SoloMid vs. Natus Vincere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    <\/p>\n

    The format<\/h4>\n


    \nThe group stage matches will be played in a best-of-one format, with the semifinals being best-of-three and the grand final being a best-of-five. <\/p>\n

    The prize distribution<\/h4>\n


    \nThe prize pool will be distributed as follows: <\/p>\n

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    • First place: US$100,000<\/li>\n
    • Second place: US$60,000<\/li>\n
    • Third and fourth place: US$25,000<\/li>\n
    • Fifth and sixth place: US$12,500<\/li>\n
    • Seventh and eighth place: US$7,500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      <\/p>\n

      Join us for awesome CS:GO action!<\/h4>\n


      \nThe Dubai Invitational will be taking place from 10th to the 12th of September as a part of GAMES 15, the Middle East’s premier gaming event. You can join us in Dubai by purchasing a ticket here<\/link> or tuning in online via our Twitch channel<\/link>.
      \nSee you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The second season of the ESL ESEA Pro League kicks off with a special invitational in Dubai. See how the matches will be played out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"_blank"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dubai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/csgo\/proleague\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}