ESWC format, prizes revealed

18-6-2015 19:31

The ESWC organisers have revealed the format and prize distribution for this year's world finals.

After five consecutive events in France, the ESWC returns to North America, this time with an event in Montreal, Canada, from July 10-12, that will be held as part of the Mondial des Jeux Loto Québec and Just for Laughs Festival.

Sixteen teams from all over the world will be competing in the male CS:GO tournament, which will have $75,000 up for grabs. A further $75,000 will also be distributed among the participating teams in the form of travel support.

The 2015 ESWC champion will take home $30,000

The tournament will see the 16 participants split into four groups of four, with each team facing one another in a best-of-one, round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will then move on to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

Below you can find the complete prize distribution for the tournament:

1. $30,000

2. $15,000

3/4. $8,000

5/8. $3,500

1. $30,000
2. $15,000
3-4. $8,000
5-8. $3,500

ESWC 2015 provisional schedule:

Friday, July 10 - Group stage
Saturday, July 11 - Quarter-finals
Sunday, July 12 - Semi-finals and final

nice

2015-06-18 19:31

8 replies

fuckin bo1, when will they learn

2015-06-18 19:59

6 replies

u r dead

2015-06-18 20:19

4 replies

you are really sutpid if you dont believe im gonna get revived. :)

2015-06-18 20:21

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im grrm u not gonna be revived dog

2015-06-18 20:29

Fuck I'm not that far :( please spoiler alert something like this :(

2015-06-19 07:05

walter dies

2015-06-19 08:00

doesnt matter, easier skins then on bo3's kek

2015-06-18 20:22

I think this is stupid

2015-06-18 20:03

cool

2015-06-18 19:32

1. $30,000 nice joke

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Electronic SHIT World Cup 2015

2015-06-18 19:37

not bad.... what are you talking about? DH Sweden only 20 K.....

2015-06-18 19:38

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Then again, only european teams attend, doesnt cost much to go there. This time they have to go to Canada. See the difference?

2015-06-18 20:02

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yeah but they're getting travel support

2015-06-18 20:07

Still

2015-06-18 20:40

;_;

2015-06-18 19:43

2015-06-18 19:51

no wonder fnatic/tsm declined

2015-06-18 19:33

It was the same/lesser last time,and better.

2015-06-18 19:39

lol

75k prizepool, 75k travel support = 150k sick event with low teams :(

ez for navi ofc

2015-06-18 19:34

Gl guys

that sure is interesting

ez china)

2015-06-18 19:35

qeeyou ez

Expected

Decent prize pool considering that just as much cash has been given for travel expenses. Most interesting will definitely be to see the teams we normally do not see compete.

2015-06-18 19:45

Dreamhack: Summer 2015 1st place: $20,000 Put that into perspective.

2015-06-18 19:46

Dreamhack organizes 6 tournaments this year that have a prize pool of 40k$ each and then they top it off with a 250k$ major at the end of the year. Perspective enough for ya?

2015-06-18 20:15

Don't have to be a smart ass about it...

2015-06-18 20:18

this looks like an burnnnn

2015-06-19 01:54

lold to fnatic. win 20k event but pull out of 30k

i think they didnt have to travel in another country :)

$75,000 will also be distributed among the participating teams in the form of travel support. yeah, u're right but it wouldn't cost them

Travel money is not an issue with fnatic players... they have an org and no one is paying out of pocket. Huge difference between traveling 10 minutes and 10 hours. Plus, flying and jet lag fucking suck. Resting for a major is not a bad choice, honestly.

2015-06-18 20:42

A lot of teams are just pulling out because they are playing like 7 days of cs for the past 3 weeks.

2015-06-18 19:50

People are fucking idiots... If they just won 20k they probably didn't pull out because this one only has 30k for the winner.

I think part of the reason people went to dreamhack was the event is very well done, and fnatic and nip went cause it's in sweden

2015-06-18 19:57

I agree, they just pulled out because of real life commitment and /or the long travel.

2015-06-19 07:08

poor

2015-06-18 19:56

75k total prize pool + 75k travel support to one of the best countries in the world, are you russian retard kidding me? Oh Russian lans hltv.org/news/15005-3200-ucc-lan-finals-.. 1. $1,000 2. $700 3. $300 Sad :( so poor.

2015-06-19 04:55

> Compared t1 to t3 lan. Nicely done!

2015-06-19 09:40

lmao

ez 4 flipsid3 ^^

2015-06-18 20:00

as i said 4 years ago in hltv ESWC SUCKS hltv.org/news/7401-6-teams-thre #24

2015-06-18 20:01

Why are so many so negative to this event? Yeah, fnatic,vp,tsm are not attending, which sucks, but it's Still a lot of good teams, and it's not often you get to see a tournament with teams from all continents.. The prizepool is also fiine, considering they also pay 75k in travel support. I think it will be an awesome event. I have a feeling keyd can surprise with fnatic/tsm not attending.

2015-06-18 20:09

Ezz 4 navi

2015-06-18 20:25

no HR ok skip

2015-06-18 20:59

What teams are attending?

2015-06-18 21:28

One day we'll get bo3 groups... One day!

2015-06-18 21:47

We do - in online events. Not enough time for bo3's with 16 teams.

2015-06-19 08:56

Well I meant lans. I'm tired of these events where teams pay for travel only to play 2 games.

2015-06-19 09:30

So happy it's gonna happen in my BAGUETTE city :D

2015-06-19 01:36

Able to find tickets yet? Or just waiting for count down here like me? mondialdesjeux.com

2015-06-19 01:52

Nice

2015-06-19 03:55

This would have been a sick CS tournament in like 2008...

2015-06-19 05:36

Well the prizemoney is kinda low for such a major tournament..even sltv prize pool is almost the same and they host tournaments like every few months. No wonder teams pull out of this, probably won't even cover the trip expenses except 1st place (unless orgs cover it themselves?) Edit: oh I see now that they do have travel support

2015-06-19 08:35