FACEIT Stage 3 Finals viewer's guide
With FACEIT Stage 3 Finals taking place during DreamHack Open Winter quickly approaching, kicking off on November 26, here's the viewer's guide for you to go through and find out when your favorite teams play.
Once again one of DreamHack's Open stops will be hosting the FACEIT Finals, this time it's going to be the traditional Winter event in Jönköping, where eight finalists will battle from November 26-28.
The online phase featured three divisions, with five teams qualifying from Europe, two from North America and one from Oceania. The latest mentioned came as a surprise, as Legacy managed to come out ahead of both Immunity and Renegades due to a four-way tie.
Here's how the Finals group draw panned out:
| Group A | Group B |
Virtus.pro |
EnVyUs |
Team Liquid |
Luminosity |
TSM |
fnatic |
Legacy |
NiP |
FACEIT went with the popular choice of format, where the teams will battle in a GSL group format, with the upper bracket featuring best-of-ones, while the elimination game and the decider are to be played in best-of-threes.
A single elimination best-of-three bracket will then follow, starting with the semi-finals on the last day of the competition, as you can see in the full schedule below:
| Thursday, November 26 | ||||
| 13:00 | Virtus.pro |
vs. | Legacy |
BO1 |
| 14:30 | Team Liquid |
vs. | TSM |
BO1 |
| 16:00 | Group A - Winners' match | BO1 | ||
| 17:30 | EnVyUs |
vs. | NiP |
BO1 |
| 19:00 | Luminosity |
vs. | fnatic |
BO1 |
| 20:30 | Group B - Winners' match | BO1 | ||
| Friday, November 27 | ||||
| 12:00 | Group A - Elimination |
BO3 | ||
| 15:00 | Group B - Elimination | BO3 | ||
| 18:00 | Group A - Decider | BO3 | ||
| 21:00 | Group B - Decider | BO3 | ||
| Saturday, November 28 | ||||
| 14:00 | Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2) | BO3 | ||
| 17:00 | Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2) | BO3 | ||
| 21:05 | Grand final |
BO3 | ||
The eight teams will battle for a total of $250,000, which will be distributed as follows:
1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $25,000
5-6. $15,000
7-8. $10,000
As usual with FACEIT-organized tournaments, the event will have quite an extensive talent pool, including a number of former professional players, such as Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson and Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez, along with the following on-air team:
Richard Lewis - Panel Host
Pala "Pala" Gilroy Sen - Interviewer
Anders Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster
James Bardolph - Caster
Stuart "Tosspot" Saw - Caster
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Caster
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Expert
Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez - Analyst
HLTV.org will have a two-man team on site to provide you with a coverage of FACEIT Stage 3 Finals, and we're also in the middle of conducting interviews with Legacy and Luminosity, which will be released before the event starts.
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson
Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl
FACEIT League 2015 Stage 3 Finals at DH Winter 2015
Virtus.pro
EnVyUs
Team Liquid
Luminosity
TSM
Legacy
Richard Lewis - Panel Host



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