StarSeries XIV Finals viewer's guide *

12-1-2016 19:14

If you've been wondering about SL i-League StarSeries XIV Finals, when the teams play, who the casters are, or just about anything else about the event in Minsk, Belarus, look no further; here is the viewer's guide with all the information needed.

* schedule has been updated

SL i-League StarSeries XIV Finals kicks off tomorrow with group A, which means it's time to gather all information into our viewer's guide.

The first big event of 2016 will take place at the Minsk Arena in the capital of Belarus, and will extend over five days, January 13-17. The first two days reserved for the entire group stage will be closed off to live audience.

The groups are following:

Group A	Group B
Null element Na`Vi	fnatic
G2	Question Mark
Luminosity	Titan
CyberZen	EnVyUs

All matches in the group stage will be played in best-of-threes, with the first-placed team going directly to semi-finals, while second and third-placed will have battle their way through quarter-finals.

Every playoff match will also be played in a best-of-three, as shown in the full schedule below:

Wednesday, January 13th
11:00	Null element Na`Vi	vs. CyberZen	BO3
14:00	G2	vs. Luminosity	BO3
17:00	Group A winners' match		BO3
17:00	Group A elimination match		BO3

Thursday, January 14th
10:00	fnatic	vs. EnVyUs	BO3
10:00	Titan	vs. Question Mark	BO3
13:00	Group B winners' match		BO3
13:00	Group B elimination match		BO3
16:00	Group B decider		BO3
16:00	Group A decider		BO3

Friday, January 15th
11:00	Quarter-final #1 (A3 vs. B2)		BO3
17:00	Quarter-final #2 (B3 vs. A2)		BO3

Saturday, January 16th
11:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
17:00	Semi-final #2		BO3

Sunday, January 17th
15:00	Grand final		BO3

The $200,000 prize pot will be distributed as follows:

1. $90,000
2. $40,000
3-4. $20,000
5-6. $9,000
7-8. $6,000

Taking you through the action on the official English stream will be the following 12 of the most well-known figures within the scene:

Sue "Smixity" Lee – Host
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett – Host

Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia - Caster
James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph - Caster
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume - Caster
Auguste "⁠Semmler⁠" Massonnat - Caster
Stuart "TosspoT" Saw – Caster
Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson - Caster

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer – Analyst
Duncan "Thorin" Shields – Analyst
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović – Analyst
Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez – Analyst

Apart from English, the event will also be streamed in Chinese and Russian. HLTV.org will bring you a coverage of SL i-League StarSeries XIV Finals, including galleries, stats, post-match articles, and more.

fiffy <3

2016-01-12 19:14

3 replies

1st God Dammit.... wrong thing......

2016-01-12 19:15

2 replies

nt fox

2016-01-12 19:18

1 reply

noice

nice

yeah, nice

2016-01-12 20:00

2016-01-12 20:01

nice, yeah

2016-01-12 20:21

bardolph standin for g2 ez

neat

ez for g2 keepoclaus

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

2016-01-12 19:16

Guys, who will win?

i think someone will win [;

2016-01-12 19:17

LGLOYAL

Not a big fan of groups having their own days tbh..

People always ask for BO3 groups and this is more or less what happens when you do that. It might be better to have each day have half the matches from each group instead though if that is what you are saying.

2016-01-12 19:25

I'm all for bo3 groups and i don't mind the group stages taking two days, but why not have a day for opening games for both groups? Play the tournament one stage at a time, instead of finishing one group before even starting another.

2016-01-12 19:32

Looking forward to CyberZen vs Na´Vi, let's go chinaaa :D

Terrible times tbh, most people are busy at that time so the viewership will be low

2016-01-12 19:23

TOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSPOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTT

HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

2016-01-12 23:03

Only problem is no VP :(

2016-01-12 19:24

anders,semmler,thorin and fiffy. sounds like quality to me. Im lookin forward :)

James <333

WHERE'S THE STRANGLER AKA RICHARD LEWIS? WE NEED HIM

2016-01-12 19:26

TOSSPOT I WANNA SUCK YOU OFF <3

2016-01-12 19:28

10:00 SRLYYY???

2016-01-12 19:31

Maniac would both coach envy and analyse?! Wew

2016-01-12 19:34

M-m-maniac!!!

EZ LG

2016-01-12 19:35

G2 vs LG will be the only interesting match on the first day. Unless CyberZen gets an upset.

2016-01-12 19:37

Maniac rly? isn´t he coach for envy?

2016-01-12 19:38

RIP TITAN :c

2016-01-12 19:43

Group A is kinda weak

2016-01-12 19:44

EZ Fnatic

2016-01-12 19:45

Omg this groups are not fear...

2016-01-12 19:46

whoever made this groups must be a braindead retard.

2016-01-12 19:48

7 replies

What is wrong with them?

2016-01-12 19:52

6 replies

are you kidding me? you dont put the two finalists of the last major in one group. swap g2 with envy or fnatic and the groups are fine.

2016-01-12 20:16

5 replies

The only reason for nV being there is because they took Methods spot which would put them in that group.

2016-01-12 20:44

and thats the excuse for having the 2 worlds best teams in one group, alongside with tqm.. instead of simply adjusting the groups accordingly, the starseries org wants the best matches to be played out in groupstages.. still braindead.

2016-01-12 21:23

It was methods spot the groups were already announced before method withdrew.it would he a little bs to the teams that they suddenly have to face another opponent after thy were already announced of their opponent

2016-01-13 00:37

i tell you what bs is: to work as an organizer who looses money, sponsors and thousands of viewers, because the strongest teams play each other in group stages during the week when people work,study or simply dont have time.

2016-01-13 13:19

braindead

2016-01-12 20:48

No pala, tnx god.

2016-01-12 19:50

Navi vs Cyberzen will have more viewers than g2 vs LG for sure :D

Rip Titan

and what about CIS casters?

2016-01-12 20:05

vk.com/sl4mtv?z=photo-44039859_395914849..

2016-01-12 20:22

Y no VP?

? wins?

2016-01-12 20:09

4am??? Oh no

2016-01-12 20:10

Good job by the organizers for rescheduling the G2 match, way more interesting match with the full squad!

2016-01-12 20:18

R.I.P NA viewers

brasilinas will be late, too much white cold coco on the streets...

2016-01-12 20:25

yeah, that's cool stuff

2016-01-12 20:53

cold coco best coco

fnatic ? and nV in one group???? hahahahahahahahahaha gooo NaVi

&zerocold will be minus10cold

2016-01-12 20:26

6 hours between the 2 semi/quarterfinals ? damn, if that is a quick 2-0 game there will be a lot of music-time

2016-01-12 20:34

navi, lg fnatic, tqm _____________ grand final: fnatic vs tqm winner tqm thank me later

2016-01-12 21:42

15 matches in 5 days, an a total of 4 games we cant watch becuse they double booked WTF!! how can they suck so bad at making a schedule. this is fucking madness, what a bunch of retards. if they dont fix this im boycotting this shit event the first 4 days.

2016-01-12 22:10

lol they can't even make good groups haha

2016-01-12 22:15

I need NIP

2016-01-12 22:41

wtf these groups monkey admins?

2016-01-12 22:57

Looking forward to seeing cyberzen on lan :D

2016-01-12 22:58

shouldve done the same thing with thursday schedule, ah just realized Group A decider is on thursday for some reason

2016-01-12 23:12

Thorin <3

2016-01-12 23:22

Where is Richard Lewis? I trought he is package with thooringod

2016-01-13 00:18

hes skipping this one to do NA minor iirc

2016-01-13 07:11

Thank u my man

2016-01-13 11:30

after decider match i think there only 4 teams left and its call semis not quarter, or i did something wrong? someone tell me pls

2016-01-13 01:09

3/4 teams advance from groups

2016-01-13 01:51

ohhh i see, ty m8

2016-01-13 03:37

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO GO fn & ?

2016-01-13 02:18

Easy 6,000$ for Titan and Cyberzen

2016-01-13 04:13

YES NO NATU

2016-01-13 06:00

3rd worlder whos country got raped by USSR is mad because you have no CS scene

2016-01-13 15:35

Are you retarded? I only hate natu, the finnish scene is good, why the fuck you have to complain? Oh btw shithead, would you like TO SERVE TO FUCKING USSR? I HATE RUSSIANS, THEY ARE CANCER. EVEN GOING TO CENTRE OF RIGA YOU ALMOST CANNOT HEAR LATVIAN LANGUAGE...

2016-01-13 18:22