ESL Barcelona CS:GO Invitational presented by Mobile World Congress

Astralis & ex-Titan to Expo Barcelona

25-1-2016 17:44

ESL has announced that Astralis and ex-Titan have received the last two invitations for the Barcelona CS:GO Invitational.

From February 19-21, ESL will be hosting an eight-team international CS:GO tournament as part of the ESL Expo Barcelona presented by Mobile World Congress.

With €75,000 on offer, the competition will feature four invited teams and four qualified sides, two of them hailing from Spain.

Astralis to attend Spanish event

After previously announcing that EnVyUs and fnatic had been invited to attend the Barcelona CS:GO Invitational, ESL has now revealed that the final invites have been issued to Astralis and the former Titan squad.

This means that the list of participants for the event looks as follows:

fnatic	Vexed Gaming
EnVyUs	dignitas
Astralis	x6tence
ex-Titan	gBots

Meanwhile, ESL has announced that the tournament will use a format similar to the one from IEM Gamescom, with each team being assigned three lives. Every defeat costs a life, and the match winners get to pick which two teams will play next. The winner of the tournament will be the last team standing, who will take home €22,000.

Below you can find the full prize distribution for the Barcelona CS:GO Invitational:

1. €22,000
2. €11,000
3. €5,500
4. €4,500
5. €3,500
6. €2,500
7. €1,500
8. €500

* + €1,000 for every life left and every victory achieved

vexed top1

2016-01-25 17:44

10 replies

ez nV

2016-01-25 17:46

inb4 fnc loses againt nv nv get's knocked out by astralis fnc wins the final against astralis ezpz 5/5 tournaments attended with the new roster

2016-01-25 17:53

3 replies

sick analyst thoorin

2016-01-25 18:09

1 reply

This time, it will be Fnatic nV final. And fnatic will win.

2016-01-25 18:14

1+ Happends evrytime man

2016-01-25 18:54

Enjoy =D youtube.com/watch?v=k24hHasn6ck

2016-01-25 18:16

Agreed

2016-01-25 18:17

gl dignitas

2016-01-25 18:20

titan hired by barcelona, confirmed by prophet

2016-01-25 18:28

in ur dreams

2016-01-25 19:45

Wow, good news. Didn't expect ex-Titan to be invited without an org. Ez win for them though.

2016-01-25 17:55

gogo gbots

2016-01-25 17:45

NICE!

Strong Pricepool

Luminosity?

No NaVi and LG...

They wont attend to this tournament only eight teams, invite + qualify, and part of them must be from spain i guess

2016-01-25 17:51

2 replies

Expo in Barcelona so there must be one spanish team at least.ESL brought two

2016-01-25 18:19

2016-01-25 18:26

gl everyone

why titan? lol

2016-01-25 17:47

axaxaxaxa

FaZe? D:

rip price pool

* + €1,000 for every life left and every victory achieved RIP read comprehension

2016-01-25 17:50

Still nothing...

2016-01-25 18:00

Didn't expect this level of competition for $80,000. Good luck to all teams :D

1. €22,000 2. €11,000 3. €5,500 4. €4,500 5. €3,500 6. €2,500 7. €1,500 8. €500 wtf is this shit

2016-01-25 17:48

9 replies

* + €1,000 for every life left and every victory achieved l2read

2016-01-25 17:49

5 replies

and? im talking about prize distribution, everyone will get money even if they lose 16-0 all matches, not competicion there

2016-01-25 17:52

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if someone is placed at 8. each player will get 100€. HOW BIG AMOUNT ! WOW ! jesus christ, i only saw you complaining about everything at every fucking thread.

2016-01-25 17:54

1500 AND 800 FOR NOTHING, THIS A FUCKING TOURNAMENT NOT FREE VACATIONS

2016-01-25 17:57

1500 and 800 is deserved for qualifying

2016-01-25 19:05

This is how it works in all major competitive arenas. Coming last in top football league of any country still gets big $$$.

2016-01-25 19:13

q esperabas?

2016-01-25 18:29

lol hf with ur 500 euros x6tence

2016-01-25 18:37

50k give away what dit u thougt it where???

2016-01-25 18:56

nice

ez for fnatic

rip VP

Who?

2016-01-25 18:57

top4 team Keepo

2016-01-25 20:05

* + €1,000 for every life left and every victory achieved

Gamescom format, should be a fun tournament!

NiP=/

Nip is making changes to be No.1 again. That's why they are not attending any tournaments so far :D Do I believe it? I hope so

It's to early for them and threat haven't joined heir training yet either. He's coming home from Japan in February

2016-01-25 19:37

Nice

niiice ez shox

fnatic ex-Titan Astralis EnVyUs Dignitas Vexed x6tence gBots

gBots >> x6

2016-01-25 20:28

EZ for Vextrus Gaming pro

what happened to GameGune? :C

7.X6TENCE 8.GBOTS

2016-01-25 17:59

gbots will rekt x6 for sure

2016-01-25 18:02

7.GBOTS 8.X6TENCE

2016-01-25 19:31

ez for team secret

ex-Titan? Ok.

Nice;) when will ex-titan get a new org?

2016-01-25 18:03

no one knows

2016-01-25 18:35

ayyy lmao

2016-01-25 18:04

no LG rip tournament

2016-01-25 18:05

No Na'Vi, no miBr? useless major..

2016-01-25 18:08

Go EnVyUs! Go ex-Titan!! <3

another tourney for astralis to go out in semifinals in

fnatic wins

ez fnatic

2016-01-25 18:10

cool format, I'm excited!

groups seems nice. prntscr.com/9uowo1

7 replies

Those aren't the groups, left side = invited teams, right side = qualified teams.

2016-01-26 01:21

6 replies

baited bro. :D:D

2016-01-26 14:18

Sure, every braindead HLTV user nowadays calls he is baiting when he fucks up.

2016-01-26 15:17

you stupid

2016-01-26 15:32

Expected from a braindead.

2016-01-26 15:33

you must be so damn stupid, if you think this wasn't bait. No one is so dumb, to not understand that those aren't groups. :)

2016-01-26 15:36

You are the dumb here, u make no sense. Im done with you lmfao, have a nice day braindead.

2016-01-26 15:37

I loved the IEM cologne, such a fun format!

2016-01-25 18:21

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2016-01-25 18:24

More info please

2016-01-25 18:59

very wierd mixture of teams in terms of skill...

Fnatic will win this pretty easily.

gbots will win against vexed, thanks for skins in advance

Fnatic / EnVyUs Astralis Dignitas Ex-Titan Vexed Gbots x6

2016-01-25 18:30

wtf are the spanish teams doing there? they are nowhere near the level of the rest

2016-01-25 18:34

no LG, NaVi, VP? :((((((

2016-01-25 18:39

-ex titan +navi

2016-01-25 18:44

1. Fnatic 2. Astralis 3. nV 4. Dignitas 5. Vexed 6. Titan 7. x6 8. Gbots

2016-01-25 18:46

1.Envy 2.Fnatic 3.Titan 4.Astralis 5.Dignitas 6.gbots 7.vexed 8.x6

2016-01-25 18:48

inb4 astralis gonna make alliance with dig, ex-Titan with nV and fnatic is left with vexed, that will result in vexed getting second place

Well, this format is fun to watch at least, with the alliances and betrayals ^^. I guess we'll see a 3 side war between Danes, Spaniards and Frenchies. Fnatic will probably ally with the Danes, but Vexed?

Fnatic Astralis NV Dignitas ex-Titan Vexed x6 Gbots All in order, I'll be back to this post straight after the tournament so I can show, I can predict the future.

SO damn easy for fnatic lol

NiP doesent like money.

2016-01-25 19:09

Plane tickets more than the 2000 they'd get for last place.

2016-01-25 19:15

extitan? waste of spot

2016-01-25 19:21

who should replace? We all know Fnatic will win. The best extitan are looking at are 3/4th place with a decent amount of luck.

2016-01-25 19:35

ez for x6tence

2016-01-25 20:06

Is this happens because he is from Bulgaria?

2016-01-25 20:11

nah hamericano, it's because your country's CS sucks

2016-01-25 20:13

ez ScreaM

2016-01-25 20:17

Go Astralis!

2016-01-25 20:26

Aww still no org.

2016-01-25 20:27

Vexed?!

2016-01-25 20:41

why lg isnot there?

they didn't want to go

2016-01-25 20:57

i think they should live in eu and be at all torns

2016-01-25 21:09

#1 fnatic

2016-01-25 20:46

Might as well make those the groups, only possible way to make to this tourny even ore stupid.

2016-01-25 21:08

2016-01-26 01:19

I know their not :)

2016-01-26 17:26

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