SK & G2 to ESL One New York

29-6-2016 17:09

ESL has announced G2 and SK Gaming's new team as the first two invited squads for the upcoming ESL One event in New York.

Both teams were the finalists of the recent ESL Pro League Season 3 finals and also faced off in the title decider at the ECS Season 1 Finals, last weekend, with the French side securing the trophy with a 2-0 victory.

On October 1-2, the Barclays Center, home of NBA franchise Brooklyn Nets and of NHL team New York Islanders, will stage ESL One New York - the second stop of the ESL One 2016 circuit to feature CS:GO (the first being the Cologne Major).

Barclays Center to stage ESL One New York

Eight top teams will be facing off during this two-day tournament for their share of a $250,000 prize pool, with the format expected to be revealed in the coming weeks, along with the names of the remaining attending sides.

Tickets for ESL One New York, which will also feature a Street Fighter V tournament, can be purchased at the event's official website, with prices ranging from $39 to $159.

2016-06-29 17:10

sk top

2016-06-29 17:09

ez for SK?

nice

ez g2

Ez SK

gogo SK !!

Ez for Ence

sk invited but the best world team lg arent Kappa

o shit waddup

2 days only. NA not getting long events.

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only 8 teams going, its probably a single-elimination format like the regular playoffs

2016-06-29 17:12

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Thanks. And only my opinion, but events need to make LAN start in front of a crowd, not wait for the group stage to be over to make the players play in the big stage. Maybe they think they wouldn't sell enough tickets the first day or first two days because it's the week so they start on the playoffs on Saturday. But to me it's not amazing for the players who are not gonna reach the playoffs and played like they would be at home (except that the ping is low and the team they are facing is meters away, but no crowd cheering).

2016-06-29 17:18

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this will all be in front of a crowd only 8 teams barclays center is a nice big 20k seat arena for basketball and hockey so it'll have a big crowd

2016-06-30 00:52

e-league is like 10 weeks or some ridiculous shit, its the longest event ever xdddddd

2016-06-29 17:24

Renting anything in NY is incredibly expensive

2016-06-29 18:10

VIP TICKETS BOYYYYYYYYYZZZZZZZZ

2016-06-29 17:11

SK danish, brazilian or swedish? im confused now Kappa

Brazil ofc

2016-06-29 17:21

Easist decision ever. Both teams are on their top form. Classic Skills vs Strats match.

SK and G2 first invited, G2 vs SK final

ez SK

2016-06-29 17:13

G2 from playing qualifiers to getting first invite lul.

WE'RE LOYAL WE'RE COOL WE'RE DANISH

2016-06-29 17:14

EZ4ENCE

2016-06-29 17:15

ello

2016-06-29 17:16

the final announced? g2 vs sk

+1 No need to invite other teams, waste of time/money

2016-06-29 19:23

Thank you ESL, we appreciate that! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

No Major? :/

fall season major is always DreamHack, never ESL (or MLG probably)

2016-06-29 17:28

bye LG :) imgur.com/1mwGBsG

2016-06-29 17:26

c9 and liquid invited aswell

2016-06-29 17:35

They started strong. The two best teams in the world invited.

2016-06-29 17:39

For the dumb favelas, SK = LG

2016-06-29 17:41

Ez eu

2016-06-29 17:53

Friis and Moddii getting an direct invite to a LAN event? It's been quite a while since I heard that.

2016-06-29 17:55

+fnatic +Na`Vi +Immortals +EnVyUs +NiP +FaZe Btw, what is this prizepool? It's not even funny, only 250k? Even SL-i league gave away 200k, so ESL should be giving much more!

2016-06-29 18:12