StarSeries groups, schedule released

5-9-2016 17:25

The groups and schedule for SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals have been announced. Two of the groups will feature a Swedish and a Danish derby.

Only two days away from now the SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals will kick off, and we now know how the seeding has turned out to be.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Ninjas in Pyjamas	G2	Natus Vincere	Virtus.pro
Dignitas	FaZe	Astralis	Envy
GODSENT	FlipSid3	HEROIC	Cloud9
HellRaisers	MVP Project	TYLOO	VG.CyberZen

The group stage format itself will be standard fare for a 16 team tournament, in the form of a double-elimination bracket, where the first day matches, as well as the second day losers and winners matches will be BO1, and they will be played in a studio environment. From the deciders and onwards it will be BO3, broadcasted from the Palace Ukraina in Kiev.

Below you can see the full schedule.

Wednesday, September 7th
10:00	Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs.	HellRaisers	BO1
11:30	GODSENT	vs.	Dignitas	BO1
13:00	G2	vs.	MVP Project	BO1
14:30	FaZe	vs.	FlipSid3	BO1
16:00	Natus Vincere	vs.	TYLOO	BO1
17:30	Astralis	vs.	HEROIC	BO1
19:00	Group C - Winners match			BO1
20:30	Envy	vs.	Cloud9	BO1

Thursday, September 8th
10:00	Group A - Elimination match			BO1
11:30	Group A - Winners match			BO1
13:00	Group B - Elimination match			BO1
14:30	Group B - Winners match			BO1
16:00	Group C - Elimination match			BO1
17:30	Virtus.pro	vs.	VG.CyberZen	BO1
19:00	Group D - Elimination match			BO1
20:30	Group D - Winners match			BO1

Friday, September 9th
08:00	Group A - Decider			BO3
11:30	Group B - Decider			BO3
15:00	Group C - Decider			BO3
18:30	Group D - Decider			BO3

Saturday, September 10th
08:00	Quarter-final #1			BO3
11:30	Quarter-final #2			BO3
15:00	Quarter-final #3			BO3
18:30	Quarter-final #4			BO3

Sunday, September 11th
11:00	Semi-final #1			BO3
14:30	Semi-final #2			BO3
18:00	Grand Final			BO3

Coming up later today, we will bring you an in-depth preview of the teams and groups, so stay tuned to the site.

2016-09-05 17:26

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ez for navi

3 replies

2016-09-05 17:27

where is navi ? xd

2016-09-05 18:18

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Umm Natus Vincere my dude

2016-09-05 19:08

ez vp n1 again

2016-09-05 17:36

easy for ELeague Champion virtus.pro from Poland

2016-09-05 20:16

so close

eZ aF

GL boys!

good luck to all teams!

2016-09-05 17:29

ez 4 tyloo mouse sens gods

2016-09-05 19:29

Nice!

Why is the group C winners match swapped with the 2nd group C semifinal match? That shouldn't be a thing...

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edit - figured it out some teams have online games on these days also

2016-09-05 17:30

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my guess is that HLTV fucked it up, because it would be impossible to have the winners match before the semis match...

2016-09-05 17:31

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check edit bro ^^ :)

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usually online matches are postponed if the team is at a LAN, again I think it is just a typo.

2016-09-05 17:33

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eleague qualifiers some teams have dropped out of this lan to attend those closed quals as eleague > this lan, they won't postpone those

2016-09-05 17:34

That might be true, however how would you be able to have the winners match when the winner of the VP v CyberZen match hasn't occurred yet. Oh nvm, they are in group D lawl. I see now...

But it's not impossible as it's the group C winners match swapped with a semifinal match of group D, not both group C matches

yeah I see that now lawl, I thought VP and Cyberzen were in group C.

2016-09-05 17:37

It's not a semis man.

2016-09-05 17:54

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of the groups it is.

Doesn't make sense man.

2016-09-05 18:22

you're confused with the groups, but this is possible :)

2016-09-05 18:59

VG or VP comes late, so they cant make it on the first day of the lan. So they let the first game of Group D play on the 2nd day and play the winners match of Group C on the first day after the Group C opening games. You confused the groups.

2016-09-05 20:32

nice

ofc nV and VP same group.

+1 xD

2016-09-05 22:49

ez FaZe

eZaF stich memes bestest

2016-09-06 09:58

HYPEEEE

a.Godsent,dig b.faze g2 c.navi astralis d.vp,c9

a. NiP, Godsent seems more likely, but I agree with the other groups

2016-09-05 17:32

Don't underestimate the asian teams guys

2016-09-05 17:39

Don't be silly

2016-09-05 18:09

Ez for g2

2016-09-05 18:13

Nice, Group C winners match and Virtus.pro vs VG.CyberZen got switched

Left side>right side lmao

Sweet

Why does VP play so late ?

2016-09-05 17:28

Best seed.

2016-09-05 18:14

lol c9 can actually get to the playoffs from this group:D

Nip Ez

ez4VP

Probably something like: GODSENT NiP G2 FaZe Na'Vi Astralis Virtus.pro EnVyUs

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C9 Vp

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I don't have that much faith in C9, though it is possible

Saw the flag, cringed

2016-09-05 19:14

NV have a stand in and a bot what more do C9 need to win against them?

2016-09-05 20:33

DeViL is actually better then most of c9 on LAN though and Sixer has the experience to do well. Literally 3 of those players can explode and alone carry against C9. C9 on LAN is yet to be seen :/.

?? They literally just played on LAN against Heroic and played extremely well against them. suggesting that C9 doesn't also have the potential for players to explode and hard carry a game is just short sighted. For example, Yung Stew.

2016-09-05 22:55

Heroic is overrated af.. They beat Astralis when Astralis were playing like tier 3 almost and Dignitas which is a mid tier 2 team and are all of a sudden considered by people good yet they utterly ignored the fact that they are 3-7 in EPL and came third in an NA LAN without even SK, Renegades and TL. By no means am I saying that C9 can't make it out of groups but I wouldn't put them as favourites entirely quite yet.

2016-09-06 09:08

Oh that makes sense i wasn't saying they are favorites, but i was saying it would be like 60-40 to get out of groups for them. I thought you were saying they had no shot XD

2016-09-06 11:55

it's actually possible that they make it out of the group though

2016-09-05 22:05

Godsent havent played that Well yet and nip seem good again so why is everyone saying godsent > nip?

2016-09-06 09:51

Sucks that NBK can't attend the event. C9 have a real nice shot of making out of groups. FeelsGood

yeah they can 2-0 nV as long as they don't drop the ball against the chinese.

gl tyloo and vg

A: 1st.NIP, 2nd.godsent B: 1st.G2, 2nd.faze C: 1st.Navi, 2nd.Astralis D: 1st.c9 2nd.vp

faze ez

You know what will happen here :)

vp out in groups gets rekt 16-0 by vg ikr

2016-09-05 17:35

if more than one swedish or danish team, they will always end up in group together^^ Is it a coinsidence that it always ends up like that, or they not want one country to have several spots in playoff?^^

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Well it is actually possible that all danish or all swedish teams advance to the playoffs Also China and Ukraine (edit: and France) have two teams each which are not in the same group

2016-09-05 17:42

Guess that's true. It's just amazing how often I see the 2 danish or swedish teams in same group :)

2016-09-05 17:44

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Just because tournament seeds usually using pools for seedings. And when you have 3 Danish teams, one of which is "legend" and 2 other "challengers" sometime that happens.

2016-09-05 17:46

In my opinion they should put the 'challenger' team in another group, instead of having to face their big brothers from home, with whom they probably played and lost 200 times already

2016-09-05 17:48

IF you still think that someone "PUT" teams in groups, you're wrong. Just a random seed bro. Astralis is in 2nd pool, Heroic and Dignitas in 3rd.

2016-09-05 17:49

i were just making a simple question/statement since it happens in almost every tournament, nothing else :)

2016-09-05 17:51

and i'm not complaining, just thinking it must suck for the challenger team to almost always have to face their legend team from home country, who probably also beat them 200 times already

2016-09-05 17:50

meh... heroic beat them on last LAN, so :D

2016-09-05 17:52

Yeah, they also beat Dignitas at that lan, but i dont see it happening again. Astralis looked yesterday like they're getting into shape again

2016-09-05 18:07

VP to rape C9 again

Nice cloud9 could actually make it out of groups. GL to the teams

Ez for Tyloo

nvm Astralis vs Virtus.pro final

VP NV C9 in the same group again...this shit has been going on since 2014,cant they keep these 3 teams apart?

2016-09-05 17:40

It's a love story brah

2016-09-05 19:44

Group A and D. Really good matches

Nice groups :o

most chance vp

2016-09-05 17:41

Why are VP, nV and C9 always placed together in the same group?

every fucking time. Same shit since ESWC 2014

2016-09-05 17:55

Gonna be interesting, first tourny in a while without a br team for me to root for. Im going with VP :)

2016-09-05 17:47

cant wait for this

LELELELELLELEELLELELEL

VP vs Na'Vi Grand final

would be sick

2016-09-05 17:53

Godsent nip G2 faze Navi astralis Vp Clown9

most izi tournament win for VP orginal Fnatic lineup they destroy no SK and izi aim maps pratice in group stage

Vp C9 again lol

So VP can come on thursday, lose 2 quick BO1's and leave with $3000 . Good for them.

ez TyLoo upset

G2 got an easy group...wtf?

2016-09-05 17:56

ikr? thought they'd be with VP and GODSENT in the same group or some shit

2016-09-05 17:57

They can lose to flipside and faze, they are alle same level :)

flipside is not as good as G2 or Faze. G2 is heavily favoured against both teams. I don't really care about online results, faze is a "new" lineup and hasn't been lan tested. We'll see how they do here, but for all intents and purposes G2 should be coming out first in the group.

2016-09-05 18:21

ez 4 navi

2016-09-05 18:02

Wtf is this schedule

2016-09-05 18:04

Niiice hyped

2016-09-05 18:06

expected

Good luck to HellRaisers and Cloud9!

2016-09-05 18:17

There is way too much commas on this article.

g2 always vs asians

2016-09-05 18:24

RIP HR, good luck though :)))

2016-09-05 18:25

Who is stepping in for NBK?

2016-09-05 18:29

SIXER

2016-09-05 19:33

Oh yeah, I forgot. Thanks man

2016-09-05 21:45

cloud9 on lan, interesting... Kappa

2016-09-05 18:31

Let's Go Virtus.Lan!

2016-09-05 18:32

Major format, too bad losers or winners aren't bo3

2016-09-05 18:37

Group B - ezst group of my life

2016-09-05 18:40

nip and heroic GLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

2016-09-05 18:45

ez for chineez beobl.

2016-09-05 18:49

lol vp ez

eZaF FaZe

2016-09-05 19:11

Lantus.Pro

Ez 4 na'vi

2016-09-05 19:22

Group A: NiP; GODSENT Group B: FaZe; G2 Group C: Na`Vi; Heroic Group D: VP.G2A; Cloud9.G2A

2016-09-05 19:23

ez 4 NaVi

2016-09-05 19:41

A: GODSENT + dignitas B: G2 + FaZe C: NaVi + Heroic D: VP + NiP

2016-09-05 19:50

Ez VP. Pasha kerry

2016-09-05 19:51

I hope the biceps is stronk m9, really felt for him and VP at Cologne, thought they were playing their best ever lately.. Kato form was amazing and to be so dominant is something, but the level of competition now is much higher so I have been really impressed with them.. knew theyd win Ebola League after SK were DQ'd, Cologne performance was a huge pointer hey. Hope your boys do it for Poland, gl :D

2016-09-05 20:05

Nice groups, this is gonna be awesome ! First impressions.. seems NaVi gonna win ? IMHO pretty likely but lots of other chances if NaVi don't have it on the day. VP might still be up to it, if Taz and pasha are still in the form from last couple of tourneys.. Swedes could step up, G2, even C9 and Faze have a chance, no ? it's great to see the overall level still rising, fantastic scene IMHO We all like to rank teams and see it as pretty much a fact a certain team is #1 etc, but in reality there is not a lot between a large number of teams now ? one player underperforming can make a big difference when its so competitive. Choking has always been a thing, and can be obvious to notice, pressure and expectation can break the razor sharp focus required.. conversely there are plenty of players who can rise to the occasion. GET HYPED BOYS Bloody tourney better not be a huge letdown now, highly doubt it tho :P

2016-09-05 20:02

Switch Cyberzen and Tyloo then Tyloo can make it out of groups.

2016-09-05 20:12

Man, why do you think so? Group D is more difficult, my opinion.

2016-09-06 04:29

In group C heroic is in a good form, Na'Vi is pretty good and Astralis can play good(maybe). But in group D Envy is shit, C9 is not that good. Yeah VP is good but they can make it out as 2nd.

2016-09-06 16:53

lets go tyloo, cyberzen and c9. for c9 to get out of groups they have to beat envy and cyberzen has to beat vp. for tyloo to get out they just going to have to play their ass off, they won't beat navi but they maybe can beat astrallis and heroic.

Did the Group C match already happen, or did HLTV screw up?

2016-09-05 20:19

So hyped to see those teams :o

2016-09-05 20:23

GOOOOO SK++! EZZ

2016-09-05 22:59

Nip will bring Magic after Forest new Mouse pad = dropping 50bomb :DDD

2016-09-05 23:05

Good luck, TyLoo and VG !

2016-09-06 03:59

lol tyloo is so bad, ez 0-2 Go Home La

2016-09-06 04:40

NaVi would be the champion

2016-09-06 04:30

HR should exchange spot with MVP project,then we will have 4 pretty fair group. nvm nip will rekt all

2016-09-06 05:31

Predictions: A:NiP-GOD B:Faze_G2 C:Navi-Heroic D:VP-C9 QF: NIp-Heroic:2-0 GOD-Navi:1-2 FAZE-C9:2-1 VP-G2:2-0 SF Nip-Faze:2-0 Navi-VP:2-1 Final: Navi vs Nip Navi removed cache Nip removed mirage Navi picked train (65-35 for navi) Nip picked nuke (80-20 for nip) Navi removed cobble Nip removed overpass Dust 2

2016-09-06 05:40

Rofl, Noobs in Pyjamas get out from group stage

2016-09-06 11:16

gl tyloo vg mvp

2016-09-06 08:33

ez group for GODSENT

2016-09-06 11:15

A: 1. dignitas; 2. HellRaisers; 3. BOTSENT; 4. NiP B: 1. Flipsid3; 2. FaZe; 3. G2; 4. MVP C: 1. Heroic; 2. Na`Vi; 3. TyLoo; 4. Astralis D: 1. VP; 2. Cloud9; 3. nV; 4. VGCZ

2016-09-06 11:18