SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals

SL i-League S2 viewer's guide

6-9-2016 15:02

With the SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 LAN finals around the corner, we have put together a viewer's guide with the most important information about the event, the schedule, the groups and the casters.

The LAN finals were planned to be held in Nanjing, China, but the organizer had to make changes after visas were denied to multiple players. The visa issues were caused by an increase in security measures tied to the G20 summit that was held earlier this month.

The event was moved to Kiev and will be held from September 7-11 at the StarLadder studios and The National Palace of Arts "Ukraina", a venue that holds 3,700 spectators.


The event will take place at Palace "Ukraina"

The tournament itself will have 16 teams split into four groups, with a number of top teams attending. Using the standard GSL format two teams from each group will proceed to the playoffs.

The groups are as follows:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas France G2 World Natus Vincere  Poland Virtus.pro
Denmark Dignitas Europe FaZe Denmark Astralis France Envy
Sweden GODSENT Ukraine FlipSid3 Denmark HEROIC United States Cloud9
Ukraine HellRaisers  Korea MVP Project  China TYLOO China VG.CyberZen

The first two days of the group stage matches will be played as BO1 in a studio environment. From Friday onwards, the action will be moved to The National Palace of Arts, where the BO3 group stage deciders and playoffs will be held.

The full schedule can be found below:

Wednesday, September 7th
10:00 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Ukraine HellRaisers BO1
11:30 Sweden GODSENT vs. Denmark Dignitas BO1
13:00 France G2 vs. Korea MVP Project
 BO1
14:30 Europe FaZe vs. Ukraine FlipSid3 BO1
16:00 World Natus Vincere vs. China TYLOO BO1
17:30 Denmark Astralis vs. Denmark HEROIC BO1
19:00  Group C - Winners match     BO1
20:30 France Envy vs. United States 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 Poland Virtus.pro vs. China 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

The broadcast crew will feature the legendary Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner, the RoomOnFire analyst trio, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer Greer & Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, as well as some new talent in Ryan "Flakes" Oliver" and Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire. 

The full talent list:

United Kingdom Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Host

Finland Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen - Analyst 
Norway Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst 
Serbia Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst 

United Kingdom Ryan "Flakes" Oliver - Commentator
Canada Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy - Commentator
Canada Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
United Kingdom Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Commentator
United Kingdom Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire - Commentator

Tickets for the last three days of the event can be purchased via Karabas, ranging from $4-$8. For those who won't be in Kiev this weekend, the matches will be streamed on StarLadder's English and Russian Twitch channels.

For a detailed groups and teams preview, check out our SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 preview by Milan "Striker" Švejda.

United Kingdom Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Host

Finland Joona "natu" Leppänen - Analyst
Norway Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Serbia Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst

United Kingdom Ryan "Flakes" Oliver - Commentator
Canada Mohan "launders" Govindasamy - Commentator
Canada Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
United Kingdom Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
United Kingdom Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire - Commentator

Canada Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.76
Maps played:
3
KPR:
0.57
DPR:
0.76
Finland Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Age:
31
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
187
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.71
Serbia Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
103
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.70
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United Kingdom Henry 'HenryG' Greer
Henry 'HenryG' Greer
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.68
Maps played:
1
KPR:
0.48
DPR:
0.78
Norway Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl
Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.86
Maps played:
8
KPR:
0.58
DPR:
0.68
#1
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Europe lasdihad75t6t535gssssssss
FeelsFirstMan
2016-09-06 15:03
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rain | 
Norway rain_best_norway_10
hi mom
2016-09-06 15:02
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6 replies
#13
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Poland fx_chucknorris
hi dad
2016-09-06 15:03
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5 replies
#14
rain | 
Norway rain_best_norway_10
hi brother
2016-09-06 15:04
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4 replies
#15
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Poland fx_chucknorris
hi sister
2016-09-06 15:04
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3 replies
#29
Argentina pvnkb1tch
your mother is your sister
2016-09-06 16:41
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2 replies
#35
n0thing | 
United States Killerbees99
And you are your dad
2016-09-06 18:42
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1 reply
#39
Argentina pvnkb1tch
daaaaaaamn man that's just sick, sick man
2016-09-09 18:26
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#16
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland enterq18
no UK or US analyst, guess why ?:D
2016-09-06 15:05
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#34
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Netherlands CheazY
Guys why is Fnatic not here, and SK? They couldnt qualify or did they just choose to not go to this event?
2016-09-06 18:27
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1 reply
#38
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
rain | 
Germany Soontobeleaderofthefreeworld
Fnatic don't know But SK withdrew because of fers ear surgery
2016-09-07 06:52
0
#2
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Romania ThePriestAndras
1
2016-09-06 15:02
0
#3
Finland bulym
ty
2016-09-06 15:02
0
#4
Europe Sukrami
Team eZaF gonna win :)
2016-09-06 15:02
0
#5
Romania cal1ndr0m
eZaF 4 Faze clan
2016-09-06 15:03
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#6
Finland TorAzure
GO G2 <33
2016-09-06 15:03
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#7
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World padda
cool
2016-09-06 15:02
0
#8
Spain B0TRalph
5
2016-09-06 15:02
0
#9
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Switzerland Revitalize
G2 Gonna win this
2016-09-06 15:03
0
#11
fnx | 
Australia closet
7
2016-09-06 15:03
0
#12
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France t3r4byt3
HEY ADMINS the schedule is a bit wrong, VP vs VG should be on Day 1, not Day 2
2016-09-06 15:03
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8 replies
#17
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Czech Republic Striker - HLTV.org
It "should", but it isn't, unless StarLadder have it wrong starladder.com/ru/sltv-csgo-starseries-s..
2016-09-06 15:05
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7 replies
#18
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France t3r4byt3
I'm sure StarLadder have it wrong, there's no conceivable way for a group winners match to happen on the first day.
2016-09-06 15:06
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#19
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dupreeh | 
Germany pastaMasta
i think they have it wrong, it would be weird if group c winners match is played right after the two opening matches
2016-09-06 15:07
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5 replies
#21
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Czech Republic Striker - HLTV.org
We've checked, it's correct. Though I don't know why either.
2016-09-06 15:08
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4 replies
#22
World cloney
VP or VG.CZ arrive a day to late to play the tomorrow. (My hottest guess). To not have only 7 games at the first day, they pushed the VP-VG.CZ game with the winners game of group C.
2016-09-06 15:18
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3 replies
#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Czech Republic Striker - HLTV.org
That's what I figured as well, though I know for sure VG is there, so it's probably VP then.
2016-09-06 15:18
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#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dupreeh | 
Germany pastaMasta
I know but why group c instead of a, group c players won't have much time to rest before another game
2016-09-06 15:38
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1 reply
#26
World cloney
But they only have to play 2 maps instead of one that day, thats not harder than a Bo3.
2016-09-06 15:42
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#20
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Poland trancemeister
Na'Vi vs. TyLoo - interesting match :-) and Virtus.Pro vs. VG CyberZen C'mon VP!
2016-09-06 15:08
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#27
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
North America British tea man
mvp project will win
2016-09-06 15:59
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#28
Faroe Islands FuckHLTVforSteamAccountReq
Come on! Start already. I want good games.
2016-09-06 16:29
0
#30
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Argentina snyggt
Interesting matchups, bad time zone but glad i'm gonna see some
2016-09-06 16:46
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#31
kissmyass | 
Uruguay zniksze
very easy for navi
2016-09-06 17:21
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#32
World EttStyckeFisk
"Tickets for the last three days [...] ranging from $4-$8." That's cheap as all hell! Bring everyone you know!
2016-09-06 17:42
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#33
jL | 
United States SoNftw
NiP and Dig, G2 and FaZe, NaVi and Astralis, VP and C9.
2016-09-06 17:52
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#36
Denmark pistolen
why no blume :-(
2016-09-06 23:14
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#37
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Cyprus Little_BrO
NiP NiP NiP
2016-09-07 06:49
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