Americas Minor viewer's guide

7-6-2017 19:14

The Americas Minor will start tomorrow, with eight teams from the South and North American regions fighting for a share of the $50,000 prize pool as well as for two spots of the PGL Major Krakows Main Qualifier.

The clash between the teams from the two continents will take place in the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California, where 1,000 visitors can watch live from the venue on June 8-11.

After Immortals and Cloud9 got directly invited to the tournament, six more teams made their way through the South and North American qualifiers.

hen1 and his men need to show what they're capable of

As seen before in the other Minor tournaments, the eight attending teams will be separated into two groups which consist of four teams each. On the first two days, the teams will play to determine who will advance from the group stage. The opening and winners' matches will be best-of-one, while the group elimination, the deciders, and the playoffs will be played out as best-of-threes.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
Immortals	CLG
Complexity	Cloud9
Luminosity	Misfits
NRG	paiN

Here is the schedule for the four-day tournament:

Thursday, June 8
19:00	Immortals	vs. Complexity	BO1
20:30	NRG	vs. Luminosity	BO1
22:00	Group A winners' match		BO1
23:30	Group A elimination match		BO3
03:00	Group A decider match		BO3

Friday, June 9
19:00	Cloud9	vs. paiN	BO1
20:30	CLG	vs. Misfits	BO1
22:00	Group B winners' match		BO1
23:30	Group B elimination match		BO3
03:00	Group B decider match		BO3

Saturday, June 10
19:00	Upper bracket semi-final #1		BO3
22:30	Upper bracket semi-final #2		BO3
03:00	Upper bracket final		BO3

Sunday, June 11
19:00	Lower bracket final		BO3
22:30	Consolidation final		BO3
03:00	Grand final		BO3

Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole and former Renegades player Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill will be on the desk, analysing the games and getting into the minds of the players.

On the stage, James Duffield will catch up with the teams and their opinions, while Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett guide you through the action.

The entire broadcast crew is the following:

James Duffield – Host

Jason "moses" O'Toole – Expert
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill – Expert

Anders Blume – Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

The $50,000 prize pot will be distributed in the following way:

1. $30,000 + spot for PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier
2. $15,000 + spot for PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main Qualifier
3. $5,000

To stay up to date, we recommend visiting the tournament page of the Americas Minor so you get all the information about the matches, the schedule, and the teams.