PGL Major Krakow viewer's guide

Sixteen of the world's best teams have travelled to Poland to compete for their cut of a $1 million prize pool at PGL Major Krakow, the second Valve-sponsored event of the year.

Six months have passed since the last Major, in Atlanta

The top eight teams from the ELEAGUE Major - known as Legends - will be joined by eight Challengers, the teams determined by the Main Qualifier, which took place earlier this month in Bucharest. 

The full team list looks as follows:

Legends
Astralis	Virtus.pro
SK	fnatic
Natus Vincere	Gambit
FaZe	North
Challengers
MOUZ	G2
PENTA	Cloud9
BIG	Vega Squadron
Immortals	FlipSid3

The tournament will kick off with a best-of-one Swiss system group stage in which three wins send a team through to the playoffs and three defeats spell elimination from the tournament.

After the five Swiss rounds have been played out, the remaining eight sides will enjoy a day off before competing in a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket, which will determine the team returning home with the grand prize of $500,000.

Below you can find the complete schedule for the event:

Sunday, July 16th
11:00	Gambit	vs. MOUZ
12:30	fnatic	vs. FlipSid3
14:00	Virtus.pro	vs. Vega Squadron
15:30	SK	vs. PENTA
17:00	FaZe	vs. BIG
18:30	North	vs. Cloud9
20:00	Natus Vincere	vs. G2
21:30	Astralis	vs. Immortals
Monday, July 17th
11:00	Round #2 Match #1
12:30	Round #2 Match #2
14:00	Round #2 Match #3
15:30	Round #2 Match #4
17:00	Round #2 Match #5
18:30	Round #2 Match #6
20:00	Round #2 Match #7
21:30	Round #2 Match #8
Tuesday, July 18th
11:00	Round #3 Match #1
12:30	Round #3 Match #2
14:00	Round #3 Match #3
15:30	Round #3 Match #4
17:00	Round #3 Match #5
18:30	Round #3 Match #6
20:00	Round #3 Match #7
21:30	Round #3 Match #8
Wednesday, July 19th
10:00	Round #4 Match #1
11:30	Round #4 Match #2
13:00	Round #4 Match #3
14:30	Round #4 Match #4
16:00	Round #4 Match #5
17:30	Round #4 Match #6
19:00	Round #5 Match #1
20:30	Round #5 Match #2
22:00	Round #5 Match #3
Thursday, July 20th - off-day
Friday, July 21st
13:00	Quarter-final #1
16:30	Quarter-final #2
20:00	Quarter-final #3
Saturday, July 22nd
13:00	Quarter-final #4
16:30	Semi-final #1
20:00	Semi-final #2
Sunday, July 23rd
15:00	Showmatch
17:30	Grand final

As for the on-air team, Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner returns as the show's host, with Scott "SirScoots" Smith tasked with conducting interviews with players. Three different casting pairs will provide live commentary, while the analyst crew will be made up of five former players, including one with a Major title to his name - Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson.

Below you can find the talent team for the English language broadcast:

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Host

Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Interviewer
Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen - Fluff

Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Joona "natu" Leppänen - Analyst
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Analyst
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
James Bardolph - Commentator 
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator 
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Commentator

Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo - Observer
DJ "Prius" Kuntz - Observer

The participating teams will fight for the following prizes in Krakow:

1. $500,000 + "Legend" status
2. $150,000 + "Legend" status
3-4. $70,000 + "Legend" status
5-8. $35,000 + "Legend" status
9-11. $8,750
12-14. $8,750
15-16. $8,750

Don't forget to check out our event page to keep track of the matches, results, news, stats, and more as the event progresses.