StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing viewer's guide

Running on March 22-25, the next StarLadder invitational event will see eight teams duke it out in Chongqing, China, for a share of the $150,000 prize-pool, of which the winner will take a total of $75,000 home.

keshandr and co. are one of the favourites in Chongqing

Teams have been split into two groups of four, with Vega Squadron being drawn in the same group as TYLOO, MVP PK and SCARZ Absolute, whilst Group B will see Polish side AGO battle it out against Spirit, Flash and BOOT-d[S].

Below you can find the group draw for the event:

Group A	Group B
MVP PK	AGO
SCARZ Absolute	BOOT-d[S]
TYLOO	Flash
Vega Squadron	Spirit

The event will kick off with a GSL-format group stage, whose initial and winners' matches are best-of-ones. Then, the elimination and deciding games will consist of best-of-three series.

From there, the top two teams from each group will advance to the best-of-three, single-elimination playoffs.

Here is how the full schedule for StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing looks like:

Thursday, March 22
06:00	Vega Squadron	vs. SCARZ Absolute	BO1
07:00	TYLOO	vs. MVP PK	BO1
09:00	AGO	vs. BOOT-d[S]	BO1
10:00	Spirit	vs. Flash	BO1
11:00	Group A winners' match		BO1
12:00	Group B winners' match		BO1
Friday, March 23
06:00	Group A elimination match		BO3
09:00	Group B elimination match		BO3
12:00	Group A decider match		BO3
Saturday, March 24
06:00	Group B decider match		BO3
09:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
12:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
Sunday, March 25
07:00	Third-place decider		BO3
11:00	Grand final		BO3

As for the on-air talent team, the organisation has invited three casters to guide the viewers through the action:

Ryan "Flakes" Oliver
Niels "rizc" Topp
Dustin "dusT" Mouret

The distribution of the $150,000 prize-pool is as follows:

1. $75,000
2. $35,000
3. $15,000
4. $10,000
5-6. $4,500
7-8. $3,000