V4 Future Sports Festival viewer's guide

With the V4 Future Sports Festival drawing near, we have put together a viewer's guide which contains all the information you need to follow the event including the groups, schedule, talent, and more.

BOK Hall indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary will host the V4 Future Sports Festival which will take place on March 23-25. Eight teams will be duking it out for the €500,000 ($~614,000) prize pool.

There will be two groups of four teams in the group stage which will take place on Friday with a best-of-two round-robin format. Each group will feature two invited and two qualified squads. The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the playoffs.

FaZe will be aiming for the trophy in Budapest

After a day off, four playoff teams will clash in a single-elimination bracket. The semi-finals will have a best-of-three format while the grand final will be a full best-of-five showdown.

Here are the groups:

Group A Group B
Europe FaZe Europe MOUZ
Europe HellRaisers Poland Virtus.pro
Hungary GameAgents Slovakia eXtatus
Czech Republic Dark Tigers Poland VenatoreS

The full schedule for the event can be found below:

Friday, March 23
09:00 Europe MOUZ vs. Poland x-kom Bo2
09:00 Europe HellRaisers vs. Czech Republic Dark Tigers Bo2
11:30 Europe HellRaisers vs. Hungary GameAgents Bo2
11:30 Poland x-kom vs. Slovakia eXtatus Bo2
14:00 Czech Republic Dark Tigers vs. Europe FaZe Bo2
14:00 Poland Virtus.pro vs. Slovakia eXtatus Bo2
17:00 Czech Republic Dark Tigers vs. Hungary GameAgents Bo2
17:00 Poland Virtus.pro vs. Europe MOUZ Bo2
19:30 Europe MOUZ vs. Slovakia eXtatus Bo2
19:30 Europe FaZe vs. Hungary GameAgents Bo2
22:00 Poland Virtus.pro vs. Poland x-kom Bo2
22:00 Europe FaZe vs. Europe HellRaisers Bo2
         
Sunday, March 25  
09:00 Semi-final #1     Bo3
12:30 Semi-final #2     Bo3
18:00 Grand final     Bo5

The English-language broadcast will feature Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner as host, with three casting pairs commenting on the matches, while three analysts will be breaking down the action. The full talent list is below:

United Kingdom Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Host
 
United Kingdom Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Canada Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Denmark Anders Blume - Commentator
United States Jason "moses" O'Toole - Commentator
United Kingdom Hugo Byron - Commentator
United Kingdom Thomas "Tombizz" Bissmire - Commentator
 
United Kingdom Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Serbia Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst
Hungary Balázs "Draulon" Lengyel - Analyst

The prize money will be distributed in the following manner:

1. €200,000 ($~245,000)
2. €100,000 ($~122,500)
3-4. €50,000 ($~61,000)
5-8. €25,000 ($~30,500)

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#1
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United Kingdom iMarbot
lol
2018-03-22 11:41
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4 replies
#5
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Malaysia Suno[t]
how. >:(
2018-03-22 11:42
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2 replies
Vp will win not.
2018-03-22 11:43
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1 reply
#16
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Malaysia Suno[t]
faze top one vp top 2? :)
2018-03-22 11:44
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#10
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United States jitteRs
team liquid fan lol
2018-03-22 11:42
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#2
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Malaysia Suno[t]
I'm the first loser :( FAZE UP
2018-03-22 11:42
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#3
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North America Catpwnz
Nice.
2018-03-22 11:41
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#4
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Europe osshake
4
2018-03-22 11:42
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#6
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Brazil PazFanBoy
Sadokist again. expected
2018-03-22 11:42
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2 replies
so annoying every tournament man🙄🙄🙄
2018-03-22 13:06
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1 reply
EZ for GOD SADOKIST
2018-03-22 14:17
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#7
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Korea ropzGOD
Yeaaay
2018-03-22 11:42
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EZ VP
2018-03-22 11:42
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b1
2018-03-22 11:42
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#11
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Denmark slacking
Semi finals: Faze - extatus Mouz - HR
2018-03-22 11:43
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2 replies
Same thoughts
2018-03-22 11:46
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#70
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Slovakia Adwarin
I dont think so, cuz vp > extatus
2018-03-22 14:12
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#12
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Russia h3x0r
Thorin WutFace
2018-03-22 11:43
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#13
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France StickyRice
3 days event, 1 day off LUL Why 2 days of play even if it's a 8 teams tourney ? wtf
2018-03-22 11:43
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5 replies
Saturday is League of Legends
2018-03-22 11:46
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4 replies
#22
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Austria red_reo
Saturday is the sixth day of the week.
2018-03-22 11:49
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1 reply
Noice. XD
2018-03-22 12:24
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#29
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France StickyRice
Thanks for your reply, still think 2 days isn't enough (even for a 8 teams event), because of that 2 games have to be played at the same time during those BO2
2018-03-22 12:09
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1 reply
One of the bo2s will be off stage But the schedule is really tight tho,any tech issues will be a nightmare
2018-03-22 12:46
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Mouz 1st FaZe 2nd Ez
2018-03-22 11:44
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5 replies
#26
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India Sishir
Flair checks out
2018-03-22 12:02
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2 replies
Flair checks out
2018-03-22 12:59
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1 reply
#72
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India Sishir
xD
2018-03-22 14:27
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#30
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Czech Republic thezipp3r_
+1
2018-03-22 12:14
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#46
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Germany Mabu
+1
2018-03-22 12:56
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2 semi finals and bo5 final in one day? hf mouz & faze
2018-03-22 11:46
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#20
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Bulgaria bUHALOVIC
not even a single interesting game tomorrow eventually vp vs mouz but i doubt anything will happen
2018-03-22 11:47
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#21
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Malaysia byaIi
A FaZe HellRausers B mouz VP FaZe > VP FaZe < mouz mouz > HR
2018-03-22 11:47
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3 replies
#31
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Czech Republic thezipp3r_
+1
2018-03-22 12:14
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+1 FaZe = budget mouz
2018-03-22 12:54
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#84
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Poland Kuszotke
2018-03-22 15:18
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No Pansy = good tournament
2018-03-22 11:50
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1 reply
+1
2018-03-22 13:52
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Ez for eXtatus
2018-03-22 11:58
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3 replies
#32
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Czech Republic thezipp3r_
pff 0/8 ez for godskar
2018-03-22 12:14
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2 replies
ez for oskarsports
2018-03-22 14:55
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1 reply
#97
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Czech Republic thezipp3r_
+1
2018-03-22 15:53
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#25
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Austria gex0r
25,000 for potentially losing all matches? WHAT?
2018-03-22 12:00
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1 reply
#41
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Hungary traktorbelso
25.000 for winning the qualifiers...
2018-03-22 12:49
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lets go HR and mouz
2018-03-22 12:04
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#28
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Mongolia Schweinepriester
Grand Final Faze vs Mouz EZ mouz win
2018-03-22 12:07
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#33
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Chile pr0per
ez 4 mousesport FaZe will get the 2nd place as always xD
2018-03-22 12:19
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VenatoreS?
2018-03-22 12:21
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4 replies
Ventilatores are x-kom now
2018-03-22 13:02
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2 replies
I know but it shows them as VenatoreS under Group B
2018-03-22 13:02
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1 reply
#55
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Poland Kobel_
Mistake I guess
2018-03-22 13:18
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#62
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Portugal fakit0
they mistake
2018-03-22 13:50
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#36
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Germany Tunio
Vp will Take this
2018-03-22 12:25
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#37
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kennyS | 
Brazil LucasPaqueta
Anderssssssssss <3 <3 <3
2018-03-22 12:25
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#38
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Cyprus flash19
VP will get to the finals. Just have faith
2018-03-22 12:31
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#42
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Europe LoookATme
lmafo thorin
2018-03-22 12:49
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#43
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RpK | 
France Skw4ll
That will be difficult for GameAgents with only 4 players lol.
2018-03-22 12:49
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2 replies
#65
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Hungary daNi_
Lol they have 5
2018-03-22 13:54
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1 reply
#66
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RpK | 
France Skw4ll
Yes but i saw only four on the news imgur.com/Ab0hVpy
2018-03-22 13:56
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#45
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Poland mki`
Gogogo x-kom!
2018-03-22 12:56
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#50
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Germany mahuwi
Draulon hype!
2018-03-22 13:03
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#52
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Luxembourg alex24
mouz wins this
2018-03-22 13:08
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#53
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World PewPewKurt
ez mouz
2018-03-22 13:11
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#54
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dupreeh | 
Germany pastaMasta
faze vs hellraisers at 23:00 fuck you v4
2018-03-22 13:13
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ez for x-kom patitek
2018-03-22 13:26
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Faze are Chokers but this is not a Major
2018-03-22 13:27
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#58
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Reunion kolgab
VP out from group without win again... :D
2018-03-22 13:34
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#59
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Denmark DanishDelight
ez for VP
2018-03-22 13:41
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#60
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Indonesia skyvlan
they will choke in the Grand Final anyway
2018-03-22 13:44
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EZ for VP GO GO NEO
2018-03-22 13:44
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#64
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Norway spytt
So tired of listening to henryg and moses smh.
2018-03-22 13:54
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#68
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Finland puhuri
lol that's a lot of games for one day
2018-03-22 13:58
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#76
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Vietnam Oida
tl;dr: only watch final
2018-03-22 14:40
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ez 200,000 for RATesports
2018-03-22 14:45
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#80
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United States G0LDEAR
Ez for VP
2018-03-22 14:55
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Ez for Frozen
2018-03-22 14:56
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#82
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France CrimsonKing
ez mouz
2018-03-22 15:08
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shit tournament! btw mouz 1st
2018-03-22 15:26
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#93
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Netherlands Djabber
@HLTV staff In the groups it says VenatoreS, in the schedule it says x-kom
2018-03-22 15:29
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#94
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Netherlands Djabber
What a waste of 500.000....
2018-03-22 15:31
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4 replies
#99
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Hungary daNi_
why is it a waste?
2018-03-22 16:58
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3 replies
#101
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Netherlands Djabber
Cause for 500.000 you could get a lot better teams, a lot better matches, way bigger audience. Just better overall
2018-03-22 18:36
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2 replies
#103
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Hungary daNi_
tell me more good teams from v4
2018-03-22 20:33
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1 reply
#104
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Netherlands Djabber
There's none, that's why it's a waste to host a 500k tournament for v4
2018-03-22 21:06
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THORIN!!!!!
2018-03-22 15:41
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Beautiful tournament :-)
2018-03-22 16:34
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