ZOTAC Cup Masters viewer's guide

With action in Hong Kong set to kick off tomorrow, we've compiled all the information you'll need to enjoy the first event of the season.

Boasting a 300,000$ prize pool, the ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 Grand Finals will take place from August 24-26 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

The event will feature eight teams in a single elimination bracket, with all games except the grand final being best-of-threes. The match to crown the champions will be a best-of-five.

MIBR are the highest-ranked team at ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 at #7, as well as the favourites to win it. It will be their first LAN event after adding Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović as their new head coach. Also present in Hong Kong are OpTic who have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with when they manage to utilize the talents of their young stars Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke and Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen, recently qualifying for the FACEIT Major after taking second place at the EU Minor.

Having added Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki after losing Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski to MOUZ, Virtus.pro will look to do damage and prove that they can turn things around after many months of dissappointing results. TYLOO are also a team to watch, the Chinese recently qualifying for the Major and reaching the grand final of IEM Shanghai 2018.

The full team list for ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 is as follows:

Below is the schedule for the event:

Friday, August 24

04:35 - TYLOO vs. Kinguin | BO3
08:10 - OpTic vs. Ghost | BO3
11:55 - MVP PK vs. Virtus.pro | BO3
15:35 - MIBR vs. Flash | BO3

Saturday, August 25
10:30 - Semi-final #1 | BO3
14:00 - Semi-final #2 | BO3

Sunday, August 26
10:30 - Grand final | BO5

To guide you through the action, Conner "Scrawny" Girvan and Hugo Byron will cast the games, while the desk will feature Pala Gilroy Sen as host and Mohan "launders" Govindasamy as an analyst.

The talent lineup for ZOTAC Cup Masters is:

Pala Gilroy Sen - Host
Mohan "launders" Govindasamy - Analyst / Commentator
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Commentator
Hugo Byron - Commentator