EPICENTER groups revealed

19-10-2018 18:38

The draw for the group stage of EPICENTER 2018 has been made, with the participating teams having been split into two groups.

Kicking off on Tuesday, the group stage will feature a double-elimination format, with every match being a best-of-three contest.

The group winners will automatically progress to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third-place sides will square off in the first round of the playoffs for the chance to compete in the last-four stage.

FaZe and Na`Vi have been drawn in the same group

Six of the eight tournament spots have been filled by invites, with the last two places going to the leading sides of the wildcard qualifier, scheduled for Monday and featuring Virtus.pro, HellRaisers, Swole Patrol and 5POWER.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A

FaZe

ENCE

Natus Vincere

Qualifier Winner #1

Group B

Ninjas in Pyjamas

AVANGAR

Liquid

Qualifier Winner #2

Times?

2018-10-19 18:38

10 replies

Imperial is going to qualify for sure!

2018-10-19 18:39

5 replies

nice

2018-10-19 18:40

4 replies

yes

2018-10-19 18:46

2018-10-19 20:28

2 replies

my love 😘

2018-10-19 21:55

1 reply

😎 yeet

2018-10-20 10:17

New york times?

Why would they know times yet?

2018-10-19 18:42

They don’t even know all 8 teams yet

2018-10-19 19:06

ez group for nip tbh.

2018-10-21 07:06

EZ FOR ENCE

its better to qualify from 2nd place OMEGALUL

6 replies

LOOOOOL +1

2018-10-19 18:45

final to be a throwfest expected

2018-10-19 18:55

yea, IDK why they think it is good idea tell beforehand which group u get, just make draw later or don't tell em' xddd

2018-10-19 19:35

Exactly what I thought.

2018-10-19 20:07

Vp win decider match and going 2 slot wild card and ez play offs

2018-10-19 23:23

can confirm this information taz bestest

ez for navi

tier2 tourney with tier99 faze

EZ 4 NiP

n1ce

Lul

Why am I supposed to watch those shit teams?

Noone says you have to watch them.

Did someone force you? Does it cost anything?

LOL kebab soldiers fan

You don't even have a stable team lol neither we have :(

LUL

ez liquid

EZ4ENCE

tier 3 tournament

3 replies

Without m16br tier3, with m16r tier5 tournament

2018-10-19 18:48

cry is free

OOK OOK

2018-10-19 19:09

forsaken LUL

ez 4 fa..

inviting nip lul

2018-10-19 18:41

ez for NIP mark my words

Group A looks dangerous af

rip faze

2018-10-19 18:43

ence is gonna wipe dem

ez 4 Liquid

Tier2 tournument

Qualifier Winner #1 - I cry about you.

2018-10-19 18:44

Group B EZ Liquid

A: NAVI,Faze B: Liquid, Avangar

Avangar O m E g A L u L

2018-10-19 18:49

A Ence faze B liquid nip

2018-10-19 19:10

A: navi ence B: liquid nip

2018-10-19 19:27

nip in 2k18? omegaLUL stupid monkeyS

2018-10-19 19:31

reported

Nip in 2k18 > gambit + vega squadron in 2k18

2018-10-19 21:28

navi, faze, liquid, avg in play-off

hello epicenter, Why invite only shit and uninteresting teams???

I guess you didn't read correctly which teams are participating

2018-10-19 18:51

NO astralis, NO Mibr, No Mouz only overrated shitters like FaZe liquid or NIP

2018-10-19 18:53

Astralis were invited but they pulled out Mibr are dun out here And Mouz went out in groups in a teir 5 tournament

2018-10-19 20:15

Mouz pulled out of epicenter btw. They need practice w/ styko. Also they have to qualify for the minor :C

2018-10-22 17:41

I know but he was saying that it wasn't a tier 1 tournament because a team who went out in the groups of a tier 5 tournament wasn't her.

2018-10-23 19:26

You complain about number 3 and 4 in the world beeing in this tournament? I don't get it...

2018-10-20 01:25

BALANCED (NO)

Hoping my boys take this tourney.

What kind of draw is this? FaZe, NaVi and ENCE on the same group and they all won trophies this year vs TL and AVANGAR who won nothing.

2018-10-19 18:50

How u comparing the strength of the teams based on things that happened 10 months ago

2018-10-19 20:16

NaVi won Cologne in July. Made it to Final in London in September. FaZe won Belo in June and Sydney in May. ENCE won StarSeries basically 1 week ago. Tell me when was the last time TL won anything? Let me remind you it was cs_summit 2 in Feb. That wasn't even a Premier event. It was invitational one. That sounds like a fair draw right?

2018-10-19 20:25

Yes

2018-10-19 21:29

It's too unfair for FaZe and Na'Vi to play against ENCE, that means they'll have to battle for second place ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wanna buy the best apples in HLTV? call me NOW: 011-1337-APPLE and get an 80% discount on your first 5 kilos!

group A definitely balanced lol

EZ AVANGAR

2018-10-19 18:52

Lol so ez group for ence

Hope Avangar will crush NiP like every CIS team .

NaVi vs Avangar in final

2018-10-19 18:56

Obviously ez for ence

2018-10-19 18:58

afa

2018-10-19 19:03

no mibr, no epicenter it sucks

2018-10-19 19:02

lmao fair af

Ez 4 ENCE.

2018-10-19 19:22

its far better to be #2 in quals

2018-10-19 19:25

Group A is tougher

2018-10-19 19:32

another t2 tournament wtf

2018-10-19 19:47

9 replies

How?

2018-10-19 20:17

8 replies

no astralis, no mibr, no mouz

2018-10-20 11:52

7 replies

I agree with u on Astralis But mibr are kinda shit And Mouz went out in groups In a teir3-4 tournament when they were the only teir 1 team

2018-10-20 11:57

no, they were not tier 1 team on that event, because they played like bunch of fags to get rid of snax

2018-10-20 11:59

Ok thank you for confirming that you don't know what you are talking about

2018-10-20 20:43

read the interviews with mouz players and you'll find out that only one clueless person is actually you.

2018-10-20 20:51

2018-10-22 17:43

which ones?

2018-10-23 19:29

-1

faze will be the first team to be eliminated. ya heard it here first folks

2018-10-19 19:59

RIGGED

why no mibr? shit tournament

2018-10-19 20:14

why no MIBR they win EPICENTER ?

2018-10-19 21:15

Stacked A group IMO. Lez go ENCE!

#EZ4ENCE

ENCE WILL ADVANCE FROM GROUP STAGE MARK MY WORDS ALWAYS ONE UNDERDOG WILL GO TO PLAYOFF AND THAT WILL BE ENCE YOUNG SERGEJ GOD ALLU NEW TIER 1 TEAM COMING

2018-10-19 22:20