ICE Challenge viewer's guide

With the $50,000 ICE Challenge set to take place in London on February 5-7, we bring you a viewer's guide of the four-team invitational event.

The tournament will take place at the ExCeL London convention centre as a part of ICE 2019, a business-to-business gaming event. Four teams will be competing at the ICE Challenge which will feature a double-elimination, best-of-three format.

Two CIS teams, Natus Vincere and AVANGAR, and two Danish teams, North and HEROIC, will participate in the event, which will take place on February 5-7.

The schedule for the tournament looks as follows:

Tuesday, February 5
11:30 - Natus Vincere vs. HEROIC | BO3
15:00 - AVANGAR vs. North | BO3

Wednesday, February 6
11:30 - Upper bracket final | BO3
15:00 - Lower bracket final | BO3

Thursday, February 7
11:00 - Consolidation final | BO3
15:00 - Grand final | BO3

Bringing the action will be a three-man talent lineup, featuring the casting duo of Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Matthew "⁠Sadokist⁠" Trivett, as well as Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus who be doing the hosting:

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Host

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

The $50,000 prize pool will be distributed in the following way:

1. $30,000
2. $10,000
3. $7,000
4. $3,000