ECS Season 7 casting talent and initial match-ups revealed

ECS have unveiled the initial match-ups and casting talent for ECS Season 7.

Taking place from March 11 - May 9, the regular season of ECS Season 7 will determine eight participants, four from Europe and North America, respectively, to make the cut for the $500,000 LAN finals of the event, taking place in London, UK at the SSE Arena Wembley on June 6-9.

Astralis will face LDLC in the series opening match on March 11

Teams from each region will traverse a total of five single-elimination, best-of-3 brackets over the course of the upcoming three months, with the victors of the first three qualifying for the LAN finals in London. The final two teams to make the cut for the SSE Arena will be determined via their total prize winnings from the five series.

Below are initial pairings for the first series, taking place on March 11-14:

Europe

Monday, March 11 - 17:00 - 23:00

Astralis vs. LDLC (Official stream)
AVANGAR vs. North (Caster challenge stream)
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. FORZE (Caster challenge stream)
Virtus.pro vs. FaZe (Official stream)

North America

Tuesday, March 12 - 00:00 - 06:00

Liquid vs. Rogue (Official stream)
Luminosity vs. INTZ (Caster challenge stream)
Complexity vs. eUnited (Caster challenge stream)
Spacestation vs. NRG (Official stream)

Presenting the regular season on-air will be a quartet of casters in the FACEIT duo of James Bardolph and Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, complemented by Henry "HenryG" Greer and Erik "da_bears" Stromberg. The team will be broadcasting from a brand new ECS set, with tri-casts to be featured during the course of the matches.

Below is a list of on-air talent for the regular season:

James Bardolph
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Henry "HenryG" Greer
Erik "da_bears" Stromberg

Matches will once again be streamed on FACEIT's Twitch.tv channel, as part of the organiser's non-exclusive deal with the platform.