GG.BET Chicago Invitational - IEM Chicago 2019 Qualifier

GG.BET Chicago Invitational set to start

25-6-2019 13:40

The GG.BET Chicago Invitational is about to start, with eight teams set to battle for a spot at the North American event.

Running from June 25-29, the tournament will act as the European qualifier for IEM Chicago, where $250,000 will be on the line. Eight teams - seven invited and one qualified - have been split into two double-elimination groups, featuring a best-of-three format after the opening round of fixtures.

Heroic are one of the main contenders for the spot in Chicago

The top two sides from both groups will move on to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs. The victor of the online qualifier will join seven other sides in Chicago, among which are recent ESL Pro League Season 9 champions, Liquid, current No.3 in the world, ENCE, and Montpellier runners-up, G2.

The group draw for the tournament looks as follows:

Group A

Group B

Below is the complete schedule for the GG.BET Chicago Invitational:

Tuesday, June 25

16:00 - OpTic vs. GamerLegion | BO1
17:15 - HEROIC vs. AVANGAR | BO1
18:30 - Group A winners' match| BO3

Wednesday, June 26

16:00 - HellRaisers vs. Nordavind | BO1
17:15 - Windigo vs. FORZE | BO1
18:30 - Group B winners' match | BO3

Thursday, June 27

17:00 - Group A elimination match | BO3
20:30 - Group A decider match | BO3

Friday, June 28

17:00 - Group B elimination match | BO3
20:30 - Group B decider match | BO3

Saturday, June 29

13:00 - Semi-final #1 | BO3
16:30 - Semi-final #2 | BO3
20:00 - Grand final | BO3

Nice

2019-06-25 13:42

3 replies

ez NaTo

2019-06-25 13:47

2 replies

ez ggbet actually

2019-06-25 13:57

1 reply

nt prokda

2019-06-25 14:27

ez OpTic

2019-06-25 13:43

I’m first

2019-06-25 13:44

you failed at that just like mibr

2019-06-25 14:25

you’ll always be first in our hearts

2019-06-25 14:52

Longest schedule ever :D

nice

I'm rooting for Windigo.

Rofl

Lets go Heroic

2019-06-25 13:46

GG.BET Major 2020

2019-06-25 13:53

avangar.

2019-06-25 13:55

I'm confused in the open qualifier for this it says that sprout beat nordavind to qualify for but here it says that nordavind is playing, did sprout pull out or something?

2019-06-25 14:05

6 replies

Probably

2019-06-25 14:08

Sprout pull out I forgot if it was because they can t attend gg.bet or the main event

2019-06-25 14:09

it is cuz eu minor is being held in the same time as IEM chicago so no point for sprout trying to qualify as they will take part to minor.

2019-06-25 14:19

Oh that's so stupid and unfair to actual good teams that earned their spot at qualifiers.

2019-06-25 14:21

So why is this unfair? Sprout won the qualifier while Nordavind finished second. Ofc Nordavind should get the spot when Sprout withdrew... liquipedia.net/counterstrike/GG.Bet_Chic.. "1 Nordavind replace Sprout as the latter will be competing in the Berlin Europe Minor, which will take place at the same time as IEM Chicago."

2019-06-26 01:01

I'm not shittalking nordavind what I find unfair is that valve and other tournament organisers can't properly schedule these events so that they don't overlap especially not with the major.

2019-06-26 04:55