ESL One New York viewer's guide

We have put together a comprehensive viewer's guide for ESL One New York, which is set to start on Thursday and run through the weekend.

ESL One New York will take place on September 26-29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, USA, where eight teams split into two groups will duke it out for the lion's share of a $200,000 prize pool and a victory counting towards the third season of the Intel Grand Slam.

Two GSL groups with four teams each will kick the event off, all matches being best-of-three. The tournament will then proceed to a four-team single-elimination best-of-three bracket, concluding in a best-of-five grand final. Before the grand final, there will be a show match showcasing the reworked version of Cache, currently not in the active map pool since the introduction of Vertigo.

Astralis will be in ESL One New York's Group B

Several top teams will be fighting for a spot on the stage at the Barclays Center. Group A will feature Liquid and ENCE, who will be joined by G2 and eUnited, while the Major-winning Astralis will headline Group B, joined by local side NRG, a revamped FaZe with Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants, and OpTic.

Group A
Liquid
ENCE
G2
eUnited

Group B
Astralis
NRG
FaZe
OpTic

The tournament schedule is the following:

Thursday, September 26
17:00 - Liquid vs. eUnited | BO3
17:00 - G2 vs. ENCE | BO3
20:35 - Astralis vs. OpTic | BO3
20:35 - FaZe vs. NRG | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group A Winners' Match | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group A Elimination Match | BO3

Friday, September 27
17:00 - ESL One NY Group B Winners' Match | BO3
17:00 - ESL One NY Group B Elimination Match | BO3
20:35 - ESL One NY Group A Decider Match | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group B Decider Match | BO3

Saturday, September 28
19:00 - ESL One NY Semi-Final #1 | BO3
22:30 - ESL One NY Semi-Final #2 | BO3

Sunday, September 29
19:00 - ESL One NY Grand Final | BO5

There will be two broadcast lineups for the event, one which will work the group stage from ESL's studios in Cologne, Germany, with the likes of Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole and Anders Blume commentating or Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez on the analysis desk, and another one which will take over during the playoffs at the Barclays Center, featuring Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert, and stage host OJ Borg, among others.

The full on-air broadcast roster will be:

Group stage talent (Cologne)
Frankie Ward - Desk Host
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Anders Blume - Commentator
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Commentator
Jason Kaplan - Commentator
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire - Commentator

Stadium talent
OJ Borg - Stage Host
Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Desk Host
Matthew "Sadokist" - Trivett - Sideline Reporter
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert - Analyst
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Alex "Machine" Richardson - Commentator