FiReLEAGUE Global Finals to be held at Camp Nou; Imperial invited

4-8-2022 00:56

The famous football stadium will play host to a Counter-Strike event for the first time.

The offline global finals of Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022 is set to head to Barcelona, Spain from October 13-16, with the tournament organizer announcing that the eight-team event will take place in FC Barcelona's home stadium Camp Nou with a $150,000 prize pool on offer.

After the 2020 edition of the finals was forced to play out online and the 2021 iteration took place at a gaming center, this year's global version will open its doors to the public in the historic football stadium, with Imperial receiving a direct invite to compete.

FalleN's Imperial are among the teams who will play at Camp Nou

Joining Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's side among the list of attendees will be 9z, who won the 2021 regional finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as two additional teams from the 2022 regional finals which are currently underway.

Two more teams will join the list of competitors via a North American qualifier, while the final two spots will be rounded out through a European qualifier and a second direct invite.

The event will utilize a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket, with the grand final playing out as a best-of-five in front of crowd in the home stadium of Futbol Club Barcelona.

The team list currently looks as follows:

Imperial

TBA

FiReLEAGUE 2022 Finals

NA Qualifier

FiReLEAGUE 2022 Finals

NA Qualifier

EU Qualifier

Wowie but no Jks

2022-08-04 00:56

7 replies

Super exciting event full of teams I have never heard of :))))

2022-08-04 00:58

6 replies

Super excited to hear NO SUCH EVENTS FOR DEVELPING NA TEAMS :)))))

2022-08-04 01:02

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Ez for Movistar

2022-08-04 03:28

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RIP Movistar now tho

2022-08-04 18:47

They invited Imperial but not Movi. What a joke.

2022-08-04 21:36

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u gonna see

2022-08-05 06:46

same :))))))))))) i h a t e NA

2022-08-05 02:13

i love soccer i also love junior

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junior top 1 hltv 2030

2022-08-04 01:15

I think he needs more time to reach his peak, maybe 2035

2022-08-04 05:27

2040 is the year i m pretty confident

2022-08-04 07:20

If not 2040, 2045 for sure

2022-08-04 10:26

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it could also be 2050, he needs some time

2022-08-04 22:14

yeah, but it will be still early for him. Mayba 2055 will be his year

2022-08-04 22:38

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what are you guys talking?, he's just 21 years old, clearly in 2060 he gets in his peak

2022-08-05 06:49

nah 2065 is the year

2022-08-05 17:41

Football*

2022-08-04 10:52

jerman calling football soccer ???

2022-08-04 16:23

i don't think many germans love junior either

2022-08-04 16:35

Ez 4 9z and dgt

2022-08-04 07:41

2022-08-04 13:55

Are barca really this broke?

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2022-08-04 01:22

Spotify Camp Nou says it all

2022-08-04 01:50

LOL

2022-08-04 04:38

Pretty much...but no one can explain where they can farm so much money to buy expensive players. Someday, not far from today, barça's budget will show a gaping hole bigger than that Chilean one that popped off recently

2022-08-04 06:14

Laporta summoned the partners to voting and some "levers" were approved, basically consisting of the sale of rights, image, and stuff like that. They are still broke but they hope to pay it later little by little (they've already payed like 15-20% of their debt)

2022-08-04 06:48

% sounds "good" but when you put it in numbers, they will never pay it back. Even if they win Cl 10 times in a row

2022-08-04 07:08

They are going to pay it either now or in 10 years but I consider it a mistake that they prefer to postpone it by signing new players, they should remove the stigma of debt and have 1 or 2 years of transition.

2022-08-04 07:23

Pero sanear cuentas no llena portadas, fichar sí. El modelo económico del Barca se va a estudiar en Harvard, como decía Bartomeu. To be honest, it's sad that such a big club is falling like this because of it's directives. There should be some internal laws/statutes to prevent this

2022-08-04 16:50

Palanquismo. Barca sold some of theirs assets, namely a percentage of TV rights, their merchandising... and used it to buy players. This means their future income will be significantly lower, so they are now forced to get money from other sources (basically, winning trophies and getting money for that + sponsors and such things). Unless barca wins something important in the following seasons, they are fucked.

2022-08-04 16:48

They won't be playing on the actual stadium, it will be somewhere inside it

2022-08-04 09:01

That's kinda meh, but expected. The expenses to turn a football stadium into CS arena would be immense especially for a tier 2 event. CS is not quite there yet. Maybe in 10 years.

2022-08-04 09:43

If it was major it would be pretty full I believe

2022-08-04 11:00

No it says that, it will be played in front of crowd

2022-08-04 17:03

In some room inside the stadium

2022-08-04 17:07

Yes , expected from irrelevant team who abused a dwarf

2022-08-04 10:34

yep xd

2022-08-04 12:28

LMAO yeah

2022-08-04 14:40

yes we are in billions of debt 😢😢

2022-08-04 16:01

Yep, this is the next lever

2022-08-04 23:00

Showmatch with Raphinha, Lewa, Ferran, Auba and Depay

2022-08-04 00:59

In football, not in CSGO FalleN skills > Ronaldinho skills

2022-08-04 01:00

Huge for the hispanic CS community

2022-08-04 01:01

tot el camp

Nicee

The stadium is officially called "Spotify Camp Nou" ;)

2022-08-04 01:04

Oh god

2022-08-04 01:06

Amen!

I think that's not right...for now. They have to do some rework of the stadium and Barça is gonna play for one or two years in another stadium in Barcelona, after the rework is done, is when Spotify will be in the name, for now only on the tshirt.

2022-08-04 09:37

"Barcelona is the only club to have two Stadiums; Camp Nou for matches and Bernabeu for Training." :P -Balotelli Anyway okies i didn't know that :)

2022-08-04 10:42

WTF this is crazy

2022-08-04 01:05

"Somos la Liga de CS:GO más importante de Iberoamérica" And then invites a trash team like imperial instead inviting furia or movistar riders.

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Imperial games = 100k minimum M. Riders or Furia games = 60k maximum

2022-08-04 01:11

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u sure about that or just joking?

2022-08-04 01:32

Seriously, Imperial fanbase is twice, almost triple the size of Riders or Furia

2022-08-04 01:39

Yes, because most Imperial fans are BR... How many would come to Camp Nou? A Spanish team in a Spanish stadium sells tickets.

2022-08-04 05:28

At the moment they are not worried about the public at the event as a priority, they want the event to be well publicized and hyped, and that's what Imperial will bring... And there are many Brazilians living in Spain

2022-08-04 05:40

"The offline global finals of Flow FiReLEAGUE 2022 is set to head to Barcelona" It says offline, prob no public.

2022-08-04 06:54

Then why are they renting out the stadium???? Lul

2022-08-04 07:17

its actually cheaper than a common stage (renting to play on the grass costs 300e per person, I guess the offices will be even cheaper and it is a good form of marketing)

2022-08-04 07:21

The article ends with this: "The event will utilize a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket, with the grand final playing out as a best-of-five in front of crowd in the home stadium of Futbol Club Barcelona."

2022-08-05 00:16

There's another invite spot left. Chill out.

2022-08-04 01:28

They invited 00Nation

2022-08-04 01:43

Imperial has the biggest fanbase of whole CS, easy as that mate.

2022-08-04 04:14

inviting Imperial means lots of viewers

2022-08-04 04:19

Movistar is prob invited to Esl Challenger Rotterdam so schedule problems

hopefully doesnt rain

It’s not gonna be on pitch lol

2022-08-04 05:46

WTF FireLeague MAJOR

camp nou? thats fucking sick... Shame its such a boring tournament

2022-08-04 01:07

00nation is also in this event

sick

2022-08-04 01:12

Ja Rule tourney

cooooooooool

2022-08-04 01:13

I said it after major and look - Imperial 1 good event and they will be getting invites till 2024, compare it to CPHF or Movistar now

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Innocent guy thinking Imperial was invited for performance above

2022-08-04 01:18

facts, only for viewers

2022-08-04 01:23

Welcome to the real world...

2022-08-04 01:24

You didnt get it, 1 good event and TO’s feel empowered to invite them everywhere even tho they didnt have 1 good result since then and its only for views. Thats what I hate about current cs, its No longer about skill but about popularity

2022-08-04 10:43

Watch Valorant

2022-08-04 22:55

feel bad 4 u

2022-08-05 00:59

I feel good watching Imperial and 00 playing at Camp Nou

2022-08-05 01:03

I see you are not sharp enough to see the long term consequences

2022-08-05 10:26

2022-08-04 01:20

FalleN god the teacher

2022-08-04 01:16

People who like CSGO, whether they like Brazilians or South Americans or not, should be happy about it, if you like competitive CS you have to be happy about it.

imperial wasted spot

2022-08-04 01:21

Wasted why? If the purpose of the event is not even to be a tier 1 event? If you want to watch a Tier 1 event, watch the Blast that will start in the next few weeks which has FaZe, NAVI, C9, Vitality among other Top tier teams...

u know what i mean, imperial is gonna keep getting invites just because they got this huge fan base. tier 1 events included. funny thing they won't win even this tournament

2022-08-04 01:29

As far as I know, the last invites to tier 1 events they receive are based on their ESL Ranking, from lower level events they receive to participate against teams of an equivalent level to them, that's when they don't win the spot by qualifiers as happened with Omen they won against Falcons. And about being invited by the big fanbase as is happening in this Fire League, what's the problem? The purpose of the event is not to be Top Tier, they have the level to play against SA teams, who will participate and the event gains with thatHLTV users problematize everything, "keep getting invites just because they got this huge fan base". And your father and mother wake up at 6 am every day for what? $$$

2022-08-04 01:35

LETS GO !! more tournaments in Spain <3

theres classico on 16.10 no1's gonna watch that finals )

2022-08-04 01:25

pog

and no invite for riders lol lame

2022-08-04 01:34

"TBA"

2022-08-04 01:41

yes they have to play europe qualifier not get direct invite

2022-08-04 02:12

TBA below Imperial, read again

2022-08-04 02:33

Tier 3 event at one of the most significant stadiums. Seriously ?

tier 3? the three invited teams to date are top 20

2022-08-04 02:18

So you have the complete list of teams that will attend? Leak it for us!

2022-08-04 02:38

Why did they choose to do a n00b tournament on such a big stage

lol wtf this is massive

2022-08-04 01:48

irrelevant soccer tournament why is this news??

2022-08-04 01:54

Pog

2022-08-04 01:56

Poggers It’s funny that BR CS is the strongest scenery in the SA but our leagues are trash when lookin at prize money And the suddenly there’s an Argentinian TO banking the biggest event of the southern cone with prize money better than most EU events This with Argentina going trough their worst crisis ever

2022-08-04 01:58

yes and? Aren't you happy that this happens in SA? The BRs always want to see us below, that's ugly, not even that they were banned from this tournament

2022-08-04 05:54

Nah Manito Im not unhappy I just pointed this as funny fact. It’s amazing that there’s a TO banking events like this here, helping our scene to grow even though your country is suffering from economic crisis (and mine as well, but from a different scale).

2022-08-04 20:29

I think you should be happy, and FiResports is a spanish company founded by Argentinian businessman

2022-08-04 16:54

#133

Ez cash grab

2022-08-04 02:05

A B tier tournament in camp nou, really?

2022-08-04 02:11

Omg… ok… so from CSGO to soccer ! Time to shine, Imperial!

2022-08-04 02:23

fragadelphia but 1000000x times better (mid) 🙏🙏

2022-08-04 02:45

poor barca

2022-08-04 03:03

POGGGGGGGGGGG

2022-08-04 03:06

Invite 00nation pls

2022-08-04 03:37

finished stadium and finished team

2022-08-04 03:43

argentina better tournaments than pgl

2022-08-04 04:33

GL to Imperial 🌟

2022-08-04 04:43

FiRe Major 2024

2022-08-04 04:55

FiRe La Plata Major 2024

2022-08-04 16:49

interesting, but $150,000 is WAAAAAYY to big of a prize pool for teams of this caliber, sorry

2022-08-04 05:29

And?

2022-08-04 16:07

lol at first glance at the article, I didn't know if it was a CS or a football tournament

2022-08-04 05:49

Did you know that the tournament organizer FiReLeague wanted and wants a BLAST to be held in Argentina?

2022-08-04 06:20

shit teams but will be playing at camp nou unexpected

2022-08-04 09:19

9z could win against good t1 teams, for now theres only 3 teams confirmed and all of those teams are top30 teams(#18, #20, #22)

2022-08-04 09:22

just because they won against furia doesnt make them t1 contender. also smurfing on kabum challenger against noname teams wont help either. ranking is also a fluke. the difference between #17 and #18 is higher than the difference between #18 and #30...

2022-08-04 10:56

i never said they were t1 but they are one of those teams that can defeat anyone(just like entropiq last year) they also took a map from c9 and were literally 3 rounds away from taking the series, they could probably beat "shaky" t1 teams like G2 or Astralis which tend to lose against "worse" teams

Imperial 00nation 9z Isurus Windingo Movistar Riders Liquid FURIA/paiN it could actually work out

2022-08-04 09:20

Isurus and Windingo? More like Furious and Arvum

2022-08-04 16:06

Barca lending out spotify stadium to host t2 events LMAO i hope they fold soon

2022-08-04 09:27

"NA Qualifier x2 Europe EU Qualifier x1" LETSGOOOOOOOOO BRAZIL BROS TIL THE END

2022-08-04 09:32

The Movistar Riders have to be invited, after the victory at ESL Valencia and the performance in Cologne, they deserve to have this great opportunity to play at home once again

2022-08-04 10:24

Movistar Riders schedule has conflict with this event I think

2022-08-04 10:30

this is so cool

2022-08-04 10:50

Huge L, Real Madrid better

Imagine Maracana instead

2022-08-04 11:13

So an even held is Spain with 1 put of 8 spots reserved for an EU participant. Wouldn't it be more cost and environmentally sensible to play this in either south or north America?!? Whoever has organised this must be a moron.

2022-08-04 11:35

invite movistar riders and we are vibing

2022-08-04 12:37

Any1 know where I can find tickets?

2022-08-04 13:21

Mas ai pegaram uma foto do Fallen novo, magro e sem dor nas costas kkkkkkk

2022-08-04 14:05

Do Barcelona even have the funds to host the event? they way there going they will sell the rights to the stadium soon. The way that clubs been ran is a joke

2022-08-04 14:21