Pinnacle Cup V announced; to feature Apeks, Astralis in playoffs
The online tournament, which is split into three stages, begins on August 1 with the Play-in.

Pinnacle has announced the fifth installment of their Pinnacle Cup, an online event that is set to boast a $50,000 prize pool and begin on August 1.
Much like previous tournaments hosted by the tournament organizer, Pinnacle Cup V will once again employ a three-stage format, with the Play-in kicking things off before the competition makes its way through the Swiss stage and concludes with the playoffs.
A number of invites have already been handed out for the three stages. FTW, ENCE Academy, and Websterz are among those invited to the 16-team Play-in, where berths to the Swiss stage will be on the line.
ECSTATIC, who recently signed Patrick "Patti" Larsen in place of Marcus "maNkz" Kjeldsen, currently headline the group stage and are joined by Aurora, Spirit, and Jesper "JW" Wecksell and Robin "flusha" Rönnquist's EYEBALLERS.
Those who successfully traverse the group stage will join four teams invited straight to the playoffs, three of which have already been confirmed. These include Astralis, whose new-look roster recently earned a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final in November, as well as Bad News Eagles and BLAST.tv Paris Major semi-finalists Apeks.

Pinnacle Cup IV, the latest edition of the online tournament, was held over a year ago on April 27-May 25, 2022. Finest notably made a miraculous run from the opening Play-in stage, navigating their way through the groups and into the playoffs, where they took down Spirit, Movistar Riders, and Eternal Fire en route to the $80,000 cash prize.
The teams invited to the Play-in are:
While the opening games are:
August 1
13:30
ex-HYDRA vs
iNation
15:00ENCE Academy vs
Enterprise
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner
August 2
13:30
ThunderFlash vs
Portuguese Family
15:00IKLA UA vs
JANO
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner
August 3
13:30
los kogutos vs
7AM
15:00FTW vs
Let us cook
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner
August 4
13:30
The Prodigies vs
Lazer Cats
15:00Websterz vs
Singularity
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner
The current team list for Pinnacle Cup V's final two stages is as follows:
Swiss stage
Playoffs




















Ermek 'enzero' Kartanbaev

Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobson
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman


Patrick 'P4TriCK' Zaremba
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski

Amin 'sugaR' Azimov
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Raul 'Blytz' Gligor
Deyvid 'h4rn' Benchev


Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev


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