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 Cup V will begin on August 1 with the Play-in stage

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.

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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:

ex-HYDRA
ENCE Academy
ThunderFlash
IKLA UA
los kogutos
FTW
The Prodigies
Websterz

iNation
Enterprise
Portuguese Family
JANO
7AM
Let us cook
Lazer Cats
Singularity

While the opening games are:

August 1

13:30 ex-HYDRA vs iNation
15:00 ENCE Academy vs Enterprise
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner

August 2

13:30 ThunderFlash vs Portuguese Family
15:00 IKLA UA vs JANO
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner

August 3

13:30 los kogutos vs 7AM
15:00 FTW vs Let us cook
16:30 Match 1 winner vs Match 2 winner

August 4

13:30 The Prodigies vs Lazer Cats
15:00 Websterz 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

ECSTATIC
Spirit

Aurora
EYEBALLERS

Playoffs

Apeks
Bad News Eagles

Astralis