Astralis, FURIA headline Pinnacle Cup V playoffs as bracket is set

12 teams will fight through the single-elimination playoff bracket starting on Monday for a chance to take home the $30,000 first-place prize.

The bracket for the Pinnacle Cup V playoffs has been set, with 12 teams — split between four invitees and eight squads who made it through the group stage — scheduled to fight through the third and final stage of the online event on August 21-26 for a chance to earn the lion's share of the $50,000 prize pool.

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Pinnacle Cup V announced; to feature Apeks, Astralis in playoffs

Astralis, Monte, FURIA, and Bad News Eagles are the four teams who have accepted invites to the playoffs and will subsequently start their runs through the final portion of the tournament from the quarter-finals.

OG headline the list of squads who successfully earned a playoff berth from the group stage. The European roster, who sit at No. 24 on the world ranking, put up a 3-1 record to earn a spot in the final stage, recording victories over IKLA UA and los kogutos while also being gifted a default win over Spirit, who withdrew from the competition.

Espionage, featuring former Astralis AWPer Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald, were one of two teams to go 3-0 in the group stage alongside ECSTATIC. The Danish roster put up an unblemished record with wins over Sampi, Aurora, and los kogutos, the latter of whom they will play in their opening-round fixture.

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EYEBALLERS sign HEAP on permanent basis

Other notable teams to feature in the Pinnacle Cup V playoffs after navigating the group stage are EYEBALLERS, who recently announced the signing of Ludvig "⁠HEAP⁠" Alonso as a permanent replacement for the now-retired Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist, and 00NATION, who recently unveiled their new-look European roster featuring Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische and Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro.

The schedule for the playoffs is as follows:

Playoffs round one

Date	Matches
Pinnacle Cup V
21/08/2023	Eternal Fire 17:00 Aurora	Match
21/08/2023	Espionage 20:30 los kogutos	Match
22/08/2023	OG 17:00 EYEBALLERS	Match
22/08/2023	ECSTATIC 20:30 00NATION	Match

Quarter-finals

Date	Matches
Pinnacle Cup V
23/08/2023	Monte 17:30 Eternal Fire	Match
23/08/2023	Bad News Eagles 20:45 00NATION	Match
24/08/2023	Astralis 19:00 OG	Match
24/08/2023	FURIA 20:30 Espionage	Match

Semi-finals

Date	Matches
Pinnacle Cup V
25/08/2023	FURIA 15:30 Monte	Match
25/08/2023	Astralis 19:05 00NATION	Match

Grand final

Date	Matches
Pinnacle Cup V
26/08/2023	FURIA 19:00 00NATION	Match