ASUS Spring start at 08:00CET

ASUS Spring 2010 will be kicking off at 08:00CET with the group stage, featuring eight matcups.

Click-Net LAN center in Moscow will be the host to yet another ASUS tournament, this time featuring the Spring edition. Sixteen teams will be on site, where two of them hail from Ukraine, while fourteen represent Russia. The group stage will see four groups of four teams, where top two finishing teams will advance to the playoffs. The playoffs will be played in a best-of-one map single-elimination format.

There are a few favorites in the tournament, seeing fourth place finisher at Arbalet Cup Europe PinG, UNiTED and forZe. There are also a few dark horses, with Ukrainian-side KerchNET, EYESports and Iron Will featuring Alexey "LeX" Kolesnikov and a few of his old comrades from his Virtus.pro time.

It will all kick off at 08:00CET with the first round of the group stage. Playoffs will kick in at 12:00CET and the Grand Final is scheduled to 17:00CET. Two spots for the final stages of the Russian ESWC qualifier will furthermore be handed out to the top two Russian finishers.

Stay locked to HLTV.org the entire day, as we will be your host for ASUS Spring 2010. You can find our coverage section for the event by clicking here.