ASUS ROG SUMMER '16
HELSINKI EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTRE
HELSINKI, FINLAND
FRI AUGUST 5th - SAT AUGUST 6th
HELSINKI, FINLAND
FRI AUGUST 5th - SAT AUGUST 6th
Announcing the ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament taking place in Helsinki, Finland on August 5-6 with eight teams and a $25,000 USD prize pot.
ASUS ROG Tournaments returns to Helsinki, Finland with full force this summer as we host our biggest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament since winter 2015. On August 5-6 we will invite eight professional CS:GO teams to Helsinki to compete for a $25,000 USD prize pool. Be ready to witness the biggest live esports audience ever in Finland as we take over the main stage of Assembly Summer, the largest computer festival in Finland with over 4000 visitors. We are proud to announce the ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament.
Dates: Fri 5 August - Sat 6 August, 2016
Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Teams: 8
Prize pool: $25,000 USD
Format: Group Stage (bo1/bo3) + Single Elimination Playoffs (bo3)
Streams: English & partner streams
Participation: Invitation only
Tickets: assembly.org
Twitter: @ROGtournament
Results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Rules: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Chat: chat.palringo.com/asm
The event will be broadcasted in English and Finnish. As always, we are open to community streams in other languages. Send us an application if you wish to stream ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament on your Twitch channel.
Main Stream ROGTournament
Partner Streams SETTTV
RuHub & RuHub2
OGamingTV
99Damage & 99Damage2
Hungarian Esport TV
You can participate in the stream through Palringo! You can send messages to the hosts, discuss with the players and other viewers in dedicated Palringo groups. Join the chat at chat.palringo.com/asm.
Commentators
Analysts
Stage Host
Friday, August 5, 2016
12:00 EEST Group A - Epsilon vs Millenium, bo1
12:00 EEST Group A - Escape vs LGR, bo1
13:30 EEST Group A - Winners, bo1
13:30 EEST Group A - Losers, bo1
15:00 EEST Group A - Decider, bo3
19:00 EEST Group B - ENCE vs ArchAngels, bo1
19:00 EEST Group B - Space Soldiers vs Tricked eSport, bo1
20:30 EEST Group B - Winners, bo1
20:30 EEST Group B - Losers, bo1
22:00 EEST Group B - Decider, bo3
Saturday, August 6, 2016
12:00 EEST Semi-final A, bo3
15:00 EEST Semi-final B, bo3
19:00 EEST Final, bo3
1. $12,000
2. $7,000
3-4. $3,000
3-4. $3,000
The overall structure of the tournament is traditional with a double elimination group stage followed by single elimination playoffs. Matches in the group stage are played in best-of-one format except for the group decider matches which are best-of-three. In the playoffs however, every match is a best-of-three.
Teams can enter the tournament only via an invite. If you are interested in participating in ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament, please send us an application requesting an invite. Don’t hesitate as the event is in next month already and the invitations will be handed out soon. Note that all participants are required to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
You can witness the action live on the venue inside the Assembly Summer computer festival. All the matches will be shown on the big screen with an audience stand. The single day entry tickets start from 15 euros. Read more about the tickets and prices at assembly.org.
Group A
Fri, Aug 5 - 12:00: EEST
1. Epsilon eSports
2. Escape Gaming
3. LGR
4. Millenium
Group B
Fri, Aug 5 - 19:00: EEST
1. ENCE eSports
2. Space Soldiers
3. Tricked eSport
4. ArchAngels
The initial matches are team 1 vs team 4, and team 2 vs team 3.
Space Soldiers
Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin
Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardes
Cagatay "despe" Sedef
Engin "ngiN" Kor
Ahmet "paz" Karahoca
Escape Gaming
Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson
André "BARBARR" Möller
Casper "cadiaN" Møller
Lasse "maeVe" Elgaard
Patrick "es3tag" Hansen
Tricked eSport
Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen
Peter "Inzta" Kragelund
Martin "percy" Wessel
Jakob "JUGI" Hansen
Nikolaj "Niko" Kristensen
ArchAngels
Max "quix" Lindkvist
Kristjan "fejtz" Allsaar
Daniel "Dominate" Garcia
Erik "zende" Sundeqvist
Simon "downie" Storm
Millenium
Joey "fxy0" Schlosser
Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli
Valentin "mistou" Balbastro
Christophe "SIXER" Xia
Alexandre "xms" Forté
ENCE eSports
Aleksi "allu" Jalli
Juho "juhob" Lampinen
Miikka "suNny" Kemppi
Mikko "xartE" Välimaa
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
LGR
Eetu "sAw" Saha
Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen
Saku "SAGGERTON" Jokinen
Sami "xseveN" Laasanen
Slaava "Twista" Räsänen
Epsilon eSports
Fredrik "freddieb" Buö
Fredrik "REZ" Sterner
Jerry "xelos" Råberg
Joakim "disco doplan" Gidetun
William "draken" Sundin
Invites
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