PGL Releases Schedule for the Next CS: GO Major
With the date of the last Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) major quickly approaching, PGL, the organizers of DreamHack Cluj-Napoca, has released the schedule and the format of the tournament.
The major will feature 16 of the world’s best CS: GO teams, which include giants such as Fnatic, TSM and EnvyUS, while also featuring teams such as Vexed, Gamers2 and Dignitas among others.
Here is the full schedule of the games:
Wednesday, October 28 (best-of-one)*
5:00 pm – Group A: Match 1
6:25 pm – Group A: Match 2
7:50 pm – Group B: Match 1
9:15 pm – Group B: Match 2
10:40 pm – Group C: Match 1
12:05 am – Group C: Match 2
1:30 am – Group D: Match 1
2:55 am – Group D: Match 2
Thursday, October 29 to Friday, October 30 (best-of-one)
5:00 pm – Group A: Elimination Match
6:25 pm – Group B: Elimination Match
7:50 pm – Group C: Elimination Match
9:15 pm – Group D: Elimination Match
10:40 pm – Group A: Winner’s Match
12:05 am – Group B: Winner’s Match
1:30 am – Group C: Winner’s Match
2:55 am – Group D: Winner’s Match
Friday, October 30 to Saturday, October 31 (best-of-three)
5:00 pm – Group A: Decider Match
8:00 pm – Group B: Decider Match
11:00 pm – Group C: Decider Match
2:00 am – Group D: Decider Match
Saturday, October 31 to Sunday, November 1 (best-of-three)
5:00 pm – Quarterfinal #1
8:00 pm – Quarterfinal #2
11:00 pm – Quarterfinal #3
2:00 am – Quarterfinal #4
Sunday, November 1 to Monday, November 2 (best-of-three)
6:00 pm – Semifinal #1
9:00 pm – Semifinal #2
1:00 am – Grand Finals
The schedule of DH Cluj is different from the previous majors as the tournament is designed to last for five days. In comparison, ESL Katowice 2015 lasted for four days, while DreamHack Winter 2014 went on for three days.
In addition, the format has been changed a tweaked a little bit in order for teams to allow to have a fair fight on their way to the playoffs by making the decider match into a best-of-three format instead of the traditional best-of-one format that was used in past majors. This ensures that teams will play their hearts out to get the 1st seed in their group: After all, the teams in the Winners’ Match only need to win one map in order to go to the quarterfinals.
The draws for the group stage of the tournament have not been released as of press time.
*All times have been set to Philippine Standard Time.
Source: DH Cluj official website
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