Professional Gamers League Season 1 Announces Qualifiers for NA and EU Teams
After a very successful kick-off season which saw Danish side Team Solo Mid (TSM) take the title against Swedish giants Fnatic, the Professional Gamers League (PGL) now launches its first season, featuring separate leagues for North American (NA) and European teams.
The North American division includes Luminosity Gaming, Team Liquid, CLG and the winner of the NA qualifier, which will begin on August 3. The top team of the NA league will directly proceed to the LAN finals in Bucharest this coming October 2-4, where they will square off against the top three teams of the European league.
Meanwhile, for the European qualifiers, Gamers2, Mousesports, Team Dignitas and HellRaisers have been seeded into the semi-final bracket. They will face the teams who will emerge from the two open brackets, which will commence on August 7.
From then on, only two teams will go on to the main league, which features many of the world’s top CS:GO squads such as defending champions TSM, Fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas among others.
Both the NA and the EU qualifiers will be done in partnership with FACEIT, which is considered to be one of the world’s most popular pick-up game (PUG) and gaming league clients.
PGL is one of Europe’s foremost tournament organizers, having produced high-quality coverage for leagues and events around the world such as DreamHack, The International and the IeSF World Championship.
The prize pool is as follows:
Group Stage: $21,000
Last Chance: $4,000
LAN Finals: $75,000
Source: PGL
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