“16 teams, including Navi, G2, Astralis and Furia, will take part in the tournament”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Already this Saturday, May 10, the CS2 tournament will start in the capital of Kazakhstan – PGL Astanaon which 16 teams will fight for the next trophy.
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Despite the absence of three of the four teams of the world Top, loud names will be played in the competition, and the Russian SPIRIT team is considered a clear favorite.
Among the main contenders:
- Natus vincere
- Aurora
- The mongolz
These teams seek to take a chance and interrupt the dominance of Spirit.
The tournament will also take place players in new warehouses. The former sniper of the Ukrainian Monte club Olek Hades Miskevich makes his debut for G2 and will be leased. Kazakhstan player Danilo “Molodoy” Golubenko and Latvian Marex “Yekindar” Galinskis will also hold their debut at the Furia Brazil Club.
Participants of the tournament:
- Spirit
- Natus vincere
- Aurora
- The mongolz
- G2
- Gamerlegion
- Virtus.pro
- Astralis
- Pain
- Miber
- M80
- Furia
- Big
- Ninjas in pyjamas
- Oddik
- Hotu
PGL Astana will take place in a format similar to PGL Cluj-Napoca and PGL Bucherst tournaments:
- BO3 Swiss-Group Stage with Bukholts System and 1VS9 Seedlings
- 8 best teams run to quarterfinals
- The finale will be in BEST-OFIVE format
- Match for the third place will open the final game day
The difference from the previous PGL tournaments will be a live audience at Barys Arena for 11 578 viewers-this is where the playoffs will take place.
