In association with the Chinese video content producers ImbaTV, StarLadder will host the $200,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finals of their fourteenth season of the StarSeries brand, now known as i-League, this week inside the Minsk Arena in Minsk, Belarus.
Total of eight teams have managed to reach the event throughout the over two months long online stage, which featured numerous top teams from the European, North American and Chinese regions.
These eight teams have been divined in to two groups and sorted as the following:
The entire tournament will be set to a best-of-three format including the grand final, with the group stage set to double elimination structure and the upper bracket to the traditional single elimination.
The complete schedule for the $200,000 CS:GO tournament is the following:

Multiple streams will be delivered by StarLadder with familiar faces broadcasting the tournament in various different languages, but the official English stream will feature the following experts live from the Belarusian capital:
Stay tuned to SK Gaming for the coverage of this year's first prestigious LAN tournament.
Source: HLTV.org
Photo courtesy of minskarena.by.
Total of eight teams have managed to reach the event throughout the over two months long online stage, which featured numerous top teams from the European, North American and Chinese regions.
These eight teams have been divined in to two groups and sorted as the following:
Group A:
Natus Vincere (Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, seized & Zeus)
Luminosity Gaming (coldzera, FalleN, fer, fnx & TACO)
G2 Esports (aizy, fox, jkaem, Maikelele & rain)
CyberZen (advent, Savage, tb, uki & zhonG)
Group B:
Fnatic (dennis, flusha, jw, KRiMZ & olofm)
Team EnVy (apEX, Happy, kennyS, kioShiMa & NBK)
Question Mark (cajunb, device, dupreeh, karrigan & Xyp9x)
Titan eSports (Ex6TenZ, RpK, ScreaM, shox & SmithZz)




Group B:




The entire tournament will be set to a best-of-three format including the grand final, with the group stage set to double elimination structure and the upper bracket to the traditional single elimination.
The complete schedule for the $200,000 CS:GO tournament is the following:
January 13th - Wednesday
11:00 CEST –
Natus Vincere vs.
CyberZen
14:00 CEST –
G2 Esports vs.
Luminosity Gaming
17:00 CEST – Group A - Upper bracket final
17:00 CEST – Group A - Elimination match
January 14th - Thursday
10:00 CEST –
Fnatic vs.
Team EnVy
10:00 CEST –
Titan eSports vs.
Question Mark
13:00 CEST – Group B - Upper bracket final
13:00 CEST – Group B - Elimination match
16:00 CEST – Group A - Decider match
16:00 CEST – Group B - Decider match
January 15th - Friday
11:00 CEST – Quarter-final - 1/2
17:00 CEST – Quarter-final - 2/2
January 16th - Saturday
11:00 CEST – Semi-final - 1/2
17:00 CEST – Semi-final - 2/2
January 17th - Sunday
15:00 CEST – Grand final
11:00 CEST –


14:00 CEST –


17:00 CEST – Group A - Upper bracket final
17:00 CEST – Group A - Elimination match
January 14th - Thursday
10:00 CEST –


10:00 CEST –


13:00 CEST – Group B - Upper bracket final
13:00 CEST – Group B - Elimination match
16:00 CEST – Group A - Decider match
16:00 CEST – Group B - Decider match
January 15th - Friday
11:00 CEST – Quarter-final - 1/2
17:00 CEST – Quarter-final - 2/2
January 16th - Saturday
11:00 CEST – Semi-final - 1/2
17:00 CEST – Semi-final - 2/2
January 17th - Sunday
15:00 CEST – Grand final

Multiple streams will be delivered by StarLadder with familiar faces broadcasting the tournament in various different languages, but the official English stream will feature the following experts live from the Belarusian capital:
Hosts:
Sue 'Smixity' Lee
Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett
Analysts:
Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Henry 'HenryG' Greer
Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
Commentators:
Anders Blume
Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat
Stuart 'TosspoT' Saw
Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia
James 'JZFB' Bardolph
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson


Analysts:




Commentators:






Stay tuned to SK Gaming for the coverage of this year's first prestigious LAN tournament.
Source: HLTV.org
Photo courtesy of minskarena.by.

Evgeni Chardakov
Counter-Strike expert, writer, analyst and former competitive player with more than 15 years of experience within the discipline. Working with SK Gaming and ESEA.


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