MLG revealed the groups and the schedule for the MLG Regional Minor Championship Americas that will take place in Columbus, Ohio.
Six teams from North America and two from Brazil will battle it out at the MLG Arena from May 19-22 for a prize pool of $50,000 and two spots at the ESL One Cologne Main Qualifier.
The squads are divided into two groups where a GSL format will be in effect as the opening, the winners' and the elimination matches will be best-of-ones while the deciders will be played as best-of-threes.
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The team participating via the South American qualifier will not be BigGods as they had visa issues and the newly formed WinOut team will be replacing them in Group B, where they'll go up against teams such as OpTic and Selfless. Below is the full groups:
Group A
Group B
Tempo Storm
OpTic
NRG
Selfless
Without a Roof
Winterfox
TSM
WinOut
The playoffs will be adopting a double-elimination format and all the matches will be best-of-threes. Winning two best-of-three series in the playoffs will guarantee a spot at the Major qualifier. The full schedule can be found below:
Thursday, May 19th
18:00
Tempo Storm
vs. TSM
BO1
19:10
NRG
vs. Without a Roof
BO1
20:20
OpTic
vs. WinOut
BO1
21:30
Selfless
vs. Winterfox
BO1
22:40
Group A - elimination match
BO1
23:50
Group A - winners' match
BO1
01:00
Group B - elimination match
BO1
02:10
Group B - winners' match
BO1
Friday, May 20th
18:00
Group A - decider match
BO3
20:20
Group B - decider match
BO3
22:40
Semi-final #1
BO3
Saturday, May 21st
18:00
Semi-final #2
BO3
20:20
Upper bracket final
BO3
22:40
Lower bracket final
BO3
Sunday, May 22nd
18:00
Consolidation final
BO3
20:20
Grand Final
BO3
You can go to our event page for more information about the Americas Minor.