PGL S1 group stage schedule

PGL have released the for the Season 1 European division, which will kick off on Wednesday, August 26th.

PGL Season 1 will feature a $110,000 prizepot, $85,000 of which will be handed to the LAN finals teams, with the remainder spread out across the online phase.

Group A with TSM, Kinguin, Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro kicks off tomorrow with the initial round. Group B featuring fnatic, Titan, dignitas and a team that is to be announced, as EnVyUs dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, starts on Sunday, August 30th.

TSM tasted their first victory in Bucharest last season

All games in the regular group stage will be played at least in a best-of-three, the consolidation finals and the final for each group will be in a best-of-five. The winners of each group go directly to the offline finals.

Afterwards, the last chance tournament will feature best-of-ones all accross, except for the best-of-three grand final. Second and third placed teams will be matched up against each other in the upper bracket, while the fourth will have to fight through the lower bracket.

Here is the full schedule for the online phase:

August 26
18:00	TSM	vs. Kinguin	A1	BO3
21:00	Null element Na`Vi	vs. Virtus.pro	A2	BO3
August 27
18:00	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A3	BO3
21:00	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A4	BO3
August 28
18:00	A3 winner	vs. A4 loser	A5	BO5
August 29
18:00	A4 winner	vs. A5 winner		BO5
August 30
18:00	fnatic	vs. TBA	B1	BO3
21:00	Titan	vs. dignitas	B2	BO3
August 31
18:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B3	BO3
21:00	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B4	BO3
September 1
18:00	B3 winner	vs. B4 loser	B5	BO5
September 2
18:00	B4 winner	vs. B5 winner		BO5
September 3-4
Last Chance Tournament

A total of $110,000 will be spread amongst the stages as follows:

Group phase - $21,000
Last Chance tournament - $4,000
LAN finals - $75,000
Travel support - $10,000 

The entire online group stage will be casted by trio Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett on PGL's official stream.

Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC