With the Europe Minor about to start, we have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need to know regarding the event. The road to the FACEIT Major will continue on Thursday with the fourth and last Minor, where eight European teams will battle it out for two spots at the showpiece event, as well as for their share of a $50,000 prize pool. The eight sides have been drawn into two groups of four, which will be played out in a GSL format. The opening and the winners' matches will be best-of-one games, while the elimination and the decider clashes will consist of best-of-three series. The top two teams from both groups will proceed to the double-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.  Here are the groups for the event: Group A 3DMAX ENCELeftOut OpTic Group B Kinguin Ninjas in PyjamasRed ReserveSprout The group stage will be played on the first two days of the tournament, while the playoffs will be held over the week, with the complete schedule looking as follows:
A five-man crew will be guiding the viewers through the action during the four day-event, with the highly-popular duo Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett-Henry "HenryG" Greer providing live commentary on the matches, while Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill and Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez be sitting at the analyst desk, beside host Tres "stunna" Saranthus.
Finally, the prize pool distribution looks as follows:
 Red Reserve #25 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin  Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett  Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00  Kinguin #26 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski  Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill  Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 151 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73  Henry 'HenryG' Greer  Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.74  OpTic #20 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke  Tres 'stunna' Saranthus  Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54  Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez  Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 824 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner  3DMAX #39 Audric 'JACKZ' Jug David 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin  LeftOut #24 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'xms' FortéAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss  ENCE #17 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo  Sprout #37 Martin 'PERCY' Wessel Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenDennis 'sycrone' Nielsen |
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