StarLadder Major sensations AVANGAR will face fellow CIS side DreamEaters in the first round of Group A, which includes Aristocracy and the new Sprout line-up, featuring Denis "denis" Howell. In Group B, all eyes will be on the match between FURIA and BIG, with this being the Germans' first LAN appearance since bringing back Owen "smooya" Butterfield and Johannes "nex" Maget. They will be joined in the group by Polish duo AGO and Illuminar. AVANGAR set for a CIS clash in the first round The Games Clash Masters will be held at the Gdynia Arena from September 20-22. The tournament will begin with a double-elimination group stage, featuring best-of-one clashes in the upper bracket, followed by the single-elimination playoffs, which will culminate in a best-of-five grand final. Below you can find the groups: Group A
AVANGAR
Aristocracy
Sprout
DreamEaters Group B
FURIA
AGO
Illuminar
BIG  FURIA #10  Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Yuri 'yuurih' Santos Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior  DreamEaters #20  Semyon 'kinqie' Lisitsyn Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Anton 'speed4k' Titov Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy  AVANGAR #15  Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev Timur 'buster' Tulepov Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali  AGO  Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski   Owen 'smooya' Butterfield Age: 20 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 391 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.65   BIG #28   Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Johannes 'nex' Maget Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Owen 'smooya' Butterfield  Denis 'denis' Howell Age: 25 Team: Sprout Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1223 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.72   Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 27 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 985 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66  Aristocracy #48  Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Paweł 'dycha' Dycha  Illuminar #49  Paweł 'innocent' Mocek Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowski Michał 'mono' Gabszewicz Daniel 'STOMP' Płomiński  Sprout #36  Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Denis 'denis' Howell Nils 'k1to' Gruhne Josef 'faveN' Baumann |