With the final UK LAN of the year now upon us, it is time to start looking ahead for the next few days and wondering where the state of the UK Scene is. Currently 42 teams are signed up to the tournament which would make this the largest Winter LAN for CS attendance in a very very long time. At the moment, we know of at least 44 teams judging by the team list on the UK CS:GO Subreddit, however usual last minute mix teams and teams who don’t frequent the Facebook group or subreddit may see us surpass 50+ teams for CS:GO which is mighty damn impressive and could mean that would be the second biggest attendance this year.

UKCSGO wanted to display an easy way for you to follow the action this weekend, where you could read about the teams, the format, the schedule and any potential extra information you needed. With three European teams heading to our shores, and a collection of some of the UK’s finest and brightest, it surely will be intriguing to see how this rather open LAN will unfold.

The Teams

I won’t post all the teams as the team list hasn’t been finally completed yet, but I will give you the flavour of what decent to semi-decent teams are going.

The Contenders

Team ROCCAT – suNny, stonde, CISU, juho, xarte

onlineBOTs – Nuga, Cheti, Fetjz, HS, Alex

CAZ eSports – jakem, keita, r0m, dephh, Kryptix

Team Infused – redsNK, CRUC1AL, Whindanski, ZED, robiin

CeX – Surreal, Boaster, Cinder, kARMApangya, Resu

fm-eSports – Immi, Joee, Powell, MightyMax, Esio

Molotovs n Marshmallows – quiver, vertiGo, s0m, benkofk, mortism

The Hopefuls

AT-gaming – slaYn, flashzor, luosrevo, xilo, amose

Monumentalis – maxxyb, Dudley, EB, xfp, Hennerz

2seXeh – cpr, vpr, Bodkin, crmj, chz

MINISTRY – eddie, ashhh, Superboom Linden, Rhaz, RAWRCHICKEN

uFrag – adamxoxo, Yoshi, RIXJ, HyPeIzBack, Peggyyyyy

Barrage.csgo – EMPEROR, dreams, jenko, fisher[A], logzii

Playhack – cookeh, m1tchwee, scruffy, NipXe, zirken

The Outsiders

BEASTS – CJME, Woi, Solid, Sampai, kstm

Perilous FURY – bALth, maltBEE, Speedy, debaser, abiii

No Named Kids – skuxz, tazarini, samm, doomy, phantasy

Netdevilz – Beardy, Charly, Neelz, Soup, RazMki

Rasta-Gaming – Jacky, LogaN, Jak3y, Gito, Mardan

The Format

Group Stage

Groups of 4/5/6

Best Of One

Veto

Top 2 advance (unless the groups are 8 groups)*

Eliminations

Double Elimination, 16 teams

Best of One (Round 1 only, unless time permitting)

Best of Three (post Round 1)

Best of Five Grand Final (Upper Bracket 1 map advantage)

The teams knocked out from the group stage will then be placed into the Intermediate Tournament, where all teams will then play another group stage of Best of One and then move to a Best of One Double Elimination bracket for 8 teams. These teams will then play for free tickets back to insomnia57 next year.

Map Pool

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de_inferno

de_mirage

de_overpass

de_cobblestone

de_train

de_cache

Prize Pool

£7,500

1st: £3,250

2nd: £1,500

3rd: £900

4th: £450

5th – 8th: £225

The Schedule

All times are rough estimates at this point bar the starting times of the day, please note, delays have been known to happen at UK events, and so we advise you to keep an eye through the dedicated tournament website. Remember all times are in GMT.

Friday

Group Game 1 – 2:30pm

Group Game 2 – 3:30pm

Group Game 3 – 4:30pm

Group Game 4 – 6:30pm

Group Game 5 – 7:30pm

Elimination Round 1 – 10pm

Saturday

Elimination Round 2 (LB Round 1) – 10am

Lower Bracket Round 2 – 1pm

Upper Bracket Round 3 – 1:30pm

Lower Bracket Round 3 – 4pm

Upper Bracket Final – 5pm

Lower Bracket Round 4 – 7:30pm

Lower Bracket Final – 10:30pm

Sunday

Consolidation Final – 9:30am

Grand Final – 2pm

Event Stream

Multiplay CS:GO Stream

Make sure you stay tuned to UKCSGO.com over the next few days for full event coverage and photos. You can follow us on Twitter or like our Facebook page for all the daily news from insomnia56. If you missed out on the teams that are coming over from Europe, don’t forget to have a look at our small article on those selective teams here.