Groups have been drawn for ASUS ROG Winter 2015, which will take place on January 30-31 in Helsinki, Finland with $25,000 up for grabs.

Six teams in the form of NiP, HellRaisers, Titan, Virtus.pro, mousesports and 3DMAX were invited directly for the event, while PENTA and volgare had to qualify online.

The eight teams were seeded by HLTV.org and split into two groups accordingly, thus giving us the following groups for ASUS ROG Winter 2015:

Group A Group B Virtus.pro Virtus.pro NiP NiP HellRaisers HellRaisers Titan Titan PENTA PENTA 3DMAX 3DMAX volgare volgare mousesports mousesports

Schedule for the eight team tournament had already been announced a while back, with groups taking place on Friday, and the playoffs on Saturday of ASUS ROG:

Friday, January 30 16:00 Virtus.pro Virtus.pro volgare vs.volgare BO1 A1 16:00 HellRaisers HellRaisers PENTA vs.PENTA BO1 A2 17:00 Winner of A1 vs. Winner of A2 BO1 A3 17:00 Loser of A1 vs. Loser of A2 BO1 A4 18:00 Loser of A3 vs. Winner of A4 BO1 A5 20:00 NiP NiP mousesports vs.mousesports BO1 B1 20:00 Titan Titan 3DMAX vs.3DMAX BO1 B2 21:00 Winner of B1 vs. Winner of B2 BO1 B3 21:00 Loser of B1 vs. Loser of B2 BO1 B4 22:00 Loser of B3 vs. Winner of B4 BO1 B5 Saturday, January 31 11:00 Semi-final #1 BO3 14:00 Semi-final #2 BO3 18:00 Third place decider BO3 21:45 Grand final BO3

The grand final will be broadcasted live on national Finnish TV on the channel YLE, as well as streamed on their website at YLE Areena.

In addition, RoomOnFire will be casting the tournament online on their official Twitch channel, with the following crew attending ASUS ROG Winter 2015:

Anders "Anders" Blume - Caster

Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster

Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst

Marcus "zet" Sundström - Analyst

Richard "Gonzo" Lewis - Host

These eight teams will be competing for a total of $25,000 in prizes, which will be split among the top four finishers at the event, as follows:

1. $12,000

2. $7,000

3. $4,000

4. $2,000

HLTV.org will be traveling on-site to Helsinki, Finland to provide you with full coverage of ASUS ROG Winter 2015, the second international CS:GO tournament of the year.