All sixteen teams attending Clutch Con have been placed into their respective groups for the North American tournament.

Taking place between January 30th and February 1st in Denver, Clutch Con will see sixteen teams—fourteen male and two female—competing for a share of a $15,000 prize pool.

The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the quarter-finals, and from then on a best-of-three format will be in effect.

The groups are:

Group A Group B fnatic fnatic Cloud9 Cloud9 CLG CLG Liquid Liquid NetcodeGuides NetcodeGuides Karma Karma Paradox Paradox SKDC SKDC Group C Group D ex-iBP ex-iBP KaBuM.TD KaBuM.TD Torqued Torqued Denial Denial WinOut WinOut eLevate eLevate HellsGamers HellsGamers UBINITED UBINITED

Both Paradox and SKDC made their way into the final list via an online qualifier, which featured a $500 stipend along the way. HellsGamers were previously known as Swarm Gaming and qualified via a local LAN tournament.