The groups, format and first matchups for ESL One New York 2017 have been announced.

The $250,000 tournament will take place from September 15-17 in New York, USA where eight team will be in attendance.

The event will begin with two groups of four teams. The group stage will have a GSL format with opening and winners' matches being played as best-of-ones. The elimination and decider games will be best-of-threes.

GuardiaN's FaZe will be in Group B

After the top two teams from each group advance, the single-elimination playoffs will kick off. The semi-final will be a best-of-three game and the grand final will be a best-of-five.

The groups for the event can be found below:

The first games in the group stage will be as follows:

You can visit our event page to find out more information about the event.