Revealing the initial groups for the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament which is ready to kick off next week on Thursday July 30. Also presenting the community streams covering the event in multiple languages.

On Thursday July 30 at 14:00 CEST the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament starts with a group stage featuring 32 top notch contenders around the world. They will face each other in WCS-style double elimination groups with only half of them entering the second group stage of the tournament. The progress will be quick as the champion will be crowned already on the following day as the playoffs among the top eight contestants take place on Friday July 31. Fortunately, to help us bring you as much of the action as possible, multiple community streams will be covering the games on top of the main stream where you may enjoy the commentary of Chris “HuK” Loranger and Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker.

As we go into the groups, you might notice some changes to the previously announced player lineup. We regretfully have to announce that Mill.ForGG, ShoWTimE, TargA, AT.Jona and cSc.DmC have cancelled their participation to the tournament. Their spots have been filled by Liquid.Snute, prOp.NaNiwa, Fuzer, KRN.Calt and KRN.Namshar.

Group Stage 1 July 30

The first matches are player 1 vs player 4 and player 2 vs player 3.

Group 1 - 15:00 EEST 1. HyuN

2. Apocalypse

3. elfi

4. Denver

Group 2 - 15:00 EEST 1. True

2. MarineLord

3. Zanster

4. Calt

Group 3 - 15:00 EEST 1. Bunny

2. Welmu

3. Gamja

4. StarNaN

Group 4 - 15:00 EEST 1. Lilbow

2. Ret

3. NaNiwa

4. ZhuGeLiang

Group 5 - 15:00 EEST 1. Fantasy

2. KeeN

3. Serral

4. Namshar

Group 6 - 15:00 EEST 1. Patience

2. BBoongBBoong

3. uThermal

4. Guru

Group 7 - 15:00 EEST 1. Snute

2. StarDust

3. PtitDrogo

4. Fuzer

Group 8 - 15:00 EEST 1. Losira

2. TLO

3. Happy

4. MiNiMaTh

Each group is played in double elimination format familiar from the World Championship Series. All matches are best-of-3 in the group stages. The top two players from each group will advance to the second group stage which will start approximately at 19:00 EEST on Thursday. All the matches in the second group stage will be streamed. The playoffs will be played on Friday starting at 15:00 EEST.

Streams

The main stream in English featuring Chris “HuK” Loranger and Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker as commentators will cover the event from start to finish. Get ready for an unique experience as these veterans in the game lead you through the matches with passion and precision.

Main stream

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Community streams

As always we have to be grateful for the awesome StarCraft II community streamers who are helping us to elevate the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament on another level. There are eleven community streams in seven different languages getting in on the action on both tournament days with the exception of English speaking streams stepping aside on Friday.