ESL have revealed the groups and initial match-ups for the upcoming ESL ESEA Pro League Finals in Cologne, Germany, taking place from July 2-5.

Four teams from each the European and North American divisions will attend ESL ESEA Pro League Finals in just under a week following the close of the online group phase, where everyone played each other twice.



FalleN's Keyd have a tough task ahead to surprise again

Today ESL have revealed the group draw, as well as the initial match-ups. Apparently seeds have been done according to the teams' placement in the online group phase, and the groups are following:

Group A Group B Cloud9 Cloud9 fnatic fnatic Virtus.pro Virtus.pro Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Luminosity Luminosity TSM TSM EnVyUs EnVyUs CLG CLG

Two main favourites of the tournament, fnatic and TSM, have been set into the same group, but they won't see each other until round two of group play, as the first match-ups for day one, Thursday, July 2nd, are:

Virtus.pro Virtus.pro Luminosity vs.Luminosity Cloud9 Cloud9 EnVyUs vs.EnVyUs fnatic fnatic CLG vs.CLG Keyd Stars Keyd Stars TSM vs.TSM

The full schedule is as follows:

Thursday, July 2nd:

11:00 - Doors Open

11:45 - Show Start Group A Match 1 Group A Match 2 Group B Match 1 Group B Match 2 Group A Winner Match Group A Elimination Match Group B Winner Match Group B Elimination Match



Friday, July 3rd:

14:00 - Doors Open

14:45 - Show Start Showmatch Quarter-final #1 Quarter-final #2



Saturday, July 4th:

14:00 - Doors Open

14:45 - Show Start Showmatch Semifinal #1 Semifinal #2



Sunday, July 5th:

15:30 - Doors Open

16:15 - Show Start Showmatch Grand Final



HLTV.org will keep you up to date with the information on the $250,000 ESL ESEA Pro League Finals, which is set to take place in ESL's studios in Cologne, Germany on July 2-5.