Groups for the $5,000 MSI Beat it! European Finals have been announced, with 3DMAX and k1ck receiving the last two invites.

The $100,000 worth MSI Beat it! 2013 tournament organized by fnatic is already underway, with the first pre-qualifiers taking place earlier this week. Europe's two spot qualifier will not be called Fnatic FragOut Season 3 as initially thought, but MSI Beat it! European Finals.



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After finding the two qualified teams last night in n!faculty and LGB eSports, and getting confirmation from the final two invitees 3DMAX from Germany and k1ck from Portugal, the 12 participants have been split into two groups with the help of HLTV.org.

Group A Group B NiP NiP VeryGames VeryGames Astana Dragons Astana Dragons fnatic fnatic CPH Wolves CPH Wolves Natus Vincere Natus Vincere ESC Gaming ESC Gaming Lemondogs Lemondogs n!faculty n!faculty 3DMAX 3DMAX LGB eSports LGB eSports k1ck k1ck

Matches during the group stage will be played in best-of-one mode, and the top three teams will advance to best-of-three playoffs. The top team from each group will find itself directly in the semi-final, while second placed teams will play against third placed one from the other group.

Up for grabs in this tournament will be $5,000 and two spots at the $22,000 MSI Beat it! 2013 Finals in Shanghai, China. The teams will also receive a share of the $38,500 travel support budget to help with their trip.

As fnatic already have a reserved spot at the finals, they will only be battling for the prize money, and should they finish in one of the first two places, the 3rd placed team will get the spot in China.

Prize distribution for MSI Beat it! 2013 EU Finals: 1. $3,000 + slot for MSI Beat it! 2013 in Shanghai, China

2. $1,500 + slot for MSI Beat it! 2013 in Shanghai, China

3. $500

Matches will begin with Group A tomorrow, while Group B is set to start one week later. HLTV.org will provide full coverage of every match, including match pages, statistics and demos.