ESL have released groups for ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals, taking place from October 26-30 in São Paulo, Brazil.

All teams attending the $750,000 Finals in São Paulo were determined yesterday, as both divisions came to a close and six teams advanced from each region.

The format has seen significant changes, as the twelve teams were distributed among two groups, which will be played in a best-of-one round-robin system.



Cloud9 placed in Group B alongside NiP, SK, FaZe, NRG and dignitas

Teams who place first advance directly to semi-finals, while second and third placed teams will fight it out in the quarter-finals.

Earlier today ESL released the groups, which were determined according to the teams' placing in the regular season:

Group A Group B fnatic Cloud9 Immortals NiP mousesports SK OpTic FaZe Envy NRG Liquid Dignitas

A provisional schedule looks as follows:

Wednesday, October 26th 14:30 Group A matches #1 to #5 21:00 Group B matches #1 to #4 Thursday, October 27th 14:30 Group A matches #6 to #9 19:45 Group B matches #5 to #9 Friday, October 28th 14:30 Group A matches #10 to #15 21:00 Group B matches #10 to #15 Saturday, October 29th 19:00 Quarter-final #1 22:30 Quarter-final #2 Sunday, October 30th 14:30 Semi-final #1 19:00 Semi-final #2 22:30 Grand final

The first two days will be closed off to the public, as they will be played in ESL studios. The competition will then move to Ginásio do Ibirapuera stadium from Friday on.