ASUS ROG SUMMER 2016

Announcing the ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament taking place in Helsinki, Finland on August 5-6 with eight teams and a $25,000 USD prize pot.

ASUS ROG Tournaments returns to Helsinki, Finland with full force this summer as we host our biggest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament since winter 2015. On August 5-6 we will invite eight professional CS:GO teams to Helsinki to compete for a $25,000 USD prize pool. Be ready to witness the biggest live esports audience ever in Finland as we take over the main stage of Assembly Summer, the largest computer festival in Finland with over 4000 visitors. We are proud to announce the ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament.

Quick Facts

Dates: Fri 5 August - Sat 6 August, 2016

Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland

Teams: 8

Prize pool: $25,000 USD

Format: Group Stage (bo1/bo3) + Single Elimination Playoffs (bo3)

Streams: English & partner streams

Participation: Invitation only

Tickets: assembly.org

Twitter: @ROGtournament

Results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi

Rules: tournaments.peliliiga.fi

Chat: chat.palringo.com/asm



Streams

The event will be broadcasted in English and Finnish. As always, we are open to community streams in other languages. Send us an application if you wish to stream ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament on your Twitch channel.

Main Stream

ROGTournament

Partner Streams

SETTTV

RuHub & RuHub2

OGamingTV

99Damage & 99Damage2

Hungarian Esport TV

You can participate in the stream through Palringo! You can send messages to the hosts, discuss with the players and other viewers in dedicated Palringo groups. Join the chat at chat.palringo.com/asm.

Broadcast Talent

Commentators

Henry " HenryG " Greer

" Greer Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett



Analysts

Halvor " vENdetta " Gulestøl

" Gulestøl Joona " natu " Leppänen

" Leppänen Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen



Stage Host

Esa "Snapple" Kaisjoki



Schedule

Friday, August 5, 2016

12:00 EEST Group A -⁠⁠ Epsilon vs Millenium, bo1

12:00 EEST Group A -⁠⁠ Escape vs LGR, bo1

13:30 EEST Group A -⁠⁠ Winners, bo1

13:30 EEST Group A -⁠⁠ Losers, bo1

15:00 EEST Group A -⁠⁠ Decider, bo3

19:00 EEST Group B -⁠⁠ ENCE vs ArchAngels, bo1

19:00 EEST Group B -⁠⁠ Space Soldiers vs Tricked eSport, bo1

20:30 EEST Group B -⁠⁠ Winners, bo1

20:30 EEST Group B -⁠⁠ Losers, bo1

22:00 EEST Group B -⁠⁠ Decider, bo3

Saturday, August 6, 2016

12:00 EEST Semi-⁠⁠final A, bo3

15:00 EEST Semi-⁠⁠final B, bo3

19:00 EEST Final, bo3

Prizes

1. $12,000

2. $7,000

3-4. $3,000

3-4. $3,000

Format

The overall structure of the tournament is traditional with a double elimination group stage followed by single elimination playoffs. Matches in the group stage are played in best-of-one format except for the group decider matches which are best-of-three. In the playoffs however, every match is a best-of-three.

Participation

Teams can enter the tournament only via an invite. If you are interested in participating in ASUS ROG Summer 2016 CS:GO Tournament, please send us an application requesting an invite. Don’t hesitate as the event is in next month already and the invitations will be handed out soon. Note that all participants are required to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

Tickets

You can witness the action live on the venue inside the Assembly Summer computer festival. All the matches will be shown on the big screen with an audience stand. The single day entry tickets start from 15 euros. Read more about the tickets and prices at assembly.org.

Group Stage

Group A

Fri, Aug 5 - 12:00: EEST 1. Epsilon eSports

2. Escape Gaming

3. LGR

4. Millenium

Group B

Fri, Aug 5 - 19:00: EEST 1. ENCE eSports

2. Space Soldiers

3. Tricked eSport

4. ArchAngels

The initial matches are team 1 vs team 4, and team 2 vs team 3.

Playoffs

Semi Finals Millenium - 0 Millenium - 0 Space Soldiers - 2 Space Soldiers - 2 ENCE eSports - 1 ENCE eSports - 1 Epsilon eSports - 2 Epsilon eSports - 2 Final Space Soldiers - 2 Space Soldiers - 2 Epsilon eSPorts - 0 Epsilon eSPorts - 0

Teams

Space Soldiers Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin

Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardes

Cagatay "despe" Sedef

Engin "ngiN" Kor

Ahmet "paz" Karahoca

Escape Gaming Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson

André "BARBARR" Möller

Casper "cadiaN" Møller

Lasse "maeVe" Elgaard

Patrick "es3tag" Hansen

Tricked eSport Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen

Peter "Inzta" Kragelund

Martin "percy" Wessel

Jakob "JUGI" Hansen

Nikolaj "Niko" Kristensen

ArchAngels Max "quix" Lindkvist

Kristjan "fejtz" Allsaar

Daniel "Dominate" Garcia

Erik "zende" Sundeqvist

Simon "downie" Storm

Millenium Joey "fxy0" Schlosser

Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli

Valentin "mistou" Balbastro

Christophe "SIXER" Xia

Alexandre "xms" Forté

ENCE eSports Aleksi "allu" Jalli

Juho "juhob" Lampinen

Miikka "suNny" Kemppi

Mikko "xartE" Välimaa

Niko "naSu" Kovanen

LGR Eetu "sAw" Saha

Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen

Saku "SAGGERTON" Jokinen

Sami "xseveN" Laasanen

Slaava "Twista" Räsänen

Epsilon eSports Fredrik "freddieb" Buö

Fredrik "REZ" Sterner

Jerry "xelos" Råberg

Joakim "disco doplan" Gidetun

William "draken" Sundin

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