FACEIT and Twitch have announced the first details about the offline finals of the first season of the Esports Championship Series (ECS).

The iconic SSE Arena (previously known as Wembley Arena), in London, has been chosen to stage the season finals of the first edition of the ECS league, from June 24-26.

The top eight teams from the online portion of the league - four per division - will compete at the event. The exact prize pool has not yet been revealed, but it is known that ECS will pay out $3.5 million over two seasons, with this figure also including travel support.



SSE Arena to stage ECS finals

Tickets to the ECS Season 1 Finals are now available at wembley.csgoleague.com, with prices ranging from £10.39 to £220 in the early bid offer.

Co-hosted by FACEIT and Twitch, ECS is the first league to offer co-ownership to the teams, who get seats on the tournament's committee as well as a share of the revenue generated by the competition.