Gfinity Summer Masters I will kick off on Friday, with eight teams battling it out for their share of the $80,000 prize pool.

The Gfinity Arena, located in London, will play host this week to the biggest Counter-Strike Masters event in terms of prize money as $80,000 will be on offer at this exciting three-day event.

Seven teams from all over Europe plus US side Cloud9 have been drawn into two groups of four teams. The group stage will use the GSL system, with every match being played in a best-of-three format.



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The top two sides from each group will advance to the best-of-three semi-finals, which will lead up to the best-of-five grand final.

The tournament's $80,000 prize pool will be split between the eight participants as follows:

1. $40,000

2. $20,000

3-4. $5,000

5-8. $2,500

1. $40,000

2. $20,000

3-4. $5,000

5-8. $2,500

Hosting the event will once again be Scott "SirScoots" Smith, who will be joined by a seven-man panel including Richard Lewis, Duncan "Thorin" Shields and FACEIT duo James "JZFB" Bardolph and Daniel "ddk" Kapadia. The full panel can be found below:

Host:

Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Analysts:

Richard Lewis

Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Casters:

James "JZFB" Bardolph

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia

Matt "Chewwy" Smith

Karam "Kyan1te" Kabbara

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer

Finally, you can find the complete tournament schedule below:

Friday, June 26 19:00 NiP NiP vs. SK Gaming SK Gaming A1 19:00 Titan Titan vs. dignitas dignitas A2 21:30 EnVyUs EnVyUs vs. Cloud9 Cloud9 B1 * 21:30 Virtus.pro Virtus.pro vs. mousesports mousesports B2 * Saturday, June 27 13:00 Winner A1 vs. Winner A2 A3 13:00 Loser A1 vs. Loser A2 A4 16:00 Winner B1 vs, Winner B2 B3 * 16:00 Loser B1 vs, Loser B2 B4 * 19:00 Loser A3 vs, Winner A4 * 19:00 Loser B3 vs. Winner B4 * Sunday, June 28 13:00 Semi-final #1 * 16:00 Semi-final #2 * 19:00 Grand final *

* Start time is approximate as it will depend on previous matches