As the Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational is closing in, we bring you a viewer's guide for the €10,000 event featuring the likes of NiP, VeryGames, ESC and last but not least, Natus Vincere.

Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational at the five-star Imperial Riding School Renaissance Vienna Hotel will feature two group stages. In the first group stage, groups A and B will be played at the same time, followed by C and D later on in the afternoon.

Winners of each group will proceed directly to the quarterfinals while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will have to fight their way through the group stage #2. The second group stage will determine the last 4 spots in the playoffs which will be played in a single-elimination, best-of-three manner.

Saturday, February 23rd:

Group stage #1

Group A

Time Type NiP NiP vs. Nostalgia Nostalgia 10:00 BO1 Imaginary Imaginary vs. TCM-Gaming TCM-Gaming 10:00 BO1 NiP NiP vs. TCM -Gaming TCM 11:00 BO1 Imaginary Imaginary vs. Nostalgia Nostalgia 11:00 BO1 NiP NiP vs.

Imaginary Imaginary 12:15 BO1 TCM -Gaming TCM vs. Nostalgia Nostalgia 12:15 BO1 Group B VeryGames VeryGames vs. logiX logiX 10:00 BO1 Anexis Anexis vs.

ALTERNATE ALTERNATE 10:00 BO1 VeryGames VeryGames vs. ALTERNATE 11:00 BO1 Anexis Anexis vs. logiX logiX 11:00 BO1 VeryGames VeryGames vs. Anexis Anexis 12:15 BO1 ALTERNATE vs. logiX logiX 12:15 BO1 Group C ESC Gaming ESC Gaming vs. TeamCRG TeamCRG 14:30 BO1 n!faculty n!faculty vs. Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 14:30 BO1 ESC Gaming ESC Gaming vs. Natus Vincere Natus Vincere 15:30 BO1 n!faculty n!faculty vs. TeamCRG TeamCRG 15:30 BO1 ESC Gaming ESC Gaming vs. n!faculty n!faculty 16:45 BO1 Natus Vincere Natus Vincere vs. TeamCRG TeamCRG 16:45 BO1 Group D Lemondogs Lemondogs vs. e-Sports.rs e-Sports.rs 14:30 BO1 3DMAX 3DMAX vs. LDLC.com LDLC.com 14:30 BO1 Lemondogs Lemondogs vs. LDLC.com LDLC.com 15:30 BO1 3DMAX 3DMAX vs. e-Sports.rs e-Sports.rs 15:30 BO1 Lemondogs Lemondogs vs. 3DMAX 3DMAX 16:45 BO1 LDLC.com LDLC.com vs. e-Sports.rs e-Sports.rs 16:45 BO1

Group stage #2

Group A, Group B Time Type Round 1 19:00 BO1 Round 2 20:00 BO1 Round 3 21:15 BO1

Sunday, February 24th

Playoffs Time Type Quarter-finals 10:00 BO3 Semi-finals 13:00 BO3 Third place decider 15:30 BO3 Grand final 18:30 BO3

The event is going to be broadcasted on FACEIT TV powered by Alienware with one of the commentators being the ex-Lemondogs in-game leader Björn "THREAT" Pers. The editors behind FACEIT TV have put together a short video that should set you in the mood right in time before the event:

Now that you know the full schedule, don't forget to find the right players and put your own Dreamteam together! For beginners, jump over here for more information about our amazing game.

Stay tuned to HLTV.org as three of our members will be on site between February 23rd-24th providing you with exclusive content from what is the first major CS:GO tournament of 2013.