The Acer Predator Masters will kick off on Thursday, with eight teams battling it four for a share of the $40,000 prize pool.

TaKeTV's new studio, in Krefeld, Germany, will play host to the offline finals of the first season of the Acer Predator Masters, where the top eight teams from the online portion of the league will duke it out for the first prize of $20,000.

The tournament will use a best-of-three, double-elimination format, with the grand final being a best-of-seven clash in which the team coming from the Upper Bracket has a one-map advantage.



cadiaN's SK Gaming will face KILLERFISH in the first round

It remains to be seen how teams will react to the prospect of playing a match that could take as long as seven hours, where players will be physically and mentally drained after a few maps.

Below you can find a tentative schedule for the tournament:

Thursday, July 30 13:30 dignitas vs. HellRaisers 16:30 SK Gaming vs. KILLERFISH 19:30 Team SoloMid Team SoloMid vs. E-frag.net E-frag.net 22:30 mousesports mousesports vs. PENTA Sports PENTA Sports Friday, July 31 TBD Upper Bracket Semi-finals TBD Lower Bracket Round 1 Saturday, August 1 TBD Upper Bracket Final TBD Lower Bracket Round 2 TBD Lower Bracket Final Sunday, August 2 TBD Consolidation Final TBD Grand final (bo7)

Richard Lewis will be hosting the event, while Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, FACEIT's Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Greatfrag's Rahim Abdullaev will be doing live commentary during the four days of the tournament.

Richard Lewis - Host Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Caster

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster

Rahim Abdullaev - Caster

The complete prize breakdown for the tournament is the following: