The ECS Season 3 Finals are upon us, here are some details about the groups, schedule, talent, and prize distribution ahead of the big weekend in London.

The ECS Season 3 Finals will be returning to London, where the Season 1 Finals took place before going to Anaheim, California, for Season 2. The action will take place on June 23-25 at the SSE Arena in Wembley, and eight teams—four from North America and four from Europe—will be fighting for their share of a $660,000 prize pool.

The SSE Arena in London will once again host the ECS Finals

The group stage will feature two groups of four playing a GSL format double-elimination bracket with best-of-threes in the lower bracket and will be followed by a best-of-three single-elimination playoff with the final four teams.

The groups, which have been drawn according to the regular season standings, are:

Group A Group B FaZe Cloud9 G2 Liquid SK Astralis OpTic fnatic



With the groups set, here is the full schedule for the event:

Friday, June 23 13:15 FaZe OpTic vs. BO1 14:30 G2 SK vs. BO1 15:45 Group A Winners' Match BO1 17:00 Cloud9 fnatic vs. BO1 18:15 Liquid Astralis vs. BO1 19:30 Group B Winners' Match BO1 Saturday, June 24 12:15 Group A Elimination Match BO3 15:15 Group B Elimination Match BO3 18:15 Group A Decider Match BO3 21:15 Group B Decider Match BO3 Sunday, June 25 13:00 Semi-final #1 BO3 16:30 Semi-final #2 BO3 19:30 FPL Show match 21:00 Grand Final

An impressive crew of 11 will be in charge of bringing the action live, while two observers will be controlling the cameras in-game. The ECS Season 3 Finals will be hosted by Alex "Machine" Richardson and Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico, on the desk and stage respectively, and will have a slew of talent casting and analysing matches. Here is the list:

Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico - Stage Host

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk Host Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen - Interviewer Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst

Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst

Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen - Analyst

Sam "DaZeD" Marine - Analyst Anders Blume - Commentator

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator

James "JZFB" Bardolph - Commentator

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator Jamie "keita" Hall - Observer

Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield - Observer

As far as the $660,000 prize pool, here is how it will be divvied up:

1. $250,000

2. $120,000

3-4. $65,000

5-6. $45,000

7-8. $35,000

Don't forget to check out the ECS Season 3 Finals event page, where we will update all of the information regarding the tournament as it happens, including news, statistics, results, and more.