The groups for Season 2 of ELEAGUE have been released, and Natus Vincere is all-but guaranteed a match against SK Gaming in the group stage.

Na`Vi and SK are both in Group C, along with Astralis and ALTERNATE aTTaX. The only way that SK and Na`Vi won't play against each other ahead of playoffs is if they are seeded into different first-round matchups and either one of them loses to either Astralis or Alternate.

Introducing the ELEAGUE S2 | CS:GO Groups. pic.twitter.com/2vzEtiH9LI — ELEAGUE (@EL) September 21, 2016

Na`Vi and SK Gaming are considered two of the strongest CS:GO teams in the world right now, though they've both seem some rough patches lately. SK recently lost a 2-1 match to OpTic Gaming in the iBUYPOWER 2016 Invitational, while Na`Vi placed 13th-16th at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2.

As with last season of ELEAGUE, only one team from each group can advance to the playoffs. Second-place teams will be placed into a last-chance bracket that will qualify two more teams for the playoffs. Groups themselves will be played as single-elimination, best-of-three matches.

ELEAGUE Season 2 runs from Oct. 21 to Dec. 3 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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