ASUS ROG NORDIC CHALLENGE 2015

ASUS ROG Tournaments announces a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition with a $10 000 USD prize pool taking place in Helsinki, Finland on Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2015.

Next month ASUS ROG Tournaments brings Counter-Strike: Global Offensive back to Helsinki, Finland with a live tournament arena set up inside DigiExpo, the largest digital entertainment and consumer electronics event in Finland. Come and witness as eSports takes over the large exhibition halls or watch it all live on Twitch as eight competitive teams will fight for the trophy and $10,000 USD of prize money from October 30 to November 1, 2015. Together with the Finnish eSports Federation - SEUL ry, we are excited to present a brand new CS:GO event, ASUS ROG Tournament: Nordic Challenge.

Quick Facts

Dates : Fri 30th October - Sun 1st November, 2015

: Fri 30th October - Sun 1st November, 2015 Place : DigiExpo - Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland

: DigiExpo - Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland Teams : 8

: 8 Prize pool : $10,000 USD

: $10,000 USD Format : Single Elimination Playoffs (Bo3/Bo5)

: Single Elimination Playoffs (Bo3/Bo5) Streams : English & Finnish on Twitch

: English & Finnish on Twitch Participation : Invitations & Finnish Online Qualifier

: Invitations & Finnish Online Qualifier Tickets : messukeskus.com

: messukeskus.com Rules : pdf

: pdf Twitter: @ROGtournament



Streams

All the matches will be streamed in English and Finnish. The English broadcast will be handled remotely by NiPgamingTV while the national stream is produced at the venue in front of a live audience. On the Finnish stream the commentary will be provided by Teemu “wabbit” Hiilinen and Juha “aNGeldusT” Kurppa, while on the international broadcast the talent lineup is Karam "KYAN1TE" Kabbara, Liam "logaN" Durrant and Jack "Jacky" Peters.

Rough Schedule

Friday, October 30 12:00 -- 20:00 Quarter-finals, bo3

Saturday, October 31 10:00 -- 12:00 Quarter-finals (cont.), bo3 12:00 -- 17:00 Semi-finals, bo3

Sunday, November 1 12:00 Final, bo5



All times above are local time EET (GMT+2).

Prizes

The prize pool of the tournament is $10,000 USD. It is distributed to the top four teams as follows:

1. $5,000

2. $3,000

3-4. $1,000

3-4. $1,000



Format

The tournament will be played with direct single elimination playoffs. The matches are best-of-3 in quarter-finals and semi-finals while the final match is a best-of-5.

Participation

The tournament will feature a total of eight teams. Seven of the teams will enter the competition via a direct invite while the last spot is reserved for the winner of the Finnish online qualifier. If you are interested in the tournament, please send us an application for an invite. The invitations will be given out soon as the event approaches quickly. The online qualifier is open for Finnish teams only and will be held on October 11, 17:00 EEST. Sign-up and more info can be found at the tournament page.

Tickets

ASUS ROG Tournament: Nordic Challenge is held inside DigiExpo, a convention dedicated to gaming, entertainment electronics and photography. For tickets and more info how to watch the action live, please visit DigiExpo’s website.

Invited teams

HS.GG Dosia - Michail Stolyarov

- Michail Stolyarov hooch - Dmitry Bogdanov

- Dmitry Bogdanov JUGi - Jakob Hansen

Jakob Hansen k0nfig - Kristian Wienecke

- Kristian Wienecke wayLander - Jan Rahkonen

MIXCAT suNny - Miikka Kemppi

- Miikka Kemppi disturbed - Taneli Veikkola

- Taneli Veikkola stonde - Tom Glad

- Tom Glad juhob - Juho Lampinen

- Juho Lampinen xartE - Mikko Välimaa

Publiclir.se quix - Max Lindkvist

- Max Lindkvist jayzaR - Aleksandar Zarkovic

- Aleksandar Zarkovic dejvin - Alexander Nyqvist

- Alexander Nyqvist Lekr0 - Jonas Olofsson

- Jonas Olofsson DomiNate - Daniel Garcia

Torpedo.gg ​darti - Joachim Fornstedt

- Joachim Fornstedt decent - Samuel Oldenburg

- Samuel Oldenburg atter - Simon Atterstam

- Simon Atterstam tease - William Sid

- William Sid blote - David Ekdahl

SkitLite sLowi - Olli Pitkänen

- STOVVE - Toni Liukkonen

- JALLU - Jyri Tenhunen

- Tomsku - Roope Simpanen

- Roope Simpanen shaker - Marcus Pyysalo

BX3 aNdz - Anders Kjær

- Anders Kjær DaY - Jon Thomas Rudström

- Jon Thomas Rudström Moen - Christian Moen

- Christian Moen Paint - Adam Fjellum

- Adam Fjellum KORN - Kristian Hokland

RCTIC eSports Twista - Slaava Räsänen

- Slaava Räsänen sAw - Eetu Saha

- Eetu Saha SAGGERTON - Saku Jokinen

- Saku Jokinen ZOREE - Lasse Uronen

- Lasse Uronen xseveN - Sami Laasanen

Qualified team

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joona - Joona Puumalainen

- Joona Puumalainen zehN - Jesse Linjala

- Jesse Linjala shed - Jani Marjanen

- Jani Marjanen pnarek - Jimi Nieminen

- Jimi Nieminen qiini - Kasperi Leppänen

Playoffs