CS:GO Season 5 Professional Placement Tournament (June 24th - July 9th)

Tournament Format & Schedule

The Season 5 Professional Placement Tournament will consist of 16 teams in a standard round-robin group play format followed by a 12 team double elimination bracket to determine the 7 teams that will advance to the Professional division in Season 5. The 9 teams that do not qualify for the Professional division will be automatically moved into the Main division to start the season.

NOTE: All players must pay their $20 Main division league fee to be eligible to play in the Placement Tournament. Teams that qualify for the Professional division will be charged the difference before the first match of the regular season.

Group Stage (bo1):

Round 1 (de_dust2) – Tuesday, June 24th

Round 2 (de_mirage) – Thursday, June 26th

Round 3 (de_inferno) – Monday, June 30th

Bracket Stage (bo3):

Round of 12 (de_train) – Tuesday, July 2nd

Round of 8 (de_mirage) – Wednesday, July 3rd

LB Round 1 (de_cache) – Monday, July 7th

LB Round 2 (de_inferno) – Tuesday, July 8th

LB Round 3 (de_dust2) – Wednesday, July 9th

Each map will begin with a knife round to determine which team has the right to pick their starting side. For Bracket Stage bo3 matches, the home team will pick the first map, the away team will pick the second map, and the 3rd map (if necessary) is the pre-determined tiebreaker map listed above. Maps may not be selected twice and must be picked from the CEVO standard map pool of de_dust2, de_inferno, de_nuke, de_train, de_mirage, de_cache, and de_season.

Groups & Seeds

Group A:

#1 -RELiABLE GAMiNG (11th Professional s4)

#8 - Devatation (Invited Team)

#9 - Justus Pro (Invited Team)

#16 - StrictlyBusiness GO (Invited Team)

Group B:

#2 - ENERVATE GAMING (5th/6th Main s4)

#7 - Mobility Gaming CSGO (Invited Team)

#10 - Aware Gaming (Invited Team)

#15 - ownage (1st Place Spring Classic)

Group C:

#3 - SapphireKelownaDotCom (12th Professional s4)

#6 - Valhalla formerly Keyboard Kommandos (2nd Main s4)

#11 - savage (Invited Team)

#14 - Heat (Invited Team)

Group D:

#4 - Armata (13th Professional s4)

#5 - Perfectionvore (1st Main s4)

#12 - Anonymous 5 (1st Intermediate s4)

#13 - AREA51 (Invited Team)

Season 5 Skill Divisions

Professional Division (16 teams) - $50 per player - $7,500.00 base prize pool + community crowdfunding

CEVO-P is our most prestigious division and consists of only the top 16 teams in North America. Teams can earn spots in this division through their performance in the off-season Professional Placement Tournament. Teams in this skill division will play two matches per week, in one national conference, and compete for our largest cash prize pool on LAN at theGXL in Philadelphia (October 10-12).

Main Division (48 teams) - $20 per player - $1,500.00 base prize pool + community crowdfunding

CEVO-M is a pay-to-play restricted skill division consisting of 48 very highly skilled and experienced teams looking for serious, near-professional competition. Teams can qualify to play in this division through their performance in the previous season or through our off-season tournaments. Teams in this division will play two matches per week in one national conference and compete for cash prizes.

Intermediate Divison (Open entry) - $10 per player - $750.00 base prize pool + community crowdfunding

CEVO-IM is our entry level pay-to-play skill division open to ALL teams. It's designed for both new and experienced teams seeking serious competitive play. Teams in this division will play two matches per week in one national conference and compete for cash prizes and the chance to move up to the CEVO-M skill division based on their performance in Season 5.

With the introduction of league fees and the soon to be released premium league features coming to our pay-to-play divisions, we encourage teams to start in our Intermediate division if they are looking for serious league competition and the chance to move up the ladder of ranked skill divisions.

FREE Divison (Open entry) - FREE-to-Play - $250.00 base prize pool + community crowdfunding

CEVO-FREE is completely FREE-to-Play and open to ALL teams. Designed for beginner teams who are looking to get their feet wet with competitive play. Teams in this division play one match per week and compete for cash prizes and the chance to move up to our pay-to-play skill divisions at the end of the season. The Open division will be separated into four regional conferences (East, Central, West, and South America) to help make scheduling matches a breeze, while allowing teams to play the majority of their matches on servers in their preferred location.

CEVO-TV Coverage

c0tton, klops, misled, LATORR, m3ss, and LAUNDERS from CEVO-TV will be broadcasting all of the best s5 Professional Placement Tournament matches at http://twitch.tv/playCEVO and VODs will be available after the matches on our YouTube channel.

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Players can register their CS:GO teams for Season 5 from Tuesday, June 10th until Monday, June 30th at 11:59 PM CDT. We're looking forward to improving after an extremely successful Season 4, and we'd love for you and your team to join us.

As always, we're open to feedback and would love to hear from you. Feel free to post your questions, comments, or concerns below, contact CEVO Support, or visit us in our public TeamSpeak3 server (cevots.gameservers.com:9366) to get in touch with us!

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