The organizers of ECS Season 2 Finals have released the groups and schedule for the $750,000 event taking place from December 9-11 in Anaheim, California.

ECS Season 2 Finals will gather six of the top ten teams according to our current Team Ranking, as well as ELEAGUE champions OpTic, who are sitting in 13th place but are yet to receive points for their title, and Immortals (#11).

The eight teams have been distributed into two GSL groups, which will feature best-of-one's in the upper part with elimination matches and deciders played in best-of-three series:

Group A Group B Astralis SK Cloud9 Envy FaZe Immortals OpTic Dignitas

Two teams from each group will then move on to the best-of-three playoffs, which are scheduled for Sunday, December 11.

The first day of the group stage will be played without live audience, while day two and three will move on to the Anaheim Arena located at the Anaheim Convention Center.

The full schedule looks as follows:

Friday, December 9th 20:15 Astralis OpTic vs. BO1 21:30 FaZe Cloud9 vs. BO1 22:45 Group A winners' match BO1 00:00 SK Dignitas vs. BO1 01:15 Immortals Envy vs. BO1 02:30 Group B winners' match BO1 Saturday, December 10th 19:15 Group A elimination match BO3 22:15 Group B elimination match BO3 01:15 Group A decider BO3 04:15 Group B decider BO3 Sunday, December 11th 20:15 Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2) BO3 23:30 Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2) BO3 03:00 Grand final BO3

The talent lineup was also announced:

HLTV.org will have a two-man team on-site at ECS Season 2 Finals to bring you full coverage of the event, including galleries and interviews.