The teams taking part in the first season of EDC were divided into four groups. The first matches will start on December 7.
Each group of the European Development Championship tournament includes four teams that will be fighting for promotion to the play-offs on December 7-15. Each group has two days of games starting at 10.00.
As mentioned in the previous announcement, the group stage will be played according to the GSL system. Opening matches will be best-of-one, and all subsequent matches will be fought for two maps won. The top eight teams, two from each group, advance to the playoffs with a single-elimination bracket.
The division into groups is as follows:
Group A
- forZe
- Endpoint
- Illuminar Gaming
- Budapest Five
Group B
- HellRaisers
- SKADE
- Heretics
- Galaxy Razer
Group C
- K23
- ALTERNATE aTTaX
- Copenhagen Flames
- Na`Vi Junior
Group D
- Espada
- sAw
- Movistar Riders
- BEZ ZP
Fourteen of the above teams were invited to play in cooperation with the tournament’s partners, i.e. RuHub, Cyberwolves and Esport1. The list of participants was finalized by two teams from the qualification process under the name Wildcard, i.e. Natus Vincere Junior and BEZ ZP (ex-Cyber Legacy).
The first matches will start on Monday, December 7. The full schedule is as follows:
Monday, December 7:
- 10:00 – Illuminar vs forZe (bo1)
- 11:00 – Budapest Five vs Endpoint (bo1)
- 12:00 – Group A winners match (bo3)
Tuesday, December 8:
- 10:00 – group A losers match (bo3)
- 13:00 – group A deciding match (bo3)
Wednesday, December 9:
- 10:00 – SKADE vs Galaxy Racer (bo1)
- 11:00 – Heretics vs HellRaisers (bo1)
- 12:00 – Group B winners match (bo3)
Thursday, 10 December:
- 10:00 – group B losers match (bo3)
- 13:00 – decisive match in group B (bo3)
Friday, 11 December:
- 10:00 – K23 vs Copenhagen Flames (bo1)
- 11:00 – Na`Vi Junior vs ALTERNATE aTTaX (bo1)
- 12:00 – Group C winners match (bo3)
Saturday, December 12:
- 10:00 – group C losers (bo3)
- 13:00 – group C decisive match (bo3)
Monday, December 14:
- 10:00 – sAw vs BEZ ZP (bo1)
- 11:00 – Espada vs Movistar Riders (bo1)
- 12:00 – Group D winners match (bo3)
Tuesday, December 15:
- 10:00 – group D losers (bo3)
- 13:00 – decisive match in group D (bo3)
Thursday, December 17:
- 10:00 – quarter-final # 1 (A1 vs D2)
- 13:00 -quarter-final # 2 (B1 vs C2)
Friday, 18 December:
- 10:00 – quarter-final # 3 (C1 vs B2)
- 13:00 – quarter-final # 4 (D1 vs A2)
Saturday, December 19:
- 11:00 – semi-final # 1
- 14:00 – semi-final # 2
Sunday, December 20:
- 13:00 – final
All matches will be available on the official twitch.tv/edenesports channel, but also in eight other languages:
National Partners Channels:
- Russian: (RuHub) – https://www.twitch.tv/csruhub
- Polish: (Cyberwolves) – https://www.twitch.tv/tarczynski_studio_live
- Hungarian: (Esport1) – https://twitch.tv/esport1tv
Community Broadcast Channels
- Portuguese: https://www.twitch.tv/chesterhousep
- Spanish: https://www.twitch.tv/budapestfive
- French: https://www.twitch.tv/TheIntelloBox
- Swedish: https://www.twitch.tv/luddiie
- Spanish: https://www.twitch.tv/gomibrk
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