ECS Season 1 Finals viewer's guide

Top four teams from North America and Europe have secured a place in the first season's finals, taking place from June 24-26 in London's 12,500-seater SSE Arena, the second-largest indoor arena in the capital of United Kingdom.

Similarly to last weekend's DreamHack ZOWIE Open Jönköping, ECS Season 1 Finals' double-elimination group stage will be played in best-of-three series in the elimination and decider matches.

Group A	Group B
Luminosity	Astralis
G2	Cloud9
Liquid	fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas	TSM

Three days have been reserved for the tournament with the first being played without live audience off-stage.

The competition will then move on to the stage with elimination and decider matches on day two, and the best-of-three single elimination playoffs on day three.

The full schedule looks as follows:

Friday, June 24
13:15	Luminosity	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas	BO1
14:30	Liquid	vs. G2	BO1
15:45	Group A winners' match
17:00	Astralis	vs. TSM	BO1
18:15	fnatic	vs. Cloud9	BO1
19:30	Group B winners' match		BO1
Saturday, June 25
12:15	Group A elimination match		BO3
15:15	Group B elimination match		BO3
18:15	Group A decider match		BO3
21:15	Group B decider match		BO3
Sunday, June 26
13:00	Semifinal #1 (B1 vs. A2)		BO3
16:30	Semifinal #2 (A1 vs. B2)		BO3
21:00	Grand final		BO3

The official broadcast talent consists of two popular duos as commentators, while the analyst desk, consisting of Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen, Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, will be led by Scott "SirScoots" Smith.

Scott "Sir Scoots" Smith - Desk host
Sue "Smix" Lee - Stage host

James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph - Commentator
Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Commentator

Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson - Analysis
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analysis
Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen - Analysis

Prizepool distribution:

1. $250,000
2. $125,000
3-4. $80,000
5-6. $65,000
7-8. $50,000 

There are still tickets up for grabs, ranging from £12.99 to £50, which you can buy over at The Ticket Fairy website. To attend the event, under-aged visitors of at least 16 years old must be accompanied by an 18+ year-old adult.