ASUS ROG groups & schedule out

The event which will be hosted in Helsinki and offers $25,000 in cash prizes to eight teams will start with two groups consisting of four teams.

The group stage will be using the GSL format and all the matches will be played as best-of-ones except the best-of-three deciders. Come playoff time, single elimination format will be adopted and the matches will be best-of-threes.

LGR and ENCE, who will be playing in front of their home crowd, will be on separate groups. Those groups are as follows:

Group A	Group B
Epsilon	ENCE
Escape	Space Soldiers
LGR	Tricked
Millenium	ArchAngels

The schedule of the tournament is below:

Friday, August 5
11:00	Epsilon	vs. Millenium	BO1
11:00	Escape	vs. LGR	BO1
12:30	Group A winners' match		BO1
12:30	Group A elimination match		BO1
14:00	Group A decider match		BO3
18:00	ENCE	vs. ArchAngels	BO1
18:00	Space Soldiers	vs. Tricked	BO1
19:30	Group B winners' match		BO1
19:30	Group B elimination match		BO1
21:00	Group B decider match		BO3
Saturday, August 6
11:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
14:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
18:00	Grand final		BO3

If you wish to catch the event on-site, you can find tickets on Assembly's website.

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.