Home Sweet Home Cup week 1 full team list revealed
After the announcement of the first five teams in March, the roster for the first week of Home Sweet Home, starting April 7, has now been made public.
Home Sweet Home, a series of weekly online cups with a total prize pool of $320,000, was announced on March 20 as much of Europe was either already on lockdown or getting ready to lock down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first three teams, North, GODSENT and forZe, were revealed at the time, soon to be joined by BIG and Virtus.pro.
Filling out the 16-team four-group GSL stage for the first week will be the likes of Spirit, Movistar Riders, Syman, Sprout, AGO, Nordavind or SKADE, among others, all vying for the $30,000 lion's share of this week's $40,000 prize pool.
All Group A matches will be played on April 7, followed by Group B the following day and so on until April 10 when the group stage will conclude and the playoff bracket will be set. The quarter-finals will then be played on April 11 before the first week of play comes to an end with the semi-finals and final on Sunday, April 12.
The four Home Sweet Home Cup week 1 groups are:
The week 1 opening matches are:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Movistar Riders vs.
Japaleno
North vs.
Sprout
Group D
Virtus.pro vs.
Gambit Youngsters
forZe vs.
Nordavind