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CS:GO StarSeries S3 Finals groups and seeding announced

Michael Martin


The final groups and seeding for the CS:GO Starladder i-League StarSeries S3 Finals have been revealed.

Sixteen teams will compete in four pools of four teams each, and can be seen as follows:

Pool 1
Natus Vincere
Astralis
Virtus.pro
SK Gaming

Pool 2
North
Gambit
FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas

Pool 3
Fnatic
G2
HellRaisers
Immortals

Pool 4
CLG
5POWER
TyLoo
MVP Project

GeT_RiGhT and Maikelele celebrating their win in Kiev in 2016
GeT_RiGhT and Maikelele celebrating their win in Kiev in 2016 (Starladder Twitter)

Pools 1 and 2 consist of the invited teams, while Pools 3 and 4 are teams that qualified for the event. Invited teams will compete against the qualified teams in the first round, beginning with Pools 1 and 4 and Pools 2 and 3.

Teams with the same record after the first round will play each other until the top 8 teams are left to play in a single-elimination, best-of-three round.

Last year, Ninjas in Pyjamas won StarSeries S2 Finals over G2 esports.

The StarSeries S3 Finals take place April 4-9 in Kiev, Ukraine, and will feature a total prize pool worth $300,000.

In related CS:GO news, ECS Season 3 European division teams have been finalized, with Virtus.pro taking the final spot.


Michael Martin’s never really liked Dust2 in Counter-Strike. Follow him on Twitter @Bizarro_Mike.