Groups, schedule for Champions Cup Finals revealed

Eden Esports has revealed the groups and schedule for the upcoming Champions Cup Finals.

The eight competing sides have been split into two double-elimination groups, featuring a best-of-three format after the initial round of matches.

Group A is headlined by two top 15 teams in FURIA and ENCE. Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles will return to action for FURIA after recently missing cs_summit 5, with the Brazilians set to face TYLOO, who could be playing their last event with Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand as reports continue to link the Indonesian star with a move to Gen.G. As for ENCE, the Finnish team will take on Movistar Riders, who finished top-six at DreamHack Open Sevilla last weekend.

ENCE placed in a tricky group that includes FURIA

G2 will be confident of their chances of success after being placed in a group with only one other top 30 team in Spirit. In their opening match in Malta, the cs_summit 5 runners-up will play BIG, who were sent packing in Sevilla in the group stage following three heart-breaking overtime losses.

The Champions Cup Finals will take place from December 19-22 at InterContinental Malta, in Saint Julian's, with $300,000 at stake. Earlier on Monday, Eden Esports announced the on-air team for the English broadcast, featuring the likes of Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus, Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez and Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer.

Below you can find the groups:

Group A
FURIA
ENCE
Movistar Riders
TYLOO Group B
Hard Legion
G2
BIG
Spirit

The complete schedule for the tournament looks as follows:

Thursday, December 19
10:00 - FURIA vs. TYLOO (BO1)
11:30 - Hard Legion vs. Spirit (BO1)
13:00 - ENCE vs. Movistar Riders (BO1)
14:30 - G2 vs. BIG (BO1)
16:00 - Group A winners' match (BO3)
19:30 - Group B winners' match (BO3)

Friday, December 20
10:00 - Group A elimination match (BO3)
13:30 - Group B elimination match (BO3)
17:00 - Group A decider match (BO3)
20:30 - Group B decider match (BO3)

Saturday, December 21
16:30 - Semi-final #1 (BO3)
20:00 - Semi-final #2 (BO3)

Sunday, December 22
13:00 - Third-place decider (BO3)
18:00 - Grand final (BO3)

ENCE #12 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo BIG #33 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Spirit #29 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Movistar Riders #30 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranRajohn 'EasTor' LinatoLucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano TYLOO #22 YuLun 'Summer' CaiHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Gen.G #52 Damian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenSam 's0m' Oh Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.75 Maps played: 14 KPR: 0.49 DPR: 0.70 Henrique 'HEN1' Teles Age: 24 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 787 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.58 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Tres 'stunna' Saranthus Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54 Hard Legion #45 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAnton 'speed4k' TitovIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 24 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 738 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.61 FURIA #13 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato G2 #11 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković