The first two groups for the upcoming major have been announced, featuring teams like NiP, Fnatic, Luminosity and FaZe.
MLG have announced the groups A and B in two short videos on their Instagram today. The videos can be found in this post as well.
The groups have been drawn based on seeds from the previous major, DreamHack: Cluj-Napoca, as well as results from the Lan qualifiers for the major, where the 1st pool features the top 4 and pool 2 is the 5th-8th place finishers from Cluj. Pools 3 and 4 are determined by the qualifiers, the group winners from the LAN qualifiers are pool 3 leaving the 2nd place finishers in the groups in pool 4.
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MLG Columbus Groups
Group A
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Luminosity
mousesports
FlipSid3
Group B
FaZe Clan
fnatic
Splyce
Team Liquid
The final two groups are to be drawn and announced tomorrow and revealed on the MLG instagram account.
Remaining teams:
Pool 1
EnvyUs
Natus Vincere
Pool 2
Virtus.Pro
Astralis
Pool 3
G2.Esports
Gambit
Pool 4
Counter Logic Gaming
Cloud 9
