FACEIT Major 2018 Main Qualifier initial matchups revealed

With less than a week before the Major begins, FACEIT have announced their day one matchups for the New Challengers Stage. The Minor Challengers will be playing the Returning Challengers in the new Swiss-Buchholz system.

The matchups are as follows on September 5th (with rolling times):

Matchup	Time
Space Soldiers vs.  Rogue	5:00 AM EDT
Virtus.Pro vs.  Ninjas in Pajamas	6:30 AM EDT
Gambit vs.  TyLoo	8:00 AM EDT
BIG vs. Renegades	9:30 AM EDT
Vega Squadron vs. Spirit	11:00 AM EDT
North vs. HellRaisers	12:30 PM EDT
Liquid vs. OpTic	2:00 PM EDT
Astralis vs.  compLexity	3:30 PM EDT

The New Challengers Stage, as well as the New Legends Stage, will feature Bo1's for the first four rounds, with the final fifth round consisting of Bo3's.

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