ELEAGUE announce matchups for four-team invitational
ELEAGUE have revealed the first round of matchups for their four-team invitational event, set to run at the ELEAGUE studios in Atlanta, Georgia from January 25-27. The four invited teams, talent, and format were all previously revealed by the organizer near the start of the month.
The tournament will utilize a best-of-three double-elimination format, with the first round matchups seeing Cloud9 square off against FaZe while compLexity will take on BIG, who will debut with Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş for the first time in an official match.
Both Cloud9 and FaZe ended their iBUYPOWER Masters 2019 run in 5-6th place, with Cloud9 falling in a rematch against fnatic while FaZe were eliminated in the group stage decider by Ghost. The two teams will look redeem themselves with their recent roster additions as they prepare for the IEM Katowice Major in February.
The first round of matchups at ELEAGUE's invitational are as follows:
 Cloud9 |
vs. |  FaZe |
 BIG |
vs. |  compLexity |
ELEAGUE's four-team invitational will begin on January 25th at 2 PM EST.
