FACEIT announce London Major
London, UK is set to be the next location to host the next CS:GO Major. With this being FACEIT's first event, they become the sixth company to host the event and the UK becomes the fifth country to host it.
The$1,000,000 Major, is set to take place at the 10,000 seater SSE Wembley Arena in London. The playoffs and finals are set to take place over September 20th-23rd, with the group stage and qualifier yet to have their dates announced.
Continuing to host 24 teams, as per the expansion that came with the ELEAGUE Major: Boston, the 16 teams confirmed to be in attendance at the Major thanks to their previous finish will be:
New Legends Stage | |
Cloud9 | FaZe |
Natus Vincere | SK |
mousesports | Quantum Bellator Fire |
G2 | fnatic |
New Challengers Stage | |
Gambit | Vega Squadron |
Space Soldiers | BIG |
Astralis | Liquid |
North | Virtus.pro |
Michele Attisani, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of FACEIT said: "The community has been at the heart of everything we do at FACEIT, and we’re so grateful for the support of the players on our platform and those who’ve attended and watched ECS. We’re excited to create an amazing celebration of CS:GO to honor that commitment. We look forward to seeing everyone there in September.“
Tickets for the event are set to go on sale April 2nd.