📅 Dates: May 10 - May 19

📍 Venue: Barys Arena, Astana (11,578-SEAT LIVE Audience for Playoffs)

💰 Prize Pool: $ 1,250,000

🕛 Timezone: GMT+4 (Kazakhstan Standard Time)

🎮 Format:

Group Stage: BO3 Swiss using Major-Style Bucholz Seeding

Playoffs: Top 8 Advance to Single-Elimination Bracket

Grand Final: Best-of-5

Third-Place Decider: BO3 on Championship Sunday

📋 Teams Competing

Region Team

🇷🇺 Russia Spirit (Favorites)

🇪🇺 Europe Natus Vincere, G2, Gamerlegion, Nip

🇹🇷 Turkey Aurora

🇲🇳 Mongolia The Mongolz

🇷🇺 Russia Virtus.pro

🇩🇰 Denmark Astralis (W/ Hoxxi)

🇧🇷 Brazil Pain, Mibr, Furia (W/ Yekindar, Molodoy)

🇺🇸 USA M80

🇩🇪 Germany Big

🇧🇷 Brazil Oddik

🇷🇺 Russia Hotu

Notable debuts:

Hades With G2

HOOXI with Astralis

Molodoy & Yekindar with Furia

New Ninjas in Pyjamas Lan Roster Debut

💰 Prize Distribution

Placement Prize

🥇 1ST $ 400,000

🥈 2nd $ 187,500

🥉 3RD $ 150,000

4th $ 87,500

5–8th $ 62,500

9–11th $ 31,250

12–14th $ 18,750

15–16th $ 12,500

💡 Note: 50% of Total Prize Pool Goes Directly To Orgs, The Rest Split by Players/Staff.

🔥 Storylines to watch

Can Spirit Capitalize on Being Favorites in A Top-4-Light Field?

Will Yekindar Find Instant Success?

Can Navi or G2 Spoil The Party Despite New Rosters?

What will Hoox’s Astralis Look Like In their first tier-1 test?

Could the Mongolz or Aurora Upset the Bracket?

🎯 Fantasy & Viewership Tips

Spirit’s Donk, Sh1ro, and Magx are fantasy gold.

Watch Out for Yekindar’s Impact in Furia’s New Structure.

Value Picks May Include Hades, IM, OR Blitz IF Mongolz Find Form.