MLG Vegas Overwatch Invitational

The first group matches of the MLG Vegas Overwatch Invitational are starting tonight, Friday 16th December, while the competition will be played until the 18th.

Here is the breakdown for the 100,000 USD total cash prize:

Eight teams were invited for the competition:

EnVyUs (1st World rank)
FNATIC (10th World rank)
Cloud9 (13th World rank)
compLexity (16th World rank)
FaZe Clan (20th World rank)
NRG Esports (44th World rank)
Team Liquid (57th World rank)
Rise Nation (60th World rank)

Note: The World rankings are home-made and include a fair share of approximations. Also, the flags represent the rosters, not the organizations.

The tournament will be played through a "Double Elimination Group Stage" (bo3) and a Single brackets. The top2 teams from each group will meet in bo5 Semi Finals and the Final will be played as best of 7.

The matches will be played as following:

Day 1

23:00 UTC, 16 Dec 2016 - Group A, Round 1
FNATIC vs Rise Nation
(King's Row, Nepal, Dorado)
00:30 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group B, Round 1
FaZe Clan vs Team Liquid
(Hollywood, Ilios, Numbani)
03:30 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group B, Round 2
NRG vs Cloud9
(Hollywood, Ilios, Numbani)

Day 2

18:30 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group A, Round 2 (Postponed to day2)
compLexity vs EnVyUs
(King's Row, Nepal, Dorado)
20:00 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group A, Losers
Loser A1 vs Loser A2
(Hollywood, Ilios, Numbani)
21:30 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group B, Losers
Loser B1 vs Loser B2
(King's Row, Nepal, Dorado)
23:00 UTC, 17 Dec 2016 - Group A, Winners
Winner A1 vs Winner A2
(Hollywood, Ilios, Numbani)
00:30 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Group B, Winners
Winner B1 vs Winner B2
(King's Row, Nepal, Dorado)
02:00 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Group A, Decider
Loser "A Winners" vs Winner "A Losers"
(Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Nepal, Route 66)
03:30 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Group B, Decider
Loser "B Winners" vs Winner "B Losers"
(Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Nepal, Route 66)

Day 3

19:00 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Semi Final #1
Winner "A1 Winners" vs Winner "B Decider"
(Dorado, Ilios, King's Row, Volskaya, Watchpoint: Gibraltar)
21:00 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Semi Final #2
Winner "B1 Winners" vs Winner "A Decider"
(Dorado, Ilios, King's Row, Volskaya, Watchpoint: Gibraltar)
23:00 UTC, 18 Dec 2016 - Final
Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2
(Numbani, Nepal, Hollywood, Temple of Anubis, Route 66, Ilios, Dorado)

Naturally, everything will be streamed on the MLG Live Portal and on MLG's YouTube. And for all the results and information, you can have a look at the MLG Vegas event information portal.