ECS Season 5 Finals viewer's guide

With the ECS Season 5 Finals set to start on Friday, we have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need regarding the $660,000 tournament.

The Esports Championship Series (ECS) returns to the SSE Arena, in Wembley, London, for its season 5 finals, where eight teams, determined by the online portion of the league, will square off for the grand prize of $250,000.

The tournament will begin with a double-elimination group stage, which will lead to a single-elimination bracket with the top two teams from both groups. 

Group A sees Astralis, currently the No.1 team in the ranking, paired with another top five team, Liquid, and with two teams ranked between sixth and tenth, fnatic and Cloud9. 

Reigning ECS champions FaZe will field cromen as a stand-in

Group B features just one top five team, FaZe, with StarSeries runners-up NRG, the new G2 line-up and Brazilian side Luminosity making up the rest of the group. 

Here are the groups for the event:

Group A		Group B
Astralis		NRG
Cloud9		FaZe
fnatic		G2
Liquid		Luminosity

Below you can find the full schedule for the competition:

Friday, June 8
14:15	Astralis	vs. Cloud9	BO1
15:30	fnatic	vs. Liquid	BO1
16:45	Group A winners' match		BO1
18:00	NRG	vs. G2	BO1
19:15	FaZe	vs. Luminosity	BO1
20:30	Group B winners' match		BO1
Saturday, June 9
10:15	Group A elimination match		BO3
13:15	Group B elimination match		BO3
16:15	Group A decider match		BO3
19:15	Group B decider match		BO3
Sunday, June 10
13:15	Semi-final #1		BO3
16:15	Semi-final #2		BO3
19:30	Grand final		BO3

The on-air talent team for the event is predominantly from the United Kingdom, with Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson hired to host the show. Pala "⁠Pala⁠" Gilroy Sen will be one of the on-duty reporters, while Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole, Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen will be breaking down the action at the analyst desk.

There will also be three pairs of casters, including the popular combo Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer-Matthew "⁠Sadokist⁠" Trivett, with the full broadcast team looking as follows: 

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Host
 Freya Spiers - Host

 Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen - Reporter
 Jake "Boaster" Howlett - Reporter

 Jason "moses" O'Toole - Analyst
 Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert - Analyst
 Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen - Analyst

 James Bardolph - Commentator
 Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
 Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
 Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

 Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne - Community Caster winner
 Alexander "Hawka" Hawkins - Community Caster winner

 Jamie "keita" Hall - Observer
 Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield - Observer

Lastly, here is how the $660,000 prize pool will be distributed among the eight participants:

1. $250,000
2. $120,000
3-4. $65,000
5-6. $45,000
7-8. $35,000

Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Luminosity #40 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoLucas 'steel' LopesGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel Alex 'Machine' Richardson Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 720 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 G2 #25 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansKenny 'kennyS' SchrubEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Jason 'moses' O'Toole Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 16 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Liquid #5 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.74 NRG #11 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Cloud9 #8 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' Ta Pala 'Pala' Gilroy Sen Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.57 fnatic #6 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Tomi 'lurppis' Kovanen Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 27 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.65 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone