The hyped ESL Major Series One have drawn the first blood today - the first cup of 24 teams kicked off and only 4 teams remain in this edition.



The point is to gather points by playing the brackets of the first stage. The stage contains four cups and teams gain points by ending the cups in the following places:
1st: 100 points (+600$)
2nd: 75 points (+200$)
3-4th: 50 points (+100$)
5-8th: 25 points
9-16th: 10 points
17-24th: 5 points

NoTidehunter, Na`Vi, Virtus.Pro and Fnatic have all been guaranteed 50 points each by reaching the semi finals. They will play those at 19 and 20 CET where the winners will face each other in a best-of-three at 21 CET for the highest pot of points.

Semi Finals
19.00 CET
- NoTidehunter vs Natus Vincere
20.00 CET - Virtus.pro vs Fnatic


EMS One - first stage
Team Points
NoTidehunter
Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro
Fnatic 50 points
Kaipi
Team Empire
DDdota
mousesports 25 points
3DMAX
EYES ON U
top igrokai
Imaginary Gaming
Absolute Legends
Tera.Mindfactory
QWERT12345
TCM-Gaming 10 points
ICCup
Fena suxx
Colina cu Brusturi
RoX.KiS
Lucid Lunatics
Tremendous Bunnies
Monomaniac Esports 5 points


ESL EMS Coverage HubCheck link for brackets of Cup #1