ESWC has revealed a groups for the Paris Games Week 2015 CS:GO tournament, where the sixteen teams will be fighting for the lion's share of $15,000.
What was originally planned to be a $80,000 international CS:GO event has turned out to be a $15,000 French only CS:GO event. The organizers had to adjust to the schedule and change the format of the event due to the next CS:GO major, DreamHack Cluj-Napoca, which is being held during the same weekend as ESWC Paris Games Week.
Nonetheless, the French audiance at Paris Games Week will have a chance to watch high-level Counter-Strike being played by sixteen domestic teams. Unfortunately, the top two names will miss this event due to the major, but the entertainment is still guaranteed.
The format is set to the best-of-three round-robin group stage going into the single elimination playoffs. The top two teams of each group will move on to the playoffs where they will have a chance to battle for the cut of $15,000.
Prize distribution:
1. $7,500
2. $5,000
3. $2,500
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