Razer Rising Stars: Europe League, a $20,000 tournament aimed at increasing the exposure of up-and-coming CS:GO teams, commences today.
Today marks the initiation of the newly formed Razer Rising Stars series, the first region to participate in this tournament is Europe. Sixteen teams will be butting heads in a bid to secure a share of the $20,000 prize pool, as well as bragging rights as Champions of the league. Eight teams of the sixteen were invited, whilst the remaining eight were determined through four online qualifiers.
The league will be running till May 1st, the day when the finalist of the Europe League will be crowned.
Invited teams:
E-frag Lounge Gaming Orgless Copenhagen Wolves ALTERNATE aTTax Team LDLC White DenDD AncientQualified teams:
European Qualifier #1European Qualifier #2European Qualifier #3European Qualifier #4 Space Soldiers Bpro Gaming PENTA Sports Recursive eSports Orbit (ex-Epiphany Bolt) miMo Team REFUSE eSuba
The $20,000 prize pool will be split as follows:
?1st place - $10,000
2nd place - $5,000
3rd place - $3,000
4th place - $2,000
5th-16th places - $500
Headline image courtesy of ESL/Patrick Strack
