The group draw for the FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 has taken place, with the eight participants having been drawn into two groups.
FACEIT's London studio will play host to the offline finals of the first stage of FACEIT League 2015, where the top teams from the North American, the European and the Oceanic divisions will be pitted against each other.
The group stage, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, will use a best-of-three GSL system, with the top two sides from each group advancing to the single-elimination playoffs.
Tean SoloMid to face Virtus.pro, Na`Vi and eLevate in the group stage
Below you can find the group draw in full:
Group A
Group B
NiP
Virtus.pro
fnatic
Na`Vi
Immunity
Team SoloMid
Team Liquid
eLevate
Meanwhile, FACEIT has announced that its caster duo of Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and James "JZFB" Bardolph will take viewers through all the matches together with Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, who recently worked as a commentator during the CCS Kick-off season, and Stuart "TosspoT" Saw.
FACEIT League finals will feature a talented caster line-up
Breaking down the games will be an analyst panel featuring Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson, Björn "THREAT" Pers and Patrik "cArn" Sättermon, with Casper "cadiaN" Møller acting as observer.
The complete caster line-up for the tournament is the following:
James Duffield - Host Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster James "JZFB" Bardolph - Caster Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster Stuart "TosspoT" Saw - Caster Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst Patrik "cArn" Sättermon - Analyst Björn "THREAT" Pers - Analyst Casper "cadiaN" Møller - Observer
Björn 'THREAT' Pers Age: 27 Team: Acer Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 10 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.68 Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 537 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.60 Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 88 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.73 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.10