$300,000 BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic CS:GO tournament kicks off

The BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic launched yesterday, February 20th, with 16 CS:GO teams set to compete for a chance to proceed to the main stage of the tournament.

The online event runs until April 3 and features $300,000 in prize money, while the winners of the tournament can look forward to $165,000. The event is run by tournament organizer FISSURE in cooperation with BetBoom.

BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic format

The tournament is divided into three phases: the Main Stage, the Play-in Stage and the Playoffs. The Main Stage, running from February 20 to March 16, will see the 16 originally invited teams to compete in a Swiss stage with best-of-three matches. The top eight teams then advance to the first round of the Playoff Stage.

The Play-In stage, taking place on March 17-18, will see four other invited teams play each other in a double-elimination bracket, with the top two squads advancing to the playoff quarterfinals.

There will be also two invited teams who will join the battle in the quarterfinals. The playoffs will take place from March 27 to April 3 and will be played in a single-elimination format with all matches being best-of-three.

Participating teams

Of the participating teams, the highest-ranked team is the Bad News Eagles, having just finished second at the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals. They surely hope to continue their strong performance in Malta in this tournament. In addition, other teams from the top 20 will attend the event, namely Sprout, Aurora, Copenhagen Flames, and forZe, so the event won’t be short of fierce competition. 

These are the teams playing in the Main Stage:

• Bad News Eagles
• Sprout
• Aurora
• ATK
• IS CALLED
• of honor
• 1WIN
• GODSENT
• 500
• Sangal
• Apex
• HAVE
• Copenhagen Flames
• Strength
• endpoint
• Falcons

First results

The first day of the tournament featured four matches, in which teams showed their vigor and thirst to compete and claim their spot in the playoffs.

In Day 1 matches, 1win defeated HAVU 1-2, Aurora smashed Falcons 1-2, and Sangal beat Endpoint 2-0. On the following day, Copenhagen Flames defeated 500 with a score of 2-0.

Schedule

The competition will continue on February 27 with faceoffs between Apeks and HONORIS, and between Sprout and GODSENT. On February 28, forZe will face HEET, and on March, the Round 1 of the Group stage will conclude with a match of ATK vs. Bad News Eagles.

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