ESL One New York viewer's guide

We have put together a comprehensive viewer's guide for ESL One New York, which is set to start on Thursday and run through the weekend.

ESL One New York will take place on September 26-29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, USA, where eight teams split into two groups will duke it out for the lion's share of a $200,000 prize pool and a victory counting towards the third season of the Intel Grand Slam.

Two GSL groups with four teams each will kick the event off, all matches being best-of-three. The tournament will then proceed to a four-team single-elimination best-of-three bracket, concluding in a best-of-five grand final. Before the grand final, there will be a show match showcasing the reworked version of Cache, currently not in the active map pool since the introduction of Vertigo.

Astralis will be in ESL One New York's Group B

Several top teams will be fighting for a spot on the stage at the Barclays Center. Group A will feature Liquid and ENCE, who will be joined by G2 and eUnited, while the Major-winning Astralis will headline Group B, joined by local side NRG, a revamped FaZe with Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants, and OpTic.

Group A
Liquid
ENCE
G2
eUnited Group B
Astralis
NRG
FaZe
OpTic

The tournament schedule is the following:

Thursday, September 26
17:00 - Liquid vs. eUnited | BO3
17:00 - G2 vs. ENCE | BO3
20:35 - Astralis vs. OpTic | BO3
20:35 - FaZe vs. NRG | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group A Winners' Match | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group A Elimination Match | BO3

Friday, September 27
17:00 - ESL One NY Group B Winners' Match | BO3
17:00 - ESL One NY Group B Elimination Match | BO3
20:35 - ESL One NY Group A Decider Match | BO3
00:10 - ESL One NY Group B Decider Match | BO3

Saturday, September 28
19:00 - ESL One NY Semi-Final #1 | BO3
22:30 - ESL One NY Semi-Final #2 | BO3

Sunday, September 29
19:00 - ESL One NY Grand Final | BO5

There will be two broadcast lineups for the event, one which will work the group stage from ESL's studios in Cologne, Germany, with the likes of Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole and Anders Blume commentating or Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez on the analysis desk, and another one which will take over during the playoffs at the Barclays Center, featuring Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert, and stage host OJ Borg, among others.

The full on-air broadcast roster will be:

Group stage talent (Cologne)
Frankie Ward - Desk Host
Mathieu "Maniac"Quiquerez - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp"Winneche - Analyst
Duncan "Thorin"Shields - Analyst
Anders Blume - Commentator
Jason "moses"O'Toole - Commentator
Jason Kaplan - Commentator
Tom "Tombizz"Bissmire - Commentator

Stadium talent
OJ Borg - Stage Host
Tres "stunna"Saranthus - Desk Host
Matthew "Sadokist"- Trivett - Sideline Reporter
Chad "SPUNJ"Burchill - Analyst
Jordan "n0thing"Gilbert - Analyst
Henry "HenryG"Greer - Commentator
Alex "Machine"Richardson - Commentator

NRG #4 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov ENCE #6 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo FaZe #15 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardLadislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács OpTic #35 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' KristensenRené 'TeSeS' Madsen Helvijs 'broky' Saukants Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 205 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif eUnited #50 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaAustin 'Cooper' Abadir eUnited #50 Victor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaAustin 'Cooper' AbadirKaleb 'moose' Jayne Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 813 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 G2 #13 Audric 'JACKZ' JugFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Time is adjusted to your selected timezone FaZe #15 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Jason 'moses' O'Toole Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 G2 #13 Audric 'JACKZ' JugKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayLucas 'Lucky' ChastangRichard 'shox' Papillon Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 158 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Liquid #1 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken