Swiss round 1 matches revealed
With BESL Pro Season 5 set to begin tomorrow on the 16th of December, we’re here to reveal the first round of matches for the group stage that is once again going to be played out using the Swiss format.
In case you have not heard about the Swiss format before, feel free to check out our season announcement’s format section that has an in-depth explanation of how this format works.
Swiss round 1 matches
For week 1 of our competition, sixteen teams have been divided into two pools:
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Teams that finished the last season in 1st-8th place
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Teams that finished the last season in 9th-11th place + teams from qualifiers
Note: with teams such as wolsung and Domino Gaming dropping out of the competition, both alltheRAGE and LESGEDI have been upgraded to Pool #1 despite finishing 9th-11th in the last season’s competition
The first set of matches has been drawn by randomly matching Pool 1 teams against Pool 2 teams and here are the results:
Game broadcasts
Just like last time, during the Season 5 online portion of games, we’re going to provide you guys with three different broadcasts - one for each of the Baltic state countries in their respective language!
However, for the LAN finals, we’re going to transition back into having one English broadcast in order to cater to a broader spectrum of viewers.
Here’s how it works:
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Just like last season, our broadcast crew that operates in the studio in Riga, Latvia is going to bring you one best-of-three game series every Saturday at 16:00 Baltic time. These broadcasts are going to be streamed on BESL Pro YouTube channel and are going to feature three casters from Latvia - Emvy, S1D, and Gekons.
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On the other hand, both Estonian and Lithuanian broadcasts are not going to follow a set schedule, but are rather going to pick-up games during the week based on caster availability. These broadcasts are going to be streamed on BESL Pro Estonia Twitch and on BESL Pro Lithuania Twitch channels respectively. The casters who are going to bring you the action are iiSy from Estonia and freemaN from Lithuania.
All three broadcasts will prioritize featuring teams from their respective countries.
Latvian match of the week
The first game series that has now been set in stone for the Latvian broadcast team to be featured on Saturday, the 21st of December, at 16:00 Baltic time, is:
Information about the games that are going to be featured on Lithuanian and Estonian broadcasts is going to be posted on our social media channels.
BESL Pro Season 5 is a seven-week competition between the sixteen best Baltic state CS:GO teams for their share of the €9,000 prize pool and the right to call themselves the best in Baltic states.
The four best teams from the online part of the competition are going to meet each other in the LAN finals happening on the 15th of February at Kipsala exhibition center in Riga, Latvia at the HyperTown Riga 2020 urban & esports festival. Visit hypertown.pro for more info about the festival and tickets.
Be sure to follow our broadcast and social media channels in order to not miss any action:
News by: Bruno ‘Gekons’ Gailītis
