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' Jarguz Tarik 'tarik' Celik Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov  ENCE #6  Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen Jere 'sergej' Salo  FaZe #15  Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács  OpTic #35  René 'cajunb' Borg Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen René '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' Højsleth Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Emil 'Magisk' Reif  eUnited #50  Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir Victor 'food' Wong Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina Austin 'Cooper' Abadir  eUnited #50  Victor 'food' Wong Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina Austin 'Cooper' Abadir Kaleb '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' Jug Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub François 'amanek' Delaunay Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  FaZe #15  Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Helvijs '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' Jug Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub François 'amanek' Delaunay Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang Richard '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' Cannella Keith 'NAF' Markovic Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |