MLG Americas Minor viewer's guide

With the MLG Regional Minor Championship Americas knocking on the door, we have prepared a viewer's guide in which you can find all the information you need to follow the event including groups, the schedule, the talent, and more.

Two Brazilian and six North American teams will duke it out at the MLG Arena from May 19-22 for two spots at the ESL One Cologne Offline Qualifier and a prize-pool of $50,000.

The contest will start with two groups of four teams as they will battle in a GSL format where the opening, the winners' and the elimination matches will be best-of-ones while the deciders will be played as best-of-threes.

The groups are:

Group A	Group B
Tempo Storm	OpTic
NRG	Selfless
Kaliber	Winterfox
TSM	WinOut

A double-elimination and a best-of-three format will come into effect in the playoffs where a team will have to win two series to earn a spot at the Major qualifier. The full schedule can be found below:

Thursday, May 19th
18:00	Tempo Storm	vs. TSM	BO1
19:10	NRG	vs. Kaliber	BO1
20:20	OpTic	vs. WinOut	BO1
21:30	Selfless	vs. Winterfox	BO1
22:40	Group A - elimination match		BO1
23:50	Group A - winners' match		BO1
01:00	Group B - elimination match		BO1
02:10	Group B - winners' match		BO1
Friday, May 20th
18:00	Group A - decider match		BO3
20:20	Group B - decider match		BO3
22:40	Semi-final #1		BO3
Saturday, May 21st
18:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
20:20	Upper bracket final		BO3
22:40	Lower bracket final		BO3
Sunday, May 22nd
18:00	Consolidation final		BO3
20:20	Grand Final		BO3

The eight-man broadcast crew listed below will be bringing you the action on MLG's channel:

Chris Puckett - Host

 James "⁠Jame^s⁠" O'Connor - Analyst
 Garett "⁠Grt⁠" Bambrough - Analyst 

 Joey "Helium" Cunningham - Caster
 Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy - Caster
 Cory "Megaman" Gilbert - Caster
 Chad “Sprawll” Sadler - Caster
 Alex "Vansilli" Nguyen - Caster

The prize-pool breakdown of the event is:

1. - $30,000 + ESL One Cologne Offline Qualifier spot
2. - $15,000 + ESL One Cologne Offline Qualifier spot
3. - $5,000

You can check out our preview while you are waiting for the matches to start as we dive deeper into the participating teams. Also, you can check out our event page for extensive coverage of the Americas Minor.

 

Selfless #23 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverMichael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberMichael 'Uber' StapellsNoah 'Nifty' FrancisMitch 'mitch' Semago Kaliber #52 Kyle 'OCEAN' O'BrienCory 'APE' BateMatthew 'no_one' CongdonVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTerry 'dsr' Rioux OpTic #20 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele Time is adjusted to your selected timezone James 'Jame^s' O'Connor Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Tempo Storm #11 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves WinOut #119 Renato 'nak' NakanoBruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaVinicios 'PKL' CoelhoLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' Knittel Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 Garett 'Grt' Bambrough Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.70 Maps played: 14 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.76 NRG #29 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićPeter 'ptr' GurneyJustin 'just9n' OrtizSamuel 'SileNt' Portillo TSM #37 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Winterfox #42 Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezDavid 'Xp3' GarridoTodd 'anger' WilliamsAlexander 'LeX' DeilyWarren 'hades' Rettich

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