EPICENTER 2019 Draw: Vitality and North in the Same Group

The organizer of the upcoming CS:GO event EPICENTER 2019 have revealed the results of the group draw: EHOME, Heroic, Natus Vincere and Team Vitality will play in Group A, while AVANGAR, Evil Geniuses, forZe and mousesports have been seeded into Group B.

The group stage is scheduled for December 17-19th and will follow a double-elimination format with best-of-three series. The winners of each group will advance directly to the semifinals, while the teams placed 2nd and 3rd will make it to the quarterfinals. The playoffs stage will be played on December 21st-22nd, where six teams will compete in a single-elimination bracket with best-of-three series.

EPICENTER 2019 will take place in Moscow, Russia at Crocus Expo Hall. The participants will compete for a $500,000 prize pool. Earlier Fnatic withdrew from the event and were replaced by mousesports.