The Americas Minor kicks off tomorrow, so we put together a viewer's guide with all of the necessary information to follow the tournament, from the schedule to the the talent. The Americas Minor will be running on July 7-11, and will have eight teams—six from the closed qualifier and two from the South America qualifiers—fighting for two spots in the New Challenger Stage and $50,000. ![]() The tournament will have two groups of four teams that will play GSL-style, from which the best two of each group will move on to the playoffs. The opening and winners' matches will be BO1, while the losers' and decider matches will be BO3, leading to a BO3 double elimination bracket. Group A![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The matches will be stretched out over five days. Group A will be played on the first day with the opening matches pitting NRG and Swole Patrol on one hand and eUnited against Não Tem Como on the other. Group B will follow the next day, with Complexity opening against FURIA and Rogue facing Dignitas.
There will be a five-man on-air team bringing all of the action live from Twickenham Stadium, including FACEIT's very own James Bardolf and Daniel "ddk"Kapadia. The full talent lineup is:
The prize distribution for the $50,000 tournament is the following:
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