It'll be a mad rush to the playoffs, or perhaps not, for all teams, as the initial group play matches will all be best of one, where the smallest mistake can see any team fling themselves out of contention for the grand prize.

This article covers the Europe, CIS & North American regions, however, we'll start with the Europe section, keep scrolling for the other regions!

In Europe, there are 4 groups to start with, A-D, with a whopping 6 in each group. Group A contains AURA, Copenhagen Flames, BIG, G2, FunPlus Phoenix & mousesports. Group B has Heroic, Astralis, Sinners, Movistar Riders, Complexity & Endpoint. Meanwhile, Group C is Dignitas, Vitality, ENCE, MAD Lions, Sprout & OG and finally, Group D is NIP, FaZe, fnatic, Fiend, DBL PONY & SKADE. 

Matches in Europe kick-off at 17:00 GMT/UTC, BIG vs Mousesports tomorrow (2021-09-29), G2 vs Aura & FunPlus Phoenix vs Copenhagen Flames having the honor of being the first kick-offs. The next three matches start at 18:15, which is Sinners vs Complexity, Astralis vs Endpoint & Heroic vs Movistar Riders. The next matches are then at 19:30, for ENCE vs Dignitas, OG vs Sprout & Vitality vs MAD Lions, then finally for day 1, at 20:45, with SKADE vs DBL PONEY, FaZe vs fnatic & Fiend vs NIP.

Play then continues for 4 further days, after which all teams in each group will have played each other, with the playoffs between 6th October to 10th October.

Now for the CIS region, there are 2 groups, A-B, with Group A containing Spirit, Natus Vincere, AVE, Nemiga, Akuma & Entropiq. Group B has Gambit, Virtus.pro, K23, INDIE  IRAE, forZe & Unique. Much like Europe, the fights kick off on a Bo1 platform on the 29th September, and using GMT/UTC times, they kick off at 11:15, where Nemiga vs Spirit, Natus Vincere vs AVE & Akuma vs Entropiq will be the first to raise arms. Once again, same as Europe, there's a 1 hour & 15 minutes gap between each set of 3 fights, meaning at 12:30 INDIE RAE vs Gambit, Virtus.pro vs K23 & Unique vs forZe will be available for your viewing pleasure. Next up at 13:45 is AVE vs Entropiq, Spirit vs Akuma & Nemiga vs Natus Vincere. Then finally for day #1 at 15:00 will be K23 vs Gambit, forZe vs INDE IRAE & Unique vs Virtus.pro.

Play then continues for 2 more days, after which all teams in the two groups have played each other, with the CIS playoffs being on the 2nd & 3rd of October.

Finally, we'll move to the NA/North America region. Where we have another two A-B groups with 6 in each. Here, Group A is filled with the likes of ATK, paiN, Bad News Bears, Extra Salt, Liquid & EXTREMUM, and Group B is Evil Geniuses, FURIA, TeamOne, GODSENT, Triumph & 00Nation. North America kicks off on the 5th October, where once again using GMT, the matches start at 19:00, with paiN vs Extra Salt & Liquid vs Bad News Bears, then at 20:15 we have FURIA vs GODSENT & TeamOne vs Trumph. Onwards to 21:30 is EXTREMUM vs ATK & Bad News Bears vs Extra Salt, and finally for Day One at 22:45 is Evil Geniuses vs 00Nation and Triumph vs FURIA. 

Play then goes forwards for another 2 days, then when all teams have fought each other, the playoffs are between 8th October & 10th October, in line with Europe.

As always, Gamer Galaxy will be here to give you the lowdown on all the important results as we know of them, so stay tuned!