TF2 returns to Łódź, Poland for the fourth time, this time with two North American teams in attendance! Fourteen teams converge on BaseStack Łódź, including the reigning world champions Witness Gaming EU.

FORMAT

The event starts on Friday with the group stage in which the fourteen teams will be divided into two round robin groups. Each team will play six best-of-one matches to determine qualification and seeding into playoffs. The top four teams in each group qualify directly into the upper bracket, while the fifth and sixth place teams seed into the lower bracket. The final team in each group is eliminated. Playoffs will consist of best-of-three matches up until the best-of-five Grand Final.

For full details, see the Toornament page.

TEAMS

Invited:

• Allen’s Workshop
• Aragosting Hazard
• DM
• Fjord Gaming
• JOEY GUNZ
• kek minoin samurai
• MANDEM
• The White Lotus
• Witness Gaming EU

Qualified:

• ChudsXLAN
• the compound
• eepy nappers
• PD2T
• LANkle Monitor

MAPS & CONFIGS

ETF2L's 6v6 Season 50 config map pool will be used, with the King of the Hill win limit raised to four from three. The group stage will use a finite time limit of thirty minutes and a win limit of five. During playoffs, Control Points maps will use the continuous overtime ruleset. The base time limit will start at 25 minutes, with the win limit being lowered to the current highest score plus one and the time limit removed.

• cp_granary_pro_rc17a3
• cp_gullywash_f9
• cp_metalworks_f7
• cp_process_f12
• cp_sunshine
• koth_bagel_rc11
• koth_product_final

SCHEDULE

Friday - Group Stage

• Round 1: 14:00 CET | 10:00 BRT | 08:00 EST
• Round 2: 15:00 CET
• Round 3: 16:00 CET
• Round 4A: 17:00 CET
• Round 4B: 18:00 CET
• Round 5: 19:00 CET
• Round 6: 20:00 CET
• Round 7: 21:00 CET | 17:00 BRT | 15:00 EST

Saturday - Playoffs

• UB Quarter Finals: 11:30 CET | 07:30 BRT | 05:30 EST
• UB Semi Finals / LB Round 1: 14:30 CET
• LB Round 2: 18:00 CET
• UB Final / LB Quarter Finals: 21:00 CET | 17:00 BRT | 15:00 EST

Sunday - Finals

• LB Semi Final: 12:00 CET | 08:00 BRT | 06:00 EST
• LB Final: 15:30 CET
• Grand Final: 19:00 CET | 15:00 BRT | 13:00 EST

COVERAGE

The tournament will be streamed live from Łódź on EssentialsTF while remote streams will also be live, in English on Fireside Casts and in Portuguese on LegãoTV.

Primary Broadcast (EssentialsTF)

Talent:

• Benpl
• Condawg
• dmoule
• Domaytoe
• roooc
• Surny
• TurboTabs
• wandum

Production:

• Antimation
• JMaxchill
• ondkaja
• Samus
• siyo

Secondary Broadcast (Fireside Casts)

Talent:

• ecchymoses
• Not Steven
• NotAValveGame
• Wild_Rumpus

Production:

• core

Portuguese Broadcast (LegãoTV)

Talent:

• MrLego
• Miles
• Shlz
• Sonikro
• Sanju

Production:

• Gutobak