Americas Minor viewer's guide

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.

NRG will open against Swole Patrol

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
NRG
eUnited
Não Tem Como
Swole Patrol Group B
Complexity
Rogue
Dignitas
FURIA

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.

Saturday, July 7th
13:00 - NRG vs. Swole Patrol | BO1
14:25 - eUnited vs. Não Tem Como | BO1
15:30 - Group A Winners' Match | BO1
16:45 - Group A Elimination Match | BO3
20:00 - Group A Decider Match | BO3

Sunday, July 8th
13:00 - Complexity vs. FURIA | BO1
14:25 - Rogue vs. Dignitas | BO1
15:30 - Group B Winners' Match | BO1
16:45 - Group B Elimination Match | BO3
20:00 - Group B Decider Match | BO3

Monday, July 9th
17:00 - Upper Bracket Semi-Final #1 | BO3
20:00 - Upper Bracket Semi-Final #2 | BO3

Tuesday, July 10th
19:15 - Upper Bracket Final | BO3
22:30 - Lower Bracket Final | BO3

Wednesday, July 11th
19:15 - Consolidation Final | BO3
22:30 - Grand Final | BO3

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:

Frankie Ward - Host

James Bardolph - Commentator
Daniel "ddk"Kapadia - Commentator

Halvor "vENdetta"Gulestøl - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp"Winneche - Analyst

The prize distribution for the $50,000 tournament is the following:

1. - $30,000 + New Challenger Stage
2. - $15,000 + New Challenger Stage
3. - $5,000

FURIA #48 Guilherme 'spacca' SpaccaAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato eUnited #44 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Complexity #32 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Não Tem Como #42 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaLincoln 'fnx' LauVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeJoão 'felps' VasconcellosMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Swole Patrol #49 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloDerrick 'LILMAN' BoyneJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Dignitas #55 Peter 'ptr' GurneyRonnie 'ryx' BylickiMitch 'mitch' SemagoMichael 'Grim' WinceGage 'Infinite' Green Rogue #31 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov