WePlay Academy League CS:GO Tournament Announced Featuring $100,000 USD Prize Pool

WePlay! has announced a CS:GO tournament called 'WePlay Academy League' for upcoming teams from across Europe. Season 1 of the event features a total prize pool of $100,000 with a total of eight directly invited teams set to compete in it from 19^th July to 8^th August. The tournament will be a combination of an online and an offline event, with the group stage set to take place over the internet followed by the playoffs scheduled to take place in the WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv. An important tournament rule to keep in mind is that each team should consist of at least four players aged between 16 to 20 years, otherwise they will be ineligible to compete.

WePlay Academy League CS:GO Tournament - Complete Details

The $100,000 CS:GO tournament aimed towards Academy teams is scheduled to take place in three phases, starting on 19^th July and coming to an end on 8^th August. The eight directly invited teams set to participate in this tournament are,

• NAVI Junior

• mouz NXT

• BIG Academy

• VP.Prodigy

• Young Ninjas

• Astralis Talent

• FURIA Academy

• Fnatic Rising

The tournament will kick-start with the round-robin group stage where the eight teams will be going up against each other twice. The bottom-placed team will be eliminated, while the top three teams will directly qualify for a double elimination playoff.

The remaining four teams will move on to the gauntlet stage where they will fight it out for the final spot in the playoffs. The schedule for the three stages is as follows,

• Group Stage: 19^th July to 1^st Aug 2021 (possible tie-breaker matches will take place on 3^rd August)

• Gauntlet Stage: 7^th to 8^th Aug 2021

• Playoffs: 27^th to 29^th Aug 2021

The official broadcast of the match will be in English and broadcasted directly on Twitch. Information of the tournament broadcast in other languages will be announced soon.