IEM Chicago 2018 is set to start

Today, CS:GO fans can enjoy their day with another prestige event in North America, with best teams through the whole world. The tournament will take place from November 6-11 in the Midwestern city's 10,000-seater Wintrust Arena in Chicago, the USA with  $250,000 in the prize pool. 

The group stage will feature a double-elimination format, with best-of-one opening matches followed by best-of-three series in the remaining stages. The group winners will automatically progress to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the teams coming out of the lower bracket will face off in the quarter-finals for the chance to compete on the main stage of the event in a best-of-five series.

The complete list of participations teams right below: 

Group A

Astralis

FaZe

MIBR

NRG

North

Renegades

LDLC

MVP PK

Group B

Natus Vincere

Liquid

mousesports

BIG

fnatic

AVANGAR

Luminosity

eUnited

The full program for today look as follows:

19:00 Astralis vs. MVP PK | BO1

19:00 North vs. NRG | BO1

20:15 MIBR vs. Renegades | BO1

20:15 LDLC vs. FaZe | BO1

21:30 Natus Vincere vs. eUnited | BO1

21:30 fnatic vs. BIG | BO1

22:45 mousesports vs. AVANGAR | BO1

22:45 Luminosity vs. Liquid | BO1

00:00 Group A upper-bracket semi #1 | BO3

00:00 Group A lower-bracket #1 | BO3

03:35 Group A upper-bracket semi #2 | BO3

03:35 Group A lower-bracket #2 | BO3

And finally, the prize money for participating teams:

1. $100,000

2. $42,000

3-4. $20,00

5-6. $10,000

7-8. $6,000

9-12. $5,000

13-16. $5,000