StarSeries i-League Season 8 group draw and schedule

The group draw and schedule for StarSeries i-League Season 8 have been revealed. The LAN event features sixteen teams battling it out for $500,000 prize pool.

Two groups of eight teams will compete in double-elimination, best-of-3 matches. Teams will also be seeded based on their HLTV World Rankings. The top four teams from each group will then advance to the Playoffs, with the Group Stage winners assigned to the Upper Bracket. All Group Stage runners-up will then be added to the Lower Bracket. The groupings are as follows:

Group A

• Fnatic

• Imperial e-Sports

• Renegades

• MIBR

• Team Vitality

• Invictus Gaming

• mousesports

• North

Group B

• Evil Geniuses

• 5Power Gaming

• Ninjas in Pyjamas

• FURIA Esports

• AVANGAR

• Heroic

• Natus Vincere

• G2 Esports

Day one will have Group A kick things off with Team Vitality vs Invictus Gaming and mousesports vs North. Day two’s highlight opening match will be Natus Vincere vs G2 Esports, played alongside AVANGAR vs Heroic. Here’s the full day 1 and 2 schedules for both groups:

Group A | October 21

• 08:00 - mousesports vs. North 

• 08:00 - Team Vitality vs Invictus Gaming 

• 11:30 - Renegades vs MIBR 

• 11:30 - Fnatic vs Imperial e-Sports 

• 15:00 - Upper Bracket semi-final 1 

• 18:30 - Upper Bracket semi-final 2 

Group B | October 22

• 08:00 - Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FURIA Esports

• 08:00 - Evil Geniuses vs 5Power Gaming 

• 11:30 - Natus Vincere vs G2 Esports 

• 11:30 - AVANGAR vs Heroic 

• 15:00 - Upper bracket semi-final 1 

• 18:30 - Upper bracket semi-final 2 

StarSeries i-League Season 8 will take place in Belek, Turkey, from October 21-27, spanning both the Group Stage and Playoffs.