Groups and schedule for ECS Season 6 Finals revealed-free case opening

With less than a week remaining until the start of the ECS Season 6 Finals, FACEIT has revealed the groups and the schedule for the $660,000 event.

ECS Season 6 Finals will take place in Arlington, Texas, USA with eight teams in attendance. The group stage will be played out in the first two days and will use a GSL format. The opening games will be best-of-ones while all other matches get played as best-of-threes.

The groups were seeded based on the standings at the North American and European ECS divisions. Astralis headlines Group A alongside MOUZ and MIBR, while Liquid will take on the likes of NRG and Ninjas in Pyjamas in Group B to get through to the playoffs.

Astralis are in Group A

The playoffs at the Esports Stadium in Arlington will have a single-elimination, best-of-three format and will feature the top two sides from both groups. Following two semi-finals on Saturday, the grand final will be held on Sunday with the winning team taking home $250,000.

The groups can be found below:

Group A

Astralis

MOUZ

MIBR

Cloud9 Group B

NRG

Liquid

North

Ninjas in Pyjamas

The complete schedule is as follows:

Thursday, November 22
16:00 | Astralis vs. Cloud9 | BO1
17:30 | MOUZ vs. MIBR | BO1
19:00 | NRG vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas | BO1
20:30 | Liquid vs. North | BO1
22:00 | Group A winners' match | BO3
01:00 | Group B winners' match | BO3

Friday, November 23
16:00 | Group A elimination match | BO3
19:00 | Group B elimination match | BO3
22:00 | Group A decider | BO3
01:00 | Group B decider | BO3