HTC 2v2 groups & schedule set

PGL has announced the schedule of its HTC 2v2 invitational, in which 16 players split into teams of two will fight it out in Romania for the lion's share of $50,000.

The tournament will be a quick two-day affair, starting on May 13 and ending May 14, and will feature the likes of Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, and Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, among others.

shox & kennyS will be in Romania

The tournament will feature GSL format groups with upper and lower bracket playoffs. The opening matches and the winners' matches will be played on Saturday, and will be followed by the losers' matches, decider matches, and the playoffs on Sunday. The games will start at 14:00 on Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday.

The groups for the event will be (roll over the team names to see the lineup):

Group A	Group B
FaZe	Envy
Secret fe	G2
Natus Vincere	HEROIC
North	Space Soldiers

And here is the schedule for both days:

Saturday, May 13
14:00	FaZe	vs. Natus Vincere
15:00	North	vs. Secret fe
16:00	Envy	vs. HEROIC
17:00	G2	vs. Space Soldiers
18:00	Group A - Upper Bracket Final
19:00	Group B - Upper Bracket Final
Sunday, May 14
10:00	Group A - Elimination Match
11:00	Group B - Elimination Match
12:00	Group A - Decider Match
13:00	Group B - Decider Match
15:00	Semifinal 1
16:00	Semifinal 2
17:00	Upper Bracket Final
18:00	Elimination Match
19:00	Lower Bracket Final
20:00	Grand Final

G2 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' Schrub Space Soldiers Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınIsmailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Secret fe Julia 'juliano' KiranZainab 'zAAz' Turkie Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1081 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Envy Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer FaZe Nikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard HEROIC Jakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 919 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Secret fe Julia 'juliano' KiranZainab 'zAAz' Turkie Natus Vincere Denis 'seized' KostinOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 599 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 FaZe Nikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North René 'cajunb' BorgPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.69 North René 'cajunb' BorgPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 559 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1038 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63