CEVO S7 casters, schedule, groups

CEVO have released a high quantity of information concerning the organisation's upcoming Season 7 finals at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio from July 24-26.

The CEVO Professional division seventh season finals will bring together eight teams to compete for a $75,000 prize purse, along with $42,000 provided in travel support.

Three teams per division (North American and European) qualified for the event, along with two invites which were handed out to EnVyUs and fnatic.

However, the latter Swedish team has decided to forego attending the event, citing a packed summer schedule. As a result, fourth place finishers in the European league, Na`Vi, have been invited to attend.

Na`Vi manage to snag a spot at the CEVO finals 

CEVO have now released a comprehensive guide to the finals on July 24-26. The format will feature two groups with four teams each, fighting in a GSL style tournament. In lieu of recent tumult over best-of-one group matches, CEVO have revised the format to have all matches play-out in best-of-three series.

Two teams will advance from each group to single-elimination best-of-three playoffs, with a best-of-five grand final. The groups are as follows:

Group A	Group B
EnVyUs	NiP
Virtus.pro	Cloud9
Luminosity	mousesports
Null element Na'Vi	Liquid

CEVO have now also revealed the casting lineup for the event, which includes several prominent names.

Chris Puckett - Host

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin - Analyst
 Duncan "Thoorin" Shields - Analyst
 Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Analyst

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster
 Mohan "launders" Govindasamy - Caster
 Dustin "dusT" Mouret - Caster
Joey "Helium" Cunningham - Caster
Luca "misled" Graham - Caster

The $75,000 on-site prize purse will be split among the contestants as so:

1. - $30,000 + direct invite to the S8 LAN Finals
2. - $15,000 + direct invite to the S8 LAN Finals 
3-4. - $10,000
3-4. - $10,000
5-6. - $5,000
5-6. - $5,000

And as a final piece of information, CEVO have released the schedule for their Season 7 LAN finals.

Friday, July 24th:

• 22:45 - Pregame Show
• 23:00 - Groups A & B - Match #1
• 01:30 - Groups A & B - Match #2

Saturday, July 25th:

• 15:45 - Pregame Show
• 16:00 - Groups A & B - Losers Match
• 18:30 - Groups A & B - Winners Match
• 21:00 - Group A - Final Match
• 23:30 - Group B - Final Match

Sunday, July 26th:

• 15:45 - Pregame Show
• 16:00 - Semifinal #1
• 18:30 - Semifinal #2
• 21:00 - Grand Finals

Due to two group stage games occurring at once, CEVO have committed to running a dual stream set-up at the event, both streams will be found over at MLG.tv. Tickets for the event at the MLG Arena have sold out however CEVO have specified that interested fans can check here in case availabilities open up.

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 25 Team: Nihilum Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 208 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.61 Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78