The GG.BET New York Invitational will be another qualifier for an ESL event, similar to the ones put together for IEM Sydney, ESL One Cologne, and IEM Chicago, with eight teams playing for a spot at ESL One New York.

forZe will have a shot at winning another GG.BET Invitational
The tournament will feature two four-team GSL groups with best-of-one opening matches and best-of-three winners, elimination, and decider matches, which will feed the four best teams into a single-elimination best-of-three playoff bracket. The winner will qualify for ESL One New York, while the loser will earn a $5,000 consolation prize.
The groups, which feature teams like Winstrike—who have been brought on to replace CR4ZY—, HellRaisers, Sprout, or FORZE—who won the last Invitational but were unable to travel to IEM Chicago due to visa issues—, are the following:
Group A
AVANGAR

BIG

FORZE

HellRaisers
Group B
OpTic

Bpro

Sprout

Winstrike
The schedule for the tournament is the following:
Saturday, August 3rd
16:00 -
AVANGAR vs.
BIG | BO1
17:15 -
FORZE vs.
HellRaisers | BO1
18:30 - Group A winners | BO3
Sunday, August 4th
16:00 -
OpTic vs.
Bpro | BO1
17:15 -
Sprout vs.
Winstrike | BO1
18:30 - Group B winners | BO3
Monday, August 5th
17:00 - Group A elimination | BO3
20:30 - Group B elimination | BO3
Tuesday, August 6th
17:00 - Group A decider | BO3
20:30 - Group B decider | BO3
Wednesday, August 7th
13:00 - Semifinal #1 | BO3
16:30 - Semifinal #2 | BO3
20:00 - Grand Final | BO3
When all is said and done, the winner of the GG.BET Invitational will close out the ESL One New York 2019 roster, joining the following seven teams:

Liquid

Astralis

ENCE

NRG

FaZe

G2

eUnited
GG.BET Invitational


NRG #5



Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz

Tarik 'tarik' Celik

Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte

Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold

Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov


FORZE #22


Dmitriy 'facecrack' Alekseyev

Almaz 'almazer' Asadullin

Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev

Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov

Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov


HellRaisers #32


Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow

Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný

Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran

Issa 'ISSAA' Murad

Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas



BIG #23



Fatih 'gob b' Dayik

Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz

Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch

Denis 'denis' Howell

Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş


Astralis #3


Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth

Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen

Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander

Nicolai 'device' Reedtz

Emil 'Magisk' Reif


eUnited #38


Victor 'food' Wong

Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado

Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina

Kaleb 'moose' Jayne

Austin 'Cooper' Abadir


Sprout #21


Florian 'syrsoN' Rische

Timo 'Spiidi' Richter

Sabit 'mirbit' Coktasar

Nils 'k1to' Gruhne

Josef 'faveN' Baumann


G2 #8


Audric 'JACKZ' Jug

Richard 'shox' Papillon

Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub

François 'amanek' Delaunay

Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang


Winstrike #83


Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev

Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk

Aurimas 'Kvik' Kvakšys

Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev

David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan


AVANGAR #31


Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev

Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev

Timur 'buster' Tulepov

Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev

Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Time is adjusted to your selected timezone


Liquid #1


Nick 'nitr0' Cannella

Keith 'NAF' Markovic

Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski

Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip

Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken


OpTic #19


Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen

Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke

Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen

Ismail 'refrezh' Ali

René 'TeSeS' Madsen


CR4ZY #16


Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač

Nestor 'LETN1' Tanić

Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković

Otto 'ottoNd' Sihvo

Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas


ENCE #4


Aleksi 'allu' Jalli

Jani 'Aerial' Jussila

Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen

Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen

Jere 'sergej' Salo


FaZe #6


Filip 'NEO' Kubski

Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer

Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács

Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač

Håvard 'rain' Nygaard


Bpro #92


Ivan 'Rock1nG' Stratiev

Denislav 'dennyslaw' Dimitrov

Krasen 'Zix' Minchev

Kostadin 'rafftu' Turbinov

Valentin 'viltrex' Tsvetanov