Groups for EU Minor revealed

The draw for the group stage of the European Minor Championship has been made, PGL has revealed.

From January 29-31, PGL's brand new Bucharest studio will stage the European Minor Championship, featuring eight teams, all of whom come from online qualifiers hosted last week.

A total of $50,000 will be on offer at the Minor, which will also rewarding the winning side with a spot at the MLG Columbus major offline qualifier, taking place from February 26-28.

ANGE1's HellRaises to face two Swedish teams and CSGO.one 

The tournament will feature a double-elimination group stage, with the Upper Finals and the Decider being played in a best-of-three format. The top two from each four-team group will advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
CG	AliGon
E-frag.net	Blojexpressen
LDLC White	CSGO.one
PENTA Sports	HellRaisers

Joining PGL's duo of Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer on the event's on-air team will be Richard Lewis and Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen, with more names to be announced as we get closer to the event.

The $50,000 prize pool will be distributed between the top four finishers in the following way:

1. $30,000
2. $15,000
3-4. $2,500 

Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 174 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.70