The draw for the group stage of EPICENTER 2018 has been made, with the participating teams having been split into two groups. Kicking off on Tuesday, the group stage will feature a double-elimination format, with every match being a best-of-three contest. The group winners will automatically progress to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third-place sides will square off in the first round of the playoffs for the chance to compete in the last-four stage.  Six of the eight tournament spots have been filled by invites, with the last two places going to the leading sides of the wildcard qualifier, scheduled for Monday and featuring Virtus.pro, HellRaisers, Swole Patrol and 5POWER. Below you can find the group draw in full: Group A FaZe ENCE Natus Vincere Qualifier Winner #1 Group B Ninjas in Pyjamas AVANGAR LiquidQualifier Winner #2  Liquid #2  Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Keith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken  Swole Patrol #41 Braxton 'swag' PierceRyan 'freakazoid' Abadir Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir  AVANGAR #27 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali   Virtus.pro #30 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki  FaZe #6  Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner   5POWER #64  Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongWei 'shuadapai' Wang  ENCE #11 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo  HellRaisers #12 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Özgür 'woxic' Eker Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Issa 'ISSAA' Murad  Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
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