The organizers of Elisa Invitational have announced additional details for the BLAST Showdown qualifier, revealing the tournament's format, group distribution, and a detailed schedule. The Nordic tournament, which will have two spots at the BLAST Spring Europe Showdown on offer, will begin with a best-of-one round-robin group stage, with its eight participants split into two groups. The winning team of each group will move on directly to the spot-deciding semi-finals, while the second and third-placed teams will face off in the quarter-finals.  Group A features GODSENT as the highest-ranked side, joined by two more directly invited teams, ENCE and Dignitas, as well as Apeks, who locked their spot in the tournament from the Norwegian qualifier. Erik "truth" Hansen Dyrnes's squad will participate in the event with their coach, Pål "Polly" Kammen, standing in after they decided to bench Haakon "Radifaction" Tholo earlier on Monday. HEROIC, who have just undergone two changes with René "TeSeS" Madsen and Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen being added to the lineup as replacements for Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and Patrick "es3tag" Hansen, and their domestic rivals North headline Group B, in which they will take on underdogs Nordavind and the Finnish qualifier team, KOVA. Group A GODSENT ENCE Dignitas Apeks Group B NorthHEROICNordavindKOVA Group A will be played on day one of the tournament, on Thursday, followed by Group B on Friday and the playoffs on the weekend. A detailed schedule can be found below:
 ENCE #24 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo  Dignitas #44 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergHåkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen  Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1043 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67  KOVA #118 Samu 'uli' LeirilaaksoLauri 'pietola' HietalaSamuli 'Twixie' HerralaPetteri 'peku' JaakkolaNikita 'Derkeps' Sirmitev   HEROIC #27 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen  Nordavind #47 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Kevin 'HS' TarnNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen   Pål 'Polly' Kammen  Age: 29 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 400 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Apeks #67 Pål 'Polly' KammenKristian 'akez' KornbakkErik 'truth' Hansen DyrnesOle 'Marcelious' Kristian LanganSander 'Grus' Iversen René 'TeSeS' Madsen  Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 395 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Erik 'truth' Hansen Dyrnes  Age: 23 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 281 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68   North #26 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' Gade  GODSENT #18 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' Linjala Martin 'STYKO' Styk Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Pavle 'Maden' Bošković Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen  Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 862 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer  Age: 29 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1187 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Haakon 'Radifaction' Tholo  Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 352 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 |
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