PGL Minor viewer's guide

We put together all information needed for the upcoming PGL Minor Championship, taking place from January 29-31 at PGL's brand new studio in Bucharest, into the following viewer's guide. Groups, system, schedule, casters, prize distribution, you'll find all of the above right here.

The European Minor kicks off tomorrow, on January 29th, and will run until January 31st, which is when we'll learn another name who will advance to the MLG Columbus offline qualifier.

Eight teams have advanced through four qualifiers, with two teams coming out of each one, and were distributed into the following couple of groups:

Group A	Group B
CG	Lemondogs
E-frag.net	DenDD
LDLC White	PixelFire
PENTA Sports	HellRaisers

Initial rounds and elimination matches will be played in best-of-one's, while winners' matches and the deciding match are set to be played in best-of-three's. A full day is reserved for each of the groups.

From there two teams will advance to a best-of-three, single-elimination bracket, which will be played out on the last day of competition.

If you'd like to know more about the teams and their chances heading into the PGL Minor, head over to the preview that we have prepared for this event.

The full schedule for the tournament is following:

Friday, January 29th
11:45	Show starts
12:00	E-frag.net	vs. CG	BO1
13:30	PENTA	vs. LDLC White	BO1
15:00	Group A elimination match		BO1
16:30	Group A winners' match		BO3
20:00	Group A decider	BO3
Saturday, January 30th
12:00	Lemondogs	vs. HellRaisers	BO1
13:30	DenDD	vs. PixelFire	BO1
15:00	Group B elimination match		BO1
16:30	Group B winners' match		BO3
20:00	Group B decider	BO3
Sunday, January 31st
12:00	Semi-final #1	BO3
15:30	Semi-final #2	BO3
20:00	Grand final	BO3

At the end of the competition, a total of $50,000 and a spot at the MLG Columbus offline qualifier will be distributed among the top four teams as follows:

1. $30,000 + a spot at the MLG Columbus 2016 Main LAN Qualifier
2. $15,000
3-4. $2,500

Don't forget that 2nd-4th-placed teams will get another shot at the Main Qualifier due to the Last Chance CIS/Europe Qualifier, which will have another spot up for grabs between the three teams and teams that weren't eligible to play in the Minors due to the rules.

The action will be taking place in PGL's new studio in Bucharest, Romania. You will be accompanied by PGL's usual casting duo, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, as well as an analyst panel consisting of Richard Lewis, Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen, and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović.

 Richard Lewis - Host

 Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster
 Henry "HenryG" Greer - Caster

 Joona "natu" Leppänen - Analyst
 Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst

HLTV.org will also be travelling to Bucharest, Romania with a two-man team to bring you a full coverage of the pivotal part of the qualifying process for the next major, MLG Columbus 2016.

Janko 'YNk' Paunović Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 96 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.71 Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 174 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.70