On the 5th of February, FLASHPOINT announced their CS:GO league which had been in rumors for quite some time. It has created a lot of debates and arguments of whether it is better than ESL Pro League. The main point of criticism that FLASHPOINT has received is the quality of the teams that will be playing in their league. ESL has announced their team list for ESL Pro League, and out of 24 teams, they have 22 teams that are in the top 30 HLTV rankings whereas csgo flashpoint league will only have 4 teams that are in the top 30 HLTV rankings. In total, FLASHPOINT will have 12 teams competing in its inaugural season. Ten teams will be founding partners while the other two will earn their spot through Open Qualifiers. The Flashpoint schedule is already set. So, the league is up to kick off!
The completed team line-up for Flashpoint
- Cloud9
- Envy
- MiBR
- Dignitas
- Gen.G
- C0ntact
- FunPlus Phoenix
- MAD Lions
- Orgless
- Copenhagen Flames
- Chaos
- Havu
Flashpoint Schedule
Flashpoint is set to run from the 13th of March, all through the 19th of April and it will be held at the company’s studio as a result of the cancellation of the finals in Stockholm due to the CoronaVirus.
Phase 1
Friday, March 13
18:00 Group A Semi-final #1
21:00 Group A Semi-final #2
Saturday, March 14
18:00 Group B Semi-final #1
21:00 Group B Semi-final #2
Sunday, March 15
18:00 Group C Semi-final #1
21:00 Group C Semi-final #2
Tuesday, March 17
18:00 Group A Lower Round 1
21:00 Group A Upper final
Wednesday, March 18
18:00 Group B Lower Round 1
21:00 Group B Upper final
Thursday, March 19
18:00 Group C Lower Round 1
21:00 Group C Upper final
Saturday, March 21
17:00 Group A Consolidation final
20:00 Group B Consolidation final
23:00 Group C Consolidation final
Sunday, March 22
17:00 Group A final
20:00 Group B final
23:00 Group C final
Phase 2
Friday, March 27
18:00 Group A Semi-final #1
21:00 Group A Semi-final #2
Saturday, March 28
18:00 Group B Semi-final #1
21:00 Group B Semi-final #2
Sunday, March 29
18:00 Group C Semi-final #1
21:00 Group C Semi-final #2
Tuesday, March 31
18:00 Group A Lower Round 1
21:00 Group A Upper final
Wednesday, April 1
18:00 Group B Lower Round 1
21:00 Group B Upper final
Thursday, April 2
18:00 Group C Lower Round 1
21:00 Group C Upper final
Saturday, April 4
17:00 Group A Consolidation final
20:00 Group B Consolidation final
23:00 Group C Consolidation final
Sunday, April 5
17:00 Group A final
20:00 Group B final
23:00 Group C final
Playoffs
Match times to be confirmed
Thursday, April 9: Upper quarter-finals #1-2
Friday, April 10: Upper quarter-finals #3-4
Saturday, April 11: Lower round 1 #1-2
Sunday, April 12: Upper semi-finals #1-2
Monday, April 13: Lower round 2 #1-2
Tuesday, April 14: Upper & Lower finals
Saturday, April 18: Consolidation final
Sunday, April 19: Grand final
For more information about Flashpoint kindly check: https://www.flashpoint.live/
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Predictions
As of this moment, it is very hard to predict if Flashpoint will be a success, considering a lot of criticism it has received, mostly being the quality of the teams, and how difficult it was to get teams that wanted and were ready to pay the entry fee, so instead they resorted to inviting teams that lost the qualifiers. Heavy hitters for the event will definitely be Gen.G and Dignitas. It is expected that MAD Lions will not perform up to expectations with regards to their recent benching of their In-Game Leader “HUNDEN”. Overall we shall have to wait and see what Flashpoint has in store for us, as it debuts tonight!
