Assembly Winter 2018 set to start

Eight teams have arrived to Helsinki, Finland, to compete at the Assembly Winter 2018 where $15,000 is up for grabs.

The event will take place in Finland's capital over two days, February 2-3, with the action kicking off with a GSL group stage on day one and a single-elimination bracket following on day two.

HUNDEN's ALTERNATE aTTaX is the highest ranked team at the event

The team list features ALTERNATE aTTaX, who are currently 37th in our rankings, as well as notable teams such as LDLC, North Academy and pro100. The remaining four teams are local, with SJ and HAVU being the two more renowned squads.

The teams have been placed in the following two groups:

Group A	Group B
pro100	ALTERNATE aTTaX
LDLC	North Academy
SJ	HAVU
Conquer	FC Lahti Menace

Action has already started at the tournament, with two group stage matches set to played out simultaneosly over the course of Friday. All of the first day matches will be BO1, with the exception of the decider, which will be BO3.

Friday, February 2nd
11:00	pro100	vs Conquer	BO1
11:00	LDLC	vs SJ	BO1
12:30	Winner's match		BO1
12:30	Elimination match		BO1
16:00	Decider match		BO3
20:00	ALTERNATE aTTaX	vs FC Lahti Menace	BO1
20:00	North Academy	vs HAVU	BO1
21:30	Winner's match		BO1
21:30	Elimination match		BO1
23:00	Decider match		BO3
Saturday, February 3rd
14:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
17:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
22:00	Grand final		BO3

Teams that get out of groups will be sharing the $15,000 prize pool, with $8,000 going to the eventual victor:

1. $8,000
2. $4,000
3-4. $1,500

FC Lahti Menace Conquer Joni 'KippariZ' HallmanAntti 'Fubbeli' PiispanenOlli 'oopee' PiispanenJukka 'Vladimus' NeuvonenMiika 'GRM' Tauriainen North Academy #64 Nicklas 'gade' GadeDennis 'sycrone' NielsenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand ALTERNATE aTTaX #37 Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenStefan 'stfN' SeierLukas 'ecfN' Kauer Time is adjusted to your selected timezone LDLC #50 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon SJ #78 Jani 'Aerial' JussilaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenTony 'arvid' NiemeläVerneri 'BONA' JunkalaJoonas 'aune' Rantala pro100 #47 Igor 'crush' ShevchenkoIvan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' Volodarchuk HAVU #61 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellMikko 'xartE' VälimaaAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenOtto 'ottoNd' Sihvo