ESL ANZ Championship S6 Finals set to start

The offline finals for the sixth edition of ESL Australia & New Zealand Championship will kick off on Friday, featuring eight Oceanic teams and ~$15,200 prize pool on offer.

The Australian event will run from June 15-17 at Supanova Expo in Sydney Showground, Olympic Park. Twice the number of teams have been given the opportunity to showcase their abilities in a LAN environment this season after the previous seasons' finals originally fielded four teams.

The eight teams have been separated into two groups, featuring a best-of-one, round-robin format. The top two teams of each group will advance to the best-of-three, single-elimination playoffs that will take place on the final two days.

The best teams in Australia will be in attendance

Below are the complete team list and groups:

Group A TEAM M P Chiefs 0 0 Dark Sided 0 0 Grayhound 0 0 ORDER 0 0 Group B TEAM M P Control 0 0 SYF 0 0 Tainted Minds 0 0 Corvidae 0 0

The Australian on-air talent will feature current Legacy coach Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner and ex-Athletico in-game leader Stuart "⁠sonic⁠" Rayner analyzing the matches. They will be joined by other local commentators including Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays, who recently made a name for himself on the big stages at IEM Sydney 2018 and ESL Pro League S7 Finals. The broadcast team is as follows:

Danny "dK" Kim - Desk Host

Iain "SnypeR" Turner - Analyst
Stuart "sonic" Rayner - Analyst

Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays - Commentator
Tim "brainstorm" Dunne - Commentator
Mitch "pili" Pilpowski - Commentator
Kevin "KaRath" Zhu - Commentator

Michael "MC" Campagna - Observer
James "FiiSHED" Dolphin - Observer

The $20,000 AUD (~$15,200) prize breakdown is as follows:

1. $8,000 AUD (~$6,080)
2. $3,500 AUD (~$2,660)
3-4. $2,250 AUD (~$1,750)
5-8. $1,000 AUD (~$760)

Viewers can refer to our event page for the full schedule. For those interested in attending the event in person, can secure their tickets here.

Chiefs #75 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisKyran 'dizzyLife' CrombieTyler 'tucks' ReillySam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'Rourke Control #200 Marcus 'gotz' FontiMatthew 'mattcd' LenardCaleb 'klebz' LeungAsher 'Aycer' LeungJordyn 'husK' Newnham Iain 'SnypeR' Turner Age: 31 Team: Legacy OCEC Dark Sided #177 James 'James' QuinnAlec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsCooper 'void' Farrell SYF #148 Andy 'Noobster' ZhangMontheara 'prakM' PrakJireh 'J1rah' YouakimEdward 'eLUSIVE' KongLuke 'Llamas' Merchant ORDER #34 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Corvidae #194 Michael 'Lightstep' HallChris 'CHRiSOAOW' FormanAlex 'xevR' PereiraAaron 'pzK!D' PereiraSteve 'InJect' Honan Stuart 'sonic' Rayner Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 205 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.69 Grayhound #25 Christopher 'dexter' NongSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Tainted Minds #60 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Fergus 'ferg' Stephenson