Champions Cup Finals announced with $300,000 prize pool

Eden Esports has announced more details about the LAN event that it will host at the end of the year, featuring eight teams and $300,000 in prize money.

The Champions Cup Finals will be held at the Intercontinental Conference Centre Arena, in Malta, from December 19-22, and will bring the curtain down on the tournament season, replacing SuperNova CS:GO Malta on the event calendar.

The top four teams of the $60,000 European Champions Cup, which is currently underway, will secure direct entry into the event, where they will join four invitees.

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The eight competing sides will be split into two double-elimination groups, featuring a best-of-three format after the opening round of matches. The top two teams from both groups will progress to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs, with the losing semi-finalists facing off in the third-place decider.

The prize distribution for the tournament is the following:

1. $150,000
2. $50,000
3. $30,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $15,000
7-8. $10,000

The SuperNova CS:GO Malta was won by Liquid, who beat fellow North American side NRG in the final, with Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic being named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament, which had $150,000 on offer.

Liquid #1 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1124 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 NRG #3 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov