ESL Clash of Nations set to start

The ESL Clash of Nations will kick off on Friday, with eight teams locking horns for $10,000 in prize money.

Held at IFEMA as part of the Madrid Gaming Experience, the ESL Clash of Nations will feature the ESL champions of Spain, France, Germany, Poland, the UK and Southeast Europe, who will duke it out for the grand prize of $5,000.

KPI and Giants, who currently share the podium in ESL Masters with defending champion Movistar Riders, round out the list of participants for the tournament, which will begin with a best-of-one Swiss stage featuring five rounds. The top four teams will then advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

Kinguin will attend their first LAN with Kap3r

Due to Gfinity Elite Series commitments, Endpoint will attend the event as a mix team led by Epsilon backup player Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield.

Below you can find the match-ups for the first round of the Swiss stage:

Movistar Riders	vs.	Giants
Kinguin	vs.	EnVyUs Academy
PANTHERS	vs.	Endpoint
ex-Outlaws	vs	KPI

Endpoint Owen 'smooya' ButterfieldRobin 'robiin' SjögrenKonstantinos 'tsack' TheodoropoulosThomas 'Thomas' UttingAdam 'ec1s' Eccles ex-Outlaws #38 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninKamen 'bubble' KostadinovNikolay 'niki1' PantaleevTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov Kinguin #33 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiKacper 'kaper' Słoma Giants #98 Jonathan 'MusambaN1' TorrentChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraRubén 'TorPe' Jesús Gómez RodríguezIván 'NaOw' González PANTHERS #142 Filip 'tedderzy' LeksjöDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiFabian 'HighKitty' SchultzeJon 'JDC' de Castro EnVyUs Academy #62 Audric 'JACKZ' JugLambert 'Lambert' PrigentValentin 'VKLL' BartolomeiJulien 'PetitSkel' MarcantoniAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss Owen 'smooya' Butterfield Age: 18 Team: EpsilonB Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.67 KPI Omar 'arki' ChakkorVictor 'xikii' GarcíaPeter 'shhhack' BelejMichal 'EMENK' BelejMiguel 'exerz' Marín Movistar Riders #182 Juan 'meisoN' Carlos ChacónFrancesc 'donQ' Savall GarciaJavier 'dragunov' SánchezAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Epsilon #65 André 'BARBARR' MöllerDavid 'Jayzwalkingz' KempnerEric 'Ericip' TorssonKevin 'kevzy' NilssonGustav 'ZINKEN' Björk