Red Bull Home Ground 3, the last major international LAN event of year, will take place this weekend in Manchester, United Kingdom.
The event will run from December 9–11 and feature eight of the world's strongest teams, including three from the Americas.
BIG BIG Inactive , winners of the EMEA qualifier, were initially slated to attend but were later replaced by Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius following the former's disbandment.
Format
The eight teams will be divided into two groups and play out a round-robin, Bo3 group stage. The last-place team in each group will be eliminated while the rest will advance to the single-elimination playoff bracket.
The top team of each group will be seeded directly into the semifinals. Each match in the playoffs will be Bo3, barring the grand final, which will be Bo5.
Group A
- Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso
- FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #48 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon
- KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
- Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang
Group B
- Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak
- Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius
- 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
Prize Pool
The event boasts a $100,000 USD prize pool which will be distributed as follows:
- 1st: $50,000
- 2nd: $20,000
- 3rd-4th: $10,000
- 5th-6th: $3,000
- 7th-8th: $2,000
Schedule
Friday, December 9
- Round 1
- 5:00 AM PST | 2:00 PM CET | 10:00 PM JST - Group A: Team Vitality vs. KRÜ Esports
- 5:00 AM PST | 2:00 PM CET | 10:00 PM JST - Group A: Cloud9 vs. FOKUS
- 5:00 AM PST | 2:00 PM CET | 10:00 PM JST - Group B: Team Liquid vs. FUT Esports
- 5:00 AM PST | 2:00 PM CET | 10:00 PM JST - Group B: 100 Thieves vs. Team Heretics
- Round 2
- 7:30 AM PST | 4:30 PM CET | 12:30 AM JST - Group A: Team Vitality vs. FOKUS
- 7:30 AM PST | 4:30 PM CET | 12:30 AM JST - Group A: KRÜ Esports vs. Cloud9
- 7:30 AM PST | 4:30 PM CET | 12:30 AM JST - Group B: Team Heretics vs. FUT Esports
- 7:30 AM PST | 4:30 PM CET | 12:30 AM JST - Group B: Team Liquid vs. 100 Thieves
- Round 3
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM JST - Group A: KRÜ Esports vs. FOKUS
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM JST - Group A: Team Vitality vs. Cloud9
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM JST - Group B: Team Heretics vs. Team Liquid
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM JST - Group B: 100 Thieves vs. FUT Esports
Saturday, December 10
- 5:30 AM PST | 2:30 PM CET | 10:30 PM JST - Quarterfinals
- 8:00 AM PST | 5:00 PM CET | 1:00 AM JST - Quarterfinals
- 11:00 AM PST | 8:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM JST - Semifinals
Sunday, December 11
- 5:30 AM PST | 2:30 PM CET | 10:30 PM JST - Semifinals
- 8:00 AM PST | 5:00 PM CET | 1:00 AM JST - Grand Final
JST times past midnight refer to the following day.
Broadcast
- Talent
- Streams
Coverage
Follow the event at the Red Bull Home Ground 3 event hub, which will feature up-to-date results, brackets, stats, streams, and VODs.