Northern Arena group draw

The draw for the group stage of Northern Arena has been made, with the 16 competing sides having been placed into four groups.

From September 1-4, the Metro Toronto Convention will stage the first of two Northern Arena events that will take place until the end of the year, each one featuring an international Counter-Strike tournament with $100,000 on offer.

The competition will kick off with a double-elimination group stage, featuring a best-of-three format in the losers' and the decider matches, followed by the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs with the remaining eight sides.

Immortals to face Synthetik in the opening match in Toronto 

Of the 16 competing teams, 14 were invited by the event's organisers, while the other two came from online qualifiers that gave regional up-and-coming teams the chance to fight for spots at the showpiece event.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Immortals	TSM	Cloud9	X
CLG	OpTic	Rogue	Splyce
NRG	Echo Fox	Complexity	Selfless
Synthetik	Luminosity	ACE	Winterfox

Synthetik Mathieu 'TaM' LandryPatrick 'theguy' DupontKevin 'wAKKa' Cataphard TSM #20 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Luminosity #34 Renato 'nak' NakanoBruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaVinicios 'PKL' CoelhoLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' Knittel Echo Fox #26 Sean 'seang@res' GaresRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanDaniel 'roca' GustaferriRonnie 'ryx' Bylicki CLG #52 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Complexity #37 Rory 'dephh' JacksonKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorMichael 'Uber' StapellsShawn 'witmer' Taylor Cloud9 #14 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Rogue #35 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezNicolai 'glace' JensenJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerKevin 'HS' Tarn X #15 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså NRG #36 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' Gurney OpTic #23 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' SteeleDerek 'desi' Branchen ACE #219 Stephan 'vEz' VezinaLoic 'effys' SauvageauKeven 'PLAYER1' ChampagneLudovic 'tiz' Emond Selfless #47 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverMatthew 'no_one' CongdonNoah 'Nifty' FrancisVincent 'Brehze' CayonteMitch 'mitch' Semago Splyce Arya 'arya' HekmatJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva Winterfox #220 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisChris 'emagine' RowlandsRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyChristopher 'dexter' Nong Immortals #17 Wilton 'zews' PradoHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos