ESL ANZ Ch'ship S3 Finals set to start

The third season of the ESL Australia & New Zealand Championship kicks off tomorrow, with four teams in attendance clashing for a share of the ~$7,600 ($10K AUD) prize pot.

During the online best-of-two regular season, eight Oceanic teams versed each other for seven weeks, to decide amongst themselves - the top four teams who will move on to the offline playoffs.

The LAN finals will be held this weekend at the ESL Studios in Sydney, Australia from May 20-21, featuring Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner's Athletico, the Adelaide Crows' Legacy, AVANT GARDE and the young upstarts known as Funky Monkeys, who'll be making their first appearance on LAN.

The ANZ champion will also take home the Season 3 trophy

A best-of-three double-elimination format will be used for the offline playoffs. Here is the schedule:

Saturday, May 20th
04:00	Athletico	vs. Funky Monkeys	BO3
07:00	AVANT	vs. Legacy OCE	BO3
10:00	Upper Bracket final	BO3
Sunday, May 21st
01:00	Lower Bracket final	BO3
04:00	Consolidation final	BO3
07:00	Grand Final	BO3
10:00	Grand Final #2*	BO3
* Note: LB team needs 2xBO3 wins; UB team needs 1xBO3 win

The full broadcast team that will keep you in sync with all the action is as follows:

Laura "Saerianne" Scott - Stage Host
Ben "SandMan" Green - Desk Host

Stuart "⁠sonic⁠" Rayner - Analyst
Mitchell "⁠pilski⁠" Pilipowski - Analyst

Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays - Commentator
Kevin "KaRath" Zhu - Commentator
Danny "dK" Kim - Commentator
Tim "brainstorm" Dunne - Commentator

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

The distribution of the prize pool can be found below:

1. $4,000 AUD (~$2,970)
2. $2,500 AUD (~$1,860)
3. $2,000 AUD (~$1,485)
4. $1,500 AUD (~$1,115)

The matches will be streamed on ESL's main twitch channel here. If you're near the area, you can buy your tickets here.

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Iain 'SnypeR' Turner Age: 30 Team: Athletico Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 110 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.67 Legacy OCE #165 Michael 'Lightstep' HallKyran 'dizzyLife' CrombieDale 'deoxiDE' CartaJoshua 'spiKez' QualischefskiMatthew 'mattcd' Lenard AVANT #130 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsDylan 'kyoto' BrownEgor 'LONSDALE' BaranovChris 'yellow' McGillivrayJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Stuart 'sonic' Rayner Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 148 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.68 Funky Monkeys #197 Andrew 'YDNA' AdamsMartin 'waffe' ChanHugh 'HUGH' AndersonGeoffrey 'yorimato' TranPeter 'BL1TZ' Athanasatos Michael 'MC' Campagna Age: 18 Team: Noxide Rating 1.0: 0.69 Maps played: 7 KPR: 0.51 DPR: 0.79 Mitchell 'pilski' Pilipowski Age: 21 Team: Skyfire Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Athletico #151 Iain 'SnypeR' TurnerNikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorIyengaran 'IyeN' RajuBobby 'zedzke' JohnsonSam 'jokes' Molan