Cloud9, the reigning champions, will face Grayhound in their opening best-of-one fixture. ESL has revealed the groups and opening matchups for IEM Dallas, which is set to play host to 16 teams on May 29-June 4 and feature a $250,000 prize pool.  Read more OG invited to IEM Dallas; regali to step in for degster The opening fixtures will all be best-of-one affairs, with the remainder of the tournament following a best-of-three format. This includes the grand final on June 4, which was changed from the usual best-of-five setting when ESL announced their decision to host fewer BO5s for their Pro Tour Masters events back in April.  HEROIC, currently through to the BLAST.tv Paris Major semi-finals, headline the event in Dallas, Texas, and make the journey stateside as the world's No. 2 team. The Danes will begin their IEM Dallas Group A campaign with an opening bout versus 9z, who are the second-lowest-rated side ahead of Evil Geniuses. FURIA, meanwhile, will lock horns with OG in their opening fixture of the Texan tournament. The Brazilians will be eager to put up a better showing after their disastrous performance at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, where Andrei "arT" Piovezan and company bowed out in the Legends Stage without a single win to their name.  Read more fnatic to attend IEM Dallas instead of Virtus.pro The reigning IEM Dallas champions, Cloud9, have been seeded into Group B for the $250,000 competition; the Russians will aim to enjoy a strong start in their quest for back-to-back silverware as they take on Grayhound, a game that should easily go the way of the Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov-led lineup on paper. Evil Geniuses, who earned a place at IEM Dallas as the 'Local Hero' invite, have an unenviable start to their tournament run in Group B. The American-majority roster will take on FaZe to kick things off, with Finn "karrigan" Andersen's men set to be a favorite to make a deep run after recently making it to the BLAST.tv Paris Major playoffs before being felled in the quarter-finals by HEROIC. The groups for IEM Dallas are: Group A HEROIC G2 FURIAOGMOUZfnatic Nouns 9z Group BFaZe Cloud9LiquidENCE ComplexityAstralis GrayhoundEvil Geniuses Whilst the opening matchups are as follows:
 fnatic #15  Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Dion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen William 'mezii' Merriman Jamie 'keita' Hall  MOUZ #14 Christopher 'dexter' Nong David 'frozen' Čerňanský Jon 'JDC' de Castro Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás Dorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen  FURIA #9 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Nicholas 'guerri' Nogueira  Nouns #40 Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoDavid 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsCarson 'nosraC' O'Reilly  Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen Andrei 'arT' Piovezan  Age: 27 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1083 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71  FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Håvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' Kool Helvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström Finn 'karrigan' Andersen  Age: 33 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 2149 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.69  HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Richard 'Xizt' Landström   Evil Geniuses #51 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteIsmail 'refrezh' Ali Sanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJerric 'wiz' Jiang Daniel 'Vorborg' Vorborg  ENCE #8 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferGuy 'NertZ' Iluz Pavle 'Maden' Bošković Paweł 'dycha' Dycha Álvaro 'SunPayus' García  Eetu 'sAw' Saha  Liquid #7 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Damian 'daps' Steele  Astralis #24 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerAlexander 'Altekz' GivskovChristian 'Buzz' Andersen Peter 'casle' Ardenskjold  OG #11 Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Casper 'ruggah' Due  Cloud9 #5 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' TulepovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Konstantin 'groove' Pikiner   Complexity #23  Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov  Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1015 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69  G2 #6  Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Jan 'Swani' Müller   9z #41  Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' Garcia David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado Santino 'try' RigalNicolás 'buda' Kramer Gustavo 'tge' Motta  Grayhound #27  Simon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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