Mettlestate LAN finals set to begin

Mettlestate Galaxy CS:GO Championship 2017 is set to kick off tomorrow with eight teams in attendance.

The tournament which offers one million South African Rand (~$74,000) in cash prizes started with an online stage at the end of which eight teams earned a place at the LAN finals. The finals will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from May 5-7.

The event will have a double-elimination format and the upper bracket matches will be played in a best-of-one setting. All lower bracket matches and the grand final will be best-of-threes.

Bravado will face Ventus in the first round 

The team list includes Bravado who have been the dominant force in the South African scene for the past few years. The full team list is below:

Bravado	Damage Control	Energy	Exdee
xTc	puLse	FlipSid3 Africa	Ventus

The first day will feature the first upper-bracket matches and will continue with the lower bracket games. Initial matchups and the full schedule can be found below:

Friday, May 5th
09:30	Bravado	vs. Ventus	BO1
11:00	Exdee	vs. xTc	BO1
12:30	Energy	vs. puLse	BO1
14:00	Damage Control	vs. FlipSid3 Africa	BO1
15:30	Lower bracket round #1, match #1		BO3
19:00	Lower bracket round #1, match #2		BO3
Saturday, May 6th
09:30	Upper bracket semi-final #1		BO1
11:00	Upper bracket semi-final #2		BO1
12:30	Lower bracket round #2, match #1		BO3
16:00	Lower bracket round #2, match #2		BO3
19:30	Lower bracket final		BO3
Sunday, May 7th
09:30	Upper bracket final		BO1
11:00	Consolidation final		BO3
14:30	Grand final		BO3

The prize distribution will be as follows:

1. ~$25,900
2. ~$11,840
3. ~$8,500
4. ~$7,000
5-6. ~$5,900
5-6. ~$5,900
7-8. ~$4,400
7-8. ~$4,400 

You can follow the tournament on Mettlestate's Twitch channel and learn more about it on our event page.

Damage Control #195 Riaan 'stYle' van NiekerkJannie 'Hellhound' van NiekerkTyrone 'Explicit' LautreChristopher 'Apocalypse' LautreHarry 'inciN' Apostoleris Bravado #125 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Exdee #322 Daniel 'spoof' van WykTravis 'azterix' CoppinJandre 'makmuR' van VuurenConner 'KINGb' Laming Energy #184 Dominic 'Domsterr' SampaioJan 'takbok' TheronStefan 'Nefan' SmitTrevor 'kanii' MorleyRieghardt 'flexeeee' Romatzki Time is adjusted to your selected timezone puLse Liam 'Lichl0rd' WebsterMatthew 'ThE_KruciFieR' RaeNelson 'Kaspar0v' CamargoQuinten 'AbSyN' Weening Ventus FlipSid3 Africa #218 Dean 'HackeM' SeyfriedJames 'zerOchaNce' WijnbergAshton 'Golz' MullerRikus 'ZipZip' KlueDean 'massacRe' Davids xTc #306 Carlo 'pnd' FarinhaAidan 'SandpitTurtle' NellChris 'Viking' de WittJohan 'xiN' WillemseMark 'Spazz' Jebens