Teams and format
The eight-team tournament will feature a stacked lineup, as MOUZ, Vitality, FURIA, and Natus Vincere all accepted direct invites to the event.
Joining them will be Aurora and magic, who progressed through the European qualifier, as well as MIBR (SA qualifier) and NRG (NA).
The event will be played in a double-elimination best-of-three bracket, set to culminate with a best-of-five final.
The full team list is:
Schedule and opening matchups
The tournament will begin with the four best-of-three openers on Thursday, with the bracket set to play out over the next three days.
The opening matchups are as follows:
For the full schedule, head over to the event page.
Prizes
A total of $500,000 in prize money and club share will be distributed as follows:
Player share
1. $100,000
2. $65,000
3. $35,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $10,000
7-8. $5,000
Club share
1. $100,000
2. $65,000
3. $35,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $10,000
7-8. $5,000
Talent
A seven-person team of well-known faces is set to bring the action to life from September 17-20, with the full talent list looking as follows:
James “BanKs” Banks
Jason “moses” O’Toole Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne Alex “hawka” Hawkins Dustin “dusT” Mouret Neo “Ne0kai” Caine
Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg
Fantasy
StarLadder StarSeries Fall will feature a seasonal Fantasy game. You can enter it and compete for skins and seasonal points in the official HLTV x Hellcase league here.
The prizes on offer are:
1. Shadow Daggers | Tiger Tooth (Factory New)
2. AK-47 | Asiimov (Minimal Wear)
3. AWP | Redline (Field-Tested)
4. M4A4 | The Battlestar (Minimal Wear)
5-10. Desert Eagle | Mecha Industries (Factory New)
On-site HLTV coverage
As always, HLTV will cover the tournament in full, both remotely and on-site.
Lucas “LucasAM” Aznar Miles and Josip “brcho” Brtan will bring you interviews, photos, videos, and social media updates from the ground.
