Announced talents and groups for iBUYPOWER MASTERS 2017
The organizers announced group seeding of the teams, and also revealed the list of casters.
See also: IeSF World Championship 2017 groups announced
The LAN-final will take place in Santa Ana, California, on November 11 – 12. 8 participants of North American division will share the prize pool of $100,000. The main prize for the event is $50,000. The venue is Esports Arena.
List of participants:
| Group А | Group B |
| Cloud9 Renegades Luminosity Gaming NRG eSports |
Team Liquid OpTic Gaming Counter Logic Gaming Misfits |
The teams will play Bo1 matches in GSL system in the group stage, and the best teams will get to the play-off stage with Single Elimination bracket.
List of casters for iBUYPOWER MASTERS 2017:
Sue «Smix» Lee - Stage host
James «hazed» Cobb - Analyst
Joshua «steel» Nissan - Analyst
Dustin «dusT» Mouret - Analyst
Keith «Seaside» LaFortune - Commentator
Hugo Byron - Commentator
Evan «emode» Patrao - Commentator
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