As we approach the starting time of ELEAGUE Premier 2018, we have put together a viewer's guide with everything you need to know about this tournament, which will have a whopping $1 million prize fund. The G-FUEL ELEAGUE Arena, located in Atlanta, will stage yet another edition of ELEAGUE Premier in what will be the second Counter-Strike competition hosted by Turner Sports in 2018, after the Boston Major. The current top six teams in the world plus fnatic (8th) and Cloud9 (14th) will square off over the next nine days, with a best-of-three double-elimination group stage leading up to the single-elimination playoffs.  Tarik "tarik" Celik's debut for MIBR and Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer's return to FaZe are two of the biggest storylines heading into the event, which will also feature a Cloud9 side in attendance with two stand-ins, Maikil "Golden" Selim and Martin "STYKO" Styk. Below you can find the group draw in full: Group A Astralis Liquid MIBR Cloud9 Group B Natus Vincere FaZeMOUZ fnatic The group stage will run until Wednesday, July 25, with the playoffs being held over the second weekend of the event, after a two-day break in the action. The complete tournament schedule looks as follows:
Alex "Machine" Richardson will be hosting the show, while Sue "Smix" Lee will be in charge of conducting interviews in between the matches. Janko "YNk" Paunović will be the main analyst, while two casting duos will be providing live commentary on the action. The complete English language broadcast team looks as follows:
Finally, the prize money breakdown for the event is the following:
 MOUZ #5  Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi Robin 'ropz' Kool  FaZe #3 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerFinn 'karrigan' Andersen Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Cloud9 #14 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' Ta  Maikil 'Golden' Selim  Age: 24 Team: fnaticB Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 377 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif fnatic #8 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonWilliam 'draken' Sundin  Tarik 'tarik' Celik  Age: 22 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 894 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68  Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov  Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Keith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken MIBR #6 Tarik 'tarik' CelikGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David  Janko 'YNk' Paunović  Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 108 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Cloud9 #14 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' SelimMartin 'STYKO' Styk Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer  Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1077 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Martin 'STYKO' Styk  Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 844 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 |
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Alex "Machine" Richardson - Host