Mad Catz viewer's guide

As the Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational is closing in, we bring you a viewer's guide for the €10,000 event featuring the likes of NiP, VeryGames, ESC and last but not least, Natus Vincere.

Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational at the five-star Imperial Riding School Renaissance Vienna Hotel will feature two group stages. In the first group stage, groups A and B will be played at the same time, followed by C and D later on in the afternoon.

Winners of each group will proceed directly to the quarterfinals while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will have to fight their way through the group stage #2. The second group stage will determine the last 4 spots in the playoffs which will be played in a single-elimination, best-of-three manner.

Saturday, February 23rd:

Group stage #1

Group A			Time	Type
NiP	vs.	Nostalgia	10:00	BO1
Imaginary	vs.	TCM-Gaming	10:00	BO1
NiP	vs.	TCM-Gaming	11:00	BO1
Imaginary	vs.	Nostalgia	11:00	BO1
NiP	vs.	Imaginary	12:15	BO1
TCM-Gaming	vs.	Nostalgia	12:15	BO1
Group B
VeryGames	vs.	logiX	10:00	BO1
Anexis	vs.	ALTERNATE	10:00	BO1
VeryGames	vs.	ALTERNATE	11:00	BO1
Anexis	vs.	logiX	11:00	BO1
VeryGames	vs.	Anexis	12:15	BO1
ALTERNATE	vs.	logiX	12:15	BO1
Group C
ESC Gaming	vs.	TeamCRG	14:30	BO1
n!faculty	vs.	Natus Vincere	14:30	BO1
ESC Gaming	vs.	Natus Vincere	15:30	BO1
n!faculty	vs.	TeamCRG	15:30	BO1
ESC Gaming	vs.	n!faculty	16:45	BO1
Natus Vincere	vs.	TeamCRG	16:45	BO1
Group D
Lemondogs	vs.	e-Sports.rs	14:30	BO1
3DMAX	vs.	LDLC.com	14:30	BO1
Lemondogs	vs.	LDLC.com	15:30	BO1
3DMAX	vs.	e-Sports.rs	15:30	BO1
Lemondogs	vs.	3DMAX	16:45	BO1
LDLC.com	vs.	e-Sports.rs	16:45	BO1

Group stage #2

Group A, Group B	Time	Type
Round 1	19:00	BO1
Round 2	20:00	BO1
Round 3	21:15	BO1

Sunday, February 24th

Playoffs	Time	Type
Quarter-finals	10:00	BO3
Semi-finals	13:00	BO3
Third place decider	15:30	BO3
Grand final	18:30	BO3

The event is going to be broadcasted on FACEIT TV powered by Alienware with one of the commentators being the ex-Lemondogs in-game leader Björn "THREAT" Pers. The editors behind FACEIT TV have put together a short video that should set you in the mood right in time before the event:

Now that you know the full schedule, don't forget to find the right players and put your own Dreamteam together! For beginners, jump over here for more information about our amazing game.

Stay tuned to HLTV.org as three of our members will be on site between February 23rd-24th providing you with exclusive content from what is the first major CS:GO tournament of 2013.

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