PLG Grand Slam viewer's guide

With the PLG Grand Slam set to kick off on Thursday, we have put together a viewer's guide with all the essential information you need to follow the event including the groups, schedule, and talent.

The du Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates will host the $100,000 event on December 13-15, with 16 teams duking it out for the trophy and the $50,000 first-place prize.

The teams have been divided into four groups which will all have a GSL format with best-of-one opening and winners' matches. The elimination and decider games will use a best-of-three format.

G2 will be in Group C

The top two sides from each group will advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs. The quarter-finals will be played on Friday while the semis and the grand final take place on Saturday.

Here is the group draw:

Group A
fnatic
5POWER
Sharks
Energy Group B
TYLOO
Grayhound
NASR
ECL Group C
AVANGAR
G2
FORZE
ShotCallers Group D
HellRaisers
INTZ
BOOT-d[S]
Chosen5

Below is the full schedule:

Thursday, December 13
08:00 | AVANGAR vs. ShotCallers | BO1
08:00 | G2 vs. FORZE | BO1
08:00 | HellRaisers vs. Chosen5 | BO1
08:00 | INTZ vs. BOOT-d[S] | BO1
09:00 | fnatic vs. Energy | BO1
09:00 | Sharks vs. 5POWER | BO1
09:00 | TYLOO vs. ECL| BO1
09:00 | NASR vs. Grayhound | BO1
10:30 | Group A elimination match | BO3
10:30 | Group A winners' match | BO1
10:30 | Group B elimination match | BO3
10:30 | Group B winners' match | BO1
13:30 | Group C elimination match| BO3
13:30 | Group C winners' match | BO1
13:30 | Group D elimination match | BO3
13:30 | Group D winners' match | BO1

Friday, December 14
07:30 | Group A decider match | BO3
07:30 | Group B decider match | BO3
07:30 | Group C decider match | BO3
07:30 | Group D decider match | BO3
12:00 | Quarter-final #1 | BO3
14:15 | Quarter-final #2 | BO3
16:30 | Quarter-final #3 | BO3
18:45 | Quarter-final #4 | BO3

Saturday, December 15
09:00 | Semi-final #1| BO3
11:30 | Semi-final #2 | BO3
17:00 | Grand final | BO3

The on-air broadcast crew can be found below:

James Banks - Desk host

Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst

Hugo Byron - Commentator
Harry "JustHarry" Russell - Commentator
Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne - Commentator
Alex "Snodz" Byfield - Commentator

Bastian "UnknownFME" Faber - Observer
Jake "zarx" Karakouzian - Observer

The prize money will be distributed in the following manner:

1. $50,000
2. $30,000
3. $20,000

FORZE #50 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov NASR #63 Love 'havoK' ParasObaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiAbdulaziz 'Nami' Al-HammadiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-NuaimiRashid 'GreeNz' Al-Nuaimi BOOT-d[S] #67 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniLeslie 'Bobosaur' Soen 5POWER #55 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongWei 'shuadapai' Wang Sharks #36 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Chosen5 #246 Mohammad 'Zerocool' Ahmad Issa Al-AdwanMohammad 'Foolz' Subhi Tawfiq Abdel-RahmanYazid 'laTal' KurdiOmar 'VIPPEER' AdwanOmar '3ARK00Z' Elyyan Energy #202 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDominic 'Domsterr' SampaioTrevor 'kanii' MorleyRieghardt 'flexeeee' RomatzkiGareth 'MisteM' Ries AVANGAR #20 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali ECL Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomKristjan 'fejtZ' AllsaarErik 'truth' Hansen DyrnesBayram 'bramz' Ben RedjebShuaib 'D0cC' Ahmad INTZ #37 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziJoão 'felps' VasconcellosMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesJoão 'horvy' Horvath Grayhound #44 Christopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriEuan 'sterling' MooreOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney HellRaisers #12 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad fnatic #11 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin ShotCallers #216 Nikola 'Cicatriz' PaunovićAhmed 'Ejram' HayderOmar 'JOKER' AldaradkehKhalid 'Pogba' MohammedMohammed 'C4rlito' Ilyas G2 #22 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroLucas 'Lucky' Chastang TYLOO #23 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto