The group draw for the FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 has taken place, with the eight participants having been drawn into two groups. FACEIT's London studio will play host to the offline finals of the first stage of FACEIT League 2015, where the top teams from the North American, the European and the Oceanic divisions will be pitted against each other. The group stage, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, will use a best-of-three GSL system, with the top two sides from each group advancing to the single-elimination playoffs. Below you can find the group draw in full: Meanwhile, FACEIT has announced that its caster duo of Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and James "JZFB" Bardolph will take viewers through all the matches together with Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, who recently worked as a commentator during the CCS Kick-off season, and Stuart "TosspoT" Saw. Breaking down the games will be an analyst panel featuring Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson, Björn "THREAT" Pers and Patrik "cArn" Sättermon, with Casper "cadiaN" Møller acting as observer. The complete caster line-up for the tournament is the following:
Tean SoloMid to face Virtus.pro, Na`Vi and eLevate in the group stage Group A Group B NiP
Virtus.pro
fnatic
Na`Vi
Immunity
Team SoloMid
Team Liquid
eLevate
FACEIT League finals will feature a talented caster line-up James Duffield - Host
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster
James "JZFB" Bardolph - Caster
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster
Stuart "TosspoT" Saw - Caster
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst
Patrik "cArn" Sättermon - Analyst
Björn "THREAT" Pers - Analyst
Casper "cadiaN" Møller - Observer
Björn 'THREAT' Pers
Age: 27 Team: Acer Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 10 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.68
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson
Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 537 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.60
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 88 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68
Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon
Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.73 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.10