ASUS ROG Winter groups announced

Groups have been drawn for ASUS ROG Winter 2015, which will take place on January 30-31 in Helsinki, Finland with $25,000 up for grabs.

Six teams in the form of NiP, HellRaisers, Titan, Virtus.pro, mousesports and 3DMAX were invited directly for the event, while PENTA and volgare had to qualify online.

The eight teams were seeded by HLTV.org and split into two groups accordingly, thus giving us the following groups for ASUS ROG Winter 2015:

Group A	Group B
Virtus.pro	NiP
Null element HellRaisers	Titan
PENTA	3DMAX
volgare	mousesports

Schedule for the eight team tournament had already been announced a while back, with groups taking place on Friday, and the playoffs on Saturday of ASUS ROG:

Friday, January 30
16:00	Virtus.pro	vs. volgare	BO1	A1
16:00	Null element HellRaisers	vs. PENTA	BO1	A2
17:00	Winner of A1	vs. Winner of A2	BO1	A3
17:00	Loser of A1	vs. Loser of A2	BO1	A4
18:00	Loser of A3	vs. Winner of A4	BO1	A5
20:00	NiP	vs. mousesports	BO1	B1
20:00	Titan	vs. 3DMAX	BO1	B2
21:00	Winner of B1	vs. Winner of B2	BO1	B3
21:00	Loser of B1	vs. Loser of B2	BO1	B4
22:00	Loser of B3	vs. Winner of B4	BO1	B5
Saturday, January 31
11:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
14:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
18:00	Third place decider		BO3
21:45	Grand final		BO3

The grand final will be broadcasted live on national Finnish TV on the channel YLE, as well as streamed on their website at YLE Areena.

In addition, RoomOnFire will be casting the tournament online on their official Twitch channel, with the following crew attending ASUS ROG Winter 2015:

Anders "Anders" Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst
Marcus "zet" Sundström - Analyst
Richard "Gonzo" Lewis - Host

These eight teams will be competing for a total of $25,000 in prizes, which will be split among the top four finishers at the event, as follows:

1. $12,000
2. $7,000
3. $4,000
4. $2,000

HLTV.org will be traveling on-site to Helsinki, Finland to provide you with full coverage of ASUS ROG Winter 2015, the second international CS:GO tournament of the year. 

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