Teams and format
Five top-ten teams in the VRS will be in attendance in China, with the 16 attendees split into two double-elimination groups of eight teams.
Three teams from each group will progress to the playoffs. The winners are set to receive a direct path to the semi-final, while the second- and third-place squads duke it out in the quarters.
- The full team list is:
- FURIA
- Legacy
- G2
- 9z
- FaZe
- Astralis
- The MongolZ
- BETBOOM
- PARIVISION
- GamerLegion
- magic
- BIG
- MIBR
- TYLOO
- Alliance
- 5star
Schedule and opening matchups
The group stage will get underway on September 8 and will play out across three days, with the playoffs played from September 11-13.
The opening matchups are as follows:
For the full schedule, head over to the event page.
Prizes
A total of $1,000,000 in prize money and club share will be distributed as follows:
1. $165,000
2. $75,000
3-4. $40,000
5-6. $25,000
7-8. $15,000
9-12. $7,500
13-16. $5,000
1. $135,000
2. $85,000
3-4. $53,000
5-6. $40,000
7-8. $27,000
9-12. $12,500
13-16. $10,000
Fantasy
FISSURE Playground 3 will feature one Fantasy game for the entire tournament. You can enter the former and compete for skins and seasonal points in the official HLTV x Hellcase league here.
The prizes on offer are:
1. Shadow Daggers | Tiger Tooth (Factory New)
2. AK-47 | Asiimov (Minimal Wear)
3. AWP | Redline (Field-Tested)
4. M4A4 | The Battlestar (Minimal Wear)
5-10. Desert Eagle | Mecha Industries (Factory New)
On-site HLTV coverage
As always, HLTV will cover the tournament in full, both remotely and on-site with interviews, photos, videos, and social media updates from the ground.
MIBR
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng
Lucas 'nqz' Soares
Felipe 'insani' Yuji
Carlos 'venomzera' Eduardo
Tomas 'tomaszin' Corna
FaZe
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Ryan 'Neityu' Aubry
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe Nielsen
5star
Uuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon
Tengis 'rate' Boldbaatar
Gerelt-Od 'clouden' Jargal
Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam
Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan
Astralis
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
BIG
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Gleb 'gr1ks' Gazin
PARIVISION
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
Vladislav 'xiELO' Lysov
Ivan 'zweih' Gogin
Vyacheslav 'slaxejezzz' Vinokurov
BETBOOM
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Legacy
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto
Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira
Santino 'try' Rigal
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Alliance
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson
Markus 'upE' Johansson
Arvid 'avid' Åberg
The MongolZ
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch
Zolbayar 'tikuak' Chimedtseren
Dugarsuren 'DarkMeister' Ireedui
TYLOO
Yi 'JamYoung' Yang
Dongkai 'Jee' Ji
Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen
Su 'Zero' Jingshen
magic
Svyatoslav 'MaSvAl' Masko
Vitaliy 'sFade8' Marushka
Andrey 'AW' Anisimov
Abdurakhim 'mo0N' Issa
Nikita 'tenzy' Kochenyuk
GamerLegion
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
FURIA
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko