A guide to the Pinnacle Cup Championship

What is the Pinnacle Cup Championship?

The Pinnacle Cup Championship is the first in-person, LAN competition hosted by Pinnacle and is the culmination of months of battle between some of the greatest CS:GO teams in the world. Eight teams from around the world will be competing in Lund, Sweden in the hope of winning the lion’s share of the $250,000 prize pool and being crowned the Pinnacle Cup Championship winners!

The opening matches of the GSL Group stage of the Pinnacle Cup Championship will take place as a Best-of-One (Bo1) with the rest of the matches being played as a Best-of-Three (Bo3). The Bo3 format continues into the double-elimination Playoff stage.

The Pinnacle Cup Championship will take place June 8 to June 11 with the competition taking place at the Sparbanken Skane Arena in Lund, Sweden. The tournament will be open to a live audience as well as streamed online on Twitch. You can find all of the available streams below.

Read the dedicated betting preview of the Pinnacle Cup Championship on the esports blog.

Pinnacle Cup Championship: Key dates

• Group stage: 08/06 - 09/06

• Playoff stage: 10/06 - 11/06

Pinnacle Cup Championship: Tournament format

The Pinnacle Cup Championship is structured in two stages, the first two days will take place as a GSL-Group stage format where the eight teams are split into two groups. The opening matches will take place as a Best-of-One (Bo1) while the matches in the rest of group stage as well as in the playoff stage, will be played as a Best-of-Three (Bo3).

Where you can watch the Pinnacle Cup IV

The official broadcast of the Pinnacle Cup IV will be live-streamed on Twitch.tv in three different languages: English, Russian, and Brazilian-Portuguese.

• English: Twitch.tv/Pinnacle
• English Stream 2: Twitch.tv/cct_en
• Russian: Twitch.tv/Pinnacle_CIS
• Russian Stream 2: Twitch.tv/cct_ru
• Brazilian-Portuguese: Twitch.tv/btsbrasiltv
• Swedish: Twitch.tv/slop3

Pinnacle Cup Championship: Prize distribution

The Pinnacle Cup Championship will offer a total prize pool of $250,000, with the top four teams in the tournament earning a share. The winner of the Pinnacle Cup Championship will earn $150,000 while the following three teams will earn $50,000, $35,000 and $15,000 respectively.

Pinnacle Cup Championship: Participating teams

Eight of the world’s best CS:GO teams will be participating at the Pinnacle Cup Championship.

Get the best CS:GO odds for the Pinnacle Cup Championship

Throughout the Pinnacle Cup Championship, we will be offering the best CS:GO odds on the market. To view the latest odds for the Pinnacle Cup Championship, visit our dedicated esports section.

Want extra betting insight into the Pinnacle Cup Championship? Read our betting preview for the tournament on our esports blog.

About the Pinnacle Cup

The Pinnacle Cup is the flagship esports tournament organised and hosted by Pinnacle in partnership with GRID and Black Molly Entertainment (BME).

The latest iteration of the tournament series is the Pinnacle Cup Championship which will see eight of the best CS:GO teams in the world compete for a share of the massive $250,000 prize pool in a LAN environment.

About Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a competitive, multiplayer First-person shooter (FPS) game. Developed by Valve, CS:GO is the latest addition to the Counter-Strike series which spans back to 1999 with the original Counter-Strike (CS).

CS:GO is one of the biggest esports titles in the world, routinely attracting millions of viewers to watch the best players compete against each other for millions in prize money.

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