Staff Cup #3 qualifier group draw

Groups for the 16-team Staff Cup #3 qualifier have been drawn, which will be played on the weekend of November 7-8.

16 teams consisted of organizations' staff members have been chosen from a number of applicants to take part in the qualifier, which will feature four best-of-three, single elimination groups.

The teams have now been put into their respective groups via a draw that was captured on video, which you can watch under the article. Only the winning teams will get to go through to the main stage.

Group A	Group B
G2A.com Staff	Gamers.mt Staff
Fragbite Staff	NoobTubers
myXMG Staff	SLTV Staff
Cybersport.pl Staff	FACEIT Staff
Group C	Group DGroup D
StormStudio Staff	London Conspiracy Staff
E-Frag.net Staff	Virtus.pro Staff
Fnatic Staff	PGL Staff
EGB.com Staff	99dmg.de Staff

The eight-team main tournament will only field a single elimination bracket played in a best-of-three, beginning with the quarter-finals, where the four qualified teams will join four invited, based on last edition's standings:

Na`Vi Staff

Game Show Staff

NiP Staff

HLTV.org Staff

Qualifier groups are scheduled for the weekend of November 7-8, the main tournament will be played a week afterwards, from November 13-15.

Apart from the $2,000 prizepool, which will either go to the top three sides or to charity, depending on the respective teams' wishes, Virtus.pro have decided to hold a fundraiser. 

That will start at the beginning of the tournament, after the grand final, all of the raised money will be donated to one of the "well-known charities".