The Acer Predator Masters will kick off on Thursday, with eight teams battling it four for a share of the $40,000 prize pool.

TaKeTV's new studio, in Krefeld, Germany, will play host to the offline finals of the first season of the Acer Predator Masters, where the top eight teams from the online portion of the league will duke it out for the first prize of $20,000.

The tournament will use a best-of-three, double-elimination format, with the grand final being a best-of-seven clash in which the team coming from the Upper Bracket has a one-map advantage.

cadiaN's SK Gaming will face KILLERFISH in the first round

It remains to be seen how teams will react to the prospect of playing a match that could take as long as seven hours, where players will be physically and mentally drained after a few maps.

Below you can find a tentative schedule for the tournament:

Thursday, July 30
13:30	dignitas	vs.	Null element HellRaisers
16:30	SK Gaming	vs.	KILLERFISH
19:30	Team SoloMid	vs.	E-frag.net
22:30	mousesports	vs.	PENTA Sports
Friday, July 31
TBD	Upper Bracket Semi-finals
TBD	Lower Bracket Round 1
Saturday, August 1
TBD	Upper Bracket Final
TBD	Lower Bracket Round 2
TBD	Lower Bracket Final
Sunday, August 2
TBD	Consolidation Final
TBD	Grand final (bo7)

Richard Lewis will be hosting the event, while Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, FACEIT's Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Greatfrag's Rahim Abdullaev will be doing live commentary during the four days of the tournament.

Richard Lewis - Host

 Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Caster
 Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster
 Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster
Rahim Abdullaev - Caster

The complete prize breakdown for the tournament is the following:

1. $20,000
2. $10,000
3. $7,000 
4. $3,000

Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.68