HLTV.org has created a comprehensive viewer's guide ahead of the start of the $200,000 Finnish LAN event.
Elisa Masters Espoo, one of the first events following the conclusion of the IEM Rio Major, begins on Wednesday. The Finnish LAN will be live from November 16-20 and play host to 12 teams, all fighting for a chance to take home the lion's share of the $200,000 prize pool as well as a spot at the IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In.
The tournament will split the 12 squads into two groups of six, where they will do battle in a best-of-one, round-robin group stage. From there, the top three teams from each group will proceed to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoff stage, starting from either the quarter-finals or semi-finals depending on their group-stage placements.
Headlining the event are fnatic, who make the journey to Finland fresh off their appearance at the IEM Rio Major. The team around William "mezii" Merriman are the highest-ranked team at the tournament, and surpassed all expectations at the Major in Brazil.
They finished their run in 5-8th place after making it all the way to the playoffs, where they were finally stopped by the eventual winners, Outsiders. Elisa Masters Espoo offers the European combine a perfect chance to end the year on a high, as the Finnish event is currently scheduled to be fnatic's final competition of 2022.
Joining fnatic in Espoo are a handful of other teams who also attended the Major in Brazil, namely ENCE, BIG — who will be playing with Josef "faveN" Baumann in lieu of Florian "syrsoN" Rische — Bad News Eagles, Sprout, and GamerLegion.
Read more faveN to step in for syrsoN at Elisa Masters Espoo Astralis will make their last tournament appearance of the season at Elisa Masters Espoo. The four-time Major-winning organisation will be looking to end 2022 on a high note after a year that has been nothing short of disappointing, reaching its apex when Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander's troops failed to qualify for the IEM Rio Major — the organisation's first ever absence from a Valve-sponsored event.
What's more, the Danish roster will also be competing in the Finnish event without Nicolai "device" Reedtz on the team sheet, with academy player Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand standing in for the 27-year-old sniper.
The team list for Elisa Masters Espoo is as follows:
Group A
ENCE
BIG
SproutGamerLegion
HEET
HAVU Group Bfnatic
Bad News EaglesAstralis
Complexity
SAW
500 The 12-team LAN competition will commence on November 16, spanning five days with the grand final being held on Sunday, November 20. The first two days will be held in a closed studio environment, with the playoffs taking place on stage at the Espoo Metro Arena.
The schedule for the event is as follows:
Wednesday, November 16
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 | ||
| 16/11/2022 | BIG  10:00  HEET | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | GamerLegion 10:00  HAVU | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | ENCE 11:55 HAVU | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | Sprout 12:10 HEET | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | BIG13:55 Sprout | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | ENCE13:55 GamerLegion | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | BIG15:30 HAVU | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | GamerLegion15:30 HEET | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | BIG17:10 GamerLegion | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | ENCE17:10 Sprout | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | Sprout18:50 HAVU | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | ENCE18:50 HEET | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | Sprout20:45 GamerLegion | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | ENCE20:45 BIG | Match |
| 16/11/2022 | HEET23:05 HAVU | Match |
Thursday, November 17
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 | ||
| 17/11/2022 | Bad News Eagles  10:00  SAW | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Complexity  10:00  500 | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Astralis 11:30 SAW | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | fnatic 11:40 500 | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Bad News Eagles13:20 Astralis | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | fnatic13:20 Complexity | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Complexity14:30 SAW | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Bad News Eagles15:10 500 | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | fnatic16:05 Astralis | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Bad News Eagles16:10 Complexity | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Astralis18:00 500 | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | fnatic18:20 SAW | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | Astralis20:25 Complexity | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | fnatic20:25 Bad News Eagles | Match |
| 17/11/2022 | SAW22:30 500 | Match |
Friday, November 18
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 | ||
| 18/11/2022 | BIG15:40 500 | Match |
| 18/11/2022 | ENCE19:15 Astralis | Match |
Saturday, November 19
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 | ||
| 19/11/2022 | Sprout15:50 BIG | Match |
| 19/11/2022 | fnatic20:25 Astralis | Match |
Sunday, November 20
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 | ||
| 20/11/2022 | BIG18:00 fnatic | Match |
A total of 13 talent members will guide viewers through the action, split between the arena phase, which will be played behind closed doors, and the playoffs. Pala "Pala" Gilroy Sen will head up the stage, whilst Anastasija "Heccu" Tolmačeva will be dishing out the questions to the teams and players in attendance.
The full broadcast lineup is as follows:
Group stage
Ryan "ReTr00"Bernard - Caster
Jack "Zerpherr"Kelly - Caster
William "AnThran" Chafee - Caster
Playoffs
Anastasija "Heccu" Tolmačeva - Interviewer
Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg - Analyst
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Joshua "Dweg" Nathan - Caster
Elisa Masters Espoo will have a $200,000 prize pool up for the taking, which will be spread out across all 12 teams. In addition to the cash prize, the winner of the event will earn themselves a spot at the IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In, the prelude to the flagship event in Poland.
The prize breakdown is as follows:
1. $100,000 + IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In
2. $28,000
3-4. $14,000
5-6. $10,000
7-8. $4,000
9-10. $4,000
11-12. $4,000
Complexity #24 
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' Wince
Justin 'FaNg' Coakley BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein ENCE #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García Sprout #21 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' Staehr
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea 500 #50 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovIvan 'Patrick' IvanovAleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov 
Kristoffer 'Kristou' Aamand 
Age: 20 Team: Astralis Talent Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 423 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg 
Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 408 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.69 BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' SteinJosef 'faveN' Baumann Josef 'faveN' Baumann 
Age: 22 Team: BIGB Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1365 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 
SAW #37 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto 
HEET #35 Audric 'JACKZ' JugAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier Astralis #18 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' Thomsen 
Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl 
Age: 33 Team: SKADE XC William 'AnThran' Chafee 
Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.49 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.44 DPR: 0.89 William 'mezii' Merriman 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Astralis #18 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' ThomsenKristoffer 'Kristou' Aamand Anastasija 'Heccu' Tolmačeva 
Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Florian 'syrsoN' Rische 
Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1771 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 
Outsiders #1 Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 
Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1787 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 James 'BanKs' Banks 
Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Jamie 'EternalJay' Martin 
Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 
Bad News Eagles #16 
Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci Joshua 'Dweg' Nathan 
Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 HAVU #66 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssJarkko 'spargo' Rahja Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander 
Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1733 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 fnatic #11 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Dion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman GamerLegion #23 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' Ivan
Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Pala 'Pala' Gilroy Sen 
Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.57 (责任编辑：spectrum 2 case)
