The playoffs of the event will be held in the Espoo Metro Arena.

The schedule for the upcoming Elisa Masters Espoo has been released. The event will take place from November 16-20 in Espoo, Finland, with 12 teams competing for the lion's share of the $200,000 prize pool and a spot in the IEM Katowice 2023 Play-In.

Teams will be split into two groups of six, with the group stage set to be played in a BO1 round-robin format to determine the playoff teams. Second and third-place teams from the groups will meet in the quarter-finals, while the group winners will qualify directly for the semi-final.

Snappi's ENCE are the highest-rated team in the tournament

Group A's first matches will be played on Wednesday, with the group consisting of four Major attendees in ENCE, BIG, Sprout, and GamerLegion. They are joined by HEET and the only Finnish roster in attendance, HAVU.

fnatic and Astralis headline the team list in Group B, with the Danish team set to play with Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand in place of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz. The duo are joined by Complexity and Bad News Eagles, alongside two underdog teams in SAW and 500.

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The two groups are:

Group A
ENCE
BIG
Sprout
GamerLegion
HEET
HAVU Group B
fnatic
Astralis
Complexity
Bad News Eagles
SAW
500

The schedule for the event is as follows:

Wednesday, November 16

Date	Matches
Elisa Masters Espoo 2022
16/11/2022	BIG10:00 HEET	Match
16/11/2022	GamerLegion10:00 HAVU	Match
16/11/2022	ENCE11:55 HAVU	Match
16/11/2022	Sprout12:10 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 Eagles10:00 SAW	Match
17/11/2022	Complexity10:00 500	Match
17/11/2022	Astralis11:30 SAW	Match
17/11/2022	fnatic11:40 500	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

Astralis #18 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristoffer 'Kristou' AamandBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' Thomsen Complexity #19 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1787 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein Bad News Eagles #17 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Sprout #26 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea 500 #51 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 HAVU #65 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssJarkko 'spargo' Rahja SAW #37 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto fnatic #16 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman HEET #30 Audric 'JACKZ' JugAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier GamerLegion #24 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén