ZEN League S1 Finals set to begin

The ZEN Esports Network League Season 1 LAN Finals is set to commence this weekend with four teams attending from the Asia-Pacific region to fight for a share of the ~$37,184 prize pot.

After the completion of the online eight-team league in April, the offline playoffs will take place at ESL Australia's studio in Sydney, Australia featuring two Asian rosters and two Australian squads in the form of Dark Sided and Immunity with former Vox Eminor player, Chris "⁠cozeh⁠" Cossyvas attending as a stand-in.

One of the Asian teams is MVP PK from Korea, formerly known for their time in WeMade FOX and eSTRO in CS 1.6. The remaining Asian team is Indonesia's Recca with Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand competing in his last event alongside his fellow countrymen before he fully transitions to the Chinese powerhouse, TyLoo.

Immunity are heading into ZEN as one of the favourites following a 3rd place finish at the Asia Minor

The tournament will utilise a best-of-three double-elimination format, with the eventual winners of the upper bracket final advancing to the grand final. They will only need to win one best-of-three series to emerge as champions. The schedule for the two-day event can be found here:

Saturday, June 17
04:00	Immunity	vs. MVP PK	BO3
07:00	Dark Sided	vs. Recca	BO3
10:00	Upper bracket final		BO3
Sunday, June 18
01:00	Lower bracket final		BO3
04:00	Consolidation final		BO3
07:00	Grand final (first BO3)		BO3
10:00	Grand final (second BO3, if needed)		BO3

The following Australian broadcast crew will take you through all the action on Twitch:

Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays - Desk Host

Mitchell "⁠pilski⁠" Pilipowski - Analyst
Stuart "⁠sonic⁠" Rayner - Analyst

Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner - Commentator
Tim "brainstorm" Dunne - Commentator
Kevin "KaRath" Zhu - Commentator
Danny "dK" Kim - Commentator

Michael "⁠MC⁠" Campagna - Observer
James "FiishyD" Dolphin - Observer

The $50,000 AUD prize pool is distributed in the following way:

1. TBD - $18,000 AUD (~$13,700)
2. TBD - $9,000 AUD (~$6,850)
3. TBD - $7,000 AUD (~$5,325)
4. TBD - $5,000 AUD (~$3,805)
5-6. The MongolZ - $3,000 AUD (~$2,280)
5-6. Chiefs - $3,000 AUD (~$2,280)
7-8. JYP - $2,500 AUD (~$1,900)
7-8. Tainted Minds - $2,500 AUD (~$1,900)

You can follow our event page to stay on track with the results, statistics and more. 

Chris 'cozeh' Cossyvas Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 16 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.68 JYP #178 Alex 'xevR' PereiraKuna 'KunaS' SeelanAaron 'pzK!D' PereiraSha 'ZesBeeW' MohtarJavier 'Egoist' Chua Recca #123 Baskoro 'roseau' Dwi PutraAlbert 'FrostMisty' GiovanniAgung 'Sys' FriantoHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Michael 'MC' Campagna Age: 18 Team: Noxide Rating 1.0: 0.69 Maps played: 7 KPR: 0.51 DPR: 0.79 Dark Sided #62 Sam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleWillem 'badger' ClarkeOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Iain 'SnypeR' Turner Age: 30 Team: Athletico Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 130 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.69 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Stuart 'sonic' Rayner Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 148 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.68 Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 21 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.37 Maps played: 193 KPR: 0.93 DPR: 0.60 MVP PK #91 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangSeon-Ho 'termi' PyeonMin-Soo 'glow' KimBum-Ki 'peri' JungMin-Seok 'zeff' Park Chiefs #20 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri The MongolZ #58 Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaGan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBold 'ncl' BatsuhBat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar Mitchell 'pilski' Pilipowski Age: 21 Team: Skyfire Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 27 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Tainted Minds #85 Chris 'ofnu' HanleyConnor 'chuch' MorganChristopher 'dexter' NongJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Immunity #41 Chris 'cozeh' CossyvasMohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga