Gfinity Elite Series Australia season 1 will start soon
The first season of the Australian edition of the Gfinity Elite Series will be launched soon for the shooting game CS: GO.
The first edition of Gfinity Australia’s inaugural Elite Series is ready to kick off this weekend on June 2.
Six city-based esports clubs will compete for a share of $225,000 AUD (~$170,600) across three game titles—Street Fighter V, Rocket League and CS:GO. The CS:GO edition will feature an $80,000 AUD (~$60,000) prize pool according to the season’s total prize breakdown.
The LAN league will run for seven weeks at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. It will feature a best-of-one, round-robin groupstage, with the top four teams advancing on to the BO3 single-elimination playoffs, accompanied by the best-of-five grand final that will determine the winner.
All matches will be streamed exclusively on Twitch, with the following on-air broadcast talent taking you through the live action:
Luke Joseph Ryan – Host
Ashleigh Wells – Co-hostKevin “KaRath” Zhu – Analyst
Sean “baAL” Carlson – AnalystGeordie “Mac” Mcaleer – Commentator
James “jimNeso” Cowan – Commentator
Mitch “Conky” Concanen – CommentatorChristian “ChrisTheAverage” Apay – Observer
Josh “Dweg” Nathan – Observer
Here are the full rosters for each franchise, including the substitutes (s) and draftees (d):
| Sydney Chiefs | Melbourne ORDER |
| Mike “ap0c” Aliferis | Chris “emagine” Rowlands |
| Kyran “dizzyLife” Crombie | Simon “Sico” Williams |
| Sam “flickz” Jones | Jay “liazz” Tregillgas |
| Joshua “INS” Potter | Alistair “aliStair” Johnston |
| Callum “BURNRUOk” Henderson | Jordan “Hatz” Bajic |
| Willem “badge” Clarke (s) | Stuart “sonic” Rayner (s) |
| Mitchell “pili” Pilipowski (s) | Sam “mizu” Richardson (s) |
| Steve “busta” Brewer (s) | Razmik “RaZ” Bastadjan (s) |
| Iyengaran “IyeN” Raju (s) | Nikhil “NikkeZ” Victor (s) |
| Zac “Hazz” Woodham (s) | Dalton “swede” Vinar (d) |
| Tamahou “tama” Te Kowhai (d) | Brock “towski” Bodeker (d) |
| Dominic “Doom” Wilson (d) | Ben “spookr” Johncock (d) |
| Alex “MAGIKKK” Langusch (coach) | |
| Sydney Roar | Perth Ground Zero |
| Luke “Havoc” Paton | Wilson “willyKS” Sugianto |
| Azad “topguN” Orami | Chase “Xtinct” Dickson |
| Mark “deStiny” Kagan | Laken “Kaotik” Dutcher |
| Travis “wizard” Richardson | Martin “waffe” Chan |
| Connor “chuch” Morgan | Steve “InJect” Honan |
| Jesse “InfrequeNt” Barker (s) | Tom “apocdud” Henry (s) |
| Shaun “INSANITY” Speary (d) | Dilhan “xeL” Oluc (d) |
| Raymond “Dezibel” Odisho (d) | Jamie “Dissonance” Moukatatzakis (d) |
| Peter “PeetyG” Souvlis (coach) | |
| Melbourne AVANT | Brisbane Deceptors |
| Mohammed “MoeycQ” Tizani | Connie “konii” Ko |
| Daniel “urbz” Urbani | Jessica “ARTeMis” Majrouh |
| Daniel “DANZ” Whitfield | Yukie “Raizy” Su |
| Jared “HaZR” O’Bree | Liqi “Peachy” Lin |
| Charlie “zeph” Dodd | Calise “riv” Newton |
| Peter “pecks” Nguyen (s) | Jake “m0nt” Van Dorssen |
| Joe “breaker” Holswich (d) | Marcus “gotz” Fonti |
| Daniel “fakedaN” Vargovic (d) | Matthew “mattcd” Lenard |
| Joshua “jhd” Hough (d) | Damian “JD” Simonovic (d) |
| Harrison “YetiBacon” Howie (d) |
The prize pot will be distributed in the following way:
1. $40,000 AUD (~$30,000)
2. $20,000 AUD (~$15,000)
3-4. $10,000 AUD (~$7,500)
3-4. $10,000 AUD (~$7,500)
