Red Bull have unveiled the groups for the third edition of Home Ground. The only international LAN of the OFF//SEASON will include three partnered Americas teams:
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #3
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
silentzz
Caio Morita
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
,
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #3
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
vora
Jordan Pulwer
Timotino
Timothée Lavigne Dupont
bang
Sean Bezerra
, and
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #16
FireBallOps
Cameron Tomaselli
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
Notexxd
Jaden Anderson
Jackk
Jack Foote
OXY
Francis Hoang
.
The first round of invites revealed only the three invited EMEA teams — partnered organizations
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #22
purp0
Semyon Borchev
wayne
Wayne Chang
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
and
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #4
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
Derke
Nikita Niko Sirmitev
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Sayonara
Ștefan Mîtcu
, and former VRL DACH champions
FOKUS
FOKUS
Europe
Rank #10
YaBoiLewis
Lewis Hughes
Pa1ze
Mohammad Khatib
MOLSI
Michał Łącki
shinnok
Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki
Serial
Maikls Zdanovs
— as well as
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #14
s0pp
Efe Tur
xeus
Doğan Gözgen
yetujey
Eray Budak
KROSTALY
Okan Alaçam
sociablEE
Volkan Yonal
, who won the Turkish qualifier.
BIG
BIG
Inactive
were supposed to participate as winners of the EMEA qualifier but, after dropping their team, Red Bull invited
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
koshmaras
Martynas Namikas
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
to fill the gap.
The second round of invites revealed the three Americas teams that will be flying in to Manchester. 100 Thieves and Cloud9 will debut Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban and Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker, respectively, while KRÜ's overhauled roster will be on display in the Victoria Warehouse.
Red Bull has drafted the eight teams into two groups, which are:
Group A
-
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #16
FireBallOps
Cameron Tomaselli
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
Notexxd
Jaden Anderson
Jackk
Jack Foote
OXY
Francis Hoang
-
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #4
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
Derke
Nikita Niko Sirmitev
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Sayonara
Ștefan Mîtcu
-
FOKUS
FOKUS
Europe
Rank #10
YaBoiLewis
Lewis Hughes
Pa1ze
Mohammad Khatib
MOLSI
Michał Łącki
shinnok
Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki
Serial
Maikls Zdanovs
-
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #3
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
silentzz
Caio Morita
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
Group B
-
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
koshmaras
Martynas Namikas
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
-
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #14
s0pp
Efe Tur
xeus
Doğan Gözgen
yetujey
Eray Budak
KROSTALY
Okan Alaçam
sociablEE
Volkan Yonal
-
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #3
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
vora
Jordan Pulwer
Timotino
Timothée Lavigne Dupont
bang
Sean Bezerra
-
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #22
purp0
Semyon Borchev
wayne
Wayne Chang
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
These two groups will play out the first stage on December 9, in a standard Bo3 format. The best team from each group will move into the semifinals, while the last team will be eliminated. The remaining two teams from each group will then be placed in the quarterfinals — played on Dec. 10 — where Home Ground will pivot to its trademark Home and Away format.
Playoff matches will be Bo5 and each team will pick a Home map. If either team wins both Home maps they are awarded the match win but, if not, the series proceeds as a regular Bo5. The final day of the event, Dec. 11, will see the semifinals and grand final played out.
Cosmetic content drops will be available throughout the tournament, according to an earlier press release. The distribution of the $100,000 USD prize pool has yet to be announced.
Red Bull Home Ground 3 will be the "final act" of the 2022 season and the last international tournament of the year prior to the VCT Kickoff Tournament in February.









