The draw for the group stage of the ESEA Season 25 Global Challenge has been made, with the eight participating teams having been split into two groups.
Held this weekend in Burbank, California, the Global Challenge will see the leading teams of the ESEA MDL divisions in Europe, North America and Australia, plus the winner of the Brazilian Open division, square off for their share of a $50,000 prize pool.
The tournament will begin with a double-elimination, best-of-one group stage, which will determine the four teams advancing to the single-elimination playoffs, in which all matches will be played in a best-of-three format.
Below you can find the group draw in full:
| Group A | Group B |
 Space Soldiers |  Rise Nation |
 Grayhound |  FlipSid3 |
 Kinguin |  Mythic |
| FRENCH CANADIANS |  TeamOne |
The complete schedule for this two-day tournament looks as follows:
| Saturday, September 23 | ||||
| 19:00 | Space Soldiers | vs. | Grayhound | Bo1 |
| 19:00 | Kinguin | vs. | FRENCH CANADIANS | Bo1 |
| 21:00 | FlipSid3 | vs. | Mythic | Bo1 |
| 21:00 | Rise Nation | vs. | TeamOne | Bo1 |
| 23:00 | Group A Winners' match | Bo1 | ||
| 00:30 | Group B Winners' match | Bo1 | ||
| 02:00 | Group A Elimination match | Bo1 | ||
| 03:30 | Group B Elimination match | Bo1 | ||
| 05:00 | Group A Decider match | Bo1 | ||
| 06:30 | Group B Decider match | Bo1 | ||
| Sunday, September 24 | ||||
| 19:00 | Semi-final #1 | Bo3 | ||
| 22:00 | Semi-final #2 | Bo3 | ||
| 01:00 | Grand final | Bo3 | ||
FRENCH CANADIANS #61 Loic 'effys' SauvageauYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikKeven 'PLAYER1' ChampagneAnthony 'gMd' GuimondMert 'REOVA' Bayrak 
Grayhound #63 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonMontheara 'prakM' Prak
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga 
Kinguin #26 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiMariusz 'Loord' Cybulski 
Space Soldiers #22 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor 
TeamOne #97 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaPedro 'Maluk3' CamposRafael 'pava' PavanelliVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato 
FlipSid3 #21 
Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Rise Nation #40 Andy 'vSa' XuWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanJonathan 'Jonji' CareyKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn 
Mythic #87 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsErik 'fl0m' FlomAlexander 'LeX' DeilyAdam 'Polen' Polen (责任编辑：case drop)
