SuperNova CS:GO Malta group draw

The draw for the group stage of SuperNova CS:GO Malta has been made, the organisers have revealed.

The event, organized by Quickfire together with StarLadder, will run from November 29 through December 2 in Saint Julian's, Malta, with eight teams set to battle it out for their share of the $150,000 prize pool.

Liquid, NRG, HellRaisers and BIG had the higher seeds in the draw. Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's men, who recently finished second at IEM Chicago, headline Group A, which also includes NRG and the two Polish teams in attendance, Kinguin and Virtus.pro.

Hobbit will face his former team in the first group round

Group B features two teams fresh off changes as HellRaisers and Gambit will be debuting their new rosters, with BIG and TYLOO making up the rest of the group.

Below you can find the draw:

Group A
Liquid
NRG
Kinguin
Virtus.pro Group B
HellRaisers
BIG
Gambit
TYLOO

The organisers have also revealed the tournament's opening matches, which you can find below:

Group A
Liquid vs. Virtus.pro
NRG vs. Kinguin

Group B
HellRaisers vs. Gambit
TYLOO vs. BIG

BIG #9 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Kinguin #26 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Virtus.pro #31 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Gambit #22 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovNikolay 'mir' BityukovDmitry 'dimasick' MatvienkoSergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 986 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad NRG #8 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov TYLOO #24 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto