August 30, 2018 02:00PM
FACEIT Major 2018 Main Qualifier initial matchups revealed
Make your pick 'ems quick!
With less than a week before the Major begins, FACEIT have announced their day one matchups for the New Challengers Stage. The Minor Challengers will be playing the Returning Challengers in the new Swiss-Buchholz system.
The matchups are as follows on September 5th (with rolling times):
| Matchup | Time |
 Space Soldiers vs.  Rogue |
5:00 AM EDT |
 Virtus.Pro vs.  Ninjas in Pajamas |
6:30 AM EDT |
 Gambit vs.  TyLoo |
8:00 AM EDT |
 BIG vs.  Renegades |
9:30 AM EDT |
 Vega Squadron vs. Spirit |
11:00 AM EDT |
 North vs.  HellRaisers |
12:30 PM EDT |
 Liquid vs. OpTic |
2:00 PM EDT |
| Astralis vs. compLexity |
3:30 PM EDT |
The New Challengers Stage, as well as the New Legends Stage, will feature Bo1's for the first four rounds, with the final fifth round consisting of Bo3's.
