Invites for ECS unveiled

The organisers of the Esports Championship Series (ECS) have unveiled the list of teams who have been invited to compete in the debut season of the league

Earlier this week, FACEIT and streaming platform Twitch joined forces and launched their own Counter-Strike league, called the Esports Championship Series, featuring 20 teams, 10 from Europe and 10 from North America.

With $3.5 million at stake, the ECS will compete with other tournaments like the ESL Pro League and the ELEAGUE, setting itself apart from the rest, however, by the fact that it is the very first championship to offer co-ownership to the competing sides, just like it happens in many traditional sports leagues.

Invites for ECS have been revealed 

The debut season of the ECS will kick off on Sunday, with all matches being streamed live on FACEIT's Twitch channel. The list of participants is still missing one team per region as the qualifiers have not yet come to a close.

Below you can find the confirmed teams for the first season of the Esports Championship Series:

Europe	North America
Astralis	Cloud9
Dignitas	Complexity
Envy	CLG
FaZe	TSM
fnatic	Luminosity
Virtus.pro	NRG
Natus Vincere	OpTic
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Liquid
MOUZ (qualified)	Echo Fox (qualified)
G2 (qualified)	TBD

The full schedule for the ECS can be found on the league's official website.

Dignitas #11 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke FaZe #15 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad G2 #8 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Echo Fox #179 Sean 'seang@res' GaresArmeen 'a2z' ToussiTrey 'tck' MartinMohamad 'mOE' AssadRonnie 'ryx' Bylicki Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Complexity #58 Rory 'dephh' JacksonDaniel 'roca' GustaferriJoshua 'sancz' BallengerJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoShawn 'witmer' Taylor Cloud9 #13 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirMike 'shroud' GrzesiekJake 'Stewie2K' Yip CLG #12 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbJacob 'FugLy' MedinaTarik 'tarik' Celik OpTic #23 William 'RUSH' WierzbaShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele Astralis #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRené 'cajunb' BorgAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' Reedtz MOUZ #10 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Envy #6 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Luminosity #2 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Liquid #9 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen fnatic #1 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson NRG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićPeter 'ptr' GurneyJustin 'just9n' OrtizSamuel 'SileNt' Portillo Virtus.pro #5 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński TSM #50 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' Mims