Funspark ULTI Finals revealed with Gambit, Astralis & more

With top-10 teams such as Gambit, Astralis and Entropiq in attendance, the event promises to be a competitive one to kickstart the year.

The full details of the Funspark ULTI Finals have been announced, including the team list and schedule; the event will feature eight teams battling through a double elimination best-of-three bracket, with a best-of-three grand final, for a share of an impressive $250,000 prize pool. The event will take place online in Europe.

This is the first finals event for the Champion of Champions Tour, which includes events such as Home Sweet Home, Pinnacle Cup, Elisa, and Malta Vibes.

Gambit will be the highest ranked team in attendance

The games will take place between January 18-24, with two matches played per day, one at 12:00 and one at 15:00 . Commentators Harry "JustHarry"Russell and Hugo Byron will be tasked with bringing the action from every single game to life, with Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg and Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović handling analysis duties. The on-air team will be broadcasting live from Relog Media headquarters in Serbia.

The team list features the top finishers at the Funspark ULTI 2020 Europe event, BIG and Extra Salt, ECSTATIC and K23 from the Funspark 2021 EU ranking, and is rounded out by invites in the form of Gambit, Astralis, Entropiq and fnatic.

See the full team list and schedule below:

Gambit (Invite)
Astralis (Invite)
Entropiq (Invite)
fnatic (Invite) BIG (Funspark Finals)
ECSTATIC (Funspark rank)
K23 (Funspark rank)
Extra Salt (Funspark Finals)

Schedule

Tuesday, January 18
12:00 Entropiq vs. ECSTATIC
15:00 Astralis vs. K23

Wednesday, January 19
12:00 fnatic vs. BIG
15:00 Gambit vs. Extra Salt

Thursday, January 20
12:00 Lower bracket game 1
15:00 Lower bracket game 2

Friday, January 21
12:00 Upper bracket semi-final
15:00 Upper bracket semi-final

Saturday, January 22
12:00 Lower bracket semi-final
15:00 Lower bracket semi-final

Sunday, January 23
12:00 Lower bracket final
15:00 Upper bracket final

Monday, January 24
12:00 Consolidation final
15:00 Grand final

Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.72 Astralis #8 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckePhilip 'Lucky' EwaldBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer BIG #15 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Extra Salt #29 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Gambit #2 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov ECSTATIC #20 Dion 'FASHR' DerksenJakob 'Daffu' SchildtAdam 'WolfY' AnderssonThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenMarcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen Entropiq #9 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy K23 #22 Sanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanDaniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.75 Maps played: 99 KPR: 0.52 DPR: 0.73 fnatic #12 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinWilliam 'mezii' Merriman