Pinnacle Cup Championship Finals to be staged in Swedish city of Lund
Esports event with $250,000 prize pot to be hosted by Curaçao-based bookmaker alongside GRID Esports
Betting operator Pinnacle has announced, in conjunction with data platform GRID Esports, that the culmination of the Pinnacle Cup Championship will be held in the Swedish city of Lund between 8 and 11 June 2022.
The Sparbanken Skåne Arena, which is primarily used as a venue for handball matches, will play host to the Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) event which is expected to attract up to 7,500 spectators over the course of four days’ play.
All three parties have partnered with creative esports group Black Molly Entertainment to bring the tournament, which has a prize fund of $250,000 (£189,356), to Lund.
Pinnacle Cup Championship in partnership with @GRIDesports @Pinnacle – see you in Sparbanken Skåne Arena June 8-11! pic.twitter.com/Hy76pK9JA2
— Black Molly Entertainment (@bmeproduction) March 20, 2022
The Pinnacle Cup Championship Finals will see eight teams, three of whom have already been invited, duking it out for a share of the fund. The three teams already invited are Heroic, Fnatic and Imperial. The remaining teams will be announced in the coming weeks.
GRID Esports and Pinnacle teamed up in 2019 to deliver the first iteration of the event, hosting it twice since.
Paris Smith, Pinnacle CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce the Pinnacle Cup Championship in Lund.
“A LAN event to reward the teams that have won the Pinnacle Cup tournaments and give the community a chance to watch the best teams in CS:GO, live in action, is the icing on the cake of a hugely exciting 12 months,” she added.
Tom Warburton, COO of GRID Esports, said: “The Pinnacle Cup Championship is a testimony to the shared, long-term vision we have been committed to together with Pinnacle from the beginning of our cooperation – to provide a unique, entertaining offering to esports fans and capitalise on our expansive data offering, and Pinnacle’s pioneering experience in esports betting.
“Now, the Pinnacle Cup has evolved into a firmly established esports tournament attracting many of the world’s foremost teams. We aim to reinforce this position with the upcoming LAN event in Lund,” he added.