The third season of 99Damage Masters kicks off on Thursday, with eight teams duking it out for the first prize of $10,000.

Following the end of the five Arena Cups of the current season, the four teams who amassed the most points have now moved on the Masters competition, in which they are joined by four invited sides.

The tournament will kick off with a best-of-three GSL group stage, which will be followed by the double-elimination playoffs to determine who takes the lion's share of the $20,000 prize purse.

zqK's Keyd Stars will face Vexed Gaming in the first round  

A last-minute change to the participants' list sees Lounge Gaming replaced by the new Keyd Stars team, who are bootcamping in Portugal. The Polish team, formerly known as Dobry Gaming, decided to withdraw from the tournament as they will focus on preparing for DreamHack Open Stockholm.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
Vexed Gaming	PENTA Sports
Keyd Stars	E-frag
Team Fraternitas	CPH Wolves
LDLC White	SK Gaming

99Damage Masters 3 schedule:

Thursday, September 17
18:00	Vexed Gaming	vs.	Keyd Stars
18:00	Team Fraternitas	vs.	LDLC White
20:30	Upper Bracket Final
Friday, September 18
18:00	Lower Bracket Final
20:30	Consolidation Final
Thursday, October 1
18:00	PENTA Sports	vs.	SK Gaming
18:00	CPH Wolves	vs.	E-frag.net
20:30	Upper Bracket Final
Friday, October 2
18:00	Lower Bracket Final
20:30	Consolidation Final
Tuesday, October 13 - Wednesday, October 14
Playoffs

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