With the PGL Spring Tavern Tales qualifiers over, 32 Hearthstone players from Europe are on their way to Bucharest for the February 26-28 LAN playoff event.
The PGL Spring Tavern Tales 2016 finals will be held in the PGL’s brand new Bucharest studios. The lounge area is eagerly expecting to entertain and relax the 32 card slingers that impressed us in the qualifiers.
- Thijs “ThijsNL” Molendijk (Netherlands)
- Petar “Gaara” Stevanovic (Germany)
- Harald “Powder” Gimre (Sweden)
- Thomas “Thefishou” Guedj (France)
- Grégoire “Un33d” Bodin (France)
- Raffael “Gameking” Iciren (Austria)
- Rémi “Tars” Roesch (France)
- Lars “Ikarus” Quilitzsch (Germany)
- Jesper “Freakeh” Eriksson (Sweden)
- Stefan “Moody” Marinescu (Romania)
- Simon “Crane” Raunholst (Denmark)
- Mateusz “Dziany” Karwat (Poland)
- Giorgos “Likeabawse” Papadimitrak (Greece)
- Ivan “Gosuforever” Fernandez Cubillo (Spain)
- Kostas “Tholwmenos” Sakellaridis (Greece)
- Nistor “xTracKyStyLe” Marius Gabriel (Romania)
- Arne “Arneej” Huysegoms (Belgium)
- Giannis “Athanas” Athanasiou (Greece)
- Thanos “Tsiboukis” Vasilas (Greece)
- Cindy “Leva” Xhaard (France)
- Nicklas “Tessin” Dittmer Chrisensen (Denmark)
- Pavel “Scruffy” Janík (Czech Republic)
- Vincent “Vinz” Ralambomiadana (France)
- Vlad “Angeloshaggy” Angelo Dumitru (Romania)
- Simona “Karolinka” Procházková (Czech Republic)
- Giorgos “Zuky” Voudouris (Greece)
- Valentin “GuardianMC” Ionita (Romania)
- George “Fearless” Arcan (Romania)
- Stanislav “Anaro” Jirák (Czech Republic)
- Pablo “Slytha” Leon (Spain)
- Dima “Dimonenka” Ivanov (Russian)
- Christian “Kenny1337″ Kretschmar (Austria)
The first day of the event will be dedicated to the Swiss Round stage, followed by a single elimination bracket throughout the weekend, leading to the grand final on Sunday evening.
| PGL Spring Tavern Tales 2016 Schedule | |||
| Day | Time | Match | |
Friday 26 February |
10:30 -11:00 CET | Preshow | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 CET | Swiss – Round 1 | ||
| 12:30 – 14:00 CET | Swiss – Round 2 | ||
| 14:00 – 15:30 CET | Swiss – Round 3 | ||
| 16:00 – 17:30 CET | Swiss – Round 4 | ||
| 17:30 – 19:00 CET | Swiss – Round 5 | ||
| Saturday
27 February |
10:30 – 11:00 CET | Preshow | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 CET | Round of 16 – Match #1 | ||
| 12:15 – 13:30 CET | Round of 16 – Match #2 | ||
| 13:30 – 14:45 CET | Round of 16 – Match #3 | ||
| 15:00 – 16:15 CET | Round of 16 – Match #4 | ||
| 16:45 – 18:00 CET | Round of 16 – Match #5 | ||
| 18:00 – 19:15 CET | Round of 16 – Match #6 | ||
| 19:45 – 21:00 CET | Round of 16 – Match #7 | ||
| 21:00 – 22:15 CET | Round of 16 – Match #8 | ||
| Sunday
28 February |
10:30 – 11:00 CET | Preshow | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 CET | Round of 8 – Match #1 | ||
| 12:15 – 13:30 CET | Round of 8 – Match #2 | ||
| 13:30 – 14:45 CET | Round of 8 – Match #3 | ||
| 14:45 – 16:00 CET | Round of 8 – Match #4 | ||
| 17:00 – 18:15 CET | Round of 4 – Match #1 | ||
| 18:15 – 19:30 CET | Round of 4 – Match #2 | ||
| 20:00 – 21:30 CET | Grand Final | ||
As previously announced, the English broadcast of the tournament will be available on twitch.tv/pgl_hs, with commentary provided by Marcin “Gnimsh” Filipowicz (@gnmishtv), Jakub “Lothar” Szylguski (@lotharHS) and Alex ‘Raven’ Baguley (@RavenHSUK).
The PGL crew also has several surprises in store for the Hearthstone audience, including fun interactive activities, as well as a new Tavern where guests will spill their secrets and play some showmatches.