The CSGO Esports Championship Series (ECS) will return to the UK on June 9th and 10th 2018 for the Season 5 finals.
The Wembley SSE Arena in London will once again host the ECS finals, as revealed by casters James Bardolph and Dan “DDK” Kapadia at the Season 3 finals last weekend.
These finals have taken place at Wembley for the past two years.
The news comes after SK Gaming (pictured) beat FaZe Clan to be crowned Season 3 champions on the weekend, taking home $250,000. Check out our video interviews with SK and other ECS teams before the finals here.
“Firstly, we want to thank our fans watching from home and everyone who attended season 3. It’s through their support that we’re able to announce season 5 a whole year in advance,” said Michele Attisani, chief business officer and co-founder of FACEIT.
“FACEIT is a UK-based company so London is special to us and it’s always a privilege to have the best teams in the world competing on our home turf.
“With Season 3 being such a success it just seems right to bring Season 5 back to Wembley next year for our community and we hope to make it a bigger and better experience for everyone.”
Tickets are already on sale for next year’s event here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
