This year's U.S. WCG representative will have a hard task to progress to the playoffs after the group draw paired it with fnatic and local rival team j1n.

The winner of the Los Angeles' tournament, SK Gaming, was drawn in Group C, having to go head-to-head with Canadian side Sway Gaming.

Evil Geniuses' U.S. squad face a testing match at the group stage against Check-Six, while the Canadian line-up will take on none other than Made in Brazil.

The first and second-placed teams from each group automatically progress to the knockout stages.

Group A:

Evil Geniuses
Check Six
North Stars United

Group B:

Made in Brazil
Evil Geniuses
Dynamo

Group C:

SK Gaming
Sway Gaming
To be announced

Group D:

fnatic
x3o
team j1n

The tournament will begin on Saturday at 00.00 CET so stay tuned to GotFrag.com for all the info concerning the Montreal Extreme Masters Challenge.