Details of the closed qualifiers to EPICENTER 2017 were announced
Organizers of the championship EPICENTER 2017 have given invitations to the closed qualifiers in the European, North American and CIS region and have promised to reveal participants of the Chinese qualifiers a bit later. Also, teams have already been distributed by groups.
All matches of the group stage of the closed qualifiers will be run in a GSL system and matches start on September 13 and will last until October 3. Two best participants from each group will go to the playoff stage, where they will see a double-elimination bracket.
The winners from each region will go to Saint-Petersburg, where two slots will be up for grabs in Wild-Card at the main stage.
North America
The distribution of teams by groups:
| Group A |
| Luminosity Gaming Team Liquid CLG Immortals |
The first matches:
- Team Liquid vs Luminosity Gaming
- Immortals vs CLG
| Group B |
| NRG eSports Misfits Cloud9 OpTic Gaming |
The first matches:
- Misfits vs NRG
- Cloud9 vs OpTic Gaming
Europe
The distribution of teams by groups:
| Group А |
| Space Soldiers BIG NiP FaZe Clan |
The first matches:
- NIP vs Space Soldiers
- BIG vs FaZe Clan
| Group В |
| HellRaisers Heroic Fnatic Mousesports |
The first matches:
- Heroic vs HellRaisers
- Fnatic vs Mousesports
CIS
The distribution of teams by groups:
| Group А |
| Team Spirit Natus Vincere forZe Quantum Bellator Fire |
The first matches:
- Team Spirit vs Quantum Bellator Fire
- Natus Vincere vs forZe
| Group В |
| Team Spirit Academy Vega Squadron AVANGAR FlipSid3 |
The first matches:
- FlipSid3 vs AVANGAR
- Vega Squadron vs Team Spirit Academy
The tournament will be hosted in Saint-Petersburg on October 23-29. 10 teams from all over the world will fight for the prize pool in the sum of $500,000 and Yubileyny Sports Palace was chosen as a venue.
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