ESL has announced IEM New York: Online which will kick off on October 6th. The event will be the last chance for teams in North America and the CIS Region to earn Regional Major Ranking points.
North America, CIS, and Europe will each have their own event with the prize pools of $60,000, $50,000, and $140,000 respectively for a total of $250,000. The European iteration of IEM New York: Online will not have RMR points up for grabs and will be for the prize purse only.
A total of 12 teams will compete in both the North America and CIS tournament while Europe will feature eight. Eight teams have already been invited to each with the remaining for slots to be filled from qualifiers set to be held in the regions.
The tournament will be played with two double-elimination groups in all regions which will culminate into a single-elimination playoff bracket.
You can find the North America and CIS team list below. European teams have yet to be revealed.
North America team list:
Liquid | Evil Geniuses |
FURIA | MIBR |
Gen.G | 100 Thieves |
Cloud9 | Triumph |
Qualifier | Qualifier |
Qualifier | Qualifier |
CIS team list:
Spirit | Hard Legion |
Natus Vincere | Virtus.pro |
Winstrike | Gambit Youngsters |
Nemiga | Espada |
Qualifier | Qualifier |
Qualifier | Qualifier |
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