At the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio, the final eight teams will be chosen to compete in the major at the end of March alongside the Clij-Napoca Legends. The teams competing this weekend are:
- Cloud9
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Flipsid3 Tactics
- mousesports
- Team Dignitas
- Team Liquid
- G2 eSports
- Vexed Gaming
- Selfless Gaming (Americas Winner)
- Splyce (replacing The MongoLZ)
- Renegades (Asia Runner-up)
- Gambit Gaming (CIS Winner)
- HellRaisers (Europe Winner)
- Tempo Storm (Americas)
- SK Gaming (CIS/Europe)
- Team YP (CIS/Europe)
This tournament will run using the format of group play and each group will be conducted as follows:
Match 1 = Team 1 vs. Team 2
Match 2 = Team 3 vs. Team 4
Losers Match = Match 1 Loser vs. Match 2 Loser
Winners Match = Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner
Final Match = Losers Match Winner vs. Winners Match Loser
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the major. The groups for this weekend will be:
Group A
- G2 eSports
- Flipsid3 Tactics
- Enemy
- Tempo Storm
Group B
- Mousesports
- Team Liquid
- HellRaisers
- Team YP
Group C
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Vexed Gaming
- Splyce (Replacing The MongoLZ)
- SK Gaming
Group D
- Cloud9
- Team Dignitas
- Gambit Gaming
- Renegades
The qualifier goes live Friday (Feb. 26) morning until Sunday, Feb. 28 with what is sure to be a fantastic collection of matches. As you can see throughout the article, The MongoLz have been replaced due to visa issues, so Splyce has been chosen to fill the spot.
If you are unable to attend this LAN event, you can watch all of the matches live here.
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