Closed qualifiers to IEM Sydney in two region announced

The organizers of Intel Extreme Masters XIII — Sydney announced the closed elimination rounds which will take place in Europe and North America.

North America and Europe will get one slot for the LAN final each. The elimination rounds will be happening on 29-30 March.

Besides the qualifiers, the organizers will also hold elimination round in Asian division and countries of Oceania. Three invitations to the LAN final in Sydney will be fought for in each of the regions.

Also, the details about seeding of participants in the quarterfinal of the group stage were reported:

Europe

Astralis vs Winner of the open qualifierHellRaisers vs Gambit eSportsNinjas in Pyjamas vs Virtus.proG2 Esports vs Winner of the open qualifier

North America

Team Liquid vs Winner of the open qualifierTorqued vs NRG eSportsLuminosity Gaming vs compLexity GamingOpTic Gaming vs Winner of the open qualifier

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Intel Extreme Masters XIII — Sydney will be taking place on 1-6 May at Qudos Bank Arena. The prize pool will be $250,000. The list of participants is the following:

RenegadesSK GamingFnaticCloud9FaZe ClanNatus Vinceremousesports