IEM Sydney EU & NA closed qualifiers announced

ESL has announced the times and dates for its European and North American qualifiers to IEM Sydney 2018.

Two teams, one from North America and one from Europe, will qualify on March 29-30 to take part at this year's IEM Sydney, the second iteration of the tournament. The event will feature sixteen teams and has seven already announced:Renegades, SK, Cloud9, FaZe, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, and fnatic.

Astralis, who ended 3-4 in Sydney last year, will have to qualify this time around

Joining those seven on May 1-6 in Australia will be six teams from Asia & Oceania, with three advancing from each region's own qualifier, two teams from the EU & NA closed qualifiers, and the winner of the GG:Origin qualifier which features the likes of GODSENT, AGO, Space Soldiers, and Windigo, among others.

The EU & NA qualifiers for the $250,000 event will be played on March 29 & 30, and will feature teams of the caliber of Astralis, G2, and Liquid. The full bracket draw for the qualifier is:

Europe
Astralis	vs. Open Qualifier*
HellRaisers	vs. Gambit
Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. Virtus.pro
G2	vs. Open Qualifier **
North America
Liquid	vs. Open Qualifier*
Torqued	vs. NRG
Luminosity	vs. Complexity
OpTic	vs. Open Qualifier**

*   Team from the lower side of the bracket
** Team from the upper side of the bracket

The invited teams for the event are:

Renegades	SK
fnatic	Cloud9
FaZe	Natus Vincere
MOUZ

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