ESL have revealed details on the Asia Minor, Intel Extreme Masters Taipei, and its slot distribution. Renegades and CyberZen have received a direct invite for the tournament, while six teams will have to battle their way through qualifiers.

A total of eight teams will participate in the Asia Minor with two all-expenses-paid MLG Columbus offline qualifier slots up for grabs, as well as $50,000.

Six qualifiers for six different regions will be held in the next three weeks, with each one handing out one slot for IEM Taipei:

January 9 South East Asian qualifier January 9-17 Indian and Western Asian qualifier January 11-16 Oceania qualifier January 11-16 Chinese qualifier January 16 East Asian qualifier January 23-24 Taiwanese qualifier

The remaining two slots will be going to two invited teams, which are Renegades and CyberZen, arguably two main favourites going into the tournament.

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From January 29-February 2, Taipei, Taiwan will play host to the Intel Extreme Masters stop that will serve as the Asia Minor, a pre-qualifier for the next major, MLG Columbus.