CyberPowerPC and CEVO announced the Summer tournament of the CyberPowerPC 2016 Pro CS:GO Series.

The $15,000 online North American tournament will kick off on May 28 with Qualifier #1 which consists of an open and a closed stage. The open stage will have a double-elimination format and 64 teams will fight for eight spots at the closed qualifier.

Then, sixteen teams, eight qualified and eight invited, will battle it out in the single-elimination closed stage for a single spot at the Main Event. Qualifier #2 will have the exact same structure and will take place from June 12-27.



shroud's Cloud9 have been invited to the Main Event

The invited parties for the closed stage of Qualifier #1, which will hand out a $2,500 prize, have already been decided and the list consists of well-known teams such as Echo Fox and Splyce. Below are the invited teams:

The victors of Qualifier #1 and #2 will join six invited teams in the Main Event which will take place on August 6 and 7. The contest will have a single-elimination bracket and all the matches will be played as best-of-threes. The Main Event team list is below:

Luminosity Cloud9 Tempo Storm Liquid OpTic CLG Qualifier #1 slot Qualifier #1 slot Qualifier #2 slot Qualifier #2 slot

The prize pool distribution of the Main Event will be:

1. - $9,000

2. - $3,000

3-4. - $1,500

3-4. - $1,500

If you have a team from the North American region, you can register for the open phase of Qualifier #1 on CEVO's tournament page. For more information about the tournament, you can visit here.

Also, CyberPowerPC's twitch channel which will be run by CEVO-TV will be bringing you the action.

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