G2 are the sixth name on the participants list of IEM Oakland, ESL have revealed via Twitter.

G2 have been confirmed at the 12-team event taking place from November 19-20 after five other top-ten teams: SK, Virtus.pro, NiP, Astralis and Liquid.

The Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon-led squad recently finished outside of the top eight at ELEAGUE, where Simon "⁠Fuks⁠" Florysiak stood in for Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy, following a loss to mousesports in the Last Chance Qualifier.



G2 confirmed at IEM Oakland

A week prior to the event in Atlanta G2 suffered defeats to fnatic and SK in ESL One Cologne's group stage to finish in last place.

The exact prize fund of IEM Oakland has not been revealed yet, it is expected to be announced in the coming weeks along with the remaining six participants:

Tickets to IEM Oakland, which will also feature a League of Legends tournament, are on sale on the event's official website.