ESL has announced the Australia & New Zealand qualifier for IEM Sydney and revealed that they will be using a two-part, open and closed qualifier system, with the first matches being played as soon as March 19th.

The ANZ qualifier will kick off this Sunday, March 19th, with the first open qualifier, while the second one will be held a week later, on March 26th. The open qualifiers will be using a best-of-one, single-elimination bracket, and each will yield one spot in the closed qualifier. Sign-ups are open here.



InfrequeNt's Tainted Minds have been invited to the qualifier

Along with the two open qualifier teams, six invited teams will compete in the best-of-three double-elimination closed qualifier, with only the best ANZ squad securing a spot at IEM Sydney. The first matches of the closed qualifier will be held on April 1-2, while the grand final will be played on April 9th.

The following teams have been invited to the closed qualifier:

IEM Sydney will feature eight teams in total, with four of them already confirmed:

SK

Renegades

Astralis

OpTic

TBA TBA TBA TBA China qual.

China qual. ANZ qual. ANZ qual.

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