ESL have announced the invited teams for the European and North American closed qualifiers where the last four teams for IEM Katowice will be determined.

The $250,000 contest which will be hosted in Katowice, Poland from March 1-5 will hand out a total of $250,000 prize money to twelve squads. Eight of these teams have already been determined as the likes of Virtus.pro, SK, and Astralis were invited.

G2, Envy, Natus Vincere, mousesports, and fnatic have received invites to compete in the closed European qualifier. Joining them are GODSENT and Heroic who triumphed in the first open qualifier.



The European qualifier will feature heavy hitters such as fnatic

The second European open qualifier will take place from February 1-2 and four more teams will qualify for the closed qualifier. The aforementioned seven teams and four teams from the second open qualifier will fight for three spots at IEM Katowice in the closed qualifier taking place from February 4-5.

Here is the team list for the closed European qualifier:

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The North American closed qualifier will feature Liquid and Immortals, who were both invited, and they will be joined by two teams from the open qualifier which will run from January 21-22. On the fourth and fifth of February, four teams will clash for the last spot at IEM Katowice:

Below are the teams that will participate the closed NA qualifier:

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