We have revised the North American regional qualifier altering its qualification spots from two to one. This is due to an internal error on our side which now sees the 16th spot for IEM Chicago reallocated to a separate method of qualification. We apologize for the confusion and any inconvenience this may have caused. We will be announcing the full details on the final qualification method for the 16th slot at IEM Chicago soon.

The North American Qualifier will see its format adjusted to accommodate this and will now be identical to the SA & Asia regions. An additional match has been added on 25.08.2018 at 21:00 EDT to determine the single NA team to qualify for IEM Chicago 2018.

23.08.2018 15:00 EDT – UB Ro8

23.08.2018 18:00 EDT – UB Ro4

23.08.2018 21:00 EDT – LB Ro4a

24.08.2018 15:00 EDT – LB Ro4b

24.08.2018 18:00 EDT – UB Ro2

24.08.2018 21:00 EDT – LB Ro2a

25.08.2018 18:00 EDT – LB Ro2b

25.08.2018 21:00 EDT - Grand Final (Winner Qualifies)

The winner of this qualifier will join NRG, Renegades, MIBR and Liquid among the NA squads who will try to keep the trophy on home soil on November 10-11 at the Wintrust Arena.