The online qualifiers for the upcoming series of Minors will be run by CEVO, with the tournament organizer revealing details about the CIS, European and American competitions.

Shortly after the first Major of 2018 has been announced, CEVO revealed that they will be hosting the online qualifiers for the Minors and revealed details about the competitions.

Qualifiers for the upcoming Major will be starting soon

The CIS open qualifier will be the first one to start, taking place on October 9-10. The qualifier will feature a 256-team single-elimination bracket, with BO1 matches until the round of 32, when BO3's will start.

Six teams will qualify for the Minor directly from the open online qualifier, with Spirit and Tengri invited to the CIS Minor Championship, which will be held on October 26th-29th in Bucharest, Romania.

The CIS Minor will look like this:

Spirit Tengri Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier Qualifier

The European open qualifier will follow, taking place on October 13-14, with the format being the same as in the CIS qualifier—up to 256 teams, with BO1's up to the round of 32 matches.

With only one open qualifier, the eight top placed teams will move on to the closed portion, where eight invited teams will await. The closed qualifier will be played out as a BO1 16-team Swiss group stage on October 15, with three losses leading to elimination and three wins earning you the spot at the EU Minor Championship, which will take place on November 2-5 in Bucharest.

The following teams have been invited to the EU Minor closed qualifier, where they will be joined by eight more open qualifier teams:

The North American qualification matches will be played out on the same days as the European ones, with October 13-14 being reserved for the open part and the closed stage being played on October 15. Once again, eight teams will advance from the open qualifier, but in the Swiss stage, teams will be eliminated after just two BO1 losses, with only the top five teams advancing to the Americas Minor.

Interestingly, Immortals have been listed among the teams invited to the North American closed qualifier:

South America will have its own open qualifier, with the winner of the 256-team bracket advancing directly to the Americas Minor, which will be held in Toronto, on November 2-5.

Liquid and CLG have been invited directly to the ELEAGUE Major Boston - Americas Minor Championship, making the team list look like this:

Liquid CLG NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. NA closed qual. SA qualifier SA qualifier

The Asia Minor, which will be held on October 26-29 in Seoul, wont have an online qualifier, but only direct invites.