The North American qualifier for the Americas Minor has reached its closed stages, with 16 teams battling it out for four spots at the $50,000 event.

The 128-team open qualifier came to a close on Saturday and featured a major upset as compLexity failed to break into the top 8 following a 0-2 defeat against Obey.Trifecta and a 14-16 loss against Animosity.

The top eight sides from this qualifier will advance to a closed double-elimination tournament, in which they will be joined by eight seeded teams.



Winterfox will try to secure a spot at the Minor

The four leading teams from the closed qualifier will then join the top two from the South American online qualifier and two invited teams at the Americas Minor, taking place at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio, from January 15-17.

Below you can find the Round of 16 matchups for the North American closed qualifier: