Open qualifiers for the upcoming 2016 edition of the RGN Pro Series have been announced in both North America and Europe.

The 2015 version of the RGN Pro Series crowned as its winner the North American team Cloud9 and a new year has brought with it a new version of the Pro Series: called the Pro Series II.

However, that event, which will include an offline championship, is still having its details ironed out. In the meantime however, the RGN organisation have announced open qualifiers for the Pro Series II for both the North American and European regions.



Open qualifiers for the offline Pro Series II to get underway in March

The open qualifiers will feature a double elimination system with a best-of-three upper bracket and a best-of-one lower bracket. There is no team limit for how many teams can apply to the open qualifier, however registration is $7.50 per player.

For both Europe and North America, the merit of competing in the open qualifiers is as follows:

1. - Invite to the Pro Series II

2-9. - Invite to the Pro Series II Closed Qualifiers

The Closed Qualifiers will take place at a later date and also feature invited teams that will vie for a spot in the Pro Series II. So far, the only known team that will compete in the Pro Series II is Tempo Storm as they managed to qualify due to winning the Winter Classic II.

The RGN Pro Series II open qualifiers will run from March 21st to April 14th in both Europe and North America with registration ending March 20th. Registration for the qualifiers can be found here whereas the overall event page can be found here.

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