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The Round of 32 for this tournament and future TL SC2 Opens will now be best-of-3. The last best-of-1 round will be the Round of 64.

Map pool is Shakuras Plateau, Metalopolis, Xel'Naga Caverns, Lost Temple, and Scrap Station. Please note that Blistering Sands, Desert Oasis, Jungle Basin, Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War, and Kulas Ravine are removed from the map pool. Detailed rules will be released when registration opens.

1. You must have access to a European Battle.net StarCraft 2 account.2. You must not live in a country assigned to the Korea or Taiwan Battle.net Server.3. You must be be registered and logged into your TL account to register and play.4. You must fill in your EU account details in your TL profile.Past TL Open winners include Kas, Naniwa, CrunCher, White-Ra, Thorzain, and Qxc. If you missed some of those matches, check out TL's YouTube Channel for the previous casts.

Early registration is closed. If you're interested in who is registering early, check out the list of registered players

Semis and finals from replays on TeamLiquid's official stream by Chill and Artosis.

This tournament will be the second to last TSL3 qualifier and the last one played on the Europe server. With only two chances left at guaranteed invites and no more big LAN scheduling conflicts, this weekend's player field will likely be the strongest yet.This week we also have the GSL'scommentating alongside Chill. We will also be announcing our 5 remaining Terran invites. We're super excited to see who will be one of the final two TSL3 qualifiers!