Calling teams from the Asia and Oceania region - this is your chance to compete at Australia’s largest esports event.

Intel® Extreme Masters returns to Sydney on May 4-6 with a US$250,000 CS:GO tournament featuring the world's top teams. Eight out of the 16 competing teams will come from qualifiers, including 3 teams from Asia and 3 teams from Oceania. Read on for all details regarding the Asia and Oceania qualifiers for IEM Sydney 2018.

ASIA QUALIFIER

3 slots for IEM Sydney 2018

2 open qualifiers (unlimited slots, single elimination bo1 with final match being bo3, winner of each goes to closed qualifier)

1 closed qualifier (8 slots, double elimination, 6 teams invited + 2 from the open qualifiers)

Teams invited to the closed qualifier: Tyloo, MVP PK, Flash Gaming, Signature Gaming, Boot Dreamscape, The Mongolz

List of countries allowed to participate in the Asia qualifier can be found here.

SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN QUALIFIER HERE:

Open Qualifier #1

Open Qualifier #2

Open qualifier schedule

Open Qualifier #1 - March 10 (start time: 13:00 SGT)

Open Qualifier #2 - March 11 (start time: 13:00 SGT)

Closed qualifier schedule

April 4 at 18:00 & 21:00 SGT - Upper bracket Ro8 (bo3)

April 5 at 18:00 & 21:00 SGT - LB Ro4a & UB Ro4* (bo3)

April 9 at 18:00 & 21:00 SGT - Lower bracket Ro4b (bo3)

April 11 at 20:00 SGT - Lower bracket Ro2a (bo3)*

Please note that teams will have to communicate in English with tournament administrators, and will be playing on servers located in Singapore.

*Qualifying rounds into IEM Sydney 2018

OCEANIA QUALIFIER

3 slots for IEM Sydney 2018

2 open qualifiers (unlimited slots, single elimination bo1 with final match being bo3, winner of each goes to closed qualifier)

1 closed qualifier (8 slots, double elimination, 6 teams invited + 2 from the open qualifiers)

Teams invited to the closed qualifier: Tainted Minds, ORDER Esports, Grayhound Gaming, ChiefsESC, Corvidae, Athletico

SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN QUALIFIER HERE:

Open Qualifier #1

Open Qualifier #2

Open qualifier schedule

Open Qualifier #1 - March 10 (start time: 12:00 AEDT)

Open Qualifier #2 - March 11 (start time: 12:00 AEDT)

Closed qualifier schedule

April 13 at 18:00 & 21:00 AEDT - Upper bracket Ro8 (bo3)

April 14 at 12:00 & 15:00 AEDT - Lower bracket Ro4a (bo3)

April 15 at 12:00 & 15:00 AEDT - Upper bracket Ro4 (bo3)*

April 16 at 18:00 & 21:00 AEDT - Lower bracket Ro4b (bo3)

April 17 at 20:00 AEDT - Lower bracket Ro2a (bo3)*

*Qualifying rounds into IEM Sydney 2018

GOOD LUCK!

We wish all of the participants the best luck in the upcoming qualifiers and cannot wait to see the very best in Sydney! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled on the IEM Twitter and Facebook as we post all event updates, including sign up links, as well as the EU and NA qualifiers info on which will be published soon.

Tickets to the event can be found here if you want to witness world-class CS:GO in person!