ARES Esport have announced that they will support an event circuit for female teams with $52,000 on offer.

Named the "Counter-Strike Women's Tournament", the event circuit will begin with four offline events, each one featuring 16 teams and an $8,000 prize pool.

The results from these four tournaments will count towards a ranking, which will be used to determine the eight teams who will qualify for one final event, to be held in Qatar and with a $20,000 prize pool.

ARES are looking to give the female scene a big boost

The announcement comes just days after ARES completed the signing of the former London Conspiracy fe team, who most notably came in second place at this year's Copenhagen Games and ESU Masters.

More info about the event circuit, including dates and qualifiers, will be released by ARES in "early 2018", the French organisation has revealed.