The team list for the European, CIS and North American EPICENTER 2017 closed qualifiers have been released, with the likes of FaZe, Natus Vincere and Cloud9 making the cut.

After concluding the total of six open qualifiers for EPICENTER 2017, two per region, the time for the closed qualifiers has come. Each region will have eight teams competing in the closed portion of the qualifier, with the best teams from each open qualifier being joined by six hand picked ones.

The teams will be split into two GSL-style groups, with the two best ones from each group moving on to a double-elimination playoff bracket. All of the matches in the qualifier will be played as BO3's. In the end, only the best team from each qualifier will earn a spot at the Wildcard qualifier, which will take place on LAN a few days before the main tournament starts.

FaZe will have to fight for a spot in St. Petersburg

In Europe, Space Soldiers and HellRaisers will be joined by invited teams FaZe, BIG, fnatic and NiP, as well as mousesports and Heroic, who competed in the first open qualifier but were eliminated by the Turkish side and Binary Dragons, respectively.

You can find the groups for the European EPICENTER 2017 closed qualifier below:

Natus Vincere is the biggest name in the CIS qualifier, alongside Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's FlipSid3. Joining them will be Spirit Academy and Quantum Bellator Fire from the open qualifier, as well as Vega Squadron and Spirit.

The groups for the CIS closed qualifier are as follows:

NRG and Luminosity earned their spots in the closed qulifier for North America, and will be joined by the notable teams from the continent, such as Immortals, Cloud9 and Liquid. OpTic, who have five European players but play in the North American division of ESL Pro League, will also compete in the North American qualifier for EPICENTER 2017.

This is the full team list for the North American closed qualifier for EPICENTER 2017:

Group A Group B Immortals Cloud9 Liquid Misfits Luminosity NRG CLG OpTic



The closed qualifiers will start on the 12th of September with the CIS matches and will run for three weeks. The last match to be played, the North American final, is scheduled for October 3rd.

To remind you, the team list for EPICENTER 2017 currently looks like this: