BLAST.tv announces Americas Closed Qualifier invites
With Valve releasing their finalized ranking on Sunday, BLAST.tv have finalized and announced the official invitees for the upcoming North American and South American Closed Qualifiers just a few days ahead of the scheduled event.
There was some initial confusion regarding the actual team list for each qualifier as MIBR, paiN, and oNe all had the option of choosing either the North American or South American Closed Qualifier thanks to their continued participation in NA events, despite being Brazilian players. Dust2.us first reported that each of the teams would play in the NA Closed Qualifier and has been confirmed today.
The following teams are confirmed to play in the BLAST.tv North American RMR Closed Qualifier;
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#1 Complexity: JT, floppy, hallzerk, Grim, FaNg
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#2 MIBR: HEN1, exit, Tuurtle, brnz4n, insani
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#3 paiN: PKL, hardzao, biguzera, skullz, zevy
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#4 Evil Geniuses: autimatic, Brehze, neaLaN, wiz, HexT
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#5 Nouns: cJ, MarKE, cynic, bwills, nosraC
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#6 ATK: djay, b0denmaster, Swisher, MisteM, pluto
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#7 TeamOne: Maluk3, iDk, trk, malbsMd, pesadelo
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#8 Vendetta: cxzi, consti, chop, silas, Tender
The following teams are confirmed to play in the BLAST.tv South American RMR Closed Qualifier;
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#1 Fluxo: felps, WOOD7, vsm, Lucaozy, history
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#2 00NATION: coldzera, TACO, dumau, latto, nqz
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#3 9z: max, dgt, dav1deuS, nqz, buda
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#4 Imperial: FalleN, boltz, chelo, VINI, JOTA
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#5 Sharks: drg, chay, togs, Gafolo, rdnzao
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#6 Corinthians: Demonos, r4ul, voltera, proSHOW, fREQ
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#7 ARCTIC: ponter, MaLLby, keiz, ninjaZ, short
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#8 O PLANO: kNgV-, shz, piriaz1n, lub, decenty
The eight teams from each region will compete against eight teams that qualify out of the closed qualifier for seven respective spots that will in turn, qualify each team for the BLAST.tv Americas RMR in Monterrey.