All NA RMR Closed Qualifier teams determined
On Sunday, Valve updated their rankings, locking in the eight closed qualifier invites. For the teams who missed out, they had to slog through two open qualifiers taking place over three days. Four teams qualified from each of those open qualifiers, meaning we have a total of sixteen teams duking it out in the closed qualifier.
The teams that will participate in the closed qualifier are:
Invited
Complexity
Evil Geniuses
MIBR
paiN
oNe
ATK
Nouns
Vendetta
Qualified
Detonate
Timberman
Strife
Mythic
yur
4ORMULA
Reign
Take Flyte
These sixteen teams will fight in a three-round Swiss-system tournament to determine who will make an appearance at the RMR. Like usual, any progression or elimination match will be bo3, while the rest of the matches will be bo1. The top seven teams will qualify for the RMR, so the two 3-2 teams at the end will play a 7th place decider.