StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season IV announced
The fourth season of StarLadder's i-League will continue in Kiev, this time taking place at the Kiev CyberSport Arena on February 17-25. The prizepool of the event is the same as Season III, at $300,000. This event will feature 16 of the best CS:GO teams from all over the world. Eleven teams will recieve direct invites while the other five will be determined through regional qualifiers.
While the European and American qualifiers will be announced in 2018, StarLadder has announced the closed qualifier in China, which will run from December 28-31, and grant two spots at StarSeries i-League Season IV. They will begin with a GSL format group stage. The best two teams from each group will play in the double elimination playoffs bracket. The groups for the qualifier are:
| Group A | Group B |
 TyLoo |
Flash |
| LGD |
EHOME |
| Eclipse |
 MVP.PK |
| New4 |
MAX |
