RGN with $10k Pro Series Qualifiers

Today will see both the Upper Final between Gplay and x6tence as well as round 8 of the Lower Bracket play out in RGN's Intercontinental II tournament series in Europe.

With the winner a few matches from being decided, RGN have nevertheless wasted no time in declaring a closed qualifier for a $10,000 Invitational for Europe, marking their sixth tournament series so far.

pyth's Orbit, as winners of the first RGN Intercontinental, will be in the Pro Series

The $10,000 RGN Pro Series EU will feature sixteen teams, of which ten will be invited, four will qualify from their 1st and 2nd place finishes in RGN's two European Intercontinentals, and two will qualify via the aforementioned closed qualifier.

As for the closed qualifier, it will run from April 20th to May 3rd with server support from CEVO. Sixteen teams will fight through a best-of-three upper bracket and a best-of-one lower bracket to attain the top two spots.

Additionally, the first place team will receive $500.

kHRYSTAL's Acer will be one of the teams looking to qualify for the RGN Pro Series 

A few participating teams in the qualifier are already confirmed and they are:

Publiclir.se	myKPV.de
CPLAY	CAZ eSports
myXMG	fm-eSports
Acer	LDLC White
Reason	melty
rizeGaming	PiTER
Lions	k1ck
x6tence	LDLC Blue

The map-pool for the qualifier will be based on CEVO's official map-pool, meaning:

de_dust2
de_inferno
de_train
de_mirage
de_cache
de_overpass
de_cbble 

A schedule for the qualifier is in the works, and while tentative, can be found below:

Upper Bracket	Date	Match Times
Round 1	April 20th	21:00
Round 2	April 22nd	21:00
Round 3	April 26th	21:00
Upper Bracket Finals	April 28th	21:00
Grand Finals	May 3rd	21:00
Lower Bracket
Round 1	April 21st	21:00
Round 2	April 23rd	21:00
Round 3	April 26th	21:00
Round 4	April 27th	21:00
Round 5	April 28th	21:00
Round 6	April 29th	21:00
Lower Bracket Finals	April 30th	21:00

The qualifier will be covered by azubu.tv/goRGNtv. More information about the RGN Pro Series EU Invitational will be published as teams and dates are confirmed.

*UPDATE* k1ck, Lions, LDLC Blue and x6tence have also been added to the confirmed teams in the qualifier. de_season has been replaced with de_cbble for European play.