NeSA 2018 announced with ~$12,000

Taking place from July 6-8, NeSA 2018 will feature four invited and four qualified teams. They will be joined by eight squads which will be picked by Nordic eSports Academy from the four-week esports bootcamp that will take place prior to the event.

This year's tournament will be held at the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences in Kajaani, Finland with a €10,000 (~12,000) prize pool. The group stage will take place in the first day while the playoffs get played during the weekend.

juho's HAVU received an invite for NeSA 2018

The four invitation slots for NeSA 2018 went to HAVU, iGame.com, SJ, and NYYRIKKI.

The open qualifier will hand out four more slots at the Finnish event. The final sign-up date for the 32-team online qualifier is May 13 and you can sign up by clicking this link.

Here is the prize distribution:

1. €6,000 (~$7,175)
2. €2,500 (~$3,000)
3 .€1,500 (~$1,800)