ESL announce IEM Global Challenge qualification process

17-9-2020 16:57

Half of the slots for the eight-team LAN tournament planned for December are reserved for the winners of upcoming events hosted by ESL and DreamHack.

The slot allocation for IEM Global Challenge, the $500,000 tournament ESL hope to return to LAN action with on December 15-20, has been announced by the tournament organizer.

The initial four spots will be booked by teams that win the upcoming online events: IEM New York (NA winner), DreamHack Open Fall (EU winner), and IEM Beijing (both EU & NA winners). The remaining spots will be filled via the ESL World Ranking, with the best from North America, CIS, and the two best from Europe being invited to the tournament on November 23.

ESL plans to return to LAN before the end of 2020

The ranking invites won't be handed out to teams that won qualifying tournaments, instead, they will be passed on to the next team in line according to the ranking. If one team wins two qualifying events, the additional spot will be distributed according to the regional ranking as well.

IEM Global Challenge qualification process:

October 6-25: IEM New York (NA)
October 15-25: DreamHack Open Fall (EU)
November 6-22: IEM Beijing (EU & NA)
November 23: ESL World Ranking invites

With the announced allocation, a total of four European, three North American, and one CIS team will be competing at IEM Global Challenge, which will play out using a four-team BO3 GSL group stage followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket and a BO5 grand final.

The prize money distribution has also been announced:

1. $200,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $50,000
5-6. $30,000
7-8. $20,000

That is all subject to change, though, "pending on end-of-year COVID-19 developments", as is noted on the tournament website. If the event does in fact take place, it could be the first international LAN since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and IEM Katowice, which culminated in front of an empty arena on March 1.

The team list for the event will look as follows:

DreamHack Open Fall EU

ESL Ranking EU #1
Unknown flag cis ESL Ranking CIS

IEM New York

IEM Beijing EU

ESL Ranking EU #2

ESL Ranking NA

IEM Beijing NA

This will be the comeback of mibr. The next mibr era will start soon.

2020-09-17 16:58

13 replies

name check's out, let's go

2020-09-17 16:59

5 replies

"delusional" doesnt even describe it fully anymore

4 replies

It's self-baiting now

2020-09-17 17:04

2 replies

Not true, I've seen a few new users get baited by him

2020-09-17 17:05

Dont worry, a NEW ERA is about to begin. LG will assemble. Prepare for the LAST DANCE.

2020-09-17 17:34

Hahahahahahahaha you ' re DAMN. right

2020-09-17 17:06

in your dream

2020-09-17 17:18

2020-09-17 17:28

true?

2020-09-17 18:20

1 reply

2020-09-17 18:37

o_O

2020-09-17 18:52

FACT-CHECK: True

2020-09-17 20:31

0/8 Worst nick ever

2020-09-17 21:58

yoo

Lets goo

yes finally

flavio caça rato

do nada kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2020-09-17 17:59

"ESL Ranking CIS" well good for Na'Vi

Spirit navi take DH or IEM

2020-09-17 18:41

gl to teams

2020-09-17 17:00

Pog fucking Champ

fuck off you mean to tell me that astralis might miss this fucking event? fuck off

2020-09-17 17:02

LUL

2020-09-17 17:15

nah, astralis will wonnered pro leeg

2020-09-17 19:00

wonnering pro league doesn't guarantee anything unless they shoot up the rankings dramatically

2020-09-17 19:07

but they’ll wonneredinged against all good teams and then they will be #1 nocap ngl

2020-09-17 19:08

"ESL Ranking CIS" also knows as Natus Vincere

2020-09-17 17:03

2020-09-19 03:33

If navI wind an Eu event not,

2020-09-23 12:00

ez for AGO

Great. IEM Global Challenge is going to be a great event.

Give another spot to CIS, NA doesn't deserve three spots

2020-09-17 17:07

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If FURIA counts then you really do but I'd love to see Team Spirit there... so much.

Yeah true, don't know why they couldn't just give another qualification spot to cis though

2020-09-17 17:25

Because they need furia, eg, liquid

2020-09-17 18:22

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I don’t really get why. Those three basically get a free spot and don’t really even have to compete for it. Only 5 of the top 20 teams are NA, 2 are CIS. That leaves 13 teams to compete for 4 spots when the other regions have basically no competition.

2020-09-17 18:34

There must be more sponsorship value in having the 3rd NA team. In comparison to the addition of a team spirit or forze.

2020-09-17 21:29

I don't think there should be a guaranteed 2nd CIS team. I agree with #36

2020-09-17 22:38

Nice looking forward so much for this. LAN cant come soon enough!!!!!!

2020-09-17 17:13

trash event

2020-09-17 17:23

BİG will win this tournement and all of online obsessivelys will shut down

Yeah but actually no.

2020-09-17 17:35

So unfair, free spot to Navi.

ez for 100T

2020-09-17 17:40

3 Na 4 eu 1 Cis shouldve been 2 NA (Eg Furia and Liquid compete) and than 6 Eu/Cis where 4 are reserved for EU and the other 2 are competed for

2020-09-17 17:54

ESL CIS ranking... those shit countries are so pathetic they dont even have an event.

2020-09-17 17:57

cis should be mixed with NA so that virtus pro and navi can take their spots.

2020-09-17 18:59

and how do they play with the covid pandemic?

2020-09-18 14:16

3 of 8 spots to NA is questionable. Hope for LAN though would be nice.

2020-09-17 18:05

>Astralis: rank 11 Bruh. They're fucked if they don't win something.

2020-09-17 18:23

There should be 12 teams, so BOOM could have a chance to qualify. Anyway, good news it is expected to be on LAN :D

2020-09-17 18:38

Lets goo navi Kato form back

LAN! LAN LAN LAN LAN YES

And we won't have any top lan teams so stop celebrating because it will be shit event. This shit tournament will be filled with garbage big heroic and who knows which tier 3 team is occupying top 10 rankings and we most likely won't have astralis fnatic liquid etc

2020-09-17 19:21