IEM Summer qualifiers announced

Three spots for the $250,000 tournament will be decided through the qualifying process kicking off on April 8.

IEM Summer 2021, the ESL Pro Tour Masters level event scheduled for June 3-13, will feature a total of 16 teams, of which three will earn their spot through the European qualifiers.

The road to IEM Summer will kick off with two open qualifiers, on April 8-9 and April 19-20, with two teams advancing from each. Those open qualifier teams will join eight invited teams in the closed qualifier, scheduled for 26-28 April, when the three main event teams will be found.

All 12 teams in the closed qualifier won't be put on a level playing field, though, as the four open qualifier teams will face the four low-seed invites in an initial, single-elimination round. The winners of those matches will join the four high-seed invites in an eight-team double-elimination BO3 bracket.

The schedule for IEM Summer qualifiers is follows:

Open Qualifier #1: 8-9 April - Signup
Open Qualifier #2: 19-20 April - Signup

Closed Qualifier: 26-28 April

The qualifiers will only take place in Europe, as North and South American representatives were decided through their regional DreamHack Open March events. Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca's Imperial and Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm's Extra Salt will be attending the event, with the latter team set to compete in three more European tournaments during their stay on the Old Continent - BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, FunSpark ULTI Europe Final, and DreamHack Masters Spring.

Teams invited to the main event or the closed qualifier have not yet been announced.