Heroic, Liquid headline IEM Dallas 2023 invites

27-2-2023 18:19

The champions of last year's event, Cloud9, are currently not on the list.

ESL have announced the list of teams invited to IEM Dallas 2023, which is set to take place in Texas, USA from May 29-June 4 — just over a week after the end of the Paris Major. The LAN event will host 16 teams in the Lone Star State to compete for the lion's share of a $250,000 prize pool and a notch in the Intel Grand Slam belt.

The top-four ranked teams in the world will compete at the tournament, with G2, HEROIC, Liquid, and FaZe all looking to get their hands on the trophy. The Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen-led squad will have their chance to claim the Intel Grand Slam at this event if they are unable to do so at ESL Pro League Season 17 or IEM Rio.

IEM Dallas returns in 2023 with its second edition

Rounding out the North American contingent of invited teams are Complexity and Evil Geniuses as the former's partner status with ESL gave them the opportunity to attend the event, while Sanzhar "⁠neaLaN⁠" Iskhakov and company take the "Local Hero" invite. One more local team will join the roster from the North American closed qualifier, which is set to play out from March 4-5.

FURIA are the only South American squad on the list, while Outsiders are the only CIS team currently announced. MOUZ and ENCE complete the list of invited teams. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's men reached the final of the 2022 edition and will tackle the event with a different roster featuring Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz and Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García.

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The most notable absence from the team list is Cloud9, who won the tournament in 2022. One more invite is set to be given based on the ESL World Ranking in the coming months, while several regional qualifiers will allow two teams from Europe, and one from each North America, South America, and Oceania to join the battle in Texas.

The list of teams attending IEM Dallas 2023 is as follows:

North American Qualifier

South American Qualifier

Oceanic Qualifier

EZ4EG

2023-02-27 18:20

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Kassad Grand Slam 3?

2023-02-27 18:21

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EF got the 2nd ?

2023-02-27 18:24

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twitter.com/YNk/status/16294321511238287.. this was the #2

2023-02-27 18:28

EG again...

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Eg here and no c9 who won last time. Nice

2023-02-27 18:22

EG WILL win

2023-02-27 18:30

Yeah a couple of rounds maybe

2023-02-27 18:44

TOO fucking visible, Pronouns

2023-02-27 18:46

ez4faze

KKona

ez4gamer doc

why are the reigning champions not invited?

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not ESL partners smh

2023-02-27 18:25

not the reason because fnatic isnt there either as an ESL partner

2023-02-27 18:58

its possible that they are still deciding whether to attend; also c9 is 10th on ranking right now.

2023-02-27 18:26

perhaps EG is giving mo money to ESL ;)

2023-02-27 19:08

they are playing the qualifier so they just didnt get invited which is a joke

2023-02-27 20:57

Wait what I just checked, you're right that's kinda dumb

2023-02-28 03:42

kassad cried when he saw EG

2023-02-27 18:23

Liquid take this.

EG :ddd fucking clowns

EPL champions vitality not invited ?

Probably didn’t accept the invite, like liquid with rio

2023-02-28 03:29

This is the list of teams invited no? If they invited C9 they should be on the list, and I cannot see C9 refusing an invite as they played some A-tier tournaments before

2023-02-28 11:34

who knows what orgs are doing. This is the list of teams that accepted the invite, not the teams invited. For example Liquid was invited to IEM Rio but declined. C9 might have declined, or something else weird happened we dont know about

2023-02-28 14:37

where vitality?

Where navi?

2023-02-28 05:38

The same teams again and again. If it's not a partner slot, then it's esl world ranking. Happens.

EZ FOR LIQUID

nice ESL, maybe some more slots for the fucking NA? EG will suck as always

seems weird that c9 didn't make it even tho they won last iem dallas...........

2023-02-27 18:27

Yeah. Looks like they declined invite, cuz Ence here, but C9 is higher in ESL Rankings

2023-02-27 18:31

Ence is a partner team. They were not invited due to ranking

2023-02-27 18:38

oh shit :( thanks for info

2023-02-27 19:35

Scared that the crowd would be against them if they would play liquid hahaha

EG as local hero invite lmfao

Now the real question is if Eg got the "Local Hero Invite" for this one instead of Liquid, why didn't Imperial or 00 get it as well for IEM Rio as Furia would be invited either as partner or by the world ranking anyway? That sounds like some bs to me

2023-02-27 18:51

cuz $$$$$, that's the only reason EG is still going

2023-02-27 21:26

Liquid and col chose to go to Dallas as partner invites, EG doesn’t get to draft cause of performance (I think). Furia let themselves get invited here by being a partner and took the local hero invite for free in Rio. Since the order for figuring out invites is: Partner draft Local hero Esl world ranking So technically the Rio thing was furia’s fault

2023-02-28 03:31

okay guys, place your bets - how many rounds will EG win before going out at last place? I think 30, with 2 bo3

2023-02-28 03:40

eg can't even win na cash cups how are they considered *locals heroes*

2023-02-27 18:34

Invite eg leave c9 out. Surely partner teams are a healthy thing

2023-02-27 18:40

at least now teams from underdeveloped regions have someone that they can beat

2023-02-28 00:44

Why no Cloud9 man?

2023-02-27 18:41

EG invited, C9 not. You gotta be kidding me

2023-02-27 18:42

C9 WTF ?

2023-02-27 18:43

Navi hello? Zero interest to watch this tournament then

2023-02-27 18:47

navi must have declined since Mouz is invited on esl ranking but VIT and NaVi are not there with higher ranking. Both must have declined it seems.

2023-02-27 19:04

Don't understand why would they decline it. It's part of grand slam tournaments

2023-02-27 19:09

It's understandable ig but now the event imo will be less entertaining

NaVi skipped it last year too

2023-02-27 19:39

last year there was visa problem But after Dallas we have blast spring final in US as well, so it’s weird why they skip it

2023-02-28 09:35

true

2023-02-28 12:19

where is c9 bro what the hell

money talks, EG with the wasted spot

2023-02-27 18:57

EG lol

EG local hero invite, ok ok

2023-02-27 18:59

Free event for Liquid

Ez4 Liquid. Lets GOOOO Liquid. MVP Keith 'NAF-FLY' Markovic

2023-02-27 19:07

LOCAL HERO INVITE AHAHAHAHAHHAHA WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT, HOW THIS TRASH STILL GETTING INVITES?

EVIL GENIUSES IM DONE IM NOT WATCHING THIS

2023-02-27 19:13

no vita no navi? the world is healing

2023-02-27 19:15

#47

2023-02-27 19:18

no way EG is here XDDD

2023-02-27 19:21

Hope stavn comes so swisher can beat his ass

2023-02-27 19:27

the question is WHICH eg team is playing? surely the local heroes are the secondary teams grinding cash cups in NA, not the one losing in EU (and NA)

2023-02-27 19:28

only 250k prize pool with the top4 teams there confirmed, can understand why navi c9 vita probably all declined invite

2023-02-27 19:30

Vitality and Navi play Spring Finals after - makes sense for them but not C9

2023-02-28 06:51

local hero XDDDDD

Best team in the world is skipping this event Irrelevant event therefore

2023-02-27 19:40

nice try but 0/8

2023-02-27 19:42

The local hero team should be whichever EG team Junior is on

2023-02-27 19:52

Ez for Navi

2023-02-27 20:04

Holy shit EG somehow AGAIN managing to get Into a t1 event where they will 99% bomb out last place again… please just let this lineup die in peace I swear if they wouldn’t get invites they wouldnt even be in the top 100… they have a 26% winrate in the past 3 months, I have never seen anything like that

2023-02-27 20:09

even funnier, liquipedia says EG is "Local Hero Invite" lmfaoooo EG doesnt even have local fans, so how the fuck are they local heroes? liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Intel_Extre..

2023-02-27 20:30

I’m happy liquid is here but man c9 deserved a spot. The reigning champs should always get an invite back. Always.

2023-02-27 20:29

Our REAL local heroes are Cloud9!!! EG is just locally disappointing.

2023-02-27 20:39

Esl local hero’s are EG white and EG black

2023-02-28 03:34

EG INVITED KEKW No Cloud9???? I know NAVI probably declined or smth

2023-02-27 21:04

EG still getting invites is disgusting. So many players in the t3/t4 scene trying to break through and get a chance and this guys keep having it for free while sucking hard ffs

2023-02-27 21:24

EG gave players who grinded a chance. Hext, wiz, and nealan have been grinding in tier 2-3 for years, hext and wiz went orgless for the better part of last year. They haven’t performed, but they put in the effort to earn a chance. Make fun of the org, but don’t insult the players

2023-02-28 03:38

EG LMFAOOOOO

2023-02-27 21:45

maybe vitality invite from ranking? they are n6

2023-02-27 22:02

Eg lul

2023-02-28 00:00

EG haha already gonna congratulate them on the last place slot

2023-02-28 00:24

EG local hero is a joke with the brazillians.

2023-02-28 03:02

Aw it sucks Navi and c9 did not accept their invites or get invited cuz now mouz and ence are here, man it's going to be less entertaining. Oops forgot vita too TF c9 has to qualify