NA MSI BEAT IT qualifier announced

The North American online qualifier for MSI BEAT IT 2011 has been announced to take place October 1-2.

Originally, the first qualifier to take place was the first European qualifier, but due to technical issues, it was postponed.

Instead, the North American qualifier, which was just announced, will be the first qualifier to take place. The qualifier will feature a maximum of 32 teams from the United States and Canada. The teams will battle for one spot, which leads to MSI BEAT IT 2011 at DreamHack Winter in November.

Signups for the tournament are open from now until Thursday, September 29 at 00:00 . In order to signup, teams should go here.

The qualifier will be played in a single-elimination bracket and will begin Friday, October 1 at 00:00 , where the first three rounds of the qualifier will be played. The first three rounds will be played best-of-one map, while the remainder of the qualifier, played October 2, will be played best-of-three maps.

The winning team of the qualifier will gain access to MSI BEAT IT 2011 and win $1,000 for their efforts. HLTV.org will be covering the North American qualifier, including HLTV on all matches starting at 00:00 October 1.