After Na`Vi, Fnatic received the last invite to the main stage of Intel Extreme Masters 2018 – Sydney. The $250,000 event will open its doors on 1st of May until the 6th. Both the teams will join FaZe Clan, SK Gaming, Cloud9, Renegades, Mousesports and other teams in the fight for the championship title and a prize pool of $250,000. SK Gaming will be the defending champion this year. FaZe, on the other hand, looks to avenge their grand final 1-3 defeat against SK.
It's Saturday morning – why not wake up with some good news if you're a #CSGO fan?@FNATIC are our next confirmed team for #IEM Sydney 2018!
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— ESL Australia (@ESLAustralia) March 23, 2018
Announcing our next confirmed team for #IEM Sydney 2018, they're halfway to Green and Gold already…@NatusVincere ARE COMING DOWN UNDER!
👉 https://t.co/JCEybs1wgE pic.twitter.com/lgb057YCQp
— ESL Australia (@ESLAustralia) March 23, 2018
Below is the list of invited teams for the event:
[flag country=”br”] SK Gaming
[flag country=”eu”] FaZe Clan
[flag country=”au”] Renegades
[flag country=”eu”] mousesports
[flag country=”us”] Cloud9
[flag country=”ua”] Natus Vincere
[flag country=”se”] Fnatic
IEM Sydney 2018
The 16-teams groups will be comprised of invited and qualified teams. Top three teams will qualify from IEM Sydney Closed Asian Qualifiers. The Oceania Closed Qualifiers will also allow the top three teams to make their way to IEM Sydney 2018. .Tickets to the Australian event are already on sale on Ticketek’s website, with prices ranging from 39 AUD ($30) to 1,199 AUD ($940).
Other than the seven invited teams and the six to-be qualified ones, we are yet to know any more details about the participants. The tournament will follow the regular format where the group stage matches will be a quick bo1 whereas, the playoffs will be played as bo3.
