ESL has released the brackets for the qualifiers of IEM Sydney to take place from March 22-24.
4 invited teams and 4 winners of the closed qualifiers from China, East Asia and SEA will face off for a spot for their region in the Finals to take place in the Qudos Arena.
Here are the first match-ups in the Southeast Asia closed qualifier:
- [flag=sg] BOOT-d[s] vs. [flag=ae] NASR
- [flag=in] Entity vs. [flag=th] Lucid Dream
- [flag=ph] TNC vs. [flag=th] Alpha Red
- [flag=th] Maple vs. [flag=th] Beyond
East Asia closed qualifier:
- [flag=kr] MVP PK vs. [flag=mn] IM11
- [flag=mn] 2990 vs. [flag=mn] D13
- [flag=mn] Storm Rider vs. [flag=jp] Ignis
- [flag=jp] HWML vs. [flag=jp] Absolute
The Greater China closed qualifier bracket is below:
- [flag=cn] ViCi vs. [flag=cn] 8EASY
- [flag=cn] IPET vs. [flag=cn] 5POWER
- [flag=cn] Panda vs. [flag=cn] EHOME
- [flag=cn] Aster vs. [flag=cn] TYLOO
All Indian hopes will be pinned on Entity, who surprised a few by reaching the closed qualifiers and their first match will be against Lucid Dream from Thailand.
The qualification process is simple, with the 4 invited teams rom each region facing off against the qualified teams in a best of 3 double elimination match, with the finals being a best of 5 series for the spot.
The 3 winners will join the 9 invited teams, consisting the likes of MIBR and FaZe, as well as the AU/NZ National Champion and the Ocenania Qualifier winners. The $250,000 tournament is set to take place from April 3-May 5.
