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A $15.000 open competition will be hosted at the Paris Games Week, a total of 16 teams will attend.
The event will actually be held the same way as an international tournament, with a main stage, provision of equipment, and online streaming. It will span over five days and will include a round-robin format as well as single-elimination playoffs. After a day of warmup before the actual event, the teams will be divided into groups of four and will battle every other team in their respective formation for two days. The two best of each group will advance to the quarter finals. Subsequently, the final two days will be used to play out the semifinals and eventually the grand final and the 3rd place match. All these matches will be in a best-of-three format.
Half of the teams have already been announced as they have directly been invited. Two slots were reserved for female teams to reward the huge success of women esports in France. The invited teams are:
LDLC White
Melty eSports Club
WeGotGame
LDLC Blue
unKnights
Red Instinct
Team ACER
Melty eSports Women
CEVO and Masters de Jeux Vidéo will hold the four online qualifiers, of which eight teams in total will qualify for their appearance at the Paris Games Week from October 28th to November 1st.
CEVO: 19/20 Sept. [register here]; 26/27 Sept. [register here]
Masters de Jeux Vidéo: 4-6 Oct. [register here], 11-13 Oct. [register here]
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