PGL have announced details regarding the second of the Minor Championship Series, the Americas Minor Championship.
Following the recent Europe Minor Championship announcement (dates have been adjusted to avoid overlap with European qualifier for ESL One: Cologne 2017), PGL have followed up with details regarding the second of qualifiers - the Americas Minor Championship. Contrary to its European counterpart, the Americas minor will feature open qualifiers for two regions - South America and North America. The two will be separate entities, with the former offering a single slot at the LAN finals of the PGL Minor without a closed qualifier, whilst the latter will see eight teams advance from the open qualifier to the closed qualifier to fight it out for a total of five slots at the LAN finals of the PGL Americas Minor. Another distinction outlined between the Europe and Americas Minor Championships is that two direct invites have been allocated to the Americas, as 
Immortals have already accepted their invite, whilst the second team is currently yet to be announced. The tournament will offer the same $50,000 in prize pool money, as well as two spots at the main qualifier for the PGL Major Kraków 2017.
Below we presents a concise version of all of the aforementioned, coupled with scheduling for the open and closed qualifiers:
South America
Open qualifier - Thurdsay, April 27th - Saturday, April 29th
512 slots
Single-elimination, best-of-one till round of eight, then all matches best-of-three
Victor of grand final advances straight to PGL Americas Minor Championship
Only residents of *South American countries are eligible
Registration link
North America
Open qualifier - Friday, May 5th - Sunday, May 7th
512 slots
Single-elimination, best-of-one till round of eight, then all matches best-of-three
Top eight advance to closed qualifier
Registration link
Closed qualifier - Saturday, May 13th - Sunday, May 14th
Swiss format, four rounds, best-of-one
Top five teams advance to PGL Americas Minor Championship
PGL Americas Minor Championship - Thursday, June 8th - Sunday, June 11th
Format TBA
Top two teams advance to PGL Major Qualifier 2017
Below is a table containing the allocation of the PGL Americas Minor Championship slots, as well as currently known participants:
| Immortals | TBA |
| North America closed qualifier slot #1 | North America closed qualifier slot #4 |
| North America closed qualifier slot #2 | North America closed qualifier slot #5 |
| North America closed qualifier slot #3 | South America open qualifier slot #1 |
*The following countries are eligible to participate at the South American open qualifier: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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