The Summit 7 is going to be the last LAN before The International 7 qualifiers, potentially turning the tournament into a crucial last battle for a direct invite to Valve’s annual event.
Announced to take place as usual, at the Beyond the Summit house in LA, California, the Summit 7 will run from June 14th-18th. No direct invites were announced for the LAN, however the closed qualifiers rounds are already set to commence. The qualifiers will feature two stages and will be held in four regions: Southeast Asia, China, Europe and Americas in the month of April and May.
The eight teams invited to play in each of the regional qualifiers will start the brawl in a GSL group stage, best-of-three matches, heading into a double elimination playoffs bracket from where only the winner will advance into the $100,000 LAN event.
The Summit 7 qualifiers participants:
Southeast Asia:
Fnatic
Faceless
TNC
Clutch Gamers
Warriors Gaming Unity
Geek Fam
Mineski
HappyFeet
China:
Wings Gaming
Newbee
Invictus Gaming
iG Vitality
Vici Gaming
LGD Gaming
CDEC Gaming
LGD Forever Young
Americas:
NP
compLexity Gaming
Onyx
Infamous
SG-eSports
Midas Club Elite
TBA
TBA
Europe:
Alliance
Natus Vincere
Cloud 9
The Greeks (ex Ad Finem)
Team Empire
Ninjas in Pyjamas
B)ears
TBA
Southeast Asian qualifiers are kicking off today, April 6th with the eight participants split into two groups of four. Top two teams of each group will advance into the playoffs where all the matches are best of three, except the grand finals which are best-of-five.
Group A:
Group B:
