Newbee has been granted the first of four direct invites for the NESO Galaxy Battles event scheduled to take place in China June 14 to 18 at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Stadium in Shenzhen China.
In front of up to 12,000 local fans, Newbee will grace the main stage in a fierce battle against seven other teams for a slice of the $150,000 prize pool.
It's no surprise to see the iconic Chinese name as one of the headliners for the big event. Newbee continues to be a solid and menacing presence in their own scene. A 3-4th place finish at StarLadder only solidified the team's reputation as a formidable opponent going into the TI7 season. The team will also be heading onto the main stage for Manila Masters in three days and are aiming to improve their results - keeping their eyes on championship titles ahead.
Three more teams will be granted a direct invite from around the world. The other four slots for the LAN event will be filled with qualifier winners from the four regions - China, SEA, Americas and Europe.
Galaxy Battles open qualifiers details
The open qualifiers will commence next week, on the 22nd of May and will be held across five regions: Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, China and India. The European and American open qualifiers will start slightly later than the rest of the regions, on the 29th of May. The competitors will play in a best-of-one, single elimination format with the winners of each region advancing into the regional qualifiers.
For those interested in playing in the Galaxy Battles open qualifiers, the registration links are as follows:
For Europe register HERE
For North America register HERE
For Southeast Asia register HERE
For China register HERE
For India register HERE
Galaxy Battles main event format details
The eight teams heading into the $150,000 main event (four qualified plus four directly invited) will be first play a seeding group stage. The group stage will take place in a bo2- Round Robin format on June 14-15, with the eight final participants being split into two groups of four. The main event bracket seedlings will be determined based on the scores registered in the group stage.
Starting on the 16th of June the main event playoffs will kick off on the big stage of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Stadium. It’s going to be an epic battle held across three days, June 16-18 in a double elimination, best-of-three format with best-of-five grand finals! Taking into consideration that TI7 open qualifiers are set to start a few days after the Galaxy Battles grand finals, on the 22nd of June, the stakes are even higher as the winner of NESO’s fourth event might just secure themselves a free ticket to Seattle this summer.
The entire event will be broadcast in English on the Galaxy Battles twitch.tv channel. Don’t forget to follow the event on its Twitter and Facebook accounts and book our tournament hub into your taskbar for the latest updates!
