The Americas qualifier for StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 have reached the playoffs stage, with sixteen teams remaining in the race for a ticket to Kiev, Ukraine.
Qualifiers for StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 have reached the playoffs stage, with sixteen teams to butt heads in the coming five days, all for a chance to secure a placement in the LAN finals of the tournament. With only two slots available for the expansive region the competition is sure to be vicious throughout.
To remind you, StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 sports a $300,000 prize pool, hosted once again in Kiev, Ukraine at the Ukraina Palace. Sixteen teams, eight of which received direct invites and eight of which topped their regional qualifiers will participate at the event, playing for the largest slice of the cash pie. Qualifiers were available for three regions: China, Americas and Europe. Thus far only the Chinese qualifier has concluded, with 
MVP Project, 
5POWER and TyLoo securing the three available slots at the LAN final. In the following five days, both the Americas and European qualifiers will take place, determining two and three teams, respectively, that will fly out to Kiev.
Following are the teams participating in the Americas qualifiers, complemented with a schedule for the matches (all times CET):
 Cloud9 |  Immortals | eUnited | Winterfox |
 Renegades | Misfits |  Denial eSports | compLexity Gaming |
 OpTic Gaming | Team Liquid | Eanix | Selfless Gaming |
| Counter Logic Gaming | Luminosity Gaming | Bees Money Crew | Splyce |
Monday, March 6th
02:30 - Luminosity Gaming vs. Splyce (1:2)
Tuesday, March 7th
00:00 - Renegades vs. Denial eSports
Thursday, March 9th
00:00 - Team Liquid vs. Selfless Gaming
Friday, March 10th
02:30 - Misfits vs. compLexity Gaming
Saturday, March 11th
02:30 - OpTic Gaming vs. Eanix
Sunday, March 12th
00:00 - Cloud9 vs. eUnited
00:00 - Immortals vs. Winterfox
02:30 - Counter Logic Gaming vs. Bees Money Crew
As there are three slots for the event, two will be distributed to the top teams from the semi-finals, and the third will be decided in a match for third place between losers of the semi-finals.
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