Registration is still open for teams to signup to participate in the ROG Masters 2017 EMEA Open Qualifiers set to start on Monday, July 31st.
Teams from all over the European, Middle East and African regions still have time to complete their registration HERE to compete in the open regional event and currently, only 13 teams have signed up.
While 11 open qualifiers have already begun for selected countries in the covering region - Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Spain, Nordic, UK, UAE, Romania, Benelux, Portugal, the only qualifier that will allow mixed teams or squads from non represented countries is set to begin in only a few days.
Only one team will advance to the LAN regional event alongside the 11 other winners of the national qualifiers for the region. This is just the first step in a four part series that culminates into a LAN event anticipated in China for November and worth a $250,000 prize pool.
ROG Masters 2017 Phase 1: Open Qualifiers
APAC (Asia-Pacific)
- 11 Open Country Qualifier for Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, South Asia (including India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka)
- 1 Open Regional Qualifier for APAC
- 12 community teams advance to Phase 2: Regional Qualifier
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- 11 Open Country Qualifier for Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Spain, Nordic, UK, UAE, Romania, Benelux, Portugal
- 1 Open Regional Qualifier for EMEA (1 slot available)
- 12 community teams advance to Phase 2: Regional Qualifier
AMERICAS
- 6 Open Country Qualifier for USA, CA, Mexico, Peru, Columbia, Chile
- 1 Open Regional Qualifier for Americas (2 slots available)
- 8 community teams advance to Phase 2: Regional Qualifier
ROG Masters 2017 Phase 2: Regional Qualifiers
APAC (Asia-Pacific)
- 12 community teams
- 1 winner advances to Phase 3: Regional Finals
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- 12 community teams
- 1 winner advances to Phase 3: Regional Finals
AMERICAS
- 8 community teams
- 1 winner advances to Phase 3: Regional Finals
ROG Masters 2017 Phase 3: Regional Finals
Phase 3 is an offline event that will feature both the winning teams of the Regional Qualifiers challenging professional teams directly invited.
APAC (Asia-Pacific)
- 8 teams (7 invited professional teams + 1 Regional Qualifier winner)
- 2 teams advance to Grand Finals
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- 8 teams (7 invited professional teams + 1 Regional Qualifier winner)
- 2 teams advance to Grand Finals
AMERICAS
- 4 teams (3 invited professional teams + 1 Regional Qualifier winner)
- Winner advances to Grand Finals
CHINA
- 4 invited professional teams
- Winner advances to Grand Finals
ROG Masters 2017 Phase 4: Grand Finals
There will be 6 teams participating (APAC 2 teams, EMEA 2 teams, AMERICAS 1 team, CHINA 1 team)
ROG Masters 2016
In November 2016 Team Secret claimed their second championship title of the season after they absolutely shellacked Execration in the grand finals with a 3:0 victory. Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann's debut with the team with a success and the squad walked away with the $71,000 prize.