ESL has announced the lineups for all upcoming IEM Fall events. These are six tournaments that will be held around the world, including a 24-team event in Europe and competitions for the CIS countries and North America, in which 12 teams will each take part. Events in other regions will have a more modest scale: Asia, Oceania and South America will each have four participants.
In the largest tournament, IEM Fall for European countries, four groups of six participants each will begin the fight for victory. Most of them – These are the top teams in the region, but there will also be several teams that have qualified for the main part of the competition based on the results of several stages of qualifying. The group stage will be held in a round robin format, and two participants from each group will advance to the playoffs.
In the tournament for the CIS countries, teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. Group A included two teams occupying the top positions in the RMR ranking of the CIS countries – Natus Vincere and Spirit. In Group B, the main fight will take place between Gambit (third place in the ranking) and such teams as forZe, K23 and Virtus.pro. This stage of the tournament will be held in North America in a similar format (two groups of six teams).
