88 teams will compete from August 4th to August 21st for eight spots at the $50,000 LAN finals.

Qualifying brackets from six regions (North America - 2 spots, Europe - 2 spots, Brazil, Australia, Asia, and South Africa - all 1 spot) will begin today at 8pm GMT with ALTERNATE aTTAx and Oslo Lions kicking off the European qualifier and will conclude with the Australian qualifier finals on August 21st. The format for every bracket is single-elimination BO3.

The eight qualified teams will have one week to prepare for the LAN finals which will be held on August 27-28 in Katowice, Poland at ESL’s studios - the venue for the ESL One Cologne Qualifier. The $50,000 prize will be distributed according to the following:

1-$18,000
2-$10,000
3,4-$5,000
5,6,7,8-$3,000

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