E-Frag has announced two qualifiers for the European Rising Stars tournament featuring eight teams.

The fifth edition of Rising Stars Europe tournament will feature eight teams. Four teams have recieved direct invites while the other four will advance through two separate online qualifiers. The tournament itself will use a best-of-three, single-elimination format with the qualifiers featuring a single-elimination best-of-one format and with 128 teams competing for a spot at the tournament.

The online qualifiers will take place on January 27th and 28th respectively while the tournament itself will start on January the 29th and finish on February the 1st.

The four teams that have recieved direct invites are:
LDLC Blue
Space Soldiers
ALTERNATE aTTaX
RCTIC

Qualifier #1 - 27th of January - Registration link
Qualifier #2 - 28th of January  - Registration link