In August, a new Counter-Strike tournament will see the light of day in Saudi Arabia. The tournament will be held in conjunction with the Gamers8-festival, that according to itself is the “world’s largest gaming and esports festival”.
On Monday two of the biggest positive surprises at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, Apeks, and GamerLegion were invited to the tournament, which then completed the whole current HLTV top 10 rankings.
Please welcome @GamerLegion and @apeksgg, as they join the #Gamers8 CS:GO lineup!
They shocked the world at the Last CS:GO Major. Let's see what they bring to the table in Riyadh ? pic.twitter.com/EfZgJzlCAp
— Esports World Cup (@EWC_EN) June 5, 2023
There is still one EU slot open for the second open qualifier left.
16 teams will fight for a prize pool of $1.000.000. ESL has been selected as the production company for the event.
These teams are going to Riyadh to compete from August 14-20, 2023: (world ranking)
Vitality (1) – Invited
Heroic (2) – Invited
FaZe (3) – Invited
ENCE (4) – Invited
G2 (5) – Invited
Cloud9 (6) – Invited
NAVI (7) – Invited
GamerLegion (8) – Invited
Liquid (9) – Invited
Apeks (10) – Invited
FURIA (13) – Invited
Fnatic (16) – Qualified
Virtus.pro (22) – Invited
MIBR (34) – Qualified
Falcons (53) – Invited
