The final competitors for IEM Beijing-Haidian have to be found this weekend.
There are still two places up for grasp at the prestigious event with Spirit, Nemiga and Sprout as clear favourites.
The qualifier features four top 30 teams in Spirit, Sprout, Nemiga and North, with especially Spirit and Nemiga playing some very good CS at moment. The four lower-ranked teams that have to surprise and make an upset are Endpoint, K23, FATE and Illuminar. The eight teams will over the weekend compete in a double-elimination bracket system.
All 8 teams are in action today in an exciting opening round that decides which teams will go to the favourable upper bracket and which teams that have to face the dangerous lower elimination bracket.
The matches today:
15:00
Spirit – FATE
North – Endpoint
18:00
Nemiga – K23
Illuminar – Sprout