The tournament will run on the weekend of November 17-18 and feature eight teams, four invited by ESL and four determined by open qualifiers. Top seed INTZ will take on Chilean side Evilvice, while defending ESL LA League champions Sharks will go up against W7M. The standout match of the first round, however, will pit Isurus against Wild, the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively. INTZ will face Evilvice in the first round The closed qualifier will feature a double-elimination format, with all matches being best-of-three series. The top two sides will earn spots at the Americas Minor, which will take place from January 22-26 in Katowice. Below you can find the match-ups for the first round: INTZ vs. Evilvice
Wild vs. Isurus
Sharks vs. W7M
Yeah vs. Imperial
 Yeah #180  Victor 'remix' Monteiro Michael 'dok' Marques Ricardo 'rik' Furquim Gabriel 'crt' França Caique 'faintz' Melia  Evilvice #177  Cristian 'LEEROY' Quijada Klauss 'Klauss' Hermann Felipe 'rochet' Rochet Roberto 'akz' Videla Sebastian 'fara' Barducci  Imperial #163  Caio 'zqkS' Fonseca Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves Thiago 'tifa' França Denis 'dzt' Fischer Bruno 'shz' Martinelli  W7M #134  Ramon 'RMN' Toledo Lucas 'YJ' Yuji Rafael 'raafa' Lima Leon 'ryotzz' Felipe Fillipe 'pancc' Martins  INTZ #38  Vito 'kNgV-' Giuseppe Alexandre 'xand' Zizi João 'felps' Vasconcellos Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes João 'horvy' Horvath  Wild #117  Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho Lucas 'destiny' Bullo Paulo 'land1n' Felipe Alef 'tatazin' Pereira Dener 'KHTEX' Barchfield  Isurus #114  Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila Roberto 'reversive' Themtham Matias 'tutehen' Canale Nabil 'nbl' Aleua Gabriel '1962' Sinopoli  Sharks #70  Renato 'nak' Nakano Raphael 'exit' Lacerda Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo Jhonatan 'jnt' Silva |