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The time have come! The time for the biggest competetion in the history of NS so far. 29 teams signed up for the qualifiers, and will compete for the 8 remaining spots in the Invitational cup happening the weekend after this coming weekend. Additionally 3 teams have been added to fill out 32 teams and avoid teams sitting out in some rounds. These 3 teams are not from the EU/US regions. aPx, CiB and Team AuNZ have as per their own request been added to challenge themselves well knowing that they can't go past the qualifiers. See more about this in the Invitational cup rules. Remember to read the rules carefully.

The groups are regionally mixed, so times might be a bit unusual for non-european teams. We chose to base the times off european evenings as that means that most teams are playing the matches during day hours instead of night hours. Remember, all the matches are at set times, so the rule is; show up at set times or face forfeit loss. No reschedules allowed.

The Invitational cup will then be the 16 best teams of EU/US, competing for a 5000$ prizepool by UWE, 2300$ worth of gaming gear by Logitech and the grand final spots in the ESL Studio, Cologne, Germany. With travel and hotel costs covered by UWE for the two final teams(6 players per team).

Everyone behind this have worked their asses off to make it happen, hope all of you will enjoy it. Good luck!

Now, let the slaughter begin!

Note: We are getting word that some season 1 teams are refusing to play seeding matches against new teams. This is NOT allowed! You can ONLY refuse to play seeding matches against new teams if you've already played at least 2 seeding matches already! The new teams need these matches played so they can get a proper seeding!

Update: The server rules have been updated to fit both the regional and cross-continental play we are experiencing in this cup, go read it again.

Qualifier Groups, Times and Matches

Link to groups, times and matches