Closed qualifiers participants at IEM New York 2020 presented

ESL have published a full list of participants for the closed qualifiers round for IEM New York 2020, which will take place in Europe, North America and the CIS. In each region, half of the slots have been occupied by open qualifiers finalists, while the other teams were invited directly.

The competition will run in parallel from August 14-16. Participants will be split in Double Elimination brackets.

List of participants in the IEM New York 2020 closed qualifiers:

Europe

 OG
 Heroic
 x6tence
 PACT

North America

 TeamOne
 Yeah
 Ze Pug Godz
 New England Whalers
 RBG
 Rebith
 Positive Vibes Only
 Kinship

CIS

 K23 (ex-Syman)
 forZe
 Ethereal
 CR4ZY
 HellRaisers
 SG.pro
 Invictus International
 Cyber Legacy

IEM New York 2020 will be held in early October and will act as a RMR tournament for the CIS and North America region. The total prize pool of $250,000 will be divided as follows: $140,000 for Europe, $60,000 for North America and $50,000 for the CIS.

List of participants in the European tournament:

 BIG
 Complexity
 FaZe
 fnatic
 G2
 Vitality
 Closed qualifiers finalist #1
 Closed qualifiers finalist #2

List of participants in the North American tournament:

 Evil Geniuses
 Gen.G
 100 Thieves
 Liquid
 Cloud9
 FURIA
 MIBR
 Triumph
 Closed qualifiers finalist #1
 Closed qualifiers finalist #2
 Closed qualifiers finalist #3
 Closed qualifiers finalist #4

List of participants of the CIS tournament:

 Team Spirit
 Natus Vincere
 Nemiga
 Hard Legion
 Virtus.pro
 Gambit Youngsters
 Espada
 Winstrike
 Closed qualifiers finalist #1
 Closed qualifiers finalist #2
 Closed qualifiers finalist #3
 Closed qualifiers finalist #4