IEM Sydney 2023 unveil invitees

Tournament operator ESL took it to Twitter to unveil the list of invitees to IEM Sydney 2023 and teams, which received invites to the closed qualifiers. The LAN tournament with a prize pool of $250,000 will take place from October 16 to 22 in Australia.

Sixteen teams will take part in the event. Eleven participants have received direct invites, including the Local Hero spot, while five teams will qualify for the tournament through qualifiers for Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia.

The team list of IEM Sydney 2023 looks as follows:

 NAVI
 FaZe
 Vitality
 G2
 MOUZ
 ENCE
 Cloud9
 GamerLegion
 Monte
 fnatic
 Grayhound
 Europe qualifier winner #1
 Europe qualifier winner #2
 North America qualifier winner
 Oceania qualifier winner
Asia qualifier winner

The participants' list for the Europe closed qualifier is as follows:

 9INE
 Apeks
 NIP
 OG
Open qualifier winners #1
 Open qualifier winners #2
Open qualifier winners #3
Open qualifier winners #4

The participants' list for the North America closed qualifier is as follows:

 Complexity
 Nouns
Open qualifier winners #1
Open qualifier winners #2

The participants' list for the Oceania closed qualifier is as follows:

 Rooster
 VERTEX
Open qualifier winners #1
Open qualifier winners #2

The participants' list for the Asia closed qualifier is as follows:

 TheMongolz
 ex-Rare Atom
Open qualifier winners #1
Open qualifier winners #2

Origin: twitter.com