StarSeries I-League Season 6 is well on its way towards the main event, scheduled to take place from 7th-14th October in Kiev, Ukraine.
The main event will be divided into two phases of which the group stage will be taking place from 7th-11th October followed by the playoffs on 12th-14th October.
16 Teams will be taking part in the event via a combination of 8 direct invites and 8 qualified teams.
StarSeries initially planned to include 4 regional qualifier teams however that number was later increased to 8.
The final 8 teams to make it through their respective regional qualifiers are as follows:
EU Qualifier
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Fragsters
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The Imperial
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Sprout
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TyLoo
- CyberZen
Out of the 8 direct invites, 2 of them are still to be decided and will be added to the roster soon enough. Na'Vi has announced that they will be skipping the event.
For now, the 6 direct invites travelling to Kiev are:
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Fnatic
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Gambit Esports
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HellRaisers
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Ninjas in Pyjamas
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North
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Renegades
The group stage will be played in a BO1, Swiss Format which will witness 8 teams moving onto the playoffs while the other 8 will be eliminated out of the tournament.
The initial brackets will be randomly drawn and haven’t been declared yet.
The 8 teams qualifying through the group stage will then compete against each other in a BO3 single elimination bracket with the finals being a BO5.
The tournament offers a prize pool of $300,000 with all 16 teams winning a portion of it.
The main event will be streamed live on Twitch:
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English Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/starladder_cs_en
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Russian Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/starladder5
- Chinese Stream: https://www.douyu.com/t/slicsgos6asia
Recaps of all previous matches that took place in the regional qualifiers are available HERE.