ESL Challenger Rotterdam closed qualifier invites revealed

Eight teams from three regions have been invited to the Dutch event's closed qualifiers.

ESL Challenger Rotterdam is taking place on October 14-16 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, featuring a $100,000 prize pool, alongside a spot at ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference for the winner.

The tournament will feature eight teams, of which four will be invited directly and the other four will come from regional closed qualifiers, with each awarding one spot at the event. Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek's Nixuh is the only confirmed team at the event so far, having won the South African qualifier.

lauNX's Sprout will be competing in the closed qualifier

The European closed qualifier will consist of four teams coming from two different open qualifiers and the four invitees, which are Entropiq, Eternal Fire, FORZE and Sprout. The event will run in a double-elimination best-of-three format on September 16-18.

The Europe closed qualifier invites are:

Entropiq
Eternal Fire
Open qualifier 1
Open qualifier 2FORZE
Sprout
Open qualifier 1
Open qualifier 2

The North American qualifier, running on September 17-18 will comprise of four teams, with Squirtle Squad and ATK being invited to the closed stage. TeamOne have also secured their spot by winning the first open qualifier.

The North America closed qualifier team list is as follows:

ATK
TeamOne Squirtle Squad
Open qualifier 2

Imperial and paiN are the two teams invited to the South American qualifier, set to take place during September 14-15, with two more teams joining them from the open qualifiers.

The South America closed qualifier invites are:

Imperial
Open qualifier 1paiN
Open qualifier 2Squirtle Squad #49 Dominick 'JazzPimp' DimpfelDavid 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsDanny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykJeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott Sprout #25 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Imperial #21 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesVinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo TeamOne #72 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' RossatoMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' Panisset ATK #52 Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongIan 'motm' HardyJonathan 'b0denmaster' BodenmalmMichael 'Swisher' SchmidGareth 'MisteM' Ries Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Age: 23 Team: Nixuh Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 948 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 FORZE #23 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin Eternal Fire #29 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerAhmet 'paz' KarahocaÖmer 'imoRR' Karataş Entropiq #24 Nikolay 'mir' BityukovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy paiN #20 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtFelipe 'skullz' MedeirosRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Nixuh #129 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRoberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoTrevor 'kanii' MorleyAdam 'adM' MansoorKian 'Triton' Gibson