IEM Chicago EU closed qualifier teams and bracket announced

ESL have revealed the invites for the IEM Chicago Europe Closed Qualifier, along with the first round matchups and the bracket.

The Europe Closed Qualifier will take place on August 23-25 featuring eight teams, with the top two sides booking their spots at IEM Chicago which will be held on November 6-11 with a $250,000 prize pool.

The double-elimination closed qualifier will feature AVANGAR, Fragsters, and Valiance who finished top three in the open qualifier.

North will face Fragsters in their first match

The aforementioned sides will be joined by ENCE, Gambit, HEROIC, North, and Space Soldiers who all got invited to the closed stage.

The bracket for the IEM Chicago Europe Closed Qualifier is below:

North vs. Fragsters
ENCE vs. Space Soldiers
HEROIC vs. AVANGAR
Valiance vs. Gambit

Gambit #18 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov AVANGAR #31 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Space Soldiers #22 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor ENCE #13 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo HEROIC #30 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' Mertz Valiance #55 Luka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksandar 'jayzaR' ZarkovicAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić Fragsters #27 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund