SL i-League S3 qualifiers revealed

10/2/2017 - 16:10

Starladder has announced the first details about the online qualifying process for the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals.

Eight of the 16 spots at the $300,000 competition will be determined through online qualifiers held in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Europe and Asia are both allocated three qualifying slots for the competition, while North America will have just two qualified teams at the event.

Immortals will have to go through the North American qualifiers

In Europe and the Americas, the qualifying process will kick off with a round-robin group stage, which will determine the eight teams who will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, where they will join eight invited sides.

In Asia, the 16 competing teams - 11 invited and five qualified - will be placed into four double-elimination groups. The top two teams from each group secure passage to the single-elimination playoffs, with the two finalists and the winner of a third-place decider advancing to the season finals, in Kiev.

Below you can find the participating teams for the online qualifiers:

Europe
Group A	Group B
Epsilon	BIG
ex-DarkPassage	iGame.com
Tricked	Team123
PRIDE	Tengri
Group C	Group D
Heroic	LDLC
Vega Squadron	Space Soldiers
ALTERNATE aTTaX	Spirit
fnatic Academy	Quantum Bellator Fire
Invited to Playoffs
HellRaisers	FlipSid3
mousesports	GODSENT
Kinguin	TBD
TBD	TBD

Americas
Qualification Stage
Muffin Lightning	subtLe
Winterfox	eUnited
Enigma6	RONIN
Bee's Money Crew	Miami Flamingos
Invited to Playoffs
Immortals	Luminosity
Liquid	CLG
Renegades	TBD
TBD	TBD

Asia
Invited
TYLOO	VG.CyberZen
5POWER	EHOME
FIVE	AllGamers
New4	MVP Project
LGD	Born Of Fire
BOOT
Qualified
EMP	EDG
MVP PK	Hegemony
BOF Gaming

good luck to all teams

2017-02-10 16:11

Nice to see!

2017-02-10 16:10

3 slots for Asia team,maybe 2 for china. tyloo:mo somebody attacker dd hz vg.cbz:uki advent xxx xxx xxx the last maybe mvp.pk mvp.kr or jvp rip savage and tb who carried vg.cbz at lan, were moved to vg.r which is an academy team for vg.

2017-02-11 02:49

ez 4 Kinguin

nice

Expected

unexpected

2017-02-11 06:09

def expected

2017-02-13 14:03

def unexpected

2017-03-06 08:49

go kinguin!

Nice

ez 4 kingwin

lul

eZ for BIG m8s :D

No open qualifier? fak

Envyus/G2 not invited to qualifier?

2017-02-10 16:12

maybe invite's to play offs

2017-02-10 16:13

G2 will most likely be invited to the playoffs, they were finalists last SL i-League StarSeries tournament. I'm not sure about EnVyUs though.

2017-02-10 16:15

they did made it to semis

2017-02-10 16:16

EnVyUs made it to the quarterfinals at that tournament. Also, a majority of the old EnVy lineup are now in G2 (apEX, NBK, kennyS).

2017-02-10 16:17

oh sorry i forgot

2017-02-10 16:18

G2 - maybe, nV - not sure

Where is eXtatus with mah boi Frozen?

Asia is only China and MVPs?

They are counting Australian teams as NA

2017-02-10 16:25

They're counting Renegades and Winterfox, can't see how any other OCE teams can have a go at qualifying :/

2017-02-11 05:59

Well those two teams are in NA atm so yeah

2017-02-11 07:46

NO! who invited these retard chinese team?

2017-02-11 06:10

Good luck my Brazilians <3 We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

high quality post XD

2017-02-10 17:04

wtf invite heroic to playoffs why they have to play qualifiers

2017-02-10 16:14

Norse deserved a spot in that qualifier.

go go go Spirit!!!

Nice to see Kinguin invited to playoffs

GODSENT INVITED TO PLAYOFFS ??

Miami Flamingos <3

ez for ldlc kinguin and space soldiers boys :::DDDDDDDDDD

2017-02-10 16:20

EZ LDLC

This must mean that North is one of the last 4 invited teams, since they're not playing in the qualifiers.

2017-02-10 16:22

a lot of teams are not playing in the qualifier and G2 placed 2nd at starladders last event, so I guess they'll get a playoff spot

2017-02-10 19:09

gl imm and lg let's go boluditos

2017-02-10 16:23

NO OPEN QUALS WTF?

2017-02-10 16:24

when are the qualifiers?

Envyus invited to qualifier playoff G2 invited to qualifier playoff Gambit invited to qualifier playoff Cloud 9 invited to qualifier playoff Misfits invited to qualifier playoff OpTic invited to qualifier playoff FaZe direct invite to LAN Finals fnatic direct invite to LAN Finals North direct invite to LAN Finals Na'Vi direct invite to LAN Finals ^^ my predictions

2017-02-10 16:30

+1 agree 100%

2017-02-10 19:06

2017-02-11 12:46

misfits will come? :D LAST CARESS PLS

2017-02-12 21:42

Asia more spots than "americas" LUL

2017-02-10 16:29

where is norse?

2017-02-10 16:32

Why no eXtatus? They arebetter than most these european shit teams.

ez for miami flamingos

2017-02-10 16:33

Funny! NoNames, NOnames, noNAMES, nOnAMES and Godsent :)

2017-02-10 16:35

I think that some1 will have to stand-in for mouz in the qualifier not only because NiKo left but loWel also got banned last season , in the qualifier , back when he was playing for Penta

2017-02-10 16:36

lowel banned? why?

2017-02-10 16:59

forfeiting because they wouldn't make it out of groups even if they won hltv.org/news/18321-penta-handed-starser..

2017-02-10 19:03

2 for america 2 for asia 4 for europe it's more fair, in my opinion

2017-02-10 16:45

No Norse??

Lets go Miami Flamingos! Good luck to all the teams

2017-02-10 16:58

Why does LDLC not invited to playoffs ?

2017-02-10 17:01

and why would they deserve for invite?

2017-02-10 17:03

Heroic and LDLC deserves more than F3 and HR

2017-02-10 17:10

Agreed, but Starladder is CIS organization so they will try to make it easier for CIS teams. Plus the more CIS teams, the bigger chance of increased amount of sold tickets for that event. It is not always like better team = insta invite:)

2017-02-10 17:16

lmao Asia more slots than NA

2017-02-10 17:06

go miami flamingos

2017-02-10 17:31

Lets go muffin lightning

Three Chinese teams but two NA? WutFace

2017-02-10 17:35

i league is from China,hence 3 slots to china.

2017-02-10 17:40

ez Miami Flamingos

2017-02-10 17:44

#GOJONYBOY

2017-02-10 17:45

MIAMI FLAMINGOS <3

2017-02-10 17:46

they are really asian qualifier ? no one asian teams only chinese qualifier replace qualifier teams were s asian top 10 team ? now asian top 10 teams 1 VG.CyberZen CN 2 Tyloo CN 3 JYP Gaming MY 4 Risky Gaming AE 5 The MongolZ MN 6 B.O.O.T.Dream[S]cape SG 7 Recca eSports ID 8 5POWER CN 9 7642 TH 10 MVP Project KR now SL i-League S3 qualifiers asian qualifier Asia Invited TyLoo VG.CyberZen 5POWER EHOME FIVE AllGamers New4 MVP Project LGD Born Of Fire B.O.O.T Qualified EMP EDG MVP PK Hegemony BOF Gamin sorry my english not good

2017-02-10 17:48

Yeah its really stupid too just invited chinese and korean team but called it as Asian Qualifier. They really need to invite those team that you mention because the other chinese teams than Cyber Zen and tyloo sucks

2017-02-11 06:02

GO Miami Flamingos

2017-02-10 17:49

MIAMI FLAMINGOS!!!!!

2017-02-10 17:53

eZ #KingWIN

2017-02-10 17:54

Lets go flamingos!!! #pinkmenace #jonydaboy #proxure #sickly #guishorro #tute

2017-02-10 18:04

#pinkmenace

2017-02-10 18:06

Go Flamingos

2017-02-10 18:10

ez proxure

2017-02-10 18:19

He's going to play with +200 ping

2017-02-12 21:49

rip visa :c

2017-02-13 03:28

EZ 4 MIAMI FLAMINGOS

2017-02-10 18:20

Any dates???

2017-02-10 18:23

So no qualy for Latin America? Why is that?

2017-02-10 18:32

Easy for American electronic Sports organization Miami Flamingos with an entirely South American roster consisting of all star awper (but nonetheless great rifler, boasting of a 30% headshot percentage) Jonathan "Jony Boy" Muñoz, controversial player and Robert Downey Jr. lookalike Guillermo "guishorro" Areco, Matias "tutehen" Canale, key piece in Argentina's comeback from being down 11:4 in the last map of TWC semifinals vs. Denmark, nutty Chilean player Cristian "proxure" Rojas and all rounded Colombian player Juanes "sickLy" Valencia, all part of new esports organization 'Miami Flamingos', based in the city of Doral, Florida, United States. #GOFLAMINGOS #PINKMENACE

2017-02-10 18:41

ahahaha wtf lmao

2017-02-10 18:49

it's still a beta version, calling proxure nutty doesn't work if i can't link this: youtube.com/watch?v=H4PR2b6PLow also i didn't know what to say about some of the players expect a 1.0 for their first match in this qualifier

2017-02-10 18:50

2017-02-10 18:57

MF bitches!

2017-02-11 02:39

revealing the qualifier invites makes it kinda obvious what the rest of the LAN invites are almost definitely faze, north, optic, navi, and cloud9 will be inv

2017-02-10 18:44

lol? G2 placed 2nd at their last event, so I doubt it.

2017-02-10 19:07

ok yea and g2 and one of those 5 teams will be inv to closed quali

2017-02-10 19:19

ez for kinguin

Go Flamingosssssss!

2017-02-10 18:54

4-2-2 is fair

2017-02-10 19:17

go go MVP.PK <3 gl mah boy solo :)

2017-02-10 19:29

no Denial in NA quals, ayyyy lmao RIP fejtZ

2017-02-10 19:30

There are 8 teams not yet announced for the first stage of the NA qualifier

2017-02-10 20:42

No denial but enigma6 ?? [*]

2017-02-10 19:33

Guessing FNC are invited

2017-02-10 20:15

I assume Cloud9 will be invited to playoffs?

2017-02-10 20:24

ez miami flamingos

2017-02-10 20:39

no G2?

2017-02-10 21:19

go miami flamingos, imt, luminosity <3

2017-02-10 21:56

will Miami Flamingos make it to the lan stages? :O

2017-02-10 22:07

three slots for asia? LOL

2017-02-10 22:12

3 BR teams in one event. Hahahha

ez immortals

2017-02-10 22:32

ez win for muffin lightning lul

2017-02-10 22:39

Lets go Miami Flamingo! GL boluditos S2!

2017-02-11 00:22

2017-02-11 12:45

#GOMIAMIFLAMINGOS!

2017-02-11 00:35

lmao no aussies or mongols in asia quals i love it

2017-02-11 00:41

Wtf since when does china+2KR = Asia?

2017-02-11 02:05

Go Miami Flamingos

2017-02-11 04:35

Gl HR !

2017-02-11 04:41

what happening? invite nonamers in asian qualifier? WTF is this? where recca where mongolz where dreamscape where jyp WTF????????????????????????????????????????

Cool Gogo my teams!

2017-02-11 06:19

Thats not Asian Qualifier, its China Qualifier ffs...

2017-02-11 06:53

Cmon space plz dont be trash

2017-02-11 07:20