IEM announced the eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams invited to the IEM Katowice Major CIS closed qualifiers on Friday.
As we prepare for qualifiers to begin on October 22nd, here are the invited CIS teams to the #IEM Katowice 2019 CS:GO Major Championship qualifiers!
— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) October 19, 2018
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IEM also revealed the teams from North America, Asia, and Europe that were directly invited to attend the closed qualifiers. The closed qualifiers differ for each respective region.
Registration for open qualifiers are live and will begin with the first qualifier on Wednesday. The qualifiers will run until Nov. 12 before the closed qualifiers begin on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18.
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