Dates of qualifiers for RMR tournaments for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 announced
Tournament operator BLAST has announced the dates for open and closed qualifiers for RMR tournaments ahead of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. Qualifiers in all regions will begin in mid-February and end at the end of the same month. In addition, the organizers have changed the dates of the RMR tournaments themselves, which will now last eleven days - from April 3 to April 13.
Teams that made it to the Legends stage of the last IEM Rio Major 2022 will be directly invited to the respective RMR tournaments - 14 out of 32 teams in Europe, as well as 2 out of 16 teams in North and South America. The remaining participants will compete in the qualifiers, some of which will receive direct invitations to the closed qualifiers (16 in Europe, 8 in South America, 8 in North America and 4 each in Asia, Oceania, China and the Middle East).
Participants who receive invitations to the closed qualifiers will be selected based on the new Valve rating, and their names will be revealed closer to the start of the qualifiers.
Regional distribution of participants at BLAST Paris Major 2023:
- Europe (14 places for getting into the TOP-16 at IEM Rio Major 2022 (7 trips to Legends) + 3 Contenders slots)
- America (2 places for getting into the TOP-16 at IEM Rio Major 2022 (1 ticket to Legends) + 3 Contenders slots)
- Asia (0 places for getting into the TOP-16 at IEM Rio Major 2022 + 2 Contenders slots)
Schedule of qualifiers for RMR tournaments for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
Europe:
- Open Qualifier: February 13-15
- First closed qualifier: February 15-20
- Second closed qualifier: February 15-20
America:
- Latin America Open Qualifier: February 21-23
- Closed qualifier for Latin America: February 23-27
- NA Open Qualifier: February 21-23
- NA Closed Qualifier: February 23-27
Asia:
- Asia Open Qualifier: February 15-17
- Asia Closed Qualifier: February 17-20
- Oceania Open Qualifier: February 15-17
- Oceania Closed Qualifier: February 17-20
- China Open Qualifier: February 15-17
- China Closed Qualifier: February 17-20
- Middle East Open Qualifier: February 22-24
- Middle East Closed Qualifier: February 24-27
Participants of RMR tournaments
Europe:
- Outsiders, Heroic, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, Cloud9, fnatic, BIG, ENCE, Sprout, Vitality, Bad News Eagles, Ninjas in Pajamas, FaZe Clan + 18 closed qualifier teams
America:
- FURIA, Team Liquid + 14 teams from closed qualifiers (seven each for Latin and North America)
Asia:
- Eight teams from closed qualifiers (two from each sub-region)
The European RMR tournament will take place April 3-13 in Copenhagen, while the American and Asian championships will take place on the same dates in Monterrey and Ulaanbaatar, respectively.
BLAST will be the organizer of the European championship. The American RMR tournament will be hosted by Liga Ace, while the Asia RMR tournament will be hosted by tournament operator MESA.
Full cycle schedule of BLAST Paris Major 2023:
- RMR Open Qualifiers: February 13-27, 2023
- RMR tournaments: April 3-13, 2023
- Major: May 8-21, 2023 (Challengers - May 8-11, 2023; Legends - May 13-16, 2023; Champions - May 18-21, 2023)
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