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.  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:
  Gambit #18 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Mihail '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' Vuković Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksandar 'jayzaR' ZarkovicAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić  Fragsters #27 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund |
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