The organizers of the Elisa Invitational have revealed the dates of the next competition and published the first lists of invited teams. This year's Elisa Invitational will take place October 26-28 and will act as a qualifier for the BLAST Premier Fall Europe Showdown. During the first two days there will be a group stage and then the leading teams will fight for supremacy, playing elimination games in the format «best of 3».
Four of the invited teams – are those who have already participated in the previous Elisa Invitational tournament, which took place in May. They are ENCE, Heroic, Apex, and Godsent. Also added to the list is a new member – MAD Lions. Three more teams will be determined by selection. One of the places will go to the winner of Elisa Finnish Championship, which will be determined on September 26-27, and the other – to the winner of Dust2.dk League Cup. It will be known on September 25-27. Finally, the team that will receive the last invitation will be announced closer to the start of the qualification tournament.
BLAST's CEO notes that this tournament – is a great opportunity for Scandinavian teams to prove themselves: «In May, the Elisa Invitational was a significant event and helped to draw attention to the burgeoning cybersports scene in Finland and Scandinavia. We are delighted to be working alongside Elisa Sports again and look forward to finding out which of the talented local teams will be able to make their way into the BLAST Premier Fall Europe Showdown this time around».
