StarLadder Revealed Invited Teams, Including SK and FaZe

StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 4, a $300,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event held on February 17-25 in Kiev, Ukraine, will have a line-up consisting of ten invited and six qualified teams.

Among invited teams are some of the best representatives of the world competitive CS:GO scene – Astralis, Cloud9, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, G2 Esports, Gambit Esports, mousesports, Natus Vincere, SK Gaming and Virtus.pro. The other six slots will be filled based on the results of the closed regional qualifiers in Europe, North America and Asia, with each region getting two slots. While the European and North American qualifiers are only about to begin, the Asian qualifiers have already concluded with TyLoo placing first and MVP PK placing second, securing their spots at the main event.

The final part of the tournament will be held at National Palace of Arts "Ukraina" and feature two stages: group stage and playoffs. In the group stage 16 participating teams will play in a Swiss Format with bo3 series, only top 8 teams will make it to the next stage of the tournament. The playoffs stage will feature a single-elimination bracket with best-of-three matches. The prize pool is set at $300,000.