Qualifiers for Minor Championship – Rio 2020 Concluded in all Regions
Qualifiers for Minor Championship – Rio 2020 Concluded in all Regions
This weekend concluded the closed qualifiers for the regional minors for ESL One: Rio 2020. Each region will send eight teams to the minors, with each of the tournament featuring a $50,000 prize pool and two tickets to the major. The list of minors participants looks as follows:
| Europe | Americas | CIS | Asia |
| Fnatic | FURIA | Winstrike | Renegades |
| Complexity | Bad News Bears | Gambit Youngsters | ORDER |
| Heretics | Gen.G | Syman | Vici |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Cloud9 | Spirit | TyLoo |
| Movistar Riders | Triumph | ESPADA | Mazaalai |
| Copenhagen Flames | Envy | Hard Legion | TIGER |
| GODSENT | RED Canids | Unique | Lucid Dream |
| DIGNITAS | BOOM | forZe | Camel Riders |
The minors are scheduled for April 26th – May 2nd and will be played offline in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two winners of the each minor will qualify for ESL One: Rio 2020, while the teams placed third will participate in the Play-In stage, two of them will make it to the major.
ESL One Rio 2020 is the first official major event of the year. It will be played on May 11-24th and feature a $1,000,000 prize pool.