Red Bull Home Ground's fifth annual tournament is set to return in November at the Arena Berlin in Germany. The three-day event will run from November 20 to 23.
Last year's Home Ground event saw
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #16
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
claim the trophy in Japan after narrowly defeating
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #14
FireBallOps
Cameron Tomaselli
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
Jackk
Jack Foote
OXY
Francis Hoang
v1c
Victor Truong
in a five-map thriller. Red Bull will continue to have teams compete in-person this year as opposed to online.
Three EMEA teams have been invited to the main event. Last year's champions FNATIC will be joined by
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #7
dos9
Zhumagali Dastan
LewN
Burak Alkan
Avez
Hazem Khaled
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
and
FOKUS
FOKUS
Europe
Rank #14
on the big stage. Three additional tickets will be rewarded to the winners of the NA, APAC, and EMEA qualifiers, with the last two up for grabs for the first and second place Play-In teams.
FNATIC claimed two trophies in Tokyo last year. (Photo: Jason Halayko / Red Bull Content Pool)
Furthermore, the North American qualifiers will take place in the form of a LAN event in Seattle, Washington beginning September 29. Cloud9 and
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #10
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
Jerrwin
Gurjiwan Gill
Marved
Jimmy Nguyen
stand-in
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
cortezia
Gabriel Cortez
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
are among some of the invited teams that will not have to partake in the open qualifiers. The winning team will claim the biggest portion of the $20,000 prize pool as well as an appearance at the World Finals in November.
The Arena Berlin is a 17,000-seat venue located in Berlin, Germany. Last year's venue in Japan could hold up to 11,000 spectators, meaning that this year's crowd could be considerably bigger.
Red Bull will unveil more invited teams for all qualifiers as the tournaments loom closer. Home Ground #5 will serve as a great way for teams to hone their skills and strategies against both regional and international competition.
Preview image courtesy of Suguru Saito / Red Bull Content Pool.
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