UPDATE: Red Bull has since announced via press release that Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #3 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks and LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki have replaced Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive and Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #21 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjy David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius for Home Ground #2. The article below has been updated to reflect this.
Red Bull has announced the second edition of the Red Bull Home Ground tournament which will feature 15 invited EMEA teams and one team from an open qualifier. The main event will run from November 4-7 while the open qualifier will be held from October 18-21.
Red Bull Home Ground is BACK!
🌪15 top teams.
💨OPEN qualifier event in October.
📅 4th-7th November.
🏹Learn more and sign up your squad - win.gs/HomeGround
The previous iteration held in January boasted a £24,000 prize pool and saw the then-dominant G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive take the crown.
Home Ground refers to the unique Bo5 format of each series. Teams choose a single "home map", and should a team win both their pick and their opponent's pick (e.g. a 2-0), they'll immediately win the series. If neither team wins both maps, the series will continue as a Bo5.
The 15 invited EMEA teams are:
- G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive
- Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #3 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks
- Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #16 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Enzo Enzo Mestari Mistic James Orfila Keiko Georgio Sanassy
- Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin
- TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev
- Acend Acend Europe Rank #10 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Vuubit Roope Eilola
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder
- Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #34 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın hiro Emirhan Kat CyderX Caner Demir Celasun Emir Celasun SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz
- LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki
- FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks
- Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin
- BIG BIG Inactive
- Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb
- Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive (Red Bull Campus Clutch)
Details and signups for the open qualifier can be found here.