For the first time, a CSGO tournament with an Indian qualifiers will be sporting an event where teams with the best performance in similar tournaments will be selected to participate in a qualifier of their own, with the two best teams making it into the finals of the Indian qualifiers.
The teams selected for the Direct Qualifiers are Team Brutality, Entity Gaming, Optic India, Team Invictus, 2ez Gaming, Team Malhar, MAG PuneFive, Ate Gaming. The best two teams from among these will be qualifying for finals of the Indian qualifiers.
The direct invite qualifiers will be happening on August 13 and August 14, while the finals will take place on September 8 and September 9.