ESL to host IEM Brazil 2023 in April; qualifier dates revealed

Esports tournament organizer ESL has announced that the Intel Extreme Masters Tour will return to South America with IEM Brazil, which is scheduled to take place in April 2023.

Following the success of the IEM Rio Major, the CS:GO action is set to return to Brazil with the IEM Brazil 2023, which will take place between April 17 to 23. With a $250,000 prize pool, the competition will feature the top sixteen CS:GO teams from around the world, 11 of which will be invited by ESL. The tournament organizer will reveal the name of the invited team on January 17.

Also, five teams from four different regions—Europe, North America, South America, and Asia—will be able to qualify for IEM Brazil through open and closed qualifiers that ESL will hold between January 21 to February 16 to fill the remaining spots. European teams will have two qualifying slots available while North American, South American, and Asian teams will only have one qualifying spot each.

Here is the complete schedule for the IEM Brazil open and closed qualifiers:

Europe

• IEM EU Brazil Open Qualifier #1: January 27 to 28
• IEM EU Brazil Open Qualifier #2: January 30 to 31
• IEM EU Brazil Closed Qualifier: February 8 to 10

North America

• IEM Brazil NA Open Qualifier #1: January 26 to 27
• IEM Brazil NA Open Qualifier #2: February 11 to 12
• IEM Brazil NA Closed Qualifier: February 15 to 16

South America

• IEM Brazil Open Qualifier #1: January 26 to 27
• IEM Brazil SA Open Qualifier #2: February 11 to 12
• IEM Brazil SA Closed Qualifier: February 15 to 16

Asia 

• IEM Brazil Open Qualifier #1: January 21 to 22
• IEM Brazil Asia Open Qualifier #2: January 23 to 24
• IEM Brazil Asia Closed Qualifier: January 26 to 27

CS:GO’s new action-packed season kicks off in January

Recent announcements from the event organizers have uplifted the excitement of the upcoming season among the CS:GO fans. Blast allocated a group to each of the sixteen participating teams for its coveted competition, Blast Premier: Spring Groups 2022. Two former BLAST Premier: World Finals champions, Natus Vincere and G2 Esports have been placed in Group C, which bodes well for some potentially exciting encounters during the competition. 

FaZe Clan and Team Liquid, who finished second in the Fall Finals 2022 and the World Final 2022, respectively, are expected to put up another thrilling matchup as they both have been assigned to Group B. The event will kick off the 2023 season, which appears to have many more treats in its bag. The IEM Fall 2023 tournament, which is slated to take place from November 16–22, is another significant event on the ESL Pro Tour’s 2023 schedule. However, its location has not yet been made public.

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