ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers: Teams, schedule, results

The journey to ESL One Birmingham begins.

With the conclusion of the ESL One Birmingham Open Qualifiers, 56 teams across seven regions remain and will fight through the Closed Qualifiers for eight slots at the main tournament. You can catch all the games via the following official streams.

Here are the schedules for each region’s Closed Qualifiers series and the respective teams that will be playing. The Closed Qualifiers will commence between January 25-30. All series are best-of-three except for grand finals which will be best-of-five.

Southeast Asia (SEA)

ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers - SEA teams (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – SEA teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

Blacklist International
Aurora
Execration
Talon Esports
Geek Fam (Open Qualifiers)
Bleed Esports (Open Qualifiers)
Neon Esports (Open Qualifiers)
Mag.Indonesia (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 25, 11 p.m. EST	Blacklist International vs MAG.Indonesia
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 25, 11 p.m. EST	Talon Esports vs Geek Fam
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 26, 3 a.m. EST	Execration vs Bleed Esports
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 26, 3 a.m. EST	Aurora vs Neon Esports
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 26, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 26, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 26, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 26, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 27, 3 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 27, 3 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 27, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 27, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 27, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 28, 3 a.m. EST	TBD

Eastern Europe (EEU)

ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers - EEU teams (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – EEU teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

Team Spirit
Virtus.pro
Klim Sani4
Natus Vincere
SIBE Team
Team Klee (Open Qualifiers)
Chimera (Open Qualifiers)
Yellow Submarine (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 26, 5 a.m. EST	Team Spirit vs Yellow Submarine
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 26, 5 a.m. EST	Natus Vincere vs SIBE Team
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 26, 9 a.m. EST	Klim Sani4 vs Team Klee
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 26, 9 a.m. EST	Virtus.pro vs Chimera
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 26, 1 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 26, 1 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 27, 5 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 27, 5 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 27, 9 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 27, 9 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 27, 1 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 27, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 28, 5 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 28, 9 a.m. EST	TBD

EEU is the only region that will have two teams qualifying to the main tournament through two best-of-three upper and lower bracket final series

North America (NA)

ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers - NA teams (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – NA teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

Nouns
Shopify Rebellion
BammySoy
Yangzhiganlu
No Bounty Hunter (Open Qualifiers)
GRIN Esports (Open Qualifiers)
TiltedBoys (Open Qualifiers)
NextNext (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 26, 12 p.m. EST	Nouns vs NextNext
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 26, 12 p.m. EST	Yangzhiganlu vs GRIN Esports
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 26, 4 p.m. EST	BammySoy vs No Bounty Hunter
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 26, 4 p.m. EST	Shopify Rebellion vs TiltedBoys
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 26, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 26, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 27, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 27, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 27, 4 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 27, 4 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 27, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 27, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 28, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 28, 4 p.m. EST	TBD

China (CN)

ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers - China teams (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – China teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

G2.iG
LGD Gaming
Azure Ray
Team Aster
The goal of all life is death (Open Qualifiers)
Team Bright (Open Qualifiers)
Go along (Open Qualifiers)
MAG.Yolo (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 27, 11 p.m. EST	G2.iG vs Mag.Yolo
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 27, 11 p.m. EST	Team Aster vs The goal
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 28, 3 a.m. EST	Azure Ray vs Team Bright
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 28, 3 a.m. EST	LGD Gaming vs Go along
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 28, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 28, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 28, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 28, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 29, 3 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 29, 3 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 29, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 29, 7 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 29, 11 p.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 30, 3 a.m. EST	TBD

Middle East North Africa (MENA)

ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers - MENA teams (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – MENA teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

Team Falcons
PSG Quest
Nigma Galaxy (Open Qualifiers)
Team Revenants (Open Qualifiers)
Zolka Warriors (Open Qualifiers)
Winter Bear (Open Qualifiers)
Gamax Esports (Open Qualifiers)
Hininy (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 28, 4 a.m. EST	Team Falcons vs Hininy
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 28, 4 a.m. EST	Team Revenants vs Zolka Warriors
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 28, 8 a.m. EST	Nigma Galaxy vs Winter Bear
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 28, 8 a.m. EST	PSG Quest vs Gamax Esports
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 28, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 28, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 29, 4 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 29, 4 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 29, 8 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 29, 8 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 29, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 29, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 30, 4 a.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 30, 8 a.m. EST	TBD

Western Europe (WEU)

WEU teams schedule (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – WEU teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

OG
Entity
Team Secret
Tundra Esports
Team Tickles
B8
NAVI Junior (Open Qualifiers)
Ninja Penguins (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 28, 6 a.m. EST	OG vs Ninja Penguins
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 28, 6 a.m. EST	Tundra Esports vs Team Tickles
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 28, 10 a.m. EST	Team Secret vs B8
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 28, 10 a.m. EST	Entity vs NAVI Junior
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 28, 2 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 28, 2 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 29, 6 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 29, 6 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 29, 10 a.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 29, 10 a.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 29, 2 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 29, 2 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 30, 6 a.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 30, 10 a.m. EST	TBD

South America (SA)

SA teams schedule (Image via Liquipedia) — ESL One Birmingham Closed Qualifiers – SA teams (Image via Liquipedia)

Teams participating:

Heroic
Bulls
Estar_Backs
BOOM Esports (Open Qualifiers)
White Dragons (Open Qualifiers)
Team Silk (Open Qualifiers)
ChipiChipichapa (Open Qualifiers)
South Team (Open Qualifiers)

Closed Qualifiers schedule:

Round	Date & Time	Teams Playing
Upper bracket quarterfinals 1	January 28, 12 p.m. EST	Heroic vs TBD
Upper bracket quarterfinals 2	January 28, 12 p.m. EST	BOOM Esports vs White Dragons
Upper bracket quarterfinals 3	January 28, 4 p.m. EST	Estar_Backs vs Team Silk
Upper bracket quarterfinals 4	January 28, 4 p.m. EST	Bulls vs TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 1	January 28, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket round 1 – 2	January 28, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 1	January 29, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket semifinals 2	January 29, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 1	January 29, 4 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket quarterfinals 2	January 29, 4 p.m. EST	TBD
Upper bracket final	January 29, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket semifinal	January 29, 8 p.m. EST	TBD
Lower bracket final	January 30, 12 p.m. EST	TBD
Grand final	January 30, 4 p.m. EST	TBD

Teams qualified for ESL One Birmingham Main Tournament

Teams qualified to the main tournament (Image via Liquipedia)

Four teams with direct invitation await at the ESL One Birmingham Main Tournament. These teams mostly qualified to the event through having sufficient ESL Pro Tour (EPT) points. The teams are as follows:

Gaimin Gladiators
BetBoom Team
Xtreme Gaming (Roster transfer from Azure Ray)
Team Liquid

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