A preliminary list of teams that will receive invitations to closed qualifiers for RMR tournaments has been presented

Valve has presented an updated ranking of the best teams in the CS:GO discipline. Based on the results of the past period, a preliminary list of teams that will receive invitations to closed qualifiers for RMR tournaments has been formed. Although the composition of the participants may be changed by Valve or BLAST, in fact, a number of teams secured themselves from participating in open qualifiers due to the end of the pre-registration period.

As a reminder, half of the teams for each Regional Closed Qualifier are determined by Valve's Regional Rankings, while the other half earn their spots in the upcoming Open Qualifiers. As such, Valve's final ranking update is critical as a number of teams get word of their plans.

Participants of the first closed qualifier for Europe:

• 1WIN, IKLA, Astralis, SAW, HAVU, 9INE, Copenhagen Flames and G2 Esports

Participants of the second closed qualifier for Europe:

• Monte, Aurora Gaming, forZe, OG, GamerLegion, Illuminar Gaming, Apeks and Team Falcons

North American Closed Qualifiers:

• Complexity Gaming, MIBR, Vendetta, ATK, LOS + oNe, Nouns Esports, paiN Gaming and Evil Geniuses

Participants of the closed qualifier for Latin America:

• Fluxo, 9z, O PLANO, Corinthians Esports, 00NATION, Sharks Esports, Imperial Esports and Arctic eSports

Participants of the closed qualifier for China:

• Lynn Vision Gaming, Rare Atom, HSG Female and Wings Up Gaming

Participants of the closed qualifier for Oceania:

• Grayhound Gaming, Rooster, VERTEX Esports Club and Encore Esports Club

Participants of the closed qualifier for Central Asia:

• IHC Esports, Team NKT, Eruption and Clutch Gaming

Middle East Closed Qualifiers:

• Invictus Gaming International, Nixuh, Bravado Gaming and Goliath Gaming

However, there may be changes in each region, given the movement of the composition and the movement of teams between sub-regions.

Schedule and participants of RMR tournaments

• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A — April 6-9 (Copenhagen)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B — April 11-14 (Copenhagen)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: Europe RMR Decider — April 15 (Copenhagen)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMR — April 5-9 (Monterrey)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Asia RMR — April 4-8 (Ulaanbaatar)

Earlier, the organizers also increased the number of open qualifiers for Europe and America, as they faced a wave of criticism from pro-players and members of the community.

Europe:

• Outsiders, Heroic, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, Cloud9, fnatic, BIG, ENCE, Sprout, Vitality, Bad News Eagles, Ninjas in Pajamas, FaZe Clan + 18 closed qualifier teams

America:

• FURIA, Team Liquid + 14 teams from closed qualifiers (seven each for Latin and North America)

Asia:

• Eight teams from closed qualifiers (two from each sub-region)

Updated schedule of the full cycle of BLAST Paris Major 2023:

• RMR Open Qualifiers: February 13-26, 2023
• RMR tournaments: April 4-15, 2023
• Major: May 8-21, 2023 (Challengers - May 8-11, 2023; Legends - May 13-16, 2023; Champions - May 18-21, 2023)