NA ECS Challenger Cup invites revealed; closed qualifier bracket drawn

ECS organiser FACEIT has revealed the invite list for the North American Challenger Cup.

Complexity, Splyce and Rise Nation, all of whom had made their way through the qualifiers, have received invites to the Challenger Cup, joining Ghost and four qualified sides.

Immortals were initially due to compete in the cup after finishing at the foot of the table last season, but the North American organisation decided to forfeit their spot as they currently cannot field a starting line-up.

Rise Nation invited to the Challenger Cup

Thirteen teams will be taking part in the closed qualifier, featuring a single-elimination bracket. Dignitas, Mask Off and Rogue have all been given a bye into the second round of the qualifier, which will run from February 17-19.

Below you can find the first round of matches:

Dignitas	vs.	BYE
Bravado	vs.	Iceberg
TeamOne	vs.	2K
Mythic	vs.	LFAO
Mask Off	vs.	BYE
F1-racecar-PEEK	vs.	BlackOut
Etherian	vs.	Wise
Rogue	vs.	BYE

The following four teams have been invited to the Challenger Cup, which will determine the last two sides competing in ECS Season 5:

Ghost	Complexity
Splyce	Rise Nation

Complexity #55 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaRory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Iceberg #113 Warren 'hades' RettichJonathan 'djay' DallalBrenden 'stellar' McGrathThomas 'tconnors' ConnorsNick 'alter' Jackson Mythic #86 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsJames 'hazed' CobbErik 'fl0m' FlomAdam 'Polen' Polen Wise #116 Nick 'N4j' NormanWilliam 'shonk' KittrellLuis 'Lui' ArzuagaSJ 'SJP' ParkShawn 'Magowi' O'Malley Ghost #35 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' YuTramaine 'stan1ey' Stanley Bravado #106 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Rogue #63 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' KimAnthony 'gMd' Guimond 2K TeamOne #79 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraCaike 'caike' CostaVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Mask Off #59 Ryan 'GRAMPZ' BaberAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaMarian 'tyfoon' LesnicCameron 'cam' KernTyler 'tweiss' Weiss LFAO #129 Donovan 'zNf' FroidRobert 'robby' BrownRustun 'Rustun' LuskJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueEthan 'paperboy' Lillie BlackOut #115 Daniel 'impsta' WhaleyGiovanni 'Fighter' LeoJake 'kaboose' McDonaldAlex 'aproto' ProtopapasTyson 'TenZ' Ngo Dignitas #56 Matthew 'mCe' ElmoreMitch 'mitch' SemagoJack 'xCeeD' HolimanLogan 'Voltage' LongMichael 'Grim' Wince Splyce #49 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenDaniel 'roca' GustaferriDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' JohnsonZack 'XotiC' Elshani F1-racecar-PEEK #105 Alex 'lanhero' SuarezDanny 'huynh' HuynhGabe 'Spongey' GreinerDaniel 'tropiiical' ElshaniHunter 'koga' Allen Etherian #97 Eric 'Kwong' KwongIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' OhmBlake 'Strings' StringerGage 'Infinite' Green Rise Nation #47 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn