The 2016 fall qualifiers are set to being this weekend. The event will be hosted in Burbank, California and is open to the public. This is a Blizzard sanctioned and run tournament, and the winners will be eligible to play at Blizzcon this November.
The tournament starts this Friday, August 5th. Eight teams will compete for a prize pool of $100,000 and a chance to compete on the Blizzcon stage. The teams are separated into two groups, group A will consist of four US teams, while group B will consist of European teams. The event will also be watchable online on ESL’s official twitch channel and starts at 10 am pacific time.