nouns Secure Spot in Elite League
On the morning of March 14th, European Time, the matches for the Elite League's North American closed qualifiers concluded. Eight teams competed for one slot.
In the best-of-5 grand final of the qualifiers, nouns faced off against Legacy, with the teams having previously played in the first round of the upper bracket, where nouns won with a score of 2:0. The grand final began with a victory for Legacy on the first map, but nouns confidently evened the score and then proved to be stronger on two consecutive maps. The final score was 3:1 in favor of nouns.
The Elite League, with a prize pool of $960,000, will take place online from March 31 to April 15. Twenty-four teams will participate, of which eighteen are currently known: Team Spirit, BB Team, Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators, Team Falcons, Xtreme Gaming, Azure Ray, LGD Gaming, OG, Tundra Esports, Aurora, Shopify Rebellion, HEROIC, Virtus.pro, PSG Quest, KEV, and nouns.